World's War Events $v Volume 3 / Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919.

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INDEX

A
Air Raids, at night, III, [229]-[241];
British, II, 249;
on England, I, 375-388
Albert, King of Belgium, I, 114-115;
encourages soldiers, I, 51, 53
Albert, town of, III, [164]
Alcedo torpedoed, II, 374-378
Alderson, General, at Second Ypres, I, 258
Aleppo, importance as railway junction, II, 180;
starting point for caravans, II, 178
Alien enemies, rules concerning, II, 239-243
Allenby, General, at Gommecourt, II. 75;
commands in Palestine, II, 344-368;
in Allied retreat, I, 65-67
Allied Armies, in Macedonia, III, [170];
positions in Battle of the Marne, I, 78, 81, 90-93
Alsace, operations in, I, 84
America Drawn Into War, II, 205-225;
bad faith of Germans, II, 210;
sinking of Lusitania, II, 210;
stirred by invasion of Belgium, II, 208;
Sussex, II, 212
America's Break with Germany, relations severed, II, 197-198;
reasons for, II, 194-204
America's Declaration of Existence of War, II, 224-225
American Expeditionary Forces, a corps, III, [242]-[243];
a division, III, [242];
airplanes, III, [248];
artillery supply, III, [247];
artillery training camp, III, [202];
attack in the Soissonais, III, [224];
aviators, III, [269];
communication and supply, III, [244]-[246];
construction work, III, [244];
Engineer Corps, III, [216], [269];
fight through Meuse-Argonne sector, III, [256]-[267];
First and Second in Soissons drive, III, [252];
First Army is organized, III, [254];
first days on the firing line, III, [200]-[209];
First Division at Montdidier, III, [250];
First Division takes Cantigny, III, [250];
Forty-second Division east of Rheims, III, [251];
Forty-second and Thirty-second at Cierges, III, [253];
from the Marne to the Aisne, III, [210]-[228];
German supply line cut, III, [266];
infantry training, III, [243];
line on date of armistice, III, [267];
losses of, III, [268];
Medical Corps, III, [268];
Ordnance Department, III, [269];
organization of, III, [242]-[248];
plans for movement against St. Mihiel salient, III, [254];
ports employed, III, [245];
quality of soldiers, III, [228];
Quartermaster's Department, III, [269];
Second and Thirty-sixth with French, III, [261]-[262];
Second Army organized, III, [263];
Second Corps organized on British front, III, [251];
Second Division takes Bouresches, Belleau Wood and Vaux, III, [250]-[251];
Service of Supply, III, [245]-[247], [268];
Signal Corps, III, [269];
soldiers in Italy, III, [268];
soldiers in Russia, III, [268];
take St. Mihiel salient, III, [254]-[257];
ten divisions train on British front, III, [250];
Tank Corps, III, [269];
Third Division on the Marne, III, [250]-[252];
Thirty-seventh and Ninety-first in Belgium, III, [264];
three divisions on the Vesle, III, [253];
troops in the Argonne, III, [258]-[266];
Twenty-eighth Division east of Rheims, III, [251];
Twenty-seventh and Thirtieth Divisions break Hindenburg line, III, [261];
Twenty-sixth at Seicheprey, III, [249];
Twenty-sixth takes Torcy, III, [253]
American Navy in the War, III, [270]-[296];
activities of Y.M.C.A. and Knights of Columbus, III, [287]-[288];
air stations in Ireland, III, [278];
aviation base at Eastleigh, III, [281];
base at Cardiff, Scotland, III, [286];
Battleship Division Nine, III, [278];
convoy of troops, III, [282];
co-operates with Allies, III, [271]-[273];
cross-channel transport service, III, [280];
destroyers on coast of Ireland, III, [275];
destroyers at Brest, III, [282]-[283];
forces at Gibraltar, III, [286];
mine-laying operations, III, [279];
naval pipe-line unit, III, [286];
northern bombing group of seaplanes, III, [281];
seaplane station at Killingholme, III, [280];
radio station near Bordeaux, III, [285];
railway battery, III, [285]-[286];
Rear-Admiral Rodgers, III, [276];
subchasers, III, [277];
subchasers at Corfu, III, [286];
subchasers at Plymouth, III, [280];
submarines, III, [276];
Vice-Admiral Wilson on French coast, III, [281]-[282]
American Food Commission, II, 163
American Railway Association, aids war preparations, II, 332
American ships torpedoed, II, 286
Amiens, capture of, I, 82
Ancre, Battle of the, Beaumont taken, II, 109
Ancre and Somme, lines between, II, 71
Anglo-Russian Campaign in Turkey, II, 174-187;
British save oil fields, II, 181;
British in Kut-el-Amara, II, 181;
Russians in Caucasia, II, 183-186
Anzac, meaning of term, I, 224
Arbuthnot, Rear-Admiral Sir Robert, death of, II, 52;
ships are disabled, II, 41
