CONTENTS

PART I.—GREAT BATTLES OF THE WESTERN ARMIES
CHAPTER
I. [ATTACK ON BELGIUM]
II. [SIEGE AND CAPTURE OF LIEGE]
III. [BELGIUM'S DEFIANCE]
IV. [CAPTURE OF LOUVAIN—SURRENDER OF BRUSSELS]
V. [COMING OF THE BRITISH]
VI. [CAMPAIGNS IN ALSACE AND LORRAINE]
VII. [SIEGE AND FALL OF NAMUR]
VIII. [BATTLE OF CHARLEROI]
IX. [BATTLE OF MONS]
X. [THE GREAT RETREAT BEGINS]
XI. [FIGHTING AT BAY]
XII. [THE MARNE—GENERAL PLAN OF BATTLE FIELD]
XIII. [ALLIED AND GERMAN BATTLE PLANS]
XIV. [FIRST MOVES IN THE BATTLE]
XV. [GERMAN RETREAT]
XVI. [CONTINUATION OF THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE]
XVII. [CONTINUATION OF THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE]
XVIII. [OTHER ASPECTS OF THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE]
XIX. ["CROSSING THE AISNE"]
XX. [FIRST DAY'S BATTLES]
XXI. [THE BRITISH AT THE AISNE]
XXII. [BOMBARDMENT OF RHEIMS AND SOISSONS]
XXIII. [SECOND PHASE OF BATTLE OF THE AISNE]
XXIV. [END OF THE BATTLE]
XXV. ["THE RACE TO THE SEA"]
XXVI. [SIEGE AND FALL OF ANTWERP]
XXVII. [YSER BATTLES—ATTACK ON YPRES]
XXVIII. [ATTACKS ON LA BASSEE AND ARRAS]
XXIX. [GENERAL MOVEMENTS ON THE FRENCH AND FLANDERS FRONTS]
XXX. [OPERATIONS AROUND LA BASSEE AND GIVENCHY]
XXXI. [END OF SIX MONTHS' FIGHTING IN THE WEST]
PART II.—NAVAL OPERATIONS
XXXII. [STRENGTH OF THE RIVAL NAVIES]
XXXIII. [FIRST BLOOD—BATTLE OF THE BIGHT]
XXXIV. [BATTLES ON THREE SEAS]
XXXV. [THE GERMAN SEA RAIDERS]
XXXVI. [BATTLE OFF THE FALKLANDS]
XXXVII. [SEA FIGHTS OF THE OCEAN PATROL]
XXXVIII. [WAR ON GERMAN TRADE AND POSSESSIONS]
XXXIX. [RAIDS ON THE ENGLISH COAST]
XL. [RESULTS OF SIX MONTHS' NAVAL OPERATIONS]
PART III.—THE WAR ON THE EASTERN FRONT
XLI. [GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE THEATRE OF WAR]
XLII. [THE STRATEGIC VALUE OF RUSSIAN POLAND]
XLIII. [AUSTRIAN POLAND, GALICIA, AND BUKOWINA]
XLIV. [THE BALKANS—COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES]
XLV. [THE CAUCASUS—THE BARRED DOOR]
PART IV.—THE AUSTRO-SERBIAN CAMPAIGN
XLVI. [SERBIA'S SITUATION AND RESOURCES]
XLVII. [AUSTRIA'S STRENGTH AND STRATEGY]
XLVIII. [AUSTRIAN SUCCESSES]
XLIX. [THE GREAT BATTLES BEGIN]
L. [FIRST VICTORY OF THE SERBIANS]