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TRUE STORIES OF THE GREAT WAR

INTRODUCTORY

CONTENTS

STORIES OF THE THREE MEN WHO CAUSED THE WORLD WAR

II—PEN-PORTRAIT OF THE CROWN PRINCE

III—PEN-PORTRAIT OF THE ARCHDUKE FERDINAND

FOOTNOTES:

MY VISIT TO KING ALBERT—THE KING WHOSE THRONE IS THE HEARTS OF HIS PEOPLE

I—"ON MY WAY TO GENERAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE BELGIAN ARMY"

II—"I CAME UPON A LITTLE KNOT OF FRENCH SAILORS IN THE STORM"

III—"WE ARRIVE AT LAST—I SEE THE KING"

IV—"A GREAT WARRIOR IN THE MIDST OF AN ARMY OF HEROES"

V—A LITTLE JOURNEY TO THE BATTLEGROUNDS OF FRANCE

VI—"I LOOK DOWN ON THE TERRIBLE LANDSCAPE"

VII—HOW GLORIOUS IS THE SPIRIT OF FRANCE

"VIVE LA FRANCE"—HOW MEN DIE FOR THEIR COUNTRY

II—THE YOUNG HEROES OF FRANCE

FOR GOD AND ITALY—BREATHING DEATH WITH THE ITALIANS

I—A POET AT SEA WITH THE ITALIAN NAVY

II—"WE ARE GOING TO PLANT MINES ON A HOSTILE COAST"

III—A DRAMATIC MOMENT IN THE NIGHT

IV—"WE BREATHE DANGER AND DEATH"

I—"I CAN SEE THE SCENE UNFOLDING BEFORE MY EYES"

II—"I REMEMBER ... A HORRIBLE TALE"

III—"THERE WAS NO ONE TO BURY THE BODIES"

IV—THE TORCH AT THE HOUSE OF DEATH

V—"THESE WERE THE HORRIBLE VISIONS"

MY EXPERIENCES IN THE WAR HOSPITALS OF RUMANIA

I—"I WATCH MY RUMANIANS GO TO WAR"

II—"THE SOLDIERS SHOWERED ME WITH FLOWERS"

III—"I BEND OVER THE SUFFERING FACES"

IV—"I PRAYED TO GOD TO LISTEN"

"WITH THE GERMAN ARMIES IN THE WEST"—VISITS TO THE GENERAL STAFF

II—"I MEET HERR VON ZIMMERMANN"

III—"MY ARRIVAL AT THE GREAT GENERAL STAFF IN LUXEMBURG"

IV—"AN INVITATION TO DINE WITH THE EMPEROR"

V—"THE DOOR OPENED ... EMPEROR WILLIAM ENTERED"

VI—"I GO TO SEE THE CROWN PRINCE"

VII—"AT SUPPER WITH THE CROWN PRINCE"

VIII—WITH THE GERMAN SOLDIERS—"TO VICTORY OR DEATH"

IX—"WE DROVE THROUGH A ROARING SEA OF LOUD HURRAHS"

X—"AT DINNER WITH THE CROWN PRINCE"

XI—"I WAS ONCE MORE AT THE EMPEROR'S TABLE"

XII—"SUPPER WITH CROWN PRINCE OF BAVARIA"

XIII—"THE WAR LORD IN JOLLY SPIRITS"

FOOTNOTES:

"THE FIRST HUNDRED THOUSAND"—WITH KITCHENER'S ARMY IN FRANCE

II—STORY OF ZACCHAEUS: "HE LIVES UP A TREE"

III—STORY OF AYLING OF THE MACHINE GUNNERS

IV—A DAY'S WORK IN THE TRENCHES

V—SOLDIERS' NIGHT AT THE FRONT

VI—DAYBREAK—"STAND TO ARMS!"

VII—NINE O'CLOCK—"A LITTLE MORNING HATE"

VIII—STORY OF AN AFTERNOON WITH CAPTAIN BLAIKIE

IX—STORY OF "MINNIE—THE MOST UNPLEASANT OF HER SEX"

X—HOW HOURS PASS IN THE DUGOUT

FOOTNOTES:

SOME EXPERIENCES IN HUNGARY

II—"THE ARCHDUKE AND SOPHIE WERE SHOT TO-DAY"

III—GLIMPSES OF THE LIFE OF A PRINCESS

IV—DARK DAYS AFTER THE TRAGEDY

V—THE PRINCE WAS "IRRITATED BY THE WAR"

