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: _Signing the Peace Treaty in the Hall of Mirrors, Palace of Versailles, on June 28, 1919. Georges Clemenceau, French Premier, is standing and inviting the German delegates to affix their signatures to the document._] THE STORY OF THE GREAT WAR VICTORY WITH THE ALLIES ARMISTICE · PEACE CONGRESS CANADA'S WAR ORGANIZATIONS AND VAST WAR INDUSTRIES CANADIAN BATTLES OVERSEAS VOLUME VIII CANADIAN EDITION THE STORY OF CANADA IN THE GREAT WAR EDITED AND COMPILED BY LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JOHN A. COOPER LATE COMMANDER OF THE 198TH BATTALION, CANADIAN BUFFS P · F · Collier & Son · New York Copyright 1920 By P. F. Collier & Son CONTENTS PART I.--THE WESTERN FRONT CHAPTER Page I. Destruction Marks the Great Retreat--The French Capture Soissons, Fismes, and Important Positions--The British Win Great Victories Near Albert 9 II. The German Retreat Continues--The French Victorious Between the Oise and the Aisne--The British Win Miles of Territory Daily 23 III. The French Take Noyon--The British Bapaume and Péronne--The Allies Conquer on Every Front 36 IV. The British Close in on Cambrai--French Occupy St. Quentin--The Germans Fire Cambrai and Retreat--The Allies' Great Victory in Flanders 49 V. The Germans Retreat on All Fronts--British Capture Valenciennes--The Armistice--The War Over 63 PART II.--RUSSIA VI. Countering the Germans in Fallen Russia 80 VII. Allied Intervention in the North of Russia 88 VIII. The Bolsheviki Resent Allied Intervention 90 IX. The Baltic Provinces 95 PART III.--THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN