Volume 3 — INDEX

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, 107, 108 Iris, in Ostend Harbor, III, 101 Iris, at Zeebrugge, III, 102-103, 105, 106 Irish, in Gallipoli fight, I, 227 Isonzo, filled by rain, retards enemy, III, 92; in Austro-German offensive, III, 71, 75 Italian Retreat, army reaches Tagliamento, III, 96; Austrian aeroplanes overhead, III, 95; brilliant work of cavalry, III, 97; civilians in, III, 90-91; difficulties of, III, 82-91; Importance of Tagliamento bridges, III, 91; military stores evacuated or destroyed, III, 84-86; stand on Piave, III, 99 Italians evacuate Bainsizza Plateau, III, 80; evacuate Udine, III, 81; expect Austrian push, III, 72; tactics, I, 315, 318 Italy, American troops in, III, 268; Legion Italienne withdrawn for rest, II, 56-57; war on Alpine front, II, 55-65 J Jacob Jones, U.S. destroyer, torpedoed, II, 378-384 Jagow, Herr von, on Austrian note, I, 15; on mobilization, I, 35 Japan in the War, I, 198-220 Japanese characteristics, I, 198; landing and advance of, I, 203-206; losses at Tsing-tao, I, 220; ultimatum, I, 199-200 Jellicoe, Sir John, commands at Jutland Bank, II, 30-45 Jerusalem, British advance toward, II, 366-368; capture of, II, 343; official entry into, II, 368 Joffre, General, announces plans to General French, I, 76; appeals to troops, I, 323-324; forms new Ninth Army, I, 75; gives order to advance, I, 90; letter of thanks from, I, 347; resumes offensive, I, 98-99 Joffre and Haig, discuss plans for summer offensive, II, 67 Jutland Bank, II, 30-54 K Kalahari Desert, III, 32 Kato, Japanese Foreign Minister, I, 199 Kato, Japanese Vice Admiral, I, 202 Kent, in Falkland fight, I, 161, 175 Keyes, Vice Admiral, commands Warwick at Zeebrugge, III, 102 Kiao-chau, blockade of coast, I, 202-203 Kigali, East Africa, III, 37 Kitchener, Earl, II, 188-193 Kivu Lake, East Africa, III, 37 Kleyer, Burgomaster of Liege, I, 47-51 Königsberg, in Rufiji River, III, 18 Kriemhilde Line, penetrated by Americans, III, 264 Kut-el-Amara, occupied by British, II, 181; importance of, II, 183 L Lansing, Secretary, note to German Government, I, 305-307 League of Nations, III, 306-316 Leipsic Salient, II, 77 Leipzig, in Pacific, I, 147-148 Leman, General, I, 43-61 Le Mort Homme (Dead Man Hill), attacks on, II, 18-22 Le Transloy, defenses of, II, 102 Leval, Maitre de, endeavors to aid Miss Cavell, I, 353-362; opinion on German Courts, I, 352 Liege, Forts of, I, 54; Germans enter, I, 49 Liggett, General Hunter, commands First Corps of First Army, III, 253; commands First Army, III, 263 Lipsett, Lieutenant Colonel, at Second Ypres, I, 257-258 Littell, Colonel I.W., constructs cantonments, II, 320 Louvain, capture of, I, 61 Lusitania, torpedoed, I, 277-312 Luxembourg, invaded, I, 41 Lyman M. Law, sunk, II, 200 M Macedonia, Bulgarians in, II, 247 Macedonia, in Falkland fight, I, 161-171 Macready, General, cited, I, 72 Mametz Wood, II, 78-79 Mangin, General, takes quarries of Haudromont, II, 22 Marne, American Third Division at Château-Thierry, III, 250; description, III, 212-215; Battle of the, I, 73-82; I; 91-95 Marne-Aisne District, character of country, III, 210-224 Marne-Vesle, topography, III, 211-212 Masaryk, Professor, leader of Czecho-Slovaks, III, 192 Massiges, capture of, I, 340-341 Mayo, Admiral, report of, III, 270-296 Mediterranean, German