VI—WEEPING PEASANTS FLOCK TO WAR

VII—THE WISDOM OF UNCLE PISTA

VIII—THE PRINCE CALLED THEM ALL FOOLS

IX—THE ROMANCE OF MARISCHA

X—STORIES THE PEASANTS BROUGHT HOME

XI—THE OLD ADMIRAL ARRIVES

FOOTNOTES:

"FORCED TO FIGHT"—THE TALE OF A SCHLESWIG DANE

II—"WHAT APPALLING THINGS THEY TOLD US"

III—STORY OF A PRUSSIAN MOTHER

IV—"MY LOVELY LITTLE BOY—THEY KILLED HIM"

V—SHE FINDS AT LAST THE MAN WHO MURDERED

VI—THE GUILTY MAN—AND JUSTICE

VII—STORY OF A GERMAN SOLDIER'S HOME-COMING

VIII—"MY FATHER THANKED GOD"

IX—"MY FIANCEE—SHE ONLY WEPT"

X—"MY MOTHER—SHE BROKE DOWN AND SOBBED"

FOOTNOTES:

"ADVENTURES OF A DESPATCH RIDER"

II—"I AM WRITING UNDER SHRAPNEL FIRE"

III—HOW IT FEELS TO BE SHELLED

IV—A NIGHT SCARE AT THE FRONT

V—"I WAS SENT A MESSAGE"

VI—HOW THE GERMANS BROKE THROUGH

VII—SPY STORIES: "THE OLD WOMAN"

VIII—THE GIRL WHO WAS SHOT

IX—TALES OF THE DESPATCH RIDERS

X—RIDING FOUR MILES ON THE DEAD LINE

FOOTNOTES:

WITH A B.-P. SCOUT IN GALLIPOLI—ON THE TURKISH FRONTIER

II—WHEN THE GENERAL VISITS THE BOYS

III—"WHISTLING WILLIE"—AND THE HUMAN GUNS

FOOTNOTES:

"IN THE FIELD"—THE STORIES OF THE FRENCH CHASSEURS

II—"I OPENED THE HEAVY DOOR—AND ENTERED THE CHURCH"

III—"I KNELT—THE PRIEST WAS SAYING MASS"

IV—"MAMAN CHEVERET"—AND THE CAVALRYMEN

V—THE SOLDIERS AT THE ALTAR

VI—ARTILLERYMEN AT HOLY COMMUNION

VII—THE WARRIORS AND THE ROSARY

FOOTNOTES:

"FIELD HOSPITAL AND FLYING COLUMN"—IN RUSSIA

II—CAMPING IN THE TZAR'S SHOOTING BOX

III—THE GENERAL STAFF AT RADZIVILOW CASTLE

IV—ADVENTURES OF A PRINCESS IN POLAND

FOOTNOTES:

AN UNCENSORED DIARY—FROM THE CENTRAL EMPIRES

I—WITH LETTERS FROM COUNT BERNSTORFF

II—AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN COPENHAGEN

III—WITH AMBASSADOR GERARD IN BERLIN

IV—AT TEA WITH BARON ROEDER

V—COUNTESS —— AND HER DAUGHTER

VI—DINNER WITH COUNTESS GOTZEN

VII—WHEN THE CZARINA BURST INTO TEARS

VIII—A VISIT WITH ZIMMERMANN

IX—TEA WITH BARONESS VON BISSING

X—AT THE CLUB WITH BARON VON MUMM

XI—GUEST OF WARBURG, GERMAN BANKER

XII—TALK WITH COUNT BLUCHER

XIII—AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN BRUSSELS

XIV—DINNER WITH GENERAL VON BISSING

XV—THE KAISER AND VON HINDENBURG

XVI—TEA WITH COUNTESS BERNSTORFF

XVII—A WALK WITH AMBASSADOR GERARD

"A STUDENT IN ARMS"—IN THE RANKS WITH KITCHENER'S ARMY

II—STORY OF THE BELOVED CAPTAIN

III—"A TOUCH OF CHRIST ABOUT HIM"

IV—"A TORPEDO FELL—THAT WAS THE END"

FOOTNOTES:

"THE RED HORIZON"—STORIES OF THE LONDON IRISH

II—A NIGHT MARCH IN THE RAIN

III—"THE DEAD MAN UNDER MY FEET"

IV—A CRUCIFIX AND A LOVE LETTER

FOOTNOTES:

MY TRIP TO VERDUN—GENERAL PETAIN FACE TO FACE

I—"I START FOR VERDUN—WITH THE PRESIDENT'S PERMIT"

II—THE GRAVES BY THE ROADSIDE

III—"NOTHING BUT OLD MEN AND WOMEN—AND CHILDREN"

IV—"WE JOIN THE VAST PROCESSION OF DEATH"

