CONTENTS
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PART I.—AUSTRIAN PROPAGANDA
CHAPTER
Austrian Ambassador Implicated in Strike Plots—his Recall—Ramifications of German Conspiracies 9
The Plot To Destroy Ships—Pacific Coast Conspiracies—Hamburg-American Case—Scope of New York Investigations 15
Von Rintelen's Activities—Congressman Involved—Germany's Repudiations—Dismissal of Captains Boy-Ed and Von Papen 22
Great Britain's Defense of Blockade—American Methods in Civil War Cited 28
British Blockade Denounced As Illegal and Ineffective by the United States—The American Position 35
Great Britain Unyielding—Effect of the Blockade—The Chicago Meat Packers' Case 44
Seizure of Suspected Ships—Trading With the Enemy—The Appam—The Anglo-French Loan—Ford Peace Expedition 49
American Pacificism—Preparedness—Munition Safeguard 54
PART II.—OPERATIONS ON THE SEA
Naval Engagements in Many Waters 59
Minor Engagements and Losses 66
The Battle of Jutland Bank—Beginning 70
Some Secondary Features of the Battle 89
Losses and Tactics 94
Death of Lord Kitchener—Other Events of the Second Year 108
PART III.—CAMPAIGN ON THE EASTERN FRONT
The Eastern Front at the Approach of Spring, 1916 116
The Russian March—Offensive from Riga to Pinsk 122
Resumption of Austro-Russian Operations 133
Thaw and Spring Floods 141
Artillery Duels 149
The Great Russian Offensive 154
The Russian Reconquest of the Bukowina 162
In Conquered East Galicia 173
The German Counteroffensive Before Kovel 178
Progress of the Bukowinian Conquest 183
Temporary Lull in the Russian Offensive 188
Advance Against Lemberg and Kovel 192
The Germans' Stand on the Stokhod 198
Increased Strength of the Russian Drive 207
PART IV.—THE BALKANS
Holding Fast in Saloniki 212
Military and Political Events in Greece 216
PART V.—AUSTRO-ITALIAN CAMPAIGN
Resumption of Operations on the Italian Front 229
The Spring of 1916 on the Austro-Italian Front 235
The Austrian May Drive in the Trentino 244
The Rise and Failure of the Austro-Hungarian Drive 255
The Italian Counteroffensive in the Trentino 265
Continuation of the Italian Counteroffensive 276
Minor Operations on the Austro-Italian Front in Trentino Offensive 283
PART VI.—RUSSO-TURKISH CAMPAIGN
Russian Successes After Erzerum 292
PART VII.—CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA AND PERSIA
Renewed Attempt To Relieve Kut-el-Amara 307
The Surrender of Kut-el-Amara 318
Spring and Summer Trench War on the Tigris 326
Russian Advance Toward Bagdad 330
Turkish Offensive and Russian Counteroffensive in Armenia and Persia 335
PART VIII.—OPERATIONS ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Renewal of the Battle of Verdun 340
The Struggle for Vaux Fort and Village—Battle of Mort Homme 348
Battle of Hill 304 and Douaumont—The Struggle at Fleury 361
Spring Operations in Other Sectors 371
Battle of the Somme—Allied Preparations—Position of the Opposing Forces 377
The British Attack 382
The French Attacks North and South of the Somme 387
The British Attack (Continued) 392
The Second Phase of the Battle of the Somme 401
PART IX.—THE WAR IN THE AIR
The Value of Zeppelins in Long-Distance Reconnoitering—Naval Auxiliaries 412
Aeroplane Improvements—Giant Machines—Technical Developments 418
Losses and Casualties in Aerial Warfare—Discrepancies in Official Reports—"Driven Down" and "Destroyed" 424
Aerial Combats and Raids 427
PART X.—THE UNITED STATES AND THE BELLIGERENTS
War Cloud in Congress 433
The President Upheld in Armed-Merchantmen Issue—Final Crisis With Germany 439
The American Ultimatum—Germany Yields 449
Two Years of the War. By Frank H. Simonds
The German Problem 461 The Belgian Phase 463 The French Offensive 466 The Battle of the Marne 469 The End of the First Western Campaign 472 The Russian Phase 476 Tannenberg and Lemberg 476 Warsaw and Lodz 479 The Galician Campaign 480 The Battle of the Dunajec 481 Russia Survives 484 The Balkan Campaign 484 In the West 487 Italy 488 Verdun 488 The February Attack 490 Later Phases 491 Gettysburg 493 The Austrian Offensive 494 Germany Loses the Offensive 495 The Russian Attack 496 The Battle of the Somme 499 Gorizia 499 As the Third Year Begins 501
The Second Anniversary of the War, Statements from the British, French, and German Ambassadors to the United States 503