E-text prepared by Robert J. Hall

A great French siege gun in action near the much-contested battle battle field of Arras. During the terrific explosion the gunners cover their ears

The
STORY OF THE
GREAT WAR

NEUVE CHAPELLE
BATTLE OF YPRES
PRZEMYSL
MAZURIAN LAKES

VOLUME V

P. F. COLLIER & SONS, NEW YORK

CONTENTS

PART I.—THE WESTERN FRONT
CHAPTER
I. [PREPARATIONS FOR AN OFFENSIVE]
II. [BATTLE OF NEUVE CHAPELLE BEGINS]
III. [OPERATIONS FOLLOWING NEUVE CHAPELLE]
IV. [BEGINNING OF SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES]
V. [THE STRUGGLE RENEWED]
VI. [OTHER ACTIONS ON THE WESTERN FRONT]
VII. [CAMPAIGN IN ARTOIS REGION]
VIII. [BRITISH FORWARD MOVEMENT—BATTLE OF FESTUBERT]
IX. [SIR JOHN FRENCH ATTEMPTS A SURPRISE]
X. [ATTACKS AT LA BASSÉE]
XI. [OPERATIONS AROUND HOOGE]
XII. [FRANCO-GERMAN OPERATIONS ALONG THE FRONT]
XIII. [CAMPAIGN IN ARGONNE AND AROUND ARRAS]
XIV. [BELGO-GERMAN OPERATIONS]
PART II.—NAVAL OPERATIONS
XV. [THE WAR ZONE]
XVI. [ATTACK ON THE DARDANELLES]
XVII. [GERMAN RAIDERS AND SUBMARINES]
XVIII. [ITALIAN PARTICIPATION—OPERATIONS IN MANY WATERS]
XIX. [STORY OF THE EMDEN]
XX. [SUMMARY OF THE FIRST YEAR OF NAVAL WARFARE]
XXI. [FIGHTS OF THE SUBMARINES]
XXII. [SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA]
PART III.—THE EASTERN FRONT—AUSTRO-RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN
XXIII. [THE CARPATHIAN CAMPAIGN—REVIEW OF THE SITUATION]
XXIV. [BATTLE OF THE PASSES]
XXV. [BATTLE OF KOZIOWA—OPERATIONS IN THE BUKOWINA]
XXVI. [FALL OF PRZEMYSL]
XXVII. [NEW RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE—AUSTRO-GERMAN COUNTEROFFENSIVE]
PART III—THE EASTERN FRONT—AUSTRO-RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN—Continued
CHAPTER
XXVIII. [CAMPAIGN IN GALICIA AND BUKOWINA—BATTLE OF THE DUNAJEC]
XXIX. [RUSSIAN RETREAT]
XXX. [AUSTRO-GERMAN RECONQUEST OF WESTERN GALICIA]
XXXI. [CAMPAIGN IN EASTERN GALICIA AND THE BUKOWINA]
XXXII. [RUSSIAN CHANGE OF FRONT—RETREAT TO THE SAN]
XXXIII. [BATTLE OF THE SAN]
XXXIV. [RECAPTURE OF PRZEMYSL]
XXXV. [CAPTURE OF LEMBERG]
PART IV.—RUSSO-GERMAN CAMPAIGN
XXXVI. [WINTER BATTLES OF THE MAZURIAN LAKES]
XXXVII. [THE RUSSIANS OUT OF GERMANY]
XXXVIII. [TIGHTENING OF THE NET—REPORT OF THE BOOTY]
XXXIX. [BATTLES OF PRZASNYSZ—BEFORE MLAWA]
XL. [FIGHTING BEFORE THE NIEMEN AND BOBR—BOMBARDMENT OF OSSOWETZ]
XLI. [RUSSIAN RAID ON MEMEL]
XLII. [GERMAN INVASION OF COURLAND—CAPTURE OF LIBAU]
XLIII. [RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE FROM KOVNO—FOREST BATTLES IN MAY AND JUNE]
XLIV. [CAMPAIGN IN SOUTHERN POLAND—MOVEMENT UPON WARSAW]
XLV. [BATTLE OF KRASNIK—CAPTURE OF PRZASNYSZ]
XLVI. [GRAND OFFENSIVE ON THE WARSAW SALIENT]
XLVII. [BEGINNING OF THE END]
XLVIII. [WARSAW FALLS]
PART V.—THE BALKANS
XLIX. [DIPLOMACY IN THE BALKANS]
PART VI.—ITALY ENTERS THE WAR
L. [ITALY'S RELATIONS WITH THE WARRING POWERS]
LI. [NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CENTRAL POWERS]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[FRENCH GUN BEFORE ARRAS]
[APPARATUS FOR DISCHARGING LIQUID FIRE]
[MOROCCAN TROOPS IN CAMP AT ARCY]
[BELGIAN SOLDIERS RE-FORMING FOR A FRESH ATTACK]
[CANADIAN VOLUNTEERS AT BAYONET PRACTICE]
[GERMAN SOLDIERS LIVING IN A CAVE IN FRANCE]
[COMPLETING AN UNDERGROUND SHELTER]
[FRENCH SOLDIERS LEAVING THEIR TRENCH FOR A CHARGE]
[ARMORED AUTOMOBILE INTERCEPTING A TROOP OF CAVALRY]
[SUBMARINE MAKING OBSERVATION ON SURFACE]
[PRAYER IN A FRENCH CHURCH IN USE AS A HOSPITAL]
[FRENCH SOLDIERS CARRYING WOUNDED MEN TO AMBULANCES]
[CARING FOR A WOUNDED RED CROSS DOG]
[DEATH OF A TRAITOR TO FRANCE]
[NEW BRITISH MONITOR NEAR OSTEND]
[SINKING OF THE FALABA]
[LUSITANIA DISASTER]
[GERMAN GUNNERS AIMING AT A RUSSIAN AEROPLANE]
[RUSSIAN FLOATING MINE WASHED ASHORE ALONG THE WEICHSEL]
[GERMAN SOLDIERS ON THE SANDS OF SKATRE]
[OBSERVATION STATION IN A TREE NEAR THE MEMEL]
[GERMAN CRUISERS NEAR MEMEL]
[DISINFECTING CLOTHING IN A PETROGRAD HOSPITAL]
[GERDAUEN, EAST PRUSSIA, BURNED IN THE RUSSIAN INVASION]
[SERVICE IN A WAYSIDE CHAPEL IN GALICIA]


