A
Air Raids, at night, III, 229-241;
British, II, 249;
on England, I, 375-388
Albert, King of Belgium, I, 114-115;
encourages soldiers, I, 51, 53
Albert, town of, III, 164
Alcedo torpedoed, II, 374-378
Alderson, General, at Second Ypres, I, 258
Aleppo, importance as railway junction, II, 180;
starting point for caravans, II, 178
Alien enemies, rules concerning, II, 239-243
Allenby, General, at Gommecourt, II. 75;
commands in Palestine, II, 344-368;
in Allied retreat, I, 65-67
Allied Armies, in Macedonia, III, 170;
positions in Battle of the Marne, I, 78, 81, 90-93
Alsace, operations in, I, 84
America Drawn Into War, II, 205-225;
bad faith of Germans, II, 210;
sinking of Lusitania, II, 210;
stirred by invasion of Belgium, II, 208;
Sussex, II, 212
America's Break with Germany, relations severed, II, 197-198;
reasons for, II, 194-204
America's Declaration of Existence of War, II, 224-225
American Expeditionary Forces, a corps, III, 242-243;
a division, III, 242;
airplanes, III, 248;
artillery supply, III, 247;
artillery training camp, III, 202;
attack in the Soissonais, III, 224;
aviators, III, 269;
communication and supply, III, 244-246;
construction work, III, 244;
Engineer Corps, III, 216, 269;
fight through Meuse-Argonne sector, III, 256-267;
First and Second in Soissons drive, III, 252;
First Army is organized, III, 254;
first days on the firing line, III, 200-209;
First Division at Montdidier, III, 250;
First Division takes Cantigny, III, 250;
Forty-second Division east of Rheims, III, 251;
Forty-second and Thirty-second at Cierges, III, 253;
from the Marne to the Aisne, III, 210-228;
German supply line cut, III, 266;
infantry training, III, 243;
line on date of armistice, III, 267;
losses of, III, 268;
Medical Corps, III, 268;
Ordnance Department, III, 269;
organization of, III, 242-248;
plans for movement against St. Mihiel salient, III, 254;
ports employed, III, 245;
quality of soldiers, III, 228;
Quartermaster's Department, III, 269;
Second and Thirty-sixth with French, III, 261-262;
Second Army organized, III, 263;
Second Corps organized on British front, III, 251;
Second Division takes Bouresches, Belleau Wood and Vaux, III, 250-251;
Service of Supply, III, 245-247, 268;
Signal Corps, III, 269;
soldiers in Italy, III, 268;
soldiers in Russia, III, 268;
take St. Mihiel salient, III, 254-257;
ten divisions train on British front, III, 250;
Tank Corps, III, 269;
Third Division on the Marne, III, 250-252;
Thirty-seventh and Ninety-first in Belgium, III, 264;
three divisions on the Vesle, III, 253;
troops in the Argonne, III, 258-266;
Twenty-eighth Division east of Rheims, III, 251;
Twenty-seventh and Thirtieth Divisions break Hindenburg line, III, 261;
Twenty-sixth at Seicheprey, III, 249;
Twenty-sixth takes Torcy, III, 253
American Navy in the War, III, 270-296;
activities of Y.M.C.A. and Knights of Columbus, III, 287-288;
air stations in Ireland, III, 278;
aviation base at Eastleigh, III, 281;
base at Cardiff, Scotland, III, 286;
Battleship Division Nine, III, 278;
convoy of troops, III, 282;
co-operates with Allies, III, 271-273;
cross-channel transport service, III, 280;
destroyers on coast of Ireland, III, 275;
destroyers at Brest, III, 282-283;
forces at Gibraltar, III, 286;
mine-laying operations, III, 279;
naval pipe-line unit, III, 286;
northern bombing group of seaplanes, III, 281;
seaplane station at Killingholme, III, 280;
radio station near Bordeaux, III, 285;
railway battery, III, 285-286;
Rear-Admiral Rodgers, III, 276;
subchasers, III, 277;
subchasers at Corfu, III, 286;
subchasers at Plymouth, III, 280;
submarines, III, 276;
Vice-Admiral Wilson on French coast, III, 281-282
American Food Commission, II, 163
