Produced by Christine P. Travers, Charlene Taylor 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 239, "The concentration one for operations" has been changed to "The concentration zone for operations".] 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 war Zeppelin on a bomb-dropping expedition is sailing over an enemy city. High above it are the city's defending aircraft--a biplane and a monoplane--ready to attack the raider with their machine guns_] THE STORY OF THE GREAT WAR NEUVE CHAPELLE . BATTLE OF YPRES . PRZEMYSL MAZURIAN LAKES . ITALY ENTERS WAR . GORIZIA THE DARDANELLES VOLUME III P . F . Collier & Son . New York Copyright 1916 By P. F. Collier & Son CONTENTS PART I.--RUSSIAN AND TURKISH CAMPAIGN CHAPTER Page I. Campaign in the Caucasus 9 II. Turkish Advance Against Egypt 15 III. Failure of "Holy War" Propaganda 21 IV. Results of First Six Months of Turkish Campaign 25 V. The Dardanelles--Strategy of the Campaign 27 VI. Fortifications and Strength--First Movements 34 PART II.--JAPAN AND THE FAR EAST VII. Why Japan Joined the Allies 40 VIII. Military and Naval Situation in the Far East 46 IX. Beginning of Hostilities--Attacks On Tsing-Tau Forts 52 X. Capture of Tsing-Tau 60 PART III.--THE WAR IN AFRICA XI. Campaign in Togoland and the Cameroons 62 XII. German Southwest Africa--Rebellion in Union of South Africa 68 PART IV.--THE WESTERN FRONT