CONTENTSI.[The French Army]1II.[The First Clash of Arms]11III.[The Fall of Namur]17IV.[The Battle of Mons]26V.[Soldiers' Stories of the Battle of Mons]33VI.[The Russian People]44VII.[The Russian Army]49VIII.[The Eastern Theatre of War]54IX.[Victory and Defeat]65X.[Stories of Russian Soldiers]77XI.[The Fighting Retreat]81XII.[A Glorious Stand]91XIII.["The Most Critical Day of All"]97XIV.[Stories of the Retreat from Mons to St. Quentin]106XV.[Valorous Deeds and Victoria Crosses]113XVI.[Arras and Amiens]125XVII.[The French Retreat]129XVIII.["Those Terrible Grey Horses"]138XIX.[The Story of Battery L of the R.H.A.]145XX.[More Stories of the Retreat]152XXI.[The Beginning of the War at Sea]161XXII.[The Battle of Heligoland Bight]177XXIII.[The Turn of the Tide]193XXIV.[The Crossing of the Marne]205XXV.[The Battle of the Marne]209XXVI.[Stories of the Battle of the Marne]220XXVII.[More Stories of the Battle of the Marne]225XXVIII.[The Aisne Valley]236XXIX.[The Crossing of the Aisne]241XXX.[The Battle of the Aisne]250XXXI.[Soldiers' Stories of the Battle of the Aisne]257XXXII.[Verdun and Rheims]273XXXIII.[The Race to the Sea]289XXXIV.[The First Russian Advance to Cracow]297XXXV.[Antwerp as it was]305XXXVI.[The Siege and Fall of Antwerp]310CHAPTER I.
