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have been of such magnitude that the various steps, the numberless battles, and the growth of Allied power which led up to the final victory are not clearly defined even in the minds of many military men. A history of this great period which will state in an orderly fashion this series of events will be of the greatest value to the future students of the war, and to everyone of the present day who desires to refer in exact terms to matters which led up to the final conclusion.
The war will be discussed and re-discussed from every angle and the sooner such a compilation of facts is available, the more valuable it will be. I understand that this History of the World War intends to put at the disposal of all who are interested, such a compendium of facts of the past period of over four years; and that the system employed in safeguarding the accuracy of statements contained in it will produce a document of great historical value without entering upon any speculative conclusions as to cause and effect of the various phases of the war or attempting to project into an historical document individual opinions. With these ends in view, this History will be of the greatest value. Signature [Payton C. March] General, Chief of Staff. United States Army.

CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
A WAR FOR INTERNATIONAL FREEDOM A Conflict that was Inevitable--The Flower of Manhood on the Fields of France--Germany's Defiance to the World--Heroic Belgium--Four Autocratic Nations against Twenty-four Committed to the Principles of Liberty--America's Titanic Effort--Four Million Men Under Arms, Two Million Overseas--France the Martyr Nation--The British Empire's Tremendous Share in the Victory--A River of Blood Watering the Desert of Autocracy
CHAPTER II.
THE WORLD SUDDENLY TURNED UPSIDE DOWN The War Storm Breaks--Trade and Commerce Paralyzed--Homeward Rush of Travelers--Harrowing Scenes as Ships Sail for America--Stock Markets Closed--The Tide of Desolation Following in the Wake of War
CHAPTER III.
WHY THE WORLD WENT TO WAR The Balkan Ferment--Russia, the Dying Giant Among Autocracies--Turkey the "Sick Man" of Europe--Scars Left by the Balkan War--Germany's Determination to Seize a Place in the Sun.
CHAPTER IV.
THE PLOTTER BEHIND THE SCENES The Assassination at Sarajevo--The Slavic Ferment--Austria's Domineering Note--The Plotters of Potsdam--The Mailed Fist of Militarism Beneath the Velvet Glove of Diplomacy--Mobilization and Declarations of War
CHAPTER V.
THE GREAT WAR BEGINS Germany Invades Belgium and Luxemburg--French Invade Alsace--England's "Contemptible Little Army" Lands in France and Belgium--The Murderous Gray-Green Tide--Heroic Retreat of the British from Mons--Belgium Overrun--Northern France Invaded--Marshal Joffre Makes Ready to Strike
CHAPTER VI.
THE TRAIL OF THE BEAST IN BELGIUM Barbarities that Shocked Humanity--Planned as Part of the Teutonic Policy of Schrecklichkeit--How the German and the Hun Became Synonymous Terms--The Unmatchable Crimes of a War-Mad Army--A Record of Infamy Written in Blood and Tears--Official Reports
CHAPTER VII.
THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE MARNE Joffre's Masterly Plan--The Enemy Trapped Between Verdun and Paris--Gallieni's "Army in Taxicabs"--Foch, the "Savior of Civilization," Appears--His Mighty Thrust Routs the Army of Hausen--Joffre Salutes Foch as "First Strategist in Europe"--Battle that Won the Baton of a Marshal
CHAPTER VIII.
JAPAN IN THE WAR Tsing Tau Seized by the Mikado--German "Gibraltar" of the Far East Surrendered After Short Siege--Japan's Aid to the Allies in Money, Ships, Men and Nurses--German Propaganda in the Far East Fails
CHAPTER IX.
CAMPAIGN IN THE EAST Invasion of East Prussia--Von Hindenburg and Masurian Lakes--Battle of Tannenberg--Augustovo--Russians Capture Lemberg--The Offer to Poland
CHAPTER X.
STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY ON THE SEA The British Blockade--German Raiders and Their Fate--Story of the Emden's Remarkable Voyage--Appearance of the Submarine--British Naval Victory off Helgoland--U-9 Sinks Three British Cruisers
CHAPTER XI.
THE SUBLIME PORTE Turkish Intrigues--The Holy War--Mesopotamia and Transcaucasia--The Suez Canal--Turkey the Catspaw of Germany
CHAPTER XII.
RESCUE OF THE STARVING Famine in Belgium--Belgium Relief Commission Organized in London--Herbert C. Hoover--American Aid--The Great Cardinal's Famous Challenge
CHAPTER XIII.
BRITANNIA RULES THE WAVES German and British Squadrons Grapple off the Chilean Coast--Germany Wins the First Round--England Comes Back with Terrific Force--Graphic Picture of the Destruction of the German Squadron off Falkland Islands--English Coast Towns Bombarded for the First Time in Many Years.
CHAPTER XIV.
NEW METHODS AND HORRORS OF WARFARE Tanks--Poison Gas--Flame Projectors--Airplane Bombs--Trench Mortars--Machine Guns--Modern Uses of Airplanes for Liaison and Attacks on Infantry--Radio--Rifle and Hand Grenades--A War of Intensive Artillery Preparation--A Debacle of Insanities, Terrible Wounds and Horrible Deaths.
CHAPTER XV.
GERMAN PLOTS AND PROPAGANDA IN AMERICA Trailing the German Plotters--Destruction of Ships--Pressure on Congress--Attacks in Canada--Zimmerman's Foolish Effort to Embroil America with Mexico and Japan--Lies of the Propagandists After America Entered the War--Dumba, Von Bernstorff, Van Papen and Boy-Ed, a quartet of Unscrupulous Destructionists
CHAPTER XVI.
SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA The Submarine Murderers at Work--Germany's Blackband Warning--No Chance for Life--The Ship Unarmed and Without Munitions--The President's Note--Germany's Lying Denials--Coroner's Inquest Charges Kaiser with Wilful Murder--"Remember the Lusitania" One of America's Big Reasons for Declaring War
CHAPTER XVII.
NEUVE CHAPELLE AND WAR IN BLOOD-SOAKED TRENCHES War Amid Barbed-Wire Entanglements and the Desolation of No Man's Land--Subterranean Tactics Continuing Over