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]

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