Ardent, at Jutland Bank, II, 52
Argonne, American army prepares for battle, III, [258];
Americans open battle, III, [259];
character of ground, III, [258];
divisions engaged, III, [266];
is cleared of enemy, III, [263];
prisoners taken, III, [266]
Armenia, Russians in, I, 184
Armistice, duration of, III, [304]-[305];
November 11, 1918, III, [266];
signatories, III, [305];
terms of, III, [297]-[305]
Artillery, work of, in Argonne, III, [259,] [261]
Asia, routes, II, 177-178
Atrocities, in Belgium and Serbia, II, 223
Australians, at Gallipoli, I, 222-224;
in Palestine, II, 350
Austria-Hungary, army and navy reorganized, I, 8;
condition on Bulgaria's capitulation, III, [181];
orders partial mobilization, I, 24-25;
seeks control of Constantinople, I, 126;
sends ultimatum to Serbia, I, 14
Austria-Hungary and Russia, mutual antagonism of, I, 8
Austrians, on Col di Lana, II, 55-65;
in the Alps, I, 315-319;
use 17-inch howitzers, III, [78]
Austro-German Offensive Against Italy, III, [71]-[100]
Austro-Italian front, II, 56
Aviation, American naval, in Europe, under Captain Cone, III, [286];
American naval air stations in England, III, [280]-[281];
American naval air stations in France, III, [283]-[285];
American naval air stations in Ireland, III, [278];
German air raids, I, 375, 383; III, [229]-[241];
report on Jerusalem, II, 362;
Royal Flying Corps at Mons, I, 73
Avocourt, attack on, II, 22;
retaken by French, II, 19
Avocourt Wood, stormed by Germans, II, 18
Ayesha, cruise of the, I, 184-189
B
Bainsizza Plateau, evacuated, III, [80];
fighting on, III, [78]
Baker, Newton D., Secretary of War, II, 298-343
Balkan Nations, I, 127-128
Balkan Railway, II, 179
Balkan War, danger to Turkey, I, 134
Basra, threatened, II, 181
Battle Lines, Map of, III, [227]
Bayly, Admiral Sir Lewis, commands destroyer forces, III, [275]
Beatty, Admiral, reports on Jutland Battle, II, 31-40
Beaumont, captured, II, 109
Beau Repaire Farm, III, [252]
Belgian Army, heroism at Liege, I, 45;
retreats to Ostend, I, 106;
spirit of soldiers, I, 113, 122;
stand in Belgium, I, 101
Belgium, conditions better than in France, II, 167;
dangers for, I, 17;
French army in, I, 100-101;
German rule in, II, 159-173;
invasion of, I, 41-61;
last ditch in, I, 108-124;
neutrality of, I, 31-32;
war in, I, 106-107
Belleau Wood, taken, III, [251]
Berzy-le-Sec, captured, III, [252]
Bethmann-Hollweg, Herr von, opinion, I, 25-26
Birdwood, General, plans of, I, 370-371
Bismarck Fort, I, 216
Black Prince, sunk, II, 52
Black Sea, closing of, I, 135-137
Bohemia, National Assembly of, III, [186]
Bohlen, Herr Krupp von, opinion of, I, 20
Bollati, Signor, views on German Government, I, 18-19
"Boris the Bulgar," III, [63]
Boulogne, objective, I, 103
Bouresches, taken, III, [251]
Boy-Ed, Captain, violates American neutrality, II, 288
Bridge of Arches, I, 47
Briggs, Lieutenant General, operations at Saloniki, II, 252

Brilliant, at Ostend, III, [111]-[112], [118]
Bristol, in Falkland fight, I, 161-172
British Admiralty, I, 283-284
British and French, cooperation in Somme attack, II, 75, 86, 89
British Armies, advance in Marne battle, I, 80-82;
in capture of Tsing-Tao, I, 205-220;
growth of, II, 67;
in the Great Retreat, I, 86-89;
on Italian front, III, [83];
remove from Aisne, I, 99-100;
retreat in Picardy, III, [162]-[163];
transported to northern theater, I, 99
British Empire, in Africa, III, [50]
British Navy, arrival of squadron at Port Stanley, I, 161-162;
at Jutland Bank, II, 32-54;
in Coronel sea fight, I, 141-157;
in Falkland Battle, I, 157-175;
Grand Fleet, II, 30;
at Zeebrugge and Ostend, III, [101]-[118]
British Troops in Mesopotamia,
advance up Tigris, II, 181;
routes to Bagdad, II, 185
Brussiloff, commands offensive in Volhynia, II, 132-133;
talks on Rumanian situation, II, 137
Bulgaria, affected by the Russian Revolution, III, [174];
character of people, III, [171]-[172];
dependence on Germany for aid, II, 179;
dissatisfaction with Peace of Bucharest, III, [172];
dissatisfied with share of the Dobrudja, III, [175];
dissatisfied with treatment from Germany, III, [177]-[178];
influenced by Teuton promises, III, [173];
influenced by Allied victories in the West, III, [179];
victorious in Serbia and Rumania, III, [174];
withdraws from the war, III, [170]
Bulgarians, advance in Struma Valley, II, 246;
attack Greeks, III, [61]-[64];
in Eastern Macedonia, II, 247
Bullard, General Robert L., commands Second Army, III, [263];
commands Third Corps, and operations on the Vesle, III, [253]
C