[AUSTRIAN TELEPHONE STATION]
[TRIUMPHAL ENTRY OF AUSTRIAN UHLANS INTO PRZEMYSL]
[RUSSIAN BRIDGE DESTROYED IN THE RETREAT TOWARD WARSAW]
[JAPANESE GUN AND AMMUNITION NEAR GRODNO]
[TEMPORARY BRIDGE ACROSS THE DRINA]
[AMERICAN DOCTORS IN SERBIA]
[SERBIAN DEAD IN THE PLAGUE OF TYPHUS]
[EFFECT OF TEUTON SHELLS ON THE FORTS AT PRZEMSYL, GALICIA]

LIST OF MAPS

[POLAND AND THE RUSSO-GERMAN FRONTIER (Colored Map)]
[WESTERN BATTLE LINE, JANUARY 1, 1915]
[NEUVE CHAPELLE, BATTLE AT]
[YPRES, GAS BATTLE OF]
[FIGHTING IN ALSACE-HARTMANNSWEILERKOPF]
[ARTOIS, BATTLES IN]
[GERMAN SUBMARINE WAR ZONE]
[EMDEN LANDING PARTY, CRUISE OF]
[CARPATHIAN PASSES AND RUSSIAN BATTLE LINE]
[PRZEMYSL, DETAIL MAPS OF THE FORTS OF]
[GALICIAN CAMPAIGN FROM TARNOW TO PRZEMYSL]
[GALICIAN CAMPAIGN FROM PRZEMYSL TO BESSARABIA]
[RIGA, GERMAN ADVANCE ON]
[WARSAW, GERMAN ATTEMPTS TO REACH, IN 1914]
[WARSAW, ADVANCE AND CAPTURE OF]
[NORTHERN ITALY, SHOWING THE WHOLE ITALIAN-AUSTRIAN FRONTIER AND THE PART OF AUSTRIA DEMANDED BY ITALY]

PART I—THE WESTERN FRONT