submarines in, II, 282 Menin Road, I, 270-272 Mesopotamia, value of, II, 174-175 Messines Ridge, in Battle of Picardy, III, 167-168 Meuse-Argonne Front, the final advance, III, 265-267 Meuse River, divides battlefield of Verdun, II, 10; fighting on both sides of, II, 18 Mexico, German note to, II, 297 Mitteleuropa, apparently accomplished in 1915, III, 173; Bulgaria only a link, III, 175; crumbling of idea, III, 170 Monastir, advance on, II, 250 Monfalcone, III, 79-80 Mongolia, fires first shot at Germans, II, 270-277 Monroe Doctrine, II, 205-207 Mons, Allied line through, I, 62; British retreat from, I, 70 Montdidier, First Division at, III, 250; taken, III, 164 Monte Nero, cut off, III, 71 Montfaucon, taken, III, 259 Moscow, refugees in, II, 114, 116 Motor trucks, supply French at Verdun, II, 17 Mountain Warfare, I, 313, 321 Mücke, Captain of the Ayesha, I, 176-197 Mudros Harbor, I, 222 Mulhouse, capture of, I, 83-84 Munitions Board, Council of National Defense, II, 321 Murray, Sir Archibald, Lieutenant General, cited, I, 72 N Namur, surrender of, I, 61 Napier, Rear Admiral, II, 39 National Army, II, 318 National Guard, II, 318 Naval War Council, III, 273-275 Navy, United States, transports troops to Europe, II, 340 Nestor, sunk, II, 52 Neutrality, armed, II, 220 New Zealanders, in Palestine Campaign, II, 361 Newfoundlanders, at Gallipoli, I, 221-238 Niblack, Rear Admiral, commands ships at Gibraltar, III, 286 Nicholas, Grand Duke, in Caucasia, II, 183-184 Nieuport, bombardment of, I, 110; fight on the road to, I, 123 Ninetieth Division, at St. Mihiel, III, 255 Ninety-first Division, in Belgium, III, 264; in Argonne, III, 259; at St. Mihiel, III, 255 Nivelle, General, brings up 400 millimeter guns, II, 26 Nomad, at Jutland Bank, II, 52 Northey, General, advances in East Africa, III, 37 North Sea, battle of the, I, 85 North Star, British destroyer, sunk at Zeebrugge, III, 110 Nürnberg, in Pacific, I, 147-148 O Oil, in Black Sea district, I, 136; pipe line in Scotland, III, 286 Oil fields, in Persia, II, 175; pipe line from Persian fields, II, 181 Okuma, Prime Minister of Japan, I, 199 Olympia, on coast of northern Russia, III, 286 Ostend, evacuated, I, 106 Ostend Harbor, blocking of, III, 111, 118 Ourcq, valley of, III, 219-223; Forty-second on, III, 253 Ovillers, taken by British, II, 82 P Palestine, Campaign, II, 344-366 Papen, Captain von, plots of, II, 287-289 Pare Mountains, III, 39 Patria, attacked, II, 283 Peace, Allies refuse a peace by compromise, III, 155 Peace Treaty, with Austria, III, 366-374; with Germany, III, 318-365 Pershing, General John J., offers army to Foch for Picardy battle, III, 249; report on American Army in Europe, III, 242-270; sent to France, II, 339 Persia, British and Russian interests in, II, 174-176 Persis, sunk, II, 282 Petain, General, congratulates French at Verdun, II, 19; uses 40,000 motor trucks, II, 17 Petrograd, refugees in, II, 116, 118-120 Petrolite, sunk, II, 282 Piave, Italians stand on, III, 99-100 Picardy, Battle of, III, 153-169; fighting in Lens-Arras sector, III, 167; French extend to join British at the Oise. III, 163; German infantry advances, III, 162; Germans bring divisions from Russia, III, 156; Germans checked at Villers-Bretonneux, III, 164; Germans take Albert, II, 164; Germans take Messines Ridge, III, 167-168; German