UNITED STATES SOLDIERS INSPIRED ALLIED TROOPS--RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT COLLAPSES--ITALIAN ARMY FAILS--ALLIED WAR COUNCIL FORMED--FOCH COMMANDS ALLIED ARMIES--PERSHING OFFERS AMERICAN TROOPS--UNDER FIRE--U-BOAT BASES RAIDED BY BRITISH 473 CHAPTER XXIX AMERICANS TURN WAR'S TIDE BRILLIANT AMERICAN FIGHTING STOPS HUN ADVANCE--FRENCH AND BRITISH INSPIRED--FAMOUS MARINES LEAD IN PICTURESQUE ATTACK--HALT GERMANS AT CHATEAU-THIERRY--USED OPEN STYLE FIGHTING--THOUSANDS OF GERMANS SLAIN--UNITED STATES TROOPS IN SIBERIA--NEW CONSCRIPTION BILL PASSED--ALLIED SUCCESSES ON ALL FRONTS 489 CHAPTER XXX VICTORY--PEACE THE GERMAN EMPIRE COLLAPSES--FOCH'S STRATEGY WINS--AMERICAN INSPIRATION A BIG FACTOR--BULGARIA, TURKEY AND AUSTRIA QUIT WAR--MONARCHS FALL--KAISER ABDICATES AND FLEES GERMANY--ARMISTICE SIGNED--NOVEMBER 11, PEACE 497 THE NEGRO IN THE WORLD WAR 507 [Illustration: WOUNDED AMERICAN SOLDIERS ENTERTAINING THEMSELVES. During the period of convalescence the wounded were well cared for. They earned and deserved the best possible treatment and care.] [Illustration: FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, CHEERS NEGRO VETERANS. The 369th Colored Infantry acclaimed by thousands upon their return from France. Their record is one of the bravest of any organization in the war.] [Illustration: ONE OF THE WOUNDED AND HIS MOTHER. A member of the famous 369th Colored Infantry, who was wounded in the fighting, and his proud mother. He sacrificed a leg for the cause of righteousness and World Peace.] [Illustration: CHEERFULLY DOING THE WORK REQUIRED. Transporting tan bark, to be used in connection with tanning leather. No slackers. The colored women did willingly and efficiently their part in helping win the war.] [Illustration: NEGRO SOLDIERS LOOKING FOR THE ENEMY. Negro troops from many parts of the world were engaged in the war. It has been estimated that as many as 700,000 Negro soldiers were in the French Army alone.] [Illustration: ENTERTAINING CONVALESCENT AMERICAN SOLDIERS AT AUTHEIL. Negro musicians were in great demand in France. This picture shows Lieut. Europe's noted colored band.] [Illustration: THE BAND IN La BOURBOULE, FRANCE. The arrival of the colored musicians created great excitement. This band heralded the coming of soldiers to rest up.] [Illustration: A SNIPER AT WORK. This papier-mache camouflage, made to imitate a dead horse, furnished good protection for the sharpshooter.] [Illustration: SENEGALIANS ON THE SOMME FRONT.] [Illustration: FRENCH ZOUAVES TAKEN PRISONERS BY GERMANS. They were formerly artists in a Paris cafe-concert.] [Illustration: WOUNDED COLORED SOLDIERS ON THE MACEDONIAN FRONT. They were with the ambulance X.A., and the major surgeon is distributing cigarettes.] [Illustration: Private Henry Johnson Private Needham Roberts