Thrilling Incidents of the Great War Told by Actual Combatants--Personal Experiences from the Lips of Survivors of the World's Bloodiest Battles--Tales of Prisoners of War, Wounded Soldiers, and Refugees Rendered Homeless in the Blighted Arena of Conflict--Hand-to-Hand Fighting--Frightful Mortality Among Officers--How It Feels to Be Wounded--In the "Valley of Death"--A Belgian Boy Hero--A British Cavalry Charge--Spirit of French Women--In the Paris Military Hospital--German Uhlans as Scouts--How a German Prince Died--Fearful State of Battlefields XV THE MYSTERY OF THE FLEETS Movements of British Battleships Veiled in Secrecy--German Dreadnoughts in North Sea and Baltic Ports--Activity of Smaller Craft--English Keep Trade Routes Open--Several Minor Battles at Sea XVI SUBMARINES AND MINES Battleships in Constant Danger from Submerged Craft--Opinions of Admiral Sir Percy Scott--Construction of Modern Torpedoes--How Mines Are Laid and Exploded on Contact XVII AERO-MILITARY OPERATIONS Aerial Attacks on Cities--Some of the Achievements of the Airmen in the Great War--Deeds of Heroism and Daring--Zeppelins in Action--Their Construction and Operation XVIII BATTLE OF THE AISNE Most Prolonged Encounter in History Between Gigantic Forces--A Far-Flung Battle Line--Germans Face French and British in the Aisne Valley and Fight for Weeks--Armies Deadlocked After a Desperate and Bloody Struggle XIX FALL OF ANTWERP Great Seaport of Belgium Besieged by a Large German Force--Forts Battered by Heavy Siege Guns--Final Surrender of the City--Belgian and British Defenders Escape--Exodus of Inhabitants--Germans Reach the Sea XX THE WOUNDED AND PRISONERS Typical Precautions Used by the German Army--The Soldier's First-Aid Outfit--System in Hospital Arrangements--How Prisoners of War Are Treated--Regulations Are Humane and Fair to All Concerned CHAPTER PAGE XXI HORRORS OF THE WAR Plan to Send Santa Claus Gifts From America to War-Stricken Children of Europe--A Widespread Response---Movement Endorsed by Press, Pulpit and Leading Citizens--Approved by Governments of Contending Nations XXII LATER EVENTS OF THE WAR Results of the Battle of the Rivers--Fierce Fighting in Northern France--Developments on the Eastern Battle Front--The Campaign in the Pacific--Naval Activities of the Powers XXIII SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA Torpedoed by a Submarine--Crisis in German-American Relations--The Diplomatic Exchanges XXIV A SUMMER OF SLAUGHTER Submarine Activities--Horrors in Serbia--Bloody Battles East and West--Italy Declares War and Invades Austria--Russians Pushed Back in Galicia XXV SECOND WINTER OF THE WAR XXVI CLIMAX OF THE WAR XXVII WORLD'S GREATEST SEA FIGHT XXVIII BATTLES EAST AND WEST XXIX CONTINUATION OF WAR IN 1917 XXX GENERAL PERSHING'S OWN STOBY XXXI WHEN THE DAYS OF RECKONING DAWNED XXXII HOME FOLLOWS THE FLAG XXXIII TERMS OF THE ARMISTICE XXXIV HONOR TO THE VICTORS XXXV CHRONOLOGY OF THE WORLD WAR INTRODUCTION