E-text prepared by Charlene Taylor, Christine P. Travers, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 29341-h.htm or 29341-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/29341/pg29341-images.html) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/29341/29341-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See http://www.archive.org/details/storyofgreatwarh05churuoft Transcriber's note: Obvious printer's errors have been corrected. Hyphenation and accentuation have been made consistent. All other inconsistencies are as in the original. The author's spelling has been retained. Page 26: "notwithstanding he or they may believe to the contrary" has been changed to "notwithstanding what he or they may believe to the contrary". Pages 178/179: Words are missing between "cross-" and "of" in the sentence: Ten miles west of Kolki the Russians succeeded in cross-of Gruziatin, two miles north of Godomitchy, the small German garrison of which, consisting of some five hundred officers and men, fell into Russian captivity. Page 200: "during pursuit of the Russians" has been changed to "during pursuit by the Russians". 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: Jutland.] THE STORY OF THE GREAT WAR Battle of Jutland Bank . Russian Offensive . Kut-El-Amara East Africa . Verdun . The Great Somme Drive . United States and Belligerents Summary of Two Years' War VOLUME V P . F . Collier & Son . New York Copyright 1916 By P. F. Collier & Son CONTENTS PART I.--AUSTRIAN PROPAGANDA CHAPTER Page I. Austrian Ambassador Implicated in Strike Plots--his Recall--Ramifications of German Conspiracies 9 II. The Plot To Destroy Ships--Pacific Coast Conspiracies--Hamburg-American Case--Scope of New York Investigations 15