[Illustration: VISCOUNT MILNER The new British War Secretary in succession to Lord Derby. He had been a member of the War Cabinet since its creation in December, 1916 (_Central News_)] [Illustration: GENERAL SIR W. R. MARSHALL Commander in Chief of the British forces in Mesopotamia (_Central News_)] [Illustration] CURRENT HISTORY _A Monthly Magazine of The New York Times_ Published by The New York Times Company, Times Square, New York, N. Y. Vol. VIII. Part I. No. 3 June, 1918 25 Cents a Copy $3.00 a Year [Illustration] TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE CURRENT HISTORY CHRONICLED 381 BATTLES IN PICARDY AND FLANDERS 389 THE GREATEST BATTLE OF THE WAR, By Philip Gibbs 398 America's Sacrifice, By Harold Begbie 410 AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN BATTLE 411 Overseas Forces More Than Half a Million 413 American Troops in Central France, By Laurence Jerrold 415 American Shipbuilders Break All Records 418 THIRD LIBERTY LOAN OVERSUBSCRIBED 419 Former War Loans of the United States 421 AMERICAN LABOR MISSION IN EUROPE 424 PROGRESS OF THE WAR 426 GERMAN LOSSES ON ALL FRONTS 431 GREAT BRITAIN'S FINANCES 432 TRADE AFTER THE WAR 434 FINLAND UNDER GERMAN CONTROL 438 Peace Treaty Between Finland and Germany 445 GERMAN AGGRESSION IN RUSSIA 449 MORE BOLSHEVIST LEGISLATION, By Abraham Yarmolinsky 455 LITHUANIA'S EFFORTS TOWARD AUTONOMY, By A. M. Martus 458 THE RAID ON ZEEBRUGGE AND OSTEND 460 GERMAN U-BOAT CLAIMS: Address by Admiral von Capelle 467 The Admiral's Statements Attacked 469 The Month's Submarine Record 470 A Secret Chapter of U-Boat History 471 SEA-RAIDER WOLF AND ITS VICTIMS 473 Career and Fate of the Raider Seeadler 476 TREATMENT OF BRITISH PRISONERS: Official Report 479 American Prisoners Exploited 484 THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF RHEIMS, By G. H. Perris 485 The Abomination of Desolation, By Dr. Norman Maclean 486 LLOYD GEORGE AND GENERAL MAURICE 488