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PART VIII.—THE BALKANS

• Diplomacy in the Balkans 369

PART IX.—ITALY ENTERS THE WAR

• Spirit of the Italian People—Crisis of the Government 379
• The Decision Made—Italian Strategy 382
• Strength of Italian Army and Navy 388
• First Engagements 392
• Fighting in the Mountains 402
• Attacks in Gorizia 408
• Fighting in the Alps—Italian Successes 416
• More Mountain Fighting—Results of First Campaign 419

PART X.—THE DARDANELLES AND TURKEY

• Beginning of Operations 423
• Preparations for Landing—Composition OF Forces 429
• Plans of Sir Ian Hamilton—First Landing Made 437
• The British in Danger—Bitter Fighting 446
• Further Efforts at Landing—Failure to Take Krithia 454
• Krithia Again Attacked—Heroic Work of "Anzacs" 459
• Russo-Turkish Operations 469

PART XI.—THE WAR IN AFRICA

• The Cameroons 481
• British Conquest of Southwest Africa 484
• Other African Operations 493

PART XII.—WAR IN ARABIA, MESOPOTAMIA, AND EGYPT

• Mesopotamia and Arabia 497
• Syria and Egypt 503

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

• Zeppelin Attacked by Aeroplanes Frontispiece
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• Belgians re-forming for a Fresh Attack 78
• Prayer in a French Church used for a Hospital 158
• Great Liner Lusitania 222
• Grand Duke Nicholas 270
• Triumphal Entry of Austrians into Przemysl 302
• Prince Leopold of Bavaria in Warsaw 366
• Cloud of Poisonous Gas released by Italian Troops