The Daily Telegraph WAR BOOKS THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE The Daily Telegraph WAR BOOKS Cloth 1/- net each Post free 1/3 each HOW THE WAR BEGAN By W. L. COURTNEY, LL.D., and J. M. KENNEDY THE FLEETS AT WAR By ARCHIBALD HURD THE CAMPAIGN OF SEDAN By GEORGE HOOPER THE CAMPAIGN ROUND LIEGE By J. M. KENNEDY IN THE FIRING LINE Battle Stories told by British Soldiers at the Front. By A. ST. JOHN ADCOCK GREAT BATTLES OF THE WORLD By STEPHEN CRANE Author of “The Red Badge of Courage.” BRITISH REGIMENTS AT THE FRONT The glorious story of their Battle Honours. THE RED CROSS IN WAR By M. F. BILLINGTON FORTY YEARS AFTER The Story of the Franco-German War. By H. C. BAILEY. With an Introduction by W. L. COURTNEY, LL.D. A SCRAP OF PAPER The Inner History of German Diplomacy. By E. J. DILLON HOW THE NATIONS WAGED WAR A companion volume to “How the War Began,” telling how the world faced Armageddon and how the British Army answered the call to arms. By J. M. KENNEDY AIR-CRAFT IN WAR By ERIC STUART BRUCE HACKING THROUGH BELGIUM By EDMUND DANE FAMOUS FIGHTS OF INDIAN NATIVE REGIMENTS By REGINALD HODDER THE RETREAT TO PARIS By ROGER INGPEN THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE By MARR MURRAY THE SUBMARINE IN WAR By C. W. DOMVILLE-FIFE MOTOR TRANSPORTS IN WAR By HORACE WYATT THE SLAV NATIONS THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE BY MARR MURRAY HODDER AND STOUGHTON LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO MCMXIV CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION 7 I. THE NATION AND THE WAR 19 II. MOBILISATION 37 III. THE POLISH PROCLAMATION 72 IV. THE PRELIMINARY PHASE 82 V. THE ADVANCE INTO EASTERN PRUSSIA 103 VI. THE ADVANCE INTO GALICIA 137 VII. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LEMBERG 174 VIII. CONCLUSION 186 [Illustration: COPYRIGHT. SPECIALLY PREPARED FOR The Daily Telegraph BY "GEOGRAPHIA" LTD 55 FLEET STREET LONDON EC ALEXANDER GROSS F R G S ] INTRODUCTION