CONTENTS.I.[Setting the House in Order]1II.[The Loss of the "Formidable"]17III.[The Battle of the Dogger Bank]23IV.[The Turkish Descent upon Egypt]33V.[Winter Warfare on the Western Front.—I.]44VI.[Winter Warfare on the Western Front.—II.]49VII.[Stories from the Battlefield]58VIII.[The German Success at Soissons]62IX.[Winter Fighting in Champagne, the Argonne, and the Vosges]65X.[The Submarine Blockade begins]77XI.[The Sinking of the "Lusitania"]81XII.[Stories of Submarines]90XIII.[More Stories of Submarine Warfare]97XIV.[Winter Fighting in Poland and East Prussia]105XV.[A Battle of the Middle Ages]113XVI.[The Fall of Przemysl]117XVII.[Stories from Eastern Battlefields]126XVIII.[The Battle of Neuve Chapelle]129XIX.[Soldiers' Stories of Neuve Chapelle]145XX.[The Dardanelles]157XXI.[Ships versus Forts]161XXII.[How we failed at the Narrows]170XXIII.[The Story of Hill 60]177XXIV.[The Poisonous Cloud]188XXV.[The Battle Glory of Canada]193XXVI.[Days of Struggle and Anxiety.—I.]205XXVII.[Days of Struggle and Anxiety.—II.]209XXVIII.[Heroes of the Ypres Salient]217XXIX.[The Battle of the Artois.—I.]222XXX.[The Battle of the Artois.—II.]225XXXI.[The Battle of Festubert]229XXXII.[The Heroisms of Festubert]237XXXIII.[The Gallipoli Peninsula]241XXXIV.[The Battle of the Landing]245XXXV.[Heroes of the Landing]257XXXVI.[Battering at the Barriers]266XXXVII.[A Splendid Failure]273XXXVIII.[The Storm bursts]289XXXIX.[Stories of the Great Retreat]305XL.[From Storm to Calm]310XLI.[Midsummer on the Western Front]321XLII.[In Champagne]337XLIII.[The Battle of Loos.—I.]347XLIV.[The Battle of Loos.—II.]353XLV.[Bravest of the Brave.—I.]364XLVI.[Bravest of the Brave.—II.]369XLVII.[The War in the Air]377XLVIII.[Heroes of the Air]382XLIX.[The Coming of the Zeppelins]385L.[The Overrunning of Serbia]391CHAPTER I.