objectives in the North, III, 168; Montdidier falls, III, 164; number of German divisions, III, 162; opens, III, 153; plan to drive through Amiens, III, 162; Vimy and Notre Dame de Lorette, III, 166; why attack was made here, III, 159-162 Plec Line, taken, III, 77 Plunkett, Rear Admiral, commands railway battery, III, 285-286 Poland, refugees from, II, 115 President Lincoln, torpedoed, III, 290-296 Press, German opinion misled, I, 23-24; public opinion on peaceful settlement I, 15; Serajevo tragedy, I, 10; warning in New York papers, I, 284 Prince Heinrich Hill, I, 208-211 Pringle, Captain, commands destroyers at Queenstown, III, 276 Proclamation of War, II, 238-243 R Radio, Bordeaux station, III, 285 Radoslavov, Premier of Bulgaria, resigns, III, 178 Railways, Balkan, II, 179; Berlin to Bagdad, I, 129; British and Belgian routes in Africa, III, 44; in Africa, III, 43-44; in Asia Minor, II, 179 Ramscapelle, destruction of, I, 117-118; recaptured, I, 103 Rawlinson, General, commands Fourth Army at the Somme, II, 75; commended by Haig, II, 83 Read, Major General, commands Second Corps, III, 251 Red Cross, establishes hospital bases, II, 341 Refugees, I, 46; II, 114-123 Regular Army, II, 318 Relief ships, attacks on, II, 292 Retreat of Allies, I, 62-72 Rheims, capture of, I, 82 Robertson, General, cited, I, 72 Rodgers, Rear Admiral, commands Division Six, III, 276 Rodman, Rear Admiral, commands Battleship Division Nine, III, 278 Roubaix, France, under German rule, II, 159 Rovuma River, III, 37 Rumania, Allied plan for operation in, II, 133; army well drilled, II, 140; danger in entering war, II, 124; failure of defense in Dobrudia, II, 134 Rumania, King of, a Hohenzollern, II, 126; personality, II, 126-127; views, II, 127, 131 Rumanians, withdraw from Transylvania, II, 134 Russia, American troops in, III, 268; declares war on Austria, I, 21-23; defends Serbia, I, 14; desires control of Constantinople, I, 126-127; general mobilization, I, 38; interests in Persia, II, 175-176; likely to defend Serbia, I, 14; partial mobilisation, I, 24-25; receives ultimatum, I, 34-35; revolution in, II, 258-270 Russian Army, effect of collapse on Italian situation, III, 74 Russian Campaign, 1916, II, 68; in Caucasia, II, 183-186 Russian Refugees, children emaciated, II, 115; in freight train in Moscow, II, 114-116; number of, II, 116-117 Russian Revolution, barricade on the Litenie, II, 264; Cossacks in, II, 253, 259-261; Czar dissolves Duma, II, 255; Duma takes command, II, 286; people charged by police, II, 254; soldiers join revolutionists, II, 267 S Sailly-Saillisel, French attacks on, II, 102, 105 St. Julien, fighting at, I, 262, 264; penetration of, I, 244, 246 St. Mihiel, Battle of, III, 254, 257 Saloniki, British operations at, II, 248, 250 Sambuks, cruise in, I, 191, 193 Samson, air adventure at Gallipoli, I, 232 Sand Dunes, I, 119, 120 Sazanoff, M., receives German ambassador, I, 27 Scharnhorst, in Falkland fight, I, 147, 170; in Pacific, I, 147, 148 Second Division, at St. Mihiel, III, 255; in drive for Soissons, III, 252; takes St. Etienne, III, 262; takes Beau Repaire Farm, and Vierzy, III, 252; with French near Rheims, III, 261, 262 Seicheprey, Twenty-sixth in battle, III, 249 Selective Draft, classes exempt, II, 309; liability to service, II, 304; physical examination of men, II, 