The
STORY OF THE
GREAT WAR

CONTENTS

PART I.—THE WESTERN FRONT

CHAPTER

• Franco-British Forces Victorious at Ypres—Germans Lose Ground at Lens 9
• French Break the German Lines at Verdun—Canadians Gain at Lens 22
• Lens in Ruins—British Advance Near Ypres 33
• Haig Strikes Again at Ypres—The French Break the German Lines on the Aisne 42
• German Retreat from Chemin-des-Dames—British Advance Toward Cambrai 54
• Germans Gain in the Cambrai Area—Cold Weather Halts Important Operations 66

PART II.—THE UNITED STATES AS A BELLIGERENT

• The New Ally in Council 77
• On the Lorraine Front 83
• Pope and President 97
• America's War Aims 102
• Moving the Military Machine 111
• Fleets in the Making 119
• Food as a War Factor 124
• Transportation and Fuel 128

PART III.—REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA

• The Last Days of Kerensky 134
• The Bolshevist Revolution 142
• The Siege of the Winter Palace 145
• The Bolsheviki and Their Leaders 147
• First Bolsheviki Peace Move 153
• The Peace Parleys Begin 156
• Publication of Secret Treaties 158
• The Peace Negotiations 162
• An Attempted Counter-Revolution 165
• Legislation by Decrees 169

PART IV.—ITALIAN FRONT

• The Capture of Monte Santo 186
• The Struggle on the Isonzo Front 193
• The Austro-German Offensive in Italy 200
• The Italians at Bay on the Piave