WORLD'S WAR
EVENTS

VOLUME I

BEGINNING WITH THE CAUSES OF THE WAR
AND THE INVASION OF BELGIUM IN
1914 AND CARRYING THE HISTORY
OF THE WAR TO
THE CLOSE OF
1915


CONTENTS

ARTICLEPAGE
I.What Caused the War[7]
Baron Beyens
II.The Defense of Liège[41]
Charles Bronne
III.The Great Retreat[62]
Sir John French
IV.The Battle of the Marne[73]
Sir John French
V.How the French Fought[83]
French Official Account
VI.The Race for the Channel[96]
French Official Account
VII.The Last Ditch in Belgium[108]
Arno Dosch
VIII.Why Turkey Entered the War[125]
Roland G. Usher
IX.The Falkland Sea Fight[142]
A. N. Hilditch
V.Cruise of the Emden[176]
Captain Mücke
VI.Capture of Tsing-Tao[198]
A. N. Hilditch
VII.Gallipoli[221]
A. John Gallishaw
VIII.Gas: Second Battle of Ypres[240]
Colonel E. D. Swinton
VIV.The Canadians at Ypres[248]
By the Canadian Record Officer
VV.Sinking of the Lusitania[277]
Judicial Decision by Judge J. M. Mayer
VVI.Mountain Warfare[313]
Howard C. Felton
VVII.The Great Champagne Offensive of 1915[322]
Official Account of the French Headquarters Staff
VVIII.The Tragedy of Edith Cavell[348]
Brand Whitlock
VIX.Gallipoli Abandoned[366]
General Sir Charles C. Monro
VX.The Death-Ship in the Sky[375]
Perriton Maxwell

WHAT CAUSED THE WAR