308; registration, II, 305-312 Serajevo, assassination at, I, 10 Serbia, announcement of expedition against, I, 19; defended by Russia, I, 14; demands from, I, 11; replies to ultimatum, I, 22-23; ultimatum to, I, 14 Sergy, taken by Forty-second Division, III, 253 Seventy-eighth Division, in reserve at St. Mihiel, III, 255 Seventy-ninth Division in Argonne, III, 259 Shark, sunk at Jutland Bank, II, 52 Shipping Board, II, 340 Sixtus, Prince, emperor's letter to, III, 155-156 Smith-Dorrien, Sir Horace, services of, I, 69-70 Smuts, General Jan Christiaan, III, 32-53 Soissons, American First and Second Divisions in drive toward, III, 252; Franco-American drive toward, III, 224-226; entered by Allies, III, 226 Solf, Dr., opinion on German colonies, III, 47 Somme, Battle of the, II, 67, 113 Somme and Ancre, lines between, II, 71 Sparrowhawk, sunk at Jutland Bank, II, 52 Spee, Graf von, commands cruisers in the Pacific, I, 147-155; in Falkland light, I, 162-170; wins Coronel fight, I, 148-156 Struma River, bridged by British engineers, II, 250; British positions on, II, 245; rise hinders operations, II, 248 Subchasers at Corfu, III, 286 Submarine War Zone proclaimed, II, 219 Submarine Warfare, American lives lost, II, 279; American vessels sunk, II, 200; in the Mediterranean, II, 282; American ships, II, 269-384; proclaimed by Germany, II, 194, 196-197; the Sussex case, II, 194-196 Submarines, hunt each other in the dark, II, 135-136 Submarines, American, III, 119-137; cross the Atlantic, III, 119-124; go out on patrol, III, 126-134; how it feels to be depth-bombed, III, 131-132; the mother ship, III, 124-125 Suez Canal, control of the, I, 138; importance, I, 138 Summerall, Major General Charles P., III, 263 Sussex, torpedoed without warning, II, 283 Sussex Case, II, 194-196 T Tagliamento, importance of bridges, III, 91 Taurus Mountains, Armenian, II, 184; frontier of Egypt, II, 178 Thetis, at Zeebrugge, III, 102, 107 Thiaucourt, taken by Americans, III, 256 Thiaumont, II, 23-25 Thiepval, British advance on, II, 98-99; in Somme battle, II, 76 Third Division, in reserve at St. Mihiel, III, 255; on Marne, III, 251-252 Thirtieth Division, with British, III, 261 Thirty-fifth Division, in reserve at St. Mihiel, III, 255 Thirty-second Division, in reserve in Argonne, III, 259; takes Hill 230, III, 253 Thirty-seventh Division, in Belgium, III, 264 Thirty-sixth Division, with French near Rheims, III, 261-262 Thirty-third Division, available for St. Mihiel, III, 255; in Argonne, III, 258 Tigris, British on, II, 181 Tipperary, sunk, II, 52 Torcy, taken by Twenty-sixth Division, III, 253 Townshend, General, advances on Bagdad, II, 182 Treaty of Peace, with Austria, III, 366; with Germany, III, 318-365 Trebizond, Turks flee toward, II, 183 Triumph, attacks Fort Bismarck, I, 216 Trones Wood, British troops in the, II, 78 Trucks, used at Verdun, II, 17 Tsing-tao, capture of, I, 198-220; importance of, I, 200-201; siege of, I, 207-220 Turbulent, at Jutland Bank, II, 52 Turkey, Anglo-Russian campaign in, II, 174-187; dependence on Germany for aid, II, 179; imperialistic designs, I, 129-130; economic and strategic position of, I, 131-132; military situation hopeless, III, 180; reason for joining Germany, I, 132, 133; reorganizing army, I, 134-135 Twenty-eighth Division, east of Rheims, III, 251; relieves