Cadorna, General, arrests Italian offensive, III, [72]-[73]
Caetani, Gelasio, Italian engineer on Col di Lana, II, 62
Calais, battle of, I, 104;
objective of Germans, I, 103
Cambon, coolness in crisis, I, 36;
fears of, I, 16
Cameron, Major General George H., in St. Mihiel battle, III, [255]
Canadians, at Second Ypres, I, 248-286;
counterattack on Germans, I, 251-252;
heroism of, I, 249-252;
in gas attack at Ypres, I, 253;
position of Division at Ypres, I, 248-249;
recapture of guns at Ypres, I, 221;
Royal Highlanders, I, 255-257;
Third Brigade, I, 249-257
Canopus, accompanies Glasgow, I, 146-147;
in Falkland fight, I, 156-158
Cantigny, taken by First Division, III, [250]
Cantonments, completion of, II, 327;
materials for, II, 322-323;
sites chosen, II, 319-320;
typical, II, 323
Caporetto, falls to Austrians, III, [71];
taking of, III, [76]
Carnovan, in Falkland fight, I, 161-170
Carpathians, I, 319-320
Carpenter, Captain A.F.B., commands Vindictive at Zeebrugge, III, [104]
Cassin, U.S. destroyer, torpedoed, II, 369-376
Castelnau, General de, orders troops to hold at Verdun, II, 16
Cavell, Edith, I, 348-364; trial of, I, 350-352
Central Powers, desire to dominate other races, II, 215
Champagne, great offensive in, I, 322, 347
Channel, race for, I, 96-107
Charleroi, defeat of Allied armies at, I, 61
Château-Thierry, German offensive at, III, [252];
July counteroffensive, III, [252];
Third Division holds bridgehead, III, [250];
topography, III, [210]-[213]
Chetwode, General, route of Germans by, I, 73
China, neutrality of, I, 204
Choising, German ship, I, 187-191
Col di Lana, blowing off Austrian position, II, 55-65
Combles, French advance on, II, 94-95
Communipaw, sunk, II, 282
Congress, in extraordinary session, II, 26
Constantine, King of Greece, attitude of, III, [54]
Constantinople, contention for, I, 129-130;
German cruisers at, I, 135;
hold of England and France on, I, 129;
importance of, I, 126-127, 140; II, 177
Contalmaison, attack on, II, 78
Convoy System, III, [282]
Cornwall, in Falkland fight, I, 161-172
Coronel, Battle of, I, 141-157
Coté du Poivre, attack at, II, 18-21;
taken by French, II, 28
Council of National Defense, II, 321-343
Cradock, Rear Admiral Sir Christopher, attacks German cruisers, I, 150-157;
in chase for German squadron, I, 145
Crown Prince, German, army of, at Verdun, II, 12;
brings up fresh forces, II, 18;
urges troops to take Verdun, II, 8
Cumières, retaken by French, II, 22;
stormed by Germans, II, 22
Curry, General, at Second Ypres, I, 256-257, 259
Czecho-Slovak Expeditionary Force, III, [183]
Czecho-Slovaks, III, [183]-[199];
character of men in Siberia, III, [184]-[185];
journey on a Czecho-Slovak train, III, [184]
D
Daffodil, at Ostend, III, [101];
at Zeebrugge, III, [102]-[103], [105]
Declaration of War, II, 238
Defence, at Jutland Bank, II, 52
Dellville Wood, attacks on, II, 87-88;
terrain around, II, 85
Deportations, II, 161-162
Destroyers, American, III, [7]-[31]
Dickman, Major General, commands First Corps, III, [263];
in St. Mihiel battle, III, [255]
Dobrudja, disposed of by Germany, III, [175];
failure of defense in, II, 134
Doiran Lake, British lines near, II, 246
Donnelly, Lieutenant, surprises Turks, I, 235-236
Douaumont, attacks at, II, 21;
French victory at, II, 27
Drake, exploits of, I, 149
Duchess of Hohenberg, I, 9
Dunkirk, bombed, I, 109-110;
objective of Germans, I, 103
E
East African Campaigns, III, [32]-[53]
Egypt, natural routes to, II, 178;
need for large army, II, 180
Eightieth Division, available for St. Mihiel, III, [255];
in Argonne, III, [258]
Eighty-ninth Division, at St. Mihiel, III, [255]
Eighty-second Division, at St. Mihiel, III, [255];
in reserve in Argonne, III, [259]
Eighty-seventh Division, in Argonne, III, [259]
Eitel Friedrich, in Falkland fight, I, 162-174;
interns at Newport News, I, 174
Emden, cruise of, I, 176, 197;
ships captured by, I, 179-180
Engineers, sent to France, II, 328;
training of, II, 327;
work of, in Argonne, III, [259]
England on neutrality of Belgium, I, 30-31;
scorns German proposal, I, 26-27
Erzerum, taken by Russians, I, 183
Evan-Thomas, Admiral, report on Jutland Bank, II, 39
F
Falkland Sea Fight, I, 142-175
Festubert, Canadian advance at, I, 274-275
Fifth Division, at St. Mihiel, III, [255]
First Division, at St. Mihiel, III, [255];
in drive for Soissons, III, [252];
in reserve in Argonne, III, [259];
takes Berzy-le-Sec, III, [252]
Flanders, Battle of, I, 97;
German attack in, I, 101-103
Foch, General, afterward Marshal, outmanœuvres Germans in Battle of the Marne, I, 93;
