CONTENTS

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I.The Battle of Verdun[7]
Raoul Blanchard
II.The Battle of Jutland Bank[30]
Admiral Sir John Jellicoe's Official Despatch
III.Taking the Col di Lana[55]
Lewis R. Freeman
IV.The Battle of the Somme[67]
Sir Douglas Haig
V.Russia's Refugees[114]
Gregory Mason
VI.The Tragedy of Rumania[124]
Stanley Washburn
VII.Sixteen Months a War Prisoner[142]
Private "Jack" Evans
VIII.Under German Rule in France and Belgium[159]
J. P. Whitaker
IX.The Anglo-Russian Campaign in Turkey[174]
James B. MacDonald
X.Kitchener[188]
Lady St. Helier
XI.Why America Broke with Germany[194]
President Woodrow Wilson
XII.How the War Came to America[205]
Official Account
XIII.The War Message[226]
President Woodrow Wilson
XIV.British Operations at Saloniki[244]
Official Report of General Milne
XV.In Petrograd During the Seven Days[253]
Arno Dosch-Fleurot
XVI.America's First Shot[271]
J.R. Keen
XVII.German Activities in the United States[278]
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
XVIII.Preparing for War[298]
Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War
XIX.The Capture of Jerusalem[344]
General E. H. H. Allenby
XX.American Ships and German Submarines[369]
From Official Reports