Thirty-second, III, 253 Twenty-ninth Division, in reserve in Argonne, III, 259 Twenty-seventh Division, with British in attack on Hindenburg line, III, 261 Twenty-sixth Division, at St. Mihiel, III, 255; pivot of Soissons movement, III, 252-253 U Udine, before the war, III, 69-70; in war, III, 69-70; evacuated by Italians, III, 81 United States, holds Germany responsible, II, 284; neutrality endangered, II, 208; prepares for war, II, 298-343; protests to England, I, 281; protests to Germany on submarine proclamation, I, 281 United States, military preparations of, II, 298-343; Act to Increase Military Establishment, II, 300-301; cantonment sites chosen, II, 319-320; construction and supplies, II, 324-325; Council of National Defense, II, 331; Council of National Defense organized, II, 334; delayed by neutrality, II, 298; labor assembled, II, 325; labor conditions adjusted, II, 326; Medical Reserve, II, 313; navy transports troops to Europe, II, 340; Officers' Reserve Corps, II, 313; Officers' Training Camps, II, 314-315; organizes mines, agriculture and factories, II, 299; Pershing goes to France, II, 328; plan to operate railways in France, II, 328; Quartermaster General's problems, II, 329-334; Red Cross hospital bases, II, 341; Regular Army and National Guard increased, II, 304; Selective Draft, II, 304, 305-312; training of engineers, II, 337; voluntary enlistment, II, 301 V Van Deventer, General, in East Africa, III, 38 Vaux, fight for possession of, II, 18; Germans gain at, II, 19; taken by Second Division, III, 251 Vaux, Fort, captured by French, II, 23; French victory at, II, 27 Venice, endangered in Italian retreat, III, 99-100 Venizelists, in Greece, III, 54-58 Venizelos, interview with, III, 54-67 Verdun, plateaus on either side the Meuse, II, 10; relief map of, II, 10; value of, II, 10 Verdun, Battle of, II, 7-29 Vierzy, taken by Second Division, III, 252 Vigneulles, taken by Americans, III, 256 Villers-Bretonneux, Germans checked at, III, 164 Vimy, in Picardy battle, III, 166 Vimy Ridge, German attacks on, II, 68 Vindictive, at Ostend, III, 111, 113-117; in Ostend Harbor, III, 101; work of, at Zeebrugge, III, 102-110 W Walthamstow, air raid, I, 375-383 War, causes of, I, 7-40; formally declared by the United States, II, 298 War Messages, II, 226-243 Warrior, sunk, II, 52 Warwick, at Zeebrugge, III, 110 Welland Canal, attack on, II, 291 Western Battle Front, August, 1916, Map of, II, 66 William II, Kaiser, eager to act, I, 28-30; influence of, I, 16; returns to Berlin, I, 23; trip to Norway, I, 13; ultimatum to Russia, I, 34-35 Wilson, Major General, cited for admirable work, I, 72 Wilson, President, addresses Congress on break with Germany, II, 192-204; ideas on peace, II, 216; note regarding peace, II, 214-215; War Message of, II, 226-241 Wilson, Vice Admiral H.B., commands U.S. Naval forces in France, III, 281 Y Yarrowdale, prisoners from, II, 294-296 Ypres, air battles at, I, 265, 266-275; First Battle of, I, 104-106; Canadians at, I, 248-276; Germans use gas projectiles, I, 242; second battle of, I, 240-276; in battle of Picardy, III, 168 Ysaka Maru, sunk, II, 282 Yser, Germans trying to cross the, I, 116-117; last ditch, I, 108 Z Zeebrugge and Ostend, bottled up by British, III, 101-118 Zeppelins, raid England, I, 375-383 Zimmermann, Herr von, I, 35; views of, I, 21-22