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WORLD'S WAR EVENTS

RECORDED BY STATESMEN · COMMANDERS HISTORIANS AND BY MEN WHO FOUGHT OR SAW THE GREAT CAMPAIGNS

COMPILED AND EDITED BY

FRANCIS J. REYNOLDS

FORMER REFERENCE LIBRARIAN · LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

AND

ALLEN L. CHURCHILL

ASSOCIATE EDITOR "THE STORY OF THE GREAT WAR" ASSOCIATE EDITOR "THE NEW INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA"

VOLUME I

P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY NEW YORK

Copyright 1919

BY P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY

WORLD'S WAR EVENTS

VOLUME I

BEGINNING WITH THE CAUSES OF THE WAR AND THE INVASION OF BELGIUM IN 1914 AND CARRYING THE HISTORY OF THE WAR TO THE CLOSE OF 1915

CONTENTS

ARTICLE PAGE

I. WHAT CAUSED THE WAR 7 Baron Beyens

II. THE DEFENSE OF LIÈGE 41 Charles Bronne

III. THE GREAT RETREAT 62 Sir John French

IV. THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE 73 Sir John French

V. HOW THE FRENCH FOUGHT 83 French Official Account

VI. THE RACE FOR THE CHANNEL 96 French Official Account

VII. THE LAST DITCH IN BELGIUM 108 Arno Dosch

VIII. WHY TURKEY ENTERED THE WAR 125 Roland G. Usher

IX. THE FALKLAND SEA FIGHT 142 A. N. Hilditch