Produced by Charlene Taylor, 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) 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: Marechal Ferdinand Foch _Generalissimo of the Armies of the Allies_.] THE STORY OF THE GREAT WAR AMERICAN FOOD AND SHIPS PALESTINE · ITALY INVADED GREAT GERMAN OFFENSIVE AMERICANS IN PICARDY AMERICANS ON THE MARNE FOCH'S COUNTEROFFENSIVE VOLUME VII P · F · Collier & Son · New York Copyright 1919 By P. F. Collier & Son CONTENTS PART I.--THE WESTERN FRONT CHAPTER Page I. Franco-British Forces Victorious at Ypres--Germans Lose Ground at Lens 9 II. French Break the German Lines at Verdun--Canadians Gain at Lens 22 III. Lens in Ruins--British Advance Near Ypres 33 IV. Haig Strikes Again at Ypres--The French Break the German Lines on the Aisne 42 V. German Retreat from Chemin-des-Dames--British Advance Toward Cambrai 54 VI. Germans Gain in the Cambrai Area--Cold Weather Halts Important Operations 66 PART II.--THE UNITED STATES AS A BELLIGERENT VII. The New Ally in Council 77 VIII. On the Lorraine Front 83 IX. Pope and President 97 X. America's War Aims 102 XI. Moving the Military Machine 111 XII. Fleets in the Making 119 XIII. Food as a War Factor 124 XIV. Transportation and Fuel 128 PART III.--REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA XV. The Last Days of Kerensky 134