launches counteroffensive, III, [252];
uses American troops in Picardy and on the Marne, III, [249], [250]
Food, in Belgium, II, 168
Forts of Liege, I, 54-59
Forts, on banks of Meuse, I, 54-56
Forty-Second (Rainbow) Division, at St. Mihiel, III, [255];
captures Sergy, III, [253]
Fourth Division, in Argonne, III, [258];
relieves Forty-second, III, [253]
France, her wounded heroes, III, [138]-[152];
Germany declares war on, I, 35;
German rule in, II, 159-173;
control cards, II, 160
Francis Ferdinand, Archduke, assassination of, I, 10;
character of, I, 7-9;
marriage to Sophie Chotek, I, 9;
political designs of, I, 7-9
French, Sir John, on Battle of the Marne, I, 73-82;
on Great Retreat, I, 62-72
French and British, cooperate in Battle of the Somme, II, 86, 89;
on Italian front, III, [83]
French Armies, advance at Marne, I, 80-82;
break German attack at Verdun, II, 16;
in Alsace, I, 83-84;
in Battle of the Marne, I, 91-95;
in Meuse Hills, III, [266];
losses of, III, [159];
official account, I, 83-107;
retreat at Verdun, II, 14;
victorious at Ypres, I, 275
Fricourt, British attacks on, II, 76;
captured, II, 77
G

Gallipoli, abandonment of, I, 366-374;
campaign at, I, 221-239;
suffering of troops, I, 367
Gas, accounts for German gains at Second Ypres, I, 269;
bombardment at Second Ypres, I, 262-265;
cloud of, at Second Ypres, I, 242;
Canadians charge through, I, 268;
first use in war, I, 240-276;
Germans first to employ, I, 276;
peculiar appearance of gas battle, I, 267
Gerard, Ambassador to Germany, II, 294
German Activities in the United States, II, 278;
note to Mexico, II, 297
German Armies, battle plans of, II, 12;
cross the Sambre, I, 86;
checked at Verdun, II, 16;
driven to Soissons-Rheims, I, 77;
first to use gas in battle, I, 241-242;
in Battle of Picardy, III, [153,] [169];
in Battle of the Marne, I, 89-90;
in Race for the Seas, I, 101-102;
invade Belgium, I, 41;
line at close of Battle of the Marne, I, 81;
losses in Battle of the Marne, I, 95;
losses at Ypres, I, 105;
losses at Prince Heinrich Hill, I, 209;
losses at Tsing-tao, I, 219-220;
strength at Verdun, II, 20;
positions in Champagne, I, 324-327;
losses of, at Ypres, I, 105;
defenses between Somme and Ancre, II, 72;
in retreat, I, 79-82;
prepare for Battle of Verdun, II, 8-12;
rapid advance against Italians, III, [77]-[78];
reinforced, I, 84
German Colonial Aims, strategic points desired, III, [45]-[46]
German Control in Belgium, II, 167-172
German Control in France, gendarmerie brutal, II, 167;
treatment of girl workers, I, 161
German East Africa, a menace to Asia, III, [49];
evacuated by enemy, III, [41];
opinion of Baron von Rechenberg, III, [45]
German Fleet, in Battle of Jutland Bank, II, 30-54
German Interference with American manufacturers, II, 292
German Note to Mexico, II, 297
German Notice of January 31, 1917, II, 285
German Propaganda, in Allied countries, III, [75]-[76]
German Spies in America, II, 286-292
German West Africa, strategic importance of, III, [48]-[49]
Germans, issue submarine proclamation, I, 280;
make peace proposals, II, 29;
nearness to iron ore, II, 9;
system of colonization, III, [43]
Germany attains eastern ambitions, III, [154];
declares war on France, I, 35;
industrial expansion of, I, 127;
mobilizes, I, 35;
loses prestige in the East, III, [181];
must destroy either French or British army, III, [158];
need for Central Africa, III, [46]:
perfidy of Government, II, 222;
plans of, I, 128-133;
preparation for defense, I, 201-202;
proclaims ruthless submarine warfare, II, 194;
sends note on submarine warfare, I, 307-308
Germany's African colonies, strategic importance of, III, [46]-[47]
Glasgow, in Coronel fight, I, 146-157
Gneisenau, in Falkland fight, I, 147-171
Gompers, Samuel, labor leader, assistance rendered to government, II, 325;
on Council of National Defense, II, 325-326
Good Hope, sunk, I, 146-155
Gorizia, suffers from war, III, [71]
Goschen, Sir Edward, I, 30-32
Gough, General, in Battle of the Somme, II, 77
Grand Fleet, British, II, 30
Great Britain, holds vantage points in the East, II, 180;
interests in Persia, II, 174-176
Greeks, fight at Rupel Pass, III, [59];
on the side of the Allies, III, [54,] [68];
successes of, III, [61]
Greeks and Bulgars, III, [64]
"Green Devils," nickname for German gendarmerie, II, 167
Grey, Sir Edward, refuses German proposals, I, 30
Guillemont, fighting at, II, 88-91
H
Hague, The, American policy at, II, 206
Haig, Sir Douglas, commands British in Battle of the Somme, II, 67-113
