CONTENTS
Reading edition
The Board of Editors has selected for VOLUME III this group of stories told by Soldiers, Naval Officers, Nurses, Nuns, Refugees, Airmen, Spies, and other participants and eye-witnesses of the Great War. They have been collected from twenty-three of the most authentic sources in Europe and America, and include 143 personal adventures and episodes. The selections have been made according to the plan outlined in the Introductory to Volume I, for selecting from all sources the "Best Stories of the War." Full credit is given in every instance to the original source. All numerals are for the purpose of identifying the various episodes and do not relate to the chapters in the original volumes.—EDITORS.
VOLUME III—TWENTY-TWO STORY-TELLERS—143 EPISODES
WHAT I FOUND OUT IN THE HOUSE OF A GERMAN PRINCE1
STORIES OF INTIMATE TALKS WITH THE HOHENZOLLERNS
Told by an English-American Governess
(Permission of Frederick A. Stokes Company, of New York)
"FROM CONVENT TO CONFLICT"—A VISION OF INFERNO18
A NUN'S ACCOUNT OF THE INVASION OF BELGIUM
Told by Sister Antonia, Convent des Filles de Marie
(Permission of John Murphy Company, of Baltimore)
"WAR LETTERS OF AN AMERICAN WOMAN"—IN BLEEDING FRANCE30
Told by Marie Van Vorst, American Novelist
(Permission of John Lane Company, London and New York)
"A GERMAN DESERTER'S WAR EXPERIENCE"—HIS ESCAPE48
"THE INSIDE STORY OF THE GERMAN ARMY"
Told by—(Name Withheld)
(Permission of B. W. Huebsch, of New York)
"THE SOUL OF THE WAR"—TALES OF THE HEROIC FRENCH70
REVELATIONS OF A WAR CORRESPONDENT
Told by Philip Gibbs
(Permission of Robert M. McBride and Company, New York)
"TRENCHING AT GALLIPOLI"—IN THE LAND OF THE TURKS91
ADVENTURES OF A NEWFOUNDLANDER
Told by John Gallishaw
(Permission of the Century Company, of New York)
SCENES "IN A FRENCH HOSPITAL"106
STORIES OF A NURSE
Told by M. Eydoux-Demians
(Permission of Duffield and Company, of New York)
"FLYING FOR FRANCE"—HERO TALES OF BATTLES IN THE AIR126
WITH THE AMERICAN ESCADRILLE AT VERDUN
Told by James R. McConnell
(Permission of Doubleday, Page and Company, of New York)
THE LOG OF THE "MOEWE"—TALES OF THE HIGH SEAS166
THE ADVENTURES OF A MODERN PIRATE
Told by Count Dohna-Schlodien, her Commander
(Permission of Wide-World Magazine)
PRISONER'S VOYAGE ON GERMAN U-BOAT UNDER THE SEA196
Told by—(Name Withheld by Request)
(Permission of New York Times)
THE DARKEST HOUR—FLEEING FROM THE BULGARIANS208
OUR EXPERIENCES IN THE GREAT SERBIAN RETREAT
Told by Alice and Claude Askew
(Permission of Wide World Magazine)
A MAGYAR PALADIN—A RITTMEISTER OF THE HUSSARS222
ALONG THE ROAD FROM POLAND TO BUDAPEST
Told by Franz Molnar
(Permission of New York Tribune)
OUR ESCAPE FROM GERMAN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA231
Told by Corporal H. J. McElnea
(Permission of Wide World Magazine)
WHAT AN AMERICAN WOMAN SAW ON THE SERBIAN FRONT261
HOW I VIEWED A BATTLE FROM A PRECIPICE
Told by Mrs. Charles H. Farnum of New York
(Permission of New York Sun)
"KAMERADS!"—CAPTURING HUNS IN THE ALPS WITHOUT
A FIGHT270
DIARY OF A LIEUTENANT OF ALPINE CHASSEURS
(Permission of Wide World Magazine)
LIFE ON A FRENCH CRUISER IN WAR TIME282
"LES VAGABONDS DE LA GUERRE"
Told by René Milan
(Permission of Current History)
OVER THE TOP WITH THE AMERICANS IN THE FOREIGN LEGION293
Told by Donald R. Thane
(Permission of New York Herald)
SECRET STORIES OF THE GERMAN SPY IN FRANCE306
HOW SIXTY THOUSAND SPIES PREPARED FOR THE WAR
(Permission of Wide World Magazine)
HOW STRONG MEN DIE—TALES OF THE WOUNDED329
EXPERIENCES OF A SCOTTISH MINISTER
Told by Rev. Lauchlan Maclean Watt
(Permission of The Scotsman)
THROUGH JAWS OF DEATH IN A SUNKEN SUBMARINE336
Told by Emile Vedel in L'Illustration, Paris
(Permission of New York World)
ESCAPE OF THE RUSSIAN LEADER OF THE "TERRIBLE DIVISION" 343
TRUE STORY OF HOW GENERAL KORNILOFF ESCAPED
ACROSS HUNGARY
Told by Ivan Novikoff
(Permission of Wide World Magazine)
THE AERIAL ATTACK ON RAVENNA358
Told by Paoli Polettit in L'Illustrazione Italiana
(Permission of Current History)
Underwood & Underwood.
BRINGING IN A WOUNDED COMRADE
Some of the Most Heroic Acts of the War Have Been Performed as Part of the "Day's Work" of the Ambulance Corps. This French Ambulance Attendant is Risking His Own Life During the French Offensive at Verdun to Carry a Fellow Poilu Back Through the Woods Razed by German Gun Fire.
READING HOME NEWS BEFORE STARTING FOR THE TRENCHES
HE CHARGED WITH HIS BATTALION A FEW HOURS EARLIER
A FRIEND'S TURN YESTERDAY—HIS PERHAPS TODAY