Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net For the reader: The notation [oe] is used in this text to indicate the presence of the oe-ligature in the original text. Further transcriber's notes to be found at the end of the text. [Illustration: THE CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME AT RHEIMS] 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 I [Illustration] P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY NEW YORK Copyright 1919 BY P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY WORLD'S WAR EVENTS VOLUME I BEGINNING WITH THE CAUSES OF THE WAR AND THE INVASION OF BELGIUM IN 1914 AND CARRYING THE HISTORY OF THE WAR TO THE CLOSE OF 1915 CONTENTS ARTICLE PAGE I. WHAT CAUSED THE WAR 7 _Baron Beyens_ II. THE DEFENSE OF LIEGE 41 _Charles Bronne_ III. THE GREAT RETREAT 62 _Sir John French_ IV. THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE 73 _Sir John French_ V. HOW THE FRENCH FOUGHT 83 _French Official Account_ VI. THE RACE FOR THE CHANNEL 96 _French Official Account_ VII. THE LAST DITCH IN BELGIUM 108 _Arno Dosch_ VIII. WHY TURKEY ENTERED THE WAR 125 _Roland G. Usher_ IX. THE FALKLAND SEA FIGHT 142 _A. N. Hilditch_ X. CRUISE OF THE EMDEN 176 _Captain Muecke_ XI. CAPTURE OF TSING-TAO 198 _A. N. Hilditch_ XII. GALLIPOLI 221 _A. John Gallishaw_ XIII. GAS: SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES 240 _Colonel E. D. Swinton_ XIV. THE CANADIANS AT YPRES 248 _By the Canadian Record Officer_ XV. SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA 277 _Judicial Decision by Judge J. M. Mayer_ XVI. MOUNTAIN WARFARE 313 _Howard C. Felton_ XVII. THE GREAT CHAMPAGNE OFFENSIVE OF 1915 322 _Official Account of the French Headquarters Staff_ XVIII. THE TRAGEDY OF EDITH CAVELL 348 _Brand Whitlock_ XIX. GALLIPOLI ABANDONED 366 _General Sir Charles C. Monro_ XX. THE DEATH-SHIP IN THE SKY 375 _Perriton Maxwell_ WHAT CAUSED THE WAR BARON BEYENS The National Review, June, 1916. I