Haig and Joffre, discuss plans for Somme offensive, II, 67
Hardaumont, fight for, II, 18
Hardromont Quarries, taken by General Mangin, II, 22
Henderson, Sir David, I, 71
Hepburn, Captain A.J., commands subchasers, III, [277]
High Wood, II, 81, 82
Hill 304, artillery attack on, II, 21
Hindenburg Line, broken, III, [261]
Hines, Major General John L., commands Third Corps, III, [263]

Hohenberg, Duchess of, I, 9-10
Hood, Rear Admiral, at Jutland Bank, II, 38;
death of, II, 52
Hoskins, General, in East Africa, III, [41]
Hospitals, II, 342-343; at naval bases, III, [288];
bombed by Germans, III, [240]
Housatonic, sunk, II, 200
I
Identification Papers, II, 159
Indefatigable, sunk at Jutland Bank, II, 52
Inflexible, in Falkland fight, I, 161-170
Ingram, Osmund K., saves comrades, II, 370
International Law, upheld by United States, II, 284
Intrepid, at Zeebrugge, III, [102], [107,] [108]
Invincible, in Falkland fight, I, 161-170;
sunk at Jutland Bank, II, 52
Iphigenia, at Zeebrugge, III, [102],

[107,] [108]
Iris, in Ostend Harbor, III, [101]
Iris, at Zeebrugge, III, [102]-[103], [105,] [106]
Irish, in Gallipoli fight, I, 227
Isonzo, filled by rain, retards enemy, III, [92];
in Austro-German offensive, III, [71], [75]
Italian Retreat, army reaches Tagliamento, III, [96];
Austrian aeroplanes overhead, III, [95];
brilliant work of cavalry, III, [97];
civilians in, III, [90]-[91];
difficulties of, III, [82]-[91];
Importance of Tagliamento bridges, III, [91];
military stores evacuated or destroyed, III, [84]-[86];
stand on Piave, III, [99]
Italians evacuate Bainsizza Plateau, III, [80];
evacuate Udine, III, [81];
expect Austrian push, III, [72];
tactics, I, 315, 318
Italy, American troops in, III, [268];
Legion Italienne withdrawn for rest, II, 56-57;
war on Alpine front, II, 55-65
J
Jacob Jones, U.S. destroyer, torpedoed, II, 378-384
Jagow, Herr von, on Austrian note, I, 15;
on mobilization, I, 35
Japan in the War, I, 198-220
Japanese characteristics, I, 198;
landing and advance of, I, 203-206;
losses at Tsing-tao, I, 220;
ultimatum, I, 199-200
Jellicoe, Sir John, commands at Jutland Bank, II, 30-45
Jerusalem, British advance toward, II, 366-368;
capture of, II, 343;
official entry into, II, 368
Joffre, General, announces plans to General French, I, 76;
appeals to troops, I, 323-324;
forms new Ninth Army, I, 75;
gives order to advance, I, 90;
letter of thanks from, I, 347;
resumes offensive, I, 98-99
Joffre and Haig, discuss plans for summer offensive, II, 67
Jutland Bank, II, 30-54
K
Kalahari Desert, III, [32]
Kato, Japanese Foreign Minister, I, 199
Kato, Japanese Vice Admiral, I, 202
Kent, in Falkland fight, I, 161, 175
Keyes, Vice Admiral, commands Warwick at Zeebrugge, III, [102]
Kiao-chau, blockade of coast, I, 202-203
Kigali, East Africa, III, [37]
Kitchener, Earl, II, 188-193
Kivu Lake, East Africa, III, [37]
Kleyer, Burgomaster of Liege, I, 47-51
Königsberg, in Rufiji River, III, [18]
Kriemhilde Line, penetrated by Americans, III, [264]
Kut-el-Amara, occupied by British, II, 181;
importance of, II, 183
L
Lansing, Secretary, note to German Government, I, 305-307
League of Nations, III, [306]-[316]
Leipsic Salient, II, 77
Leipzig, in Pacific, I, 147-148
Leman, General, I, 43-61
Le Mort Homme (Dead Man Hill), attacks on, II, 18-22
Le Transloy, defenses of, II, 102
Leval, Maitre de, endeavors to aid Miss Cavell, I, 353-362;
opinion on German Courts, I, 352
Liege, Forts of, I, 54;
Germans enter, I, 49
Liggett, General Hunter, commands First Corps of First Army, III, [253];
commands First Army, III, [263]
Lipsett, Lieutenant Colonel, at Second Ypres, I, 257-258
Littell, Colonel I.W., constructs cantonments, II, 320
Louvain, capture of, I, 61
Lusitania, torpedoed, I, 277-312
Luxembourg, invaded, I, 41
Lyman M. Law, sunk, II, 200
M

Macedonia, Bulgarians in, II, 247
Macedonia, in Falkland fight, I, 161-171
Macready, General, cited, I, 72
Mametz Wood, II, 78-79
Mangin, General, takes quarries of Haudromont, II, 22
Marne, American Third Division at Château-Thierry, III, [250];
description, III, [212]-[215];
Battle of the, I, 73-82; I; 91-95
Marne-Aisne District, character of country, III, [210]-[224]
Marne-Vesle, topography, III, [211]-[212]
Masaryk, Professor, leader of Czecho-Slovaks, III, [192]
Massiges, capture of, I, 340-341
Mayo, Admiral, report of, III, [270]-[296]
Mediterranean, German submarines in, II, 282
Menin Road, I, 270-272
Mesopotamia, value of, II, 174-175
Messines Ridge, in Battle of Picardy, III, [167]-[168]
