With an Introduction
By GENERAL PEYTON C. MARCH
Chief of Staff of the United States Army
With Exclusive Photographs by
JAMES H. HARE and DONALD THOMPSON
World-Famed War Photographers
and with Reproductions from the Official Photographs
of the United States, Canadian, British,
French and Italian Governments
MCMXIX
LESLIE-JUDGE COMPANY
New York
Copyright, 1918
Francis A. March
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CONTENTS
VOLUME IV
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| Chapter I. Canada’s Part in the Great War | |
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| By Col. George G. Nasmith, C. M. G. | |
| Enthusiastic Response to the Call to Action—ValcartierCamp a Splendid Example of the Driving Power of Sir SamHughes—Thirty-three Liners Cross the Atlantic with FirstContingent of Men and Equipments—Largest ConvoyEver Gathered Together—At the Front with the PrincessPat’s—Red Cross—Financial Aid—Half a Million SoldiersOverseas—Mons, the Last Stronghold of the Enemy, Wonby the Men from Canada—A Record of Glory | [ 1] |
| Chapter II. The Second Battle of Ypres | |
| The Canadians in Action—Undismayed by the New Weaponof the Enemy—Holding the Line Against Terrific Odds—MenFrom the Dominion Fight Like Veterans | [ 34] |
| Chapter III. Murders and Martyrs | |
| The Case of Edith Cavell—Nurse Who Befriended the HelplessDies at the Hands of the Germans—Captain Fryatt’sMartyrdom—How Germany Sowed the Seeds of Disaster | [ 45] |
| Chapter IV. Zeppelin Raids on France and England | |
| First Zeppelin Attack Kills Twenty-eight and Injures Forty-four—Partof Germany’s Policy of Frightfulness—Raids byGerman Airplanes on Unfortified Towns—Killing of Non-Combatants—TheBritish Lion Awakes—Anti-AircraftPrecautions and Protections—Policy of Terrorism Fails | [ 53] |
| Chapter V. Red Revolution in Russia | |
| Rasputin, the Mystic—The Cry for Bread—Rise of theCouncil of Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Delegates—Riotingin Petrograd—The Threatening Cloud of Disaster—ModeratePolicy of the Duma Fails—The Fatal Easter Week of1917—Abdication of the Czar—Last Tragic Moments ofthe Autocrat of All the Russias—Grand Duke Issues DeclarationEnding Power of Romanovs in Russia—Release ofSiberian Revolutionists—Free Russia | [ 66] |
| Chapter VI. The Descent to Bolshevism | |
| Russia Intoxicated with Freedom—Elihu Root and hisMission—Last Brilliant Offensive in Galicia—The GreatMutiny in the Army—The Battalion of Death—Kerensky’sSkyrocket Career—Kornilov’s Revolt—Loss of Riga—Lenine,the Dictator—The Impossible “Peace” of Brest-Litovsk | [ 94] |
| Chapter VII. Germany’s Object Lesson to the United States | |
| Two Voyages of the Deutschland—U-53 German SubmarineReaches Newport and Sinks Five British and NeutralSteamers off Nantucket—Rescue of Survivors by UnitedStates Warships—Anti-German Feeling in America Reachinga Climax | [ 130] |
| Chapter VIII. America Transformed by War | |
| The United States Enters the Conflict—The Efficiency ofDemocracy—Six Months in an American Training CampEqual to Six Years of German Compulsory Service—AmericanSoldiers and their Resourcefulness on the Battlefield—Methodsof Training and their Results—The S. A. T. C. | [ 142] |
| Chapter IX. How Food Won the War | |
| The American Farmer a Potent Factor in Civilization’sVictory—Scientific Studies of Food Production, Distributionand Consumption—Hoover Lays Down the Law RegulatingWholesalers and Grocers—Getting the Food Across—FeedingArmies in the Field | [ 167] |
| Chapter X. The United States Navy in the War | |
| Increase from 58,000 Men to Approximately 500,000—DestroyerFleet Arrives in British Waters—“We are ReadyNow”—The Hunt of the U-Boats—Gunnery that is Unrivalled—DepthCharges and Other New Inventions—TheU-Boat Menace Removed—Surrender of German Under-SeaNavy | [ 178] |
| Chapter XI. China Joins the Fighting Democracies | |
| How the Germans Behaved in China Seventeen Years Before—TheWhirligig of Time Brings Its Own Revenge—The FarEastern Republic Joins Hands with the Allies—GermanPropaganda at Work—Futile Attempt to Restore theMonarchy—Fear of Japan—War—Thousands of ChineseToil Behind the Battle Lines in France—Siam with Its EightMillions Defies the Germans—End of Teuton Influence inthe Orient | [ 205] |
| Chapter XII. The Defeat and Recovery of Italy | |
| Subtle Socialist Gospel Preached by Enemy Plays Havocwith Guileless Italians—Sudden Onslaught of GermansDrives Cadorna’s Men from Heights—The SpectacularRetreat that Dismayed the World—Glorious Stand of theItalians on the Piave—Rise of Diaz | [ 214] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME IV
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| On Vimy Ridge, Where Canada Won Laurels | [ Frontispiece] |
| Field-Marshal Earl Kitchener | [ 2] |
| Field-Marshal Sir John D. French | [ 2] |
| The Gallant Defense of “Hill 60” | [ 14] |
| “Time’s Up! Over You Go” | [ 22] |
| Forward with the Tanks Against Bapaume | [ 26] |
| The Red Ruins of Ypres | [ 34] |
| A Fight in a Cloud of Gas | [ 42] |
| Nurse Edith Cavell | [ 46] |
| Captain Charles A. Fryatt | [ 46] |
| Guarding Paris from the Hun | [ 58] |
| The Women’s “Battalion of Death” in National Dance | [ 82] |
| Landing At Vladivostok | [ 94] |
| The Cargo Submarine “Deutschland” | [ 130] |
| A “Smoke Curtain” Viewed from Behind the Scenes | [ 182] |
| “Hail Columbia” | [ 186] |
| Three Messengers of Destruction for Trieste | [ 214] |
THE WORLD WAR