American Railway Association, aids war preparations, II, 332
American ships torpedoed, II, 286
Amiens, capture of, I, 82
Ancre, Battle of the, Beaumont taken, II, 109
Ancre and Somme, lines between, II, 71
Anglo-Russian Campaign in Turkey, II, 174-187;
British save oil fields, II, 181;
British in Kut-el-Amara, II, 181;
Russians in Caucasia, II, 183-186
Anzac, meaning of term, I, 224
Arbuthnot, Rear-Admiral Sir Robert, death of, II, 52;
ships are disabled, II, 41
Ardent, at Jutland Bank, II, 52
Argonne, American army prepares for battle, III, 258;
Americans open battle, III, 259;
character of ground, III, 258;
divisions engaged, III, 266;
is cleared of enemy, III, 263;
prisoners taken, III, 266
Armenia, Russians in, I, 184
Armistice, duration of, III, 304-305;
November 11, 1918, III, 266;
signatories, III, 305;
terms of, III, 297-305
Artillery, work of, in Argonne, III, 259, 261
Asia, routes, II, 177-178
Atrocities, in Belgium and Serbia, II, 223
Australians, at Gallipoli, I, 222-224;
in Palestine, II, 350
Austria-Hungary, army and navy reorganized, I, 8;
condition on Bulgaria's capitulation, III, 181;
orders partial mobilization, I, 24-25;
seeks control of Constantinople, I, 126;
sends ultimatum to Serbia, I, 14
Austria-Hungary and Russia, mutual antagonism of, I, 8
Austrians, on Col di Lana, II, 55-65;
in the Alps, I, 315-319;
use 17-inch howitzers, III, 78
Austro-German Offensive Against Italy, III, 71-100
Austro-Italian front, II, 56
Aviation, American naval, in Europe, under Captain Cone, III, 286;
American naval air stations in England, III, 280-281;
American naval air stations in France, III, 283-285;
American naval air stations in Ireland, III, 278;
German air raids, I, 375, 383; III, 229-241;
report on Jerusalem, II, 362;
Royal Flying Corps at Mons, I, 73
Avocourt, attack on, II, 22;
retaken by French, II, 19
Avocourt Wood, stormed by Germans, II, 18
Ayesha, cruise of the, I, 184-189
B
Bainsizza Plateau, evacuated, III, 80;
fighting on, III, 78
Baker, Newton D., Secretary of War, II, 298-343
Balkan Nations, I, 127-128
Balkan Railway, II, 179
Balkan War, danger to Turkey, I, 134
Basra, threatened, II, 181
Battle Lines, Map of, III, 227
Bayly, Admiral Sir Lewis, commands destroyer forces, III, 275
Beatty, Admiral, reports on Jutland Battle, II, 31-40
Beaumont, captured, II, 109
Beau Repaire Farm, III, 252
Belgian Army, heroism at Liege, I, 45;
retreats to Ostend, I, 106;
spirit of soldiers, I, 113, 122;
stand in Belgium, I, 101
Belgium, conditions better than in France, II, 167;
dangers for, I, 17;
French army in, I, 100-101;
German rule in, II, 159-173;
invasion of, I, 41-61;
last ditch in, I, 108-124;
neutrality of, I, 31-32;
war in, I, 106-107
Belleau Wood, taken, III, 251
Berzy-le-Sec, captured, III, 252
Bethmann-Hollweg, Herr von, opinion, I, 25-26
Birdwood, General, plans of, I, 370-371
Bismarck Fort, I, 216
Black Prince, sunk, II, 52
Black Sea, closing of, I, 135-137
Bohemia, National Assembly of, III, 186
Bohlen, Herr Krupp von, opinion of, I, 20
Bollati, Signor, views on German Government, I, 18-19
"Boris the Bulgar," III, 63
Boulogne, objective, I, 103
Bouresches, taken, III, 251
Boy-Ed, Captain, violates American neutrality, II, 288
Bridge of Arches, I, 47
Briggs, Lieutenant General, operations at Saloniki, II, 252
Brilliant, at Ostend, III, 111-112, 118
Bristol, in Falkland fight, I, 161-172
British Admiralty, I, 283-284
British and French, cooperation in Somme attack, II, 75, 86, 89
British Armies, advance in Marne battle, I, 80-82;
in capture of Tsing-Tao, I, 205-220;
growth of, II, 67;
in the Great Retreat, I, 86-89;
on Italian front, III, 83;
remove from Aisne, I, 99-100;