V—"TO VERDUN"—THE NEW CALVARY

VI—"I STAND BEFORE GENERAL PETAIN"

VII—"MY TALK WITH THE GREAT FRENCH GENERAL"

VIII—TROOPS MARCHING TO THE SOUND OF THE GUNS

IX—"THEY HAD WILLED TO DIE FOR FRANCE"

X—"I CAN NEVER FORGET THOSE FACES"

UNDER THE STARS AND STRIPES—WITH AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE

I—STORY OF ARRIVAL OF GENERAL PERSHING ON FRENCH SOIL

II—SCENES WHEN PERSHING ARRIVED IN PARIS

III—STORY OF ARRIVAL OF FIRST AMERICAN TROOPS IN FRANCE

IV—AMERICAN SOLDIERS CELEBRATE FOURTH OF JULY IN PARIS

WITH THE SERBIAN STOICS IN EXILE—UNDER THE GERMAN YOKE

I—HOW I FLED WITH KING PETER'S TROOPS

II—"WE SADDLED OUR HORSES TO RIDE TO THE FRONT"

III—"I MET HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES"

IV—"I WATCHED THE TERRIFYING SPECTACLE"

V—EVERY ROAD WAS FILLED WITH HUMAN MISERY

VI—OVER THE MOUNTAIN SIDE WITH GENERAL PUTNIK

VII—"I OVERTOOK KING PETER"

VIII—A THOUSAND MEN AND HORSES OVER A ROCKY GORGE

IX—WOLVES LIVING ON CARCASSES IN MOUNTAIN PASSES

TALES OF THE TANKS—WITH THE ARMORED MONSTERS IN BATTLE

I—STORY OF A YOUNG AUSTRALIAN IN A TANK ON THE BATTLEFIELD

II—STORY OF THE TANKS THAT STORMED A CASTLE

III—STORY OF THE TANK THAT FOUGHT A RAILROAD ENGINE

IV—STORY OF THE BATTLE MONSTERS AT FALL OF THIEPVAL

MY ESCAPE FROM THE TURKS DISGUISED AS A WOMAN

I—"I WAS A RUSSIAN MEDICAL STUDENT IN PALESTINE"

II—"I SAW ARABS AND TURKS ILL-TREAT THE NUNS"

III—"I WAS TAKEN PRISONER TO AN ARAB HUT AT BEERSHEBA"

IV—"MY PLAN TO FLEE OVER SINAI DESERT TO SUEZ CANAL"

V—"I MAKE MY ESCAPE DISGUISED AS A BEDOUIN WOMAN"

VI—"I MEET A PACK OF HUNGRY JACKALS IN THE DESERT"

VII—"TURKISH HORSEMEN FORCE ME BACK ACROSS THE DESERT"

VIII—THE RESCUE—ON AN ITALIAN STEAMER TO EGYPT

TALES OF GERMAN AIR RAIDERS OVER LONDON AND PARIS

I—"HOW WE ZEPPELINED THE HEART OF LONDON"

II—HOW IT FEELS TO DROP BOMBS ON PARIS

TALES FROM SIBERIA—WHEN THE PRISON DOORS OPENED

I—"RUSSIA IS A REPUBLIC—YOU ARE FREE"

II—STORY OF THE HUSSAR WHO ESCAPED FROM SIBERIA

I—STORY OF CAPTAIN W. T. TURNER, COMMANDER OF THE "LUSITANIA"

II—STORY TOLD BY W. B. PHILLIPS, AN AMERICAN PASSENGER

III—STORY OF OLIVER P. BERNARD, AN ENGLISH PASSENGER

IV—STORY TOLD BY GEORGE A. KESSLER, AN AMERICAN PASSENGER

V—STORY OF CHARLES T. JEFFREY, AN AMERICAN PASSENGER

VI—STORY TOLD BY DR. DANIEL V. MOORE, AN AMERICAN PASSENGER

VII—STORY OF FUNERAL OF "LUSITANIA'S" DEAD—TOLD BY AN EYE-WITNESS

WITH THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS ON THE FIELDS OF FRANCE

I—STORY OF LIFE OF THE AMERICAN SOLDIER

II—STORY OF A VOLUNTEER IN AMERICAN RED CROSS

III—STORY OF AN AMERICAN ENGINEER IN FRANCE

IV—STORY OF AN AMERICAN WITH A SIEGE BATTERY

V—STORY OF AN AMERICAN AMBULANCE DRIVER AT BATTLEFRONT

VI—STORY OF HOW PERSHING SAW THE GERMANS ATTACK

Transcriber's Notes