The Western Battle Field, Showing the International Frontiers, the Important Railways, the Position of the Lines at the Culmination of Important Campaigns, and the Battle Front as it Existed in September, 1918 _Colored Insert_ The Battle Fronts of the Great War--as the Lines Were Drawn in Belgium, France, the Balkans, Italy, Palestine, and Mesopotamia, September, 1918. The Russian Front Had Completely Disappeared _Colored Insert_ The Western Front from Nancy to Calais (_Colored Map_) _Front Insert_ The Western Front, 1917-1918 11 The Taking of Malmaison and Chemin-des-Dames 49 The Battle of Cambrai 68 American Front in France Where the First Clashes Between Americans and Germans Occurred 87 The Italian Advance in Istria 190 Different Stages of the Italian Retreat 205 The Campaign in Palestine 219 The British Advance in Mesopotamia and Palestine 235 Five Zeppelins Destroyed After the Air Raid on London, October 19-20, 1917 263 German Offensive from Arras to the Oise, March-June, 1918 271 Range of the German 80-Mile Gun 279 German Advance Between Ypres and Arras, March-June, 1918 292 German Drive Toward Paris, Which Began May 27, 1918. This Map Shows the Farthest Advance 309 German Thrust South of Ypres and Where It was Stopped 316 Where Foch Definitely Stopped the German Offensive, June 14, 1918 316 Line-up at the Great German Offensive, March-June, 1918 323 Allied Counteroffensive on the Marne 326 Military Establishments in the United States 345 Where American Marines Stopped the German Advance on the Marne 383 Austrian Offensive and the Italian Counteroffensive, June-August, 1918 453 The "Montello," Where the Austrian Offensive Broke Down 457 Austro-Italian operations on the lower Piave river 457 Raids of German Submarines on United States Shipping on the Atlantic Coast 465 Italian Naval Exploits 469 British Naval Attacks on the German Bases of Zeebrugge and Ostend 472 PART I--WESTERN FRONT CHAPTER I