Copyright, 1915, by
Illustrated Sunday Magazines
New York American
Wildman Magazine and News Service
Copyright, 1915, by
McBride, Nast & Co.
Published May, 1915


To
E. W. F.


CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
IThe Threshold of War[1]
II"The Beloved King"[26]
IIITo the West Front[39]
IVOn the Back of the Bird of War[55]
VBehind the Battleline[73]
VIA Night Before Ypres[100]
VIIIn the Trenches[126]
VIIICaptured Belgium and Its Governor General[160]
IXPrisoners of War[170]
XOn the Heels of the Russian Retreat[194]
XIThe Battle of Augustowo Wald[222]
XIIThe War on the Russian Frontier[254]
XIIIThe Hero of All Germany[274]
XIVWith the American Red Cross on the Russian Frontier [290]
XVThe Secret Books of England's General Staff[312]
XVIThe Future—Peace or War[324]

THE ILLUSTRATIONS

Capt. Tzschirner and the author[Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
Notifications from the German Foreign Office[28]
Court filled with drilling soldiers[80]
Ober-lieutenant Herrmann[80]
With French prisoners at Zossen[182]
Burying Russians on East Prussian frontier[196]
Reenforcements following our motor car into Russia [196]
Photographs of alleged British staff books[312]
Aviator's guide book[316]
Aviator's key map[320]