Meuse-Argonne Front, the final advance, III, [265]-[267]
Meuse River, divides battlefield of Verdun, II, 10;
fighting on both sides of, II, 18
Mexico, German note to, II, 297
Mitteleuropa, apparently accomplished in 1915, III, [173];
Bulgaria only a link, III, [175];
crumbling of idea, III, [170]
Monastir, advance on, II, 250
Monfalcone, III, [79]-[80]
Mongolia, fires first shot at Germans, II, 270-277
Monroe Doctrine, II, 205-207
Mons, Allied line through, I, 62;
British retreat from, I, 70
Montdidier, First Division at, III, [250];
taken, III, [164]
Monte Nero, cut off, III, [71]
Montfaucon, taken, III, [259]
Moscow, refugees in, II, 114, 116
Motor trucks, supply French at Verdun, II, 17
Mountain Warfare, I, 313, 321
Mücke, Captain of the Ayesha, I, 176-197
Mudros Harbor, I, 222
Mulhouse, capture of, I, 83-84
Munitions Board, Council of National Defense, II, 321
Murray, Sir Archibald, Lieutenant General, cited, I, 72
N
Namur, surrender of, I, 61
Napier, Rear Admiral, II, 39
National Army, II, 318
National Guard, II, 318
Naval War Council, III, [273]-[275]
Navy, United States, transports troops to Europe, II, 340
Nestor, sunk, II, 52
Neutrality, armed, II, 220
New Zealanders, in Palestine Campaign, II, 361
Newfoundlanders, at Gallipoli, I, 221-238
Niblack, Rear Admiral, commands ships at Gibraltar, III, [286]
Nicholas, Grand Duke, in Caucasia, II, 183-184
Nieuport, bombardment of, I, 110;
fight on the road to, I, 123
Ninetieth Division, at St. Mihiel, III, [255]
Ninety-first Division, in Belgium, III, [264];
in Argonne, III, [259];
at St. Mihiel, III, [255]
Nivelle, General, brings up 400 millimeter guns, II, 26
Nomad, at Jutland Bank, II, 52
Northey, General, advances in East Africa, III, [37]
North Sea, battle of the, I, 85
North Star, British destroyer, sunk at Zeebrugge, III, [110]
Nürnberg, in Pacific, I, 147-148
O
Oil, in Black Sea district, I, 136;
pipe line in Scotland, III, [286]
Oil fields, in Persia, II, 175;
pipe line from Persian fields, II, 181
Okuma, Prime Minister of Japan, I, 199
Olympia, on coast of northern Russia, III, [286]
Ostend, evacuated, I, 106
Ostend Harbor, blocking of, III, [111,] [118]
Ourcq, valley of, III, [219]-[223];
Forty-second on, III, [253]
Ovillers, taken by British, II, 82
P
Palestine, Campaign, II, 344-366
Papen, Captain von, plots of, II, 287-289
Pare Mountains, III, [39]
Patria, attacked, II, 283
Peace, Allies refuse a peace by compromise, III, [155]
Peace Treaty, with Austria, III, [366]-[374];
with Germany, III, [318]-[365]
Pershing, General John J., offers army to Foch for Picardy battle, III, [249];
report on American Army in Europe, III, [242]-[270];
sent to France, II, 339
Persia, British and Russian interests in, II, 174-176
Persis, sunk, II, 282
Petain, General, congratulates French at Verdun, II, 19;
uses 40,000 motor trucks, II, 17
Petrograd, refugees in, II, 116, 118-120
Petrolite, sunk, II, 282
Piave, Italians stand on, III, [99]-[100]
Picardy, Battle of, III, [153]-[169];
fighting in Lens-Arras sector, III, [167];
French extend to join British at the Oise. III, [163];
German infantry advances, III, [162];
Germans bring divisions from Russia, III, [156];
Germans checked at Villers-Bretonneux, III, [164];
Germans take Albert, II, [164];
Germans take Messines Ridge, III, [167]-[168];
German objectives in the North, III, [168];
Montdidier falls, III, [164];
number of German divisions, III, [162];
opens, III, [153];
plan to drive through Amiens, III, [162];
Vimy and Notre Dame de Lorette, III, [166];
why attack was made here, III, [159]-[162]
Plec Line, taken, III, [77]
Plunkett, Rear Admiral, commands railway battery, III, [285]-[286]
Poland, refugees from, II, 115
President Lincoln, torpedoed, III, [290]-[296]
Press, German opinion misled, I, 23-24;
public opinion on peaceful settlement I, 15;
Serajevo tragedy, I, 10;
warning in New York papers, I, 284
Prince Heinrich Hill, I, 208-211
Pringle, Captain, commands destroyers at Queenstown, III, [276]
Proclamation of War, II, 238-243
R
Radio, Bordeaux station, III, [285]
Radoslavov, Premier of Bulgaria, resigns, III, [178]
Railways, Balkan, II, 179;
Berlin to Bagdad, I, 129;
British and Belgian routes in Africa, III, [44];
in Africa, III, [43]-[44];
in Asia Minor, II, 179
Ramscapelle, destruction of, I, 117-118;
recaptured, I, 103
Rawlinson, General, commands Fourth Army at the Somme, II, 75;
commended by Haig, II, 83
Read, Major General, commands Second Corps, III, [251]
Red Cross, establishes hospital bases, II, 341
Refugees, I, 46; II, 114-123
