Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: PRESIDENT WILSON READING HIS WAR MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, APRIL 2, 1917] 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 II [Illustration] P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY NEW YORK Copyright 1919 BY P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY WORLD'S WAR EVENTS VOLUME II BEGINNING WITH THE ATTACK AT VERDUN EARLY IN 1916 THE STORY OF THE WAR AND OF AMERICAN AID IS CARRIED TO THE CLOSE OF 1917 CONTENTS ARTICLE PAGE I. THE BATTLE OF VERDUN 7 _Raoul Blanchard_ II. THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND BANK 30 _Admiral Sir John Jellicoe's Official Despatch_ III. TAKING THE COL DI LANA 55 _Lewis R. Freeman_ IV. THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME 67 _Sir Douglas Haig_ V. RUSSIA'S REFUGEES 114 _Gregory Mason_ VI. THE TRAGEDY OF RUMANIA 124 _Stanley Washburn_ VII. SIXTEEN MONTHS A WAR PRISONER 142 _Private "Jack" Evans_ VIII. UNDER GERMAN RULE IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM 159 _J. P. Whitaker_ IX. THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN IN TURKEY 174 _James B. MacDonald_ X. KITCHENER 188 _Lady St. Helier_ XI. WHY AMERICA BROKE WITH GERMANY 194 _President Woodrow Wilson_ XII. HOW THE WAR CAME TO AMERICA 205 _Official Account_ XIII. THE WAR MESSAGE 226 _President Woodrow Wilson_ XIV. BRITISH OPERATIONS AT SALONIKI 244 _Official Report of General Milne_ XV. IN PETROGRAD DURING THE SEVEN DAYS 253 _Arno Dosch-Fleurot_ XVI. AMERICA'S FIRST SHOT 271 _J.R. Keen_ XVII. GERMAN ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED STATES 278 _House Committee on Foreign Affairs_ XVIII. PREPARING FOR WAR 298 _Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War_