retreat in Picardy, III, 162-163;
transported to northern theater, I, 99
British Empire, in Africa, III, 50
British Navy, arrival of squadron at Port Stanley, I, 161-162;
at Jutland Bank, II, 32-54;
in Coronel sea fight, I, 141-157;
in Falkland Battle, I, 157-175;
Grand Fleet, II, 30;
at Zeebrugge and Ostend, III, 101-118
British Troops in Mesopotamia,
advance up Tigris, II, 181;
routes to Bagdad, II, 185
Brussiloff, commands offensive in Volhynia, II, 132-133;
talks on Rumanian situation, II, 137
Bulgaria, affected by the Russian Revolution, III, 174;
character of people, III, 171-172;
dependence on Germany for aid, II, 179;
dissatisfaction with Peace of Bucharest, III, 172;
dissatisfied with share of the Dobrudja, III, 175;
dissatisfied with treatment from Germany, III, 177-178;
influenced by Teuton promises, III, 173;
influenced by Allied victories in the West, III, 179;
victorious in Serbia and Rumania, III, 174;
withdraws from the war, III, 170
Bulgarians, advance in Struma Valley, II, 246;
attack Greeks, III, 61-64;
in Eastern Macedonia, II, 247
Bullard, General Robert L., commands Second Army, III, 263;
commands Third Corps, and operations on the Vesle, III, 253
C
Cadorna, General, arrests Italian offensive, III, 72-73
Caetani, Gelasio, Italian engineer on Col di Lana, II, 62
Calais, battle of, I, 104;
objective of Germans, I, 103
Cambon, coolness in crisis, I, 36;
fears of, I, 16
Cameron, Major General George H., in St. Mihiel battle, III, 255
Canadians, at Second Ypres, I, 248-286;
counterattack on Germans, I, 251-252;
heroism of, I, 249-252;
in gas attack at Ypres, I, 253;
position of Division at Ypres, I, 248-249;
recapture of guns at Ypres, I, 221;
Royal Highlanders, I, 255-257;
Third Brigade, I, 249-257
Canopus, accompanies Glasgow, I, 146-147;
in Falkland fight, I, 156-158
Cantigny, taken by First Division, III, 250
Cantonments, completion of, II, 327;
materials for, II, 322-323;
sites chosen, II, 319-320;
typical, II, 323
Caporetto, falls to Austrians, III, 71;
taking of, III, 76
Carnovan, in Falkland fight, I, 161-170
Carpathians, I, 319-320
Carpenter, Captain A.F.B., commands Vindictive at Zeebrugge, III, 104
Cassin, U.S. destroyer, torpedoed, II, 369-376
Castelnau, General de, orders troops to hold at Verdun, II, 16
Cavell, Edith, I, 348-364;
trial of, I, 350-352
Central Powers, desire to dominate other races, II, 215
Champagne, great offensive in, I, 322, 347
Channel, race for, I, 96-107
Charleroi, defeat of Allied armies at, I, 61
Château-Thierry, German offensive at, III, 252;
July counteroffensive, III, 252;
Third Division holds bridgehead, III, 250;
topography, III, 210-213
Chetwode, General, route of Germans by, I, 73
China, neutrality of, I, 204
Choising, German ship, I, 187-191
Col di Lana, blowing off Austrian position, II, 55-65
Combles, French advance on, II, 94-95
Communipaw, sunk, II, 282
Congress, in extraordinary session, II, 26
Constantine, King of Greece, attitude of, III, 54
Constantinople, contention for, I, 129-130;
German cruisers at, I, 135;
hold of England and France on, I, 129;
importance of, I, 126-127, 140; II, 177
Contalmaison, attack on, II, 78
Convoy System, III, 282
Cornwall, in Falkland fight, I, 161-172
Coronel, Battle of, I, 141-157
Coté du Poivre, attack at, II, 18-21;
taken by French, II, 28
Council of National Defense, II, 321-343
Cradock, Rear Admiral Sir Christopher, attacks German cruisers, I, 150-157;
in chase for German squadron, I, 145
Crown Prince, German, army of, at Verdun, II, 12;
brings up fresh forces, II, 18;
urges troops to take Verdun, II, 8
Cumières, retaken by French, II, 22;
stormed by Germans, II, 22
Curry, General, at Second Ypres, I, 256-257, 259