Regular Army, II, 318
Relief ships, attacks on, II, 292
Retreat of Allies, I, 62-72
Rheims, capture of, I, 82
Robertson, General, cited, I, 72
Rodgers, Rear Admiral, commands Division Six, III, [276]
Rodman, Rear Admiral, commands Battleship Division Nine, III, [278]
Roubaix, France, under German rule, II, 159
Rovuma River, III, [37]
Rumania, Allied plan for operation in, II, 133;
army well drilled, II, 140;
danger in entering war, II, 124;
failure of defense in Dobrudia, II, 134
Rumania, King of, a Hohenzollern, II, 126;
personality, II, 126-127;
views, II, 127, 131
Rumanians, withdraw from Transylvania, II, 134
Russia, American troops in, III, [268];
declares war on Austria, I, 21-23;
defends Serbia, I, 14;
desires control of Constantinople, I, 126-127;
general mobilization, I, 38;
interests in Persia, II, 175-176;
likely to defend Serbia, I, 14;
partial mobilisation, I, 24-25;
receives ultimatum, I, 34-35;
revolution in, II, 258-270
Russian Army, effect of collapse on Italian situation, III, [74]
Russian Campaign, 1916, II, 68;
in Caucasia, II, 183-186
Russian Refugees, children emaciated, II, 115;
in freight train in Moscow, II, 114-116;
number of, II, 116-117
Russian Revolution, barricade on the Litenie, II, 264;
Cossacks in, II, 253, 259-261;
Czar dissolves Duma, II, 255;
Duma takes command, II, 286;
people charged by police, II, 254;
soldiers join revolutionists, II, 267
S
Sailly-Saillisel, French attacks on, II, 102, 105
St. Julien, fighting at, I, 262, 264;
penetration of, I, 244, 246
St. Mihiel, Battle of, III, [254,] [257]
Saloniki, British operations at, II, 248, 250
Sambuks, cruise in, I, 191, 193
Samson, air adventure at Gallipoli, I, 232
Sand Dunes, I, 119, 120
Sazanoff, M., receives German ambassador, I, 27
Scharnhorst, in Falkland fight, I, 147, 170;
in Pacific, I, 147, 148
Second Division, at St. Mihiel, III, [255];
in drive for Soissons, III, [252];
takes St. Etienne, III, [262];
takes Beau Repaire Farm, and Vierzy, III, [252];
with French near Rheims, III, [261,] [262]
Seicheprey, Twenty-sixth in battle, III, [249]

Selective Draft, classes exempt, II, 309;
liability to service, II, 304;
physical examination of men, II, 308;
registration, II, 305-312
Serajevo, assassination at, I, 10
Serbia, announcement of expedition against, I, 19;
defended by Russia, I, 14;
demands from, I, 11;
replies to ultimatum, I, 22-23;
ultimatum to, I, 14
Sergy, taken by Forty-second Division, III, [253]
Seventy-eighth Division, in reserve at St. Mihiel, III, [255]
Seventy-ninth Division in Argonne, III, [259]
Shark, sunk at Jutland Bank, II, 52
Shipping Board, II, 340
Sixtus, Prince, emperor's letter to, III, [155]-[156]
Smith-Dorrien, Sir Horace, services of, I, 69-70
Smuts, General Jan Christiaan, III, [32]-[53]
Soissons, American First and Second Divisions in drive toward, III, [252];
Franco-American drive toward, III, [224]-[226];
entered by Allies, III, [226]
Solf, Dr., opinion on German colonies, III, [47]
Somme, Battle of the, II, 67, 113
Somme and Ancre, lines between, II, 71
Sparrowhawk, sunk at Jutland Bank, II, 52
Spee, Graf von, commands cruisers in the Pacific, I, 147-155;
in Falkland light, I, 162-170;
wins Coronel fight, I, 148-156
Struma River, bridged by British engineers, II, 250;
British positions on, II, 245;
rise hinders operations, II, 248
Subchasers at Corfu, III, [286]
Submarine War Zone proclaimed, II, 219
Submarine Warfare, American lives lost, II, 279;
American vessels sunk, II, 200;
in the Mediterranean, II, 282;
American ships, II, 269-384;
proclaimed by Germany, II, 194, 196-197;
the Sussex case, II, 194-196
Submarines, hunt each other in the dark, II, 135-136
Submarines, American, III, [119]-[137];
cross the Atlantic, III, [119]-[124];
go out on patrol, III, [126]-[134];
how it feels to be depth-bombed, III, [131]-[132];
the mother ship, III, [124]-[125]
Suez Canal, control of the, I, 138;
importance, I, 138
Summerall, Major General Charles P., III, [263]
Sussex, torpedoed without warning, II, 283
Sussex Case, II, 194-196
T
Tagliamento, importance of bridges, III, [91]
Taurus Mountains, Armenian, II, 184;
frontier of Egypt, II, 178
Thetis, at Zeebrugge, III, [102], [107]
Thiaucourt, taken by Americans, III, [256]
Thiaumont, II, 23-25
Thiepval, British advance on, II, 98-99;
in Somme battle, II, 76
Third Division, in reserve at St. Mihiel, III, [255];
on Marne, III, [251]-[252]
Thirtieth Division, with British, III, [261]
Thirty-fifth Division, in reserve at St. Mihiel, III, [255]
