BEGINNING WITH THE ATTACK AT VERDUN
EARLY IN 1916 THE STORY OF THE
WAR AND OF AMERICAN
AID IS CARRIED TO
THE CLOSE OF
1917



CONTENTS

ARTICLEPAGE
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

THE BATTLE OF VERDUN

RAOUL BLANCHARD

Greatest drama of the war.