Czecho-Slovak Expeditionary Force, III, 183
Czecho-Slovaks, III, 183-199;
character of men in Siberia, III, 184-185;
journey on a Czecho-Slovak train, III, 184
D
Daffodil, at Ostend, III, 101;
at Zeebrugge, III, 102-103, 105
Declaration of War, II, 238
Defence, at Jutland Bank, II, 52
Dellville Wood, attacks on, II, 87-88;
terrain around, II, 85
Deportations, II, 161-162
Destroyers, American, III, 7-31
Dickman, Major General, commands First Corps, III, 263;
in St. Mihiel battle, III, 255
Dobrudja, disposed of by Germany, III, 175;
failure of defense in, II, 134
Doiran Lake, British lines near, II, 246
Donnelly, Lieutenant, surprises Turks, I, 235-236
Douaumont, attacks at, II, 21;
French victory at, II, 27
Drake, exploits of, I, 149
Duchess of Hohenberg, I, 9
Dunkirk, bombed, I, 109-110;
objective of Germans, I, 103
E
East African Campaigns, III, 32-53
Egypt, natural routes to, II, 178;
need for large army, II, 180
Eightieth Division, available for St. Mihiel, III, 255;
in Argonne, III, 258
Eighty-ninth Division, at St. Mihiel, III, 255
Eighty-second Division, at St. Mihiel, III, 255;
in reserve in Argonne, III, 259
Eighty-seventh Division, in Argonne, III, 259
Eitel Friedrich, in Falkland fight, I, 162-174;
interns at Newport News, I, 174
Emden, cruise of, I, 176, 197;
ships captured by, I, 179-180
Engineers, sent to France, II, 328;
training of, II, 327;
work of, in Argonne, III, 259
England on neutrality of Belgium, I, 30-31;
scorns German proposal, I, 26-27
Erzerum, taken by Russians, I, 183
Evan-Thomas, Admiral, report on Jutland Bank, II, 39
F
Falkland Sea Fight, I, 142-175
Festubert, Canadian advance at, I, 274-275
Fifth Division, at St. Mihiel, III, 255
First Division, at St. Mihiel, III, 255;
in drive for Soissons, III, 252;
in reserve in Argonne, III, 259;
takes Berzy-le-Sec, III, 252
Flanders, Battle of, I, 97;
German attack in, I, 101-103
Foch, General, afterward Marshal, outmanœuvres Germans in Battle of the Marne, I, 93;
launches counteroffensive, III, 252;
uses American troops in Picardy and on the Marne, III, 249, 250
Food, in Belgium, II, 168
Forts of Liege, I, 54-59
Forts, on banks of Meuse, I, 54-56
Forty-Second (Rainbow) Division, at St. Mihiel, III, 255;
captures Sergy, III, 253
Fourth Division, in Argonne, III, 258;
relieves Forty-second, III, 253
France, her wounded heroes, III, 138-152;
Germany declares war on, I, 35;
German rule in, II, 159-173;
control cards, II, 160
Francis Ferdinand, Archduke, assassination of, I, 10;
character of, I, 7-9;
marriage to Sophie Chotek, I, 9;
political designs of, I, 7-9
French, Sir John, on Battle of the Marne, I, 73-82;
on Great Retreat, I, 62-72
French and British, cooperate in Battle of the Somme, II, 86, 89;
on Italian front, III, 83
French Armies, advance at Marne, I, 80-82;
break German attack at Verdun, II, 16;
in Alsace, I, 83-84;
in Battle of the Marne, I, 91-95;
in Meuse Hills, III, 266;
losses of, III, 159;
official account, I, 83-107;
retreat at Verdun, II, 14;
victorious at Ypres, I, 275
Fricourt, British attacks on, II, 76;
captured, II, 77
G
Gallipoli, abandonment of, I, 366-374;
campaign at, I, 221-239;
suffering of troops, I, 367
Gas, accounts for German gains at Second Ypres, I, 269;
bombardment at Second Ypres, I, 262-265;
cloud of, at Second Ypres, I, 242;
Canadians charge through, I, 268;
first use in war, I, 240-276;
Germans first to employ, I, 276;
peculiar appearance of gas battle, I, 267
Gerard, Ambassador to Germany, II, 294
German Activities in the United States, II, 278;
note to Mexico, II, 297
German Armies, battle plans of, II, 12;
cross the Sambre, I, 86;
checked at Verdun, II, 16;
driven to Soissons-Rheims, I, 77;