Thirty-second Division, in reserve in Argonne, III, [259];
takes Hill 230, III, [253]
Thirty-seventh Division, in Belgium, III, [264]
Thirty-sixth Division, with French near Rheims, III, [261]-[262]
Thirty-third Division, available for St. Mihiel, III, [255];
in Argonne, III, [258]
Tigris, British on, II, 181
Tipperary, sunk, II, 52
Torcy, taken by Twenty-sixth Division, III, [253]
Townshend, General, advances on Bagdad, II, 182
Treaty of Peace, with Austria, III, [366];
with Germany, III, [318]-[365]
Trebizond, Turks flee toward, II, 183
Triumph, attacks Fort Bismarck, I, 216
Trones Wood, British troops in the, II, 78
Trucks, used at Verdun, II, 17
Tsing-tao, capture of, I, 198-220;
importance of, I, 200-201;
siege of, I, 207-220
Turbulent, at Jutland Bank, II, 52
Turkey, Anglo-Russian campaign in, II, 174-187;
dependence on Germany for aid, II, 179;
imperialistic designs, I, 129-130;
economic and strategic position of, I, 131-132;
military situation hopeless, III, [180];
reason for joining Germany, I, 132, 133;
reorganizing army, I, 134-135
Twenty-eighth Division, east of Rheims, III, [251];
relieves Thirty-second, III, [253]
Twenty-ninth Division, in reserve in Argonne, III, [259]
Twenty-seventh Division, with British in attack on Hindenburg line, III, [261]
Twenty-sixth Division, at St. Mihiel, III, [255];
pivot of Soissons movement, III, [252]-[253]
U
Udine, before the war, III, [69]-[70];
in war, III, [69]-[70];
evacuated by Italians, III, [81]
United States, holds Germany responsible, II, 284;
neutrality endangered, II, 208;
prepares for war, II, 298-343;
protests to England, I, 281;
protests to Germany on submarine proclamation, I, 281
United States, military preparations of, II, 298-343;
Act to Increase Military Establishment, II, 300-301;
cantonment sites chosen, II, 319-320;
construction and supplies, II, 324-325;
Council of National Defense, II, 331;
Council of National Defense organized, II, 334;
delayed by neutrality, II, 298;
labor assembled, II, 325;
labor conditions adjusted, II, 326;
Medical Reserve, II, 313;
navy transports troops to Europe, II, 340;
Officers' Reserve Corps, II, 313;
Officers' Training Camps, II, 314-315;
organizes mines, agriculture and factories, II, 299;
Pershing goes to France, II, 328;
plan to operate railways in France, II, 328;
Quartermaster General's problems, II, 329-334;
Red Cross hospital bases, II, 341;
Regular Army and National Guard increased, II, 304;
Selective Draft, II, 304, 305-312;
training of engineers, II, 337;
voluntary enlistment, II, 301
V
Van Deventer, General, in East Africa, III, [38]
Vaux, fight for possession of, II, 18;
Germans gain at, II, 19;
taken by Second Division, III, [251]
Vaux, Fort, captured by French, II, 23;
French victory at, II, 27
Venice, endangered in Italian retreat, III, [99]-[100]
Venizelists, in Greece, III, [54]-[58]
Venizelos, interview with, III, [54]-[67]
Verdun, plateaus on either side the Meuse, II, 10;
relief map of, II, 10;
value of, II, 10
Verdun, Battle of, II, 7-29
Vierzy, taken by Second Division, III, [252]
Vigneulles, taken by Americans, III, [256]
Villers-Bretonneux, Germans checked at, III, [164]
Vimy, in Picardy battle, III, [166]
Vimy Ridge, German attacks on, II, 68
Vindictive, at Ostend, III, [111], [113]-[117];
in Ostend Harbor, III, [101];
work of, at Zeebrugge, III, [102]-[110]
W
Walthamstow, air raid, I, 375-383
War, causes of, I, 7-40;
formally declared by the United States, II, 298
War Messages, II, 226-243
Warrior, sunk, II, 52
Warwick, at Zeebrugge, III, [110]
Welland Canal, attack on, II, 291
Western Battle Front, August, 1916, Map of, II, 66
William II, Kaiser, eager to act, I, 28-30;
influence of, I, 16;
returns to Berlin, I, 23;
trip to Norway, I, 13;
ultimatum to Russia, I, 34-35
Wilson, Major General, cited for admirable work, I, 72
Wilson, President, addresses Congress on break with Germany, II, 192-204;
ideas on peace, II, 216;
note regarding peace, II, 214-215;
War Message of, II, 226-241
Wilson, Vice Admiral H.B., commands U.S. Naval forces in France, III, [281]
Y
Yarrowdale, prisoners from, II, 294-296
Ypres, air battles at, I, 265, 266-275;
First Battle of, I, 104-106;
Canadians at, I, 248-276;
Germans use gas projectiles, I, 242;
second battle of, I, 240-276;
in battle of Picardy, III, [168]
Ysaka Maru, sunk, II, 282
Yser, Germans trying to cross the, I, 116-117;
last ditch, I, 108
Z
Zeebrugge and Ostend, bottled up by British, III, [101]-[118]
Zeppelins, raid England, I, 375-383
Zimmermann, Herr von, I, 35;
views of, I, 21-22