Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: IN FRONT IS GENERAL PETAIN ABOUT TO BE MADE A MARSHAL. BEHIND HIM, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, ARE MARSHAL JOFFRE AND MARSHAL FOCH (FRENCH), FIELD MARSHAL HAIG (BRITISH), GENERAL PERSHING (AMERICAN), GENERAL GILLAIN (BELGIAN), GENERAL ALBRICCI (ITALIAN), GENERAL HALLER (POLISH)] WORLD'S WAR EVENTS RECORDED BY STATESMEN -- COMMANDERS HISTORIANS AND BY MEN WHO FOUGHT OR SAW THE GREAT CAMPAIGNS COMPILED AND EDITED BY FRANCIS J. REYNOLDS FORMER REFERENCE LIBRARIAN -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND ALLEN L. CHURCHILL ASSOCIATE EDITOR "THE STORY OF THE GREAT WAR" ASSOCIATE EDITOR "THE NEW INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA" VOLUME III [Illustration] PF COLLIER & SON COMPANY NEW YORK Copyright 1919 BY P.F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY WORLD'S WAR EVENTS VOLUME III BEGINNING WITH THE DEPARTURE OF THE FIRST AMERICAN DESTROYERS FOR SERVICE ABROAD IN APRIL, 1917, AND CLOSING WITH THE TREATIES OF PEACE IN 1919 CONTENTS ARTICLE PAGE I. A DESTROYER IN ACTIVE SERVICE 7 _An American Officer_ II. EAST AFRICA 32 _Jan Christiaan Smuts_ III. GREECE'S ATONEMENT 54 _Lewis R. Freeman_ IV. THE ITALIANS AT BAY 69 _G. Ward Price_ V. BOTTLING UP ZEEBRUGGE AND OSTEND 101 _Official Narrative_ VI. WITH THE AMERICAN SUBMARINES 119 _Henry B. Beston_ VII. WOUNDED HEROES OF FRANCE 138 _Abbe Felix Klein_ VIII. THE BATTLE OF PICARDY 153 _J.B.W. Gardiner_ IX. BULGARIA QUITS 170 _Lothrop Stoddard_ X. THE FIGHTING CZECHO-SLOVAKS 183 _Maynard Owen Williams_ XI. SIX DAYS ON THE AMERICAN FIRING LINE 200 _Corporal H.J. Burbach_ XII. AN AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD 210 _Raoul Blanchard_ XIII. NIGHT RAIDS FROM THE AIR 229 _Mary Helen Fee_ XIV. THE AMERICAN ARMY IN EUROPE 242 _General John J. Pershing_ XV. THE AMERICAN NAVY IN EUROPE 271 _Admiral H.T. Mayo_ XVI. ARMISTICE TERMS SIGNED BY GERMANY 297 XVII. COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS 306 XVIII. TREATY OF PEACE WITH GERMANY 318 XIX. TREATY OF PEACE WITH AUSTRIA 365 INDEX 375 A DESTROYER IN ACTIVE SERVICE BY AN AMERICAN OFFICER APRIL 7. [Sidenote: War accepted with equanimity.] [Sidenote: Life on a destroyer is simple.]