TYPICAL U-BOAT METHODS: British Admiralty Records 290 The Story of an Indomitable Captain By Joseph Conrad 292 THE NAVAL DEFENSE OF VENICE 293 Venice Under the Grim Shadow 299 TAKING OVER THE DUTCH SHIPS 303 AIR RAIDS ON PARIS AND LONDON 305 The Tale of Zeppelin Disasters 309 PARIS BOMBARDED BY LONG-RANGE GUNS 310 THE IRISH GUARDS By Rudyard Kipling 313 THE GUILT OF GERMANY: Prince Lichnowsky's Memorandum 314 Reply of Former Foreign Minister von Jagow 320 COUNT CZERNIN ON PEACE TERMS 323 Great Britain's Reply to Count Czernin 327 AUSTRO-FRENCH "PEACE INITIATIVE" CONTROVERSY 328 A REVIEW OF THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND By Thomas G. Frothingham 334 Charts of Battle of Jutland 332 GERMAN CHURCHMAN'S DEFENSE OF POISON GAS 343 GREAT BRITAIN'S WAR WORK IN 1917 344 THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI: Official Report By Field Marshal Haig 349 THE EUROPEAN WAR AS SEEN BY CARTOONISTS: 42 Cartoons 361 ROTOGRAVURE ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE PRESIDENT WILSON _Frontis_ FERDINAND FOCH, GENERALISSIMO " BENEDICT CROWELL 204 AMERICAN ARMY CHIEFS 205 BRITISH COMMANDERS IN FRANCE 220 GERMAN COMMANDERS IN FRANCE 221 UNITED STATES CONGRESS 236 AMERICAN FIRST AID STATION 237 REPRESENTATIVES OF CENTRAL POWERS 268 PANORAMA OF VENICE 269 HENRY P. DAVISON 284 ACTUAL SURRENDER OF JERUSALEM 285 CAMP ZACHARY TAYLOR 316 VIEW OF CAMP SHERMAN 317 GRAVES OF TUSCANIA VICTIMS 332 LIBERTY LOAN POSTER 333 CURRENT HISTORY CHRONICLED [PERIOD ENDED APRIL 19, 1918.] AN EPOCH-MAKING MONTH The month covered by this issue of CURRENT HISTORY MAGAZINE was the most fateful in a military way since the beginning of the war. The most desperate and sanguinary battle in history, begun with the great German offensive in France March 21, 1918, was at its most furious phase when these pages were printed. No less than 4,000,000 men were engaged in deadly combat on a front of 150 miles.