Produced by Merv McConnel, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net; This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive [Transcriber's note: Obvious printer's errors have been corrected. Hyphenation and accentuation have been standardised, all other inconsistencies are as in the original. The author's spelling has been maintained. Page 365, 299 mm. is probably an error for .299-in. Page 399, "could reach effectively the trenches of the Russians" should probably be "could reach effectively the trenches of the Austrians".] THE STORY OF THE GREAT WAR History of the European War from Official Sources Complete Historical Records of Events to Date, Illustrated with Drawings, Maps, and Photographs Prefaced by What the War Means to America Major General Leonard Wood, U.S.A. Naval Lessons of the War Rear Admiral Austin M. Knight, U.S.N. The World's War Frederick Palmer Theatres of the War's Campaigns Frank H. Simonds The War Correspondent Arthur Ruhl Edited by Francis J. Reynolds Former Reference Librarian of Congress Allen L. Churchill Associate Editor, The New International Encyclopedia Francis Trevelyan Miller Editor in Chieft, Photographic History of the Civil War P. F. Collier & Son Company New York [Illustration: _A great French siege gun in action near the much-contested battle field of Arras. During the terrific explosion the gunners cover their ears._] THE STORY OF THE GREAT WAR THE WAR BEGINS INVASION OF BELGIUM BATTLE OF THE MARNE CRACOW . WARSAW POLISH CAMPAIGN WAR IN EAST PRUSSIA VOLUME II P . F . Collier & Son . New York Copyright 1916 By P. F. Collier & Son CONTENTS PART I.--GREAT BATTLES OF THE WESTERN ARMIES CHAPTER Page I. Attack on Belgium 9 II. Siege and Capture of Liege 12 III. Belgium's Defiance 23 IV. Capture of Louvain--Surrender of Brussels 27 V. Coming of the British 33 VI. Campaigns in Alsace and Lorraine 38 VII. Siege and Fall of Namur 45 VIII. Battle of Charleroi 54 IX. Battle of Mons 60 X. The Great Retreat Begins 68 XI. Fighting at Bay 79 XII. The Marne--General Plan of Battle Field 87 XIII. Allied and German Battle Plans 95 XIV. First Moves in the Battle 101