[Illustration: ON VIMY RIDGE, WHERE CANADA WON LAURELS The Canadians took the important position of Vimy Ridge on Easter Monday, April 9, 1917. They advanced with brilliance, having taken the whole system of German front-line trenches between dawn and 6.30 A. M. This shows squads of machine gunners operating from shell-craters in support of the infantry on the plateau above the ridge.] COMPLETE EDITION HISTORY OF THE WORLD WAR An Authentic Narrative of The World’s Greatest War BY FRANCIS A. MARCH, Ph.D. In Collaboration with RICHARD J. BEAMISH Special War Correspondent and Military Analyst With an Introduction BY GENERAL PEYTON C. MARCH Chief of Staff of the United States Army With Exclusive Photographs by JAMES H. HARE and DONALD THOMPSON World-Famed War Photographers and with Reproductions from the Official Photographs of the United States, Canadian, British, French and Italian Governments MCMXIX LESLIE-JUDGE COMPANY NEW YORK Copyright, 1918 FRANCIS A. MARCH This history is an original work and is fully protected by the copyright laws, including the right of translation. All persons are warned against reproducing the text in whole or in part without the permission of the publishers. CONTENTS VOLUME IV PAGE CHAPTER I. CANADA’S PART IN THE GREAT WAR BY COL. GEORGE G. NASMITH, C. M. G. Enthusiastic Response to the Call to Action--Valcartier Camp a Splendid Example of the Driving Power of Sir Sam Hughes--Thirty-three Liners Cross the Atlantic with First Contingent of Men and Equipments--Largest Convoy Ever Gathered Together--At the Front with the Princess Pat’s--Red Cross--Financial Aid--Half a Million Soldiers Overseas--Mons, the Last Stronghold of the Enemy, Won by the Men from Canada--A Record of Glory 1 CHAPTER II. THE SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES The Canadians in Action--Undismayed by the New Weapon of the Enemy--Holding the Line Against Terrific Odds--Men From the Dominion Fight Like Veterans 34 CHAPTER III. MURDERS AND MARTYRS The Case of Edith Cavell--Nurse Who Befriended the Helpless Dies at the Hands of the Germans--Captain Fryatt’s Martyrdom--How Germany Sowed the Seeds of Disaster 45 CHAPTER IV. ZEPPELIN RAIDS ON FRANCE AND ENGLAND First Zeppelin Attack Kills Twenty-eight and Injures Forty-four--Part of Germany’s Policy of Frightfulness--Raids by German Airplanes on Unfortified Towns--Killing of Non-Combatants--The British Lion Awakes--Anti-Aircraft Precautions and Protections--Policy of Terrorism Fails 53 CHAPTER V. RED REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA