True Stories of the Great War, Volume 3 (of 6): Tales of Adventure--Heroic Deeds--Exploits Told by the Soldiers, Officers, Nurses, Diplomats, Eye Witnesses
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True Stories of the Great War, Volume 3 (of 6): Tales of Adventure--Heroic Deeds--Exploits Told by the Soldiers, Officers, Nurses, Diplomats, Eye Witnesses
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives
PRISONER'S VOYAGE ON GERMAN U-BOAT UNDER THE SEA 196
Told by--(Name Withheld by Request)
(Permission of New York Times)
THE DARKEST HOUR--FLEEING FROM THE BULGARIANS 208
OUR EXPERIENCES IN THE GREAT SERBIAN RETREAT
Told by Alice and Claude Askew
(Permission of Wide World Magazine)
A MAGYAR PALADIN--A RITTMEISTER OF THE HUSSARS 222
ALONG THE ROAD FROM POLAND TO BUDAPEST
Told by Franz Molnar
(Permission of New York Tribune)
OUR ESCAPE FROM GERMAN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA 231
Told by Corporal H. J. McElnea
(Permission of Wide World Magazine)
WHAT AN AMERICAN WOMAN SAW ON THE SERBIAN FRONT 261
HOW I VIEWED A BATTLE FROM A PRECIPICE
Told by Mrs. Charles H. Farnum of New York
(Permission of New York Sun)
"KAMERADS!"--CAPTURING HUNS IN THE ALPS WITHOUT
A FIGHT 270
DIARY OF A LIEUTENANT OF ALPINE CHASSEURS
(Permission of Wide World Magazine)
LIFE ON A FRENCH CRUISER IN WAR TIME 282
"LES VAGABONDS DE LA GUERRE"
Told by René Milan
(Permission of Current History)
OVER THE TOP WITH THE AMERICANS IN THE FOREIGN LEGION 293
Told by Donald R. Thane
(Permission of New York Herald)
SECRET STORIES OF THE GERMAN SPY IN FRANCE 306
HOW SIXTY THOUSAND SPIES PREPARED FOR THE WAR
(Permission of Wide World Magazine)
HOW STRONG MEN DIE--TALES OF THE WOUNDED 329
EXPERIENCES OF A SCOTTISH MINISTER
Told by Rev. Lauchlan Maclean Watt
(Permission of The Scotsman)
THROUGH JAWS OF DEATH IN A SUNKEN SUBMARINE 336
Told by Emile Vedel in L'Illustration, Paris
(Permission of New York World)
ESCAPE OF THE RUSSIAN LEADER OF THE "TERRIBLE
DIVISION" 343
TRUE STORY OF HOW GENERAL KORNILOFF ESCAPED
ACROSS HUNGARY
Told by Ivan Novikoff
(Permission of Wide World Magazine)
THE AERIAL ATTACK ON RAVENNA 358
Told by Paoli Polettit in L'Illustrazione Italiana
(Permission of Current History)
[Illustration: Underwood & Underwood.
BRINGING IN A WOUNDED COMRADE
_Some of the Most Heroic Acts of the War Have Been Performed as Part
of the "Day's Work" of the Ambulance Corps. This French Ambulance
Attendant is Risking His Own Life During the French Offensive at Verdun
to Carry a Fellow Poilu Back Through the Woods Razed by German Gun
Fire._]
[Illustration: READING HOME NEWS BEFORE STARTING FOR THE TRENCHES]
[Illustration: HE CHARGED WITH HIS BATTALION A FEW HOURS EARLIER]
[Illustration: A FRIEND'S TURN YESTERDAY--HIS PERHAPS TODAY]
WHAT I FOUND OUT IN THE HOUSE OF A GERMAN PRINCE
_Stories of Intimate Talks with the Hohenzollerns_
_Told by an English-American Governess_
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