first to use gas in battle, I, 241-242;
in Battle of Picardy, III, 153, 169;
in Battle of the Marne, I, 89-90;
in Race for the Seas, I, 101-102;
invade Belgium, I, 41;
line at close of Battle of the Marne, I, 81;
losses in Battle of the Marne, I, 95;
losses at Ypres, I, 105;
losses at Prince Heinrich Hill, I, 209;
losses at Tsing-tao, I, 219-220;
strength at Verdun, II, 20;
positions in Champagne, I, 324-327;
losses of, at Ypres, I, 105;
defenses between Somme and Ancre, II, 72;
in retreat, I, 79-82;
prepare for Battle of Verdun, II, 8-12;
rapid advance against Italians, III, 77-78;
reinforced, I, 84
German Colonial Aims, strategic points desired, III, 45-46
German Control in Belgium, II, 167-172
German Control in France, gendarmerie brutal, II, 167;
treatment of girl workers, I, 161
German East Africa, a menace to Asia, III, 49;
evacuated by enemy, III, 41;
opinion of Baron von Rechenberg, III, 45
German Fleet, in Battle of Jutland Bank, II, 30-54
German Interference with American manufacturers, II, 292
German Note to Mexico, II, 297
German Notice of January 31, 1917, II, 285
German Propaganda, in Allied countries, III, 75-76
German Spies in America, II, 286-292
German West Africa, strategic importance of, III, 48-49
Germans, issue submarine proclamation, I, 280;
make peace proposals, II, 29;
nearness to iron ore, II, 9;
system of colonization, III, 43
Germany attains eastern ambitions, III, 154;
declares war on France, I, 35;
industrial expansion of, I, 127;
mobilizes, I, 35;
loses prestige in the East, III, 181;
must destroy either French or British army, III, 158;
need for Central Africa, III, 46:
perfidy of Government, II, 222;
plans of, I, 128-133;
preparation for defense, I, 201-202;
proclaims ruthless submarine warfare, II, 194;
sends note on submarine warfare, I, 307-308
Germany's African colonies, strategic importance of, III, 46-47
Glasgow, in Coronel fight, I, 146-157
Gneisenau, in Falkland fight, I, 147-171
Gompers, Samuel, labor leader, assistance rendered to government, II, 325;
on Council of National Defense, II, 325-326
Good Hope, sunk, I, 146-155
Gorizia, suffers from war, III, 71
Goschen, Sir Edward, I, 30-32
Gough, General, in Battle of the Somme, II, 77
Grand Fleet, British, II, 30
Great Britain, holds vantage points in the East, II, 180;
interests in Persia, II, 174-176
Greeks, fight at Rupel Pass, III, 59;
on the side of the Allies, III, 54, 68;
successes of, III, 61
Greeks and Bulgars, III, 64
"Green Devils," nickname for German gendarmerie, II, 167
Grey, Sir Edward, refuses German proposals, I, 30
Guillemont, fighting at, II, 88-91
H
Hague, The, American policy at, II, 206
Haig, Sir Douglas, commands British in Battle of the Somme, II, 67-113
Haig and Joffre, discuss plans for Somme offensive, II, 67
Hardaumont, fight for, II, 18
Hardromont Quarries, taken by General Mangin, II, 22
Henderson, Sir David, I, 71
Hepburn, Captain A.J., commands subchasers, III, 277
High Wood, II, 81, 82
Hill 304, artillery attack on, II, 21
Hindenburg Line, broken, III, 261
Hines, Major General John L., commands Third Corps, III, 263
Hohenberg, Duchess of, I, 9-10
Hood, Rear Admiral, at Jutland Bank, II, 38;
death of, II, 52
Hoskins, General, in East Africa, III, 41
Hospitals, II, 342-343;
at naval bases, III, 288;
bombed by Germans, III, 240
Housatonic, sunk, II, 200
I
Identification Papers, II, 159
Indefatigable, sunk at Jutland Bank, II, 52
Inflexible, in Falkland fight, I, 161-170
Ingram, Osmund K., saves comrades, II, 370
International Law, upheld by United States, II, 284
Intrepid, at Zeebrugge, III, 102, 107, 108
Invincible, in Falkland fight, I, 161-170;
sunk at Jutland Bank, II, 52
Iphigenia, at Zeebrugge, III, 102,