The
STORY OF THE
GREAT WAR

CONTENTS

PART I.—THE WESTERN FRONT

CHAPTER

• Destruction Marks the Great Retreat—The French Capture Soissons, Fismes, and Important Positions—The British Win Great Victories Near Albert 9
• The German Retreat Continues—The French Victorious Between the Oise and the Aisne—The British Win Miles of Territory Daily 22
• The French Take Noyon—The British Bapaume and Péronne—The Allies Conquer on Every Front 36
• The British Close in on Cambrai—French Occupy St. Quentin—The Germans Fire Cambrai and Retreat—The Allies' Great Victory in Flanders 49
• The Germans Retreat on All Fronts—British Capture Valenciennes—The Armistice—The War Over 63

PART II.—RUSSIA

• Countering the Germans in Fallen Russia 80
• Allied Intervention in the North of Russia 88
• The Bolsheviki Resent Allied Intervention 90
• The Baltic Provinces 95

PART III.—THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN

• The Austro-Italian Front 96

PART IV.—THE GREAT WAR'S END

• The Internal Collapse of Germany 106
• The Liberation of the Holy Land—Mesopotamian Campaign 113
• Collapse of Austria 123
• The Surrender of Turkey 135
• Austria-Hungary and Germany surrender—"The War Thus Comes to an End," President Wilson to Congress—The President Sails for France 137

PART V.—VICTORY ON THE SEA

• Naval Exploits of the Allies—Submarines 142
• Surrender of the German Fleet 147

PART VI.—THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE

• American Achievements on the Western Front, by Frederick Palmer (Late Lieutenant Colonel, U. S. R.) 151

PART VII.—THE PEACE CONFERENCE AT PARIS

• First Session of Peace Congress—Clemenceau, Permanent Chairman—President Wilson's Address—The League of Nations Covenant Completed 198
• The Covenant and Draft of the Constitution of the League of Nations—President Wilson's Speech in Support; He Returns to America—The United States Senate Criticizes League Document 208
• Revised Covenant of the League of Nations—The Treaty of Peace 221

THE STORY OF CANADA IN THE GREAT WAR

• Introduction by Lieutenant Colonel John A. Cooper (Late Commander of the 198th Battalion, Canadian Buffs)