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       I. Attack on Belgium
      II.  Siege and capture of liege
     III.  Belgium’s Defiance
      IV.  Capture of louvain—­surrender of Brussels
       V. Coming of the British
      VI.  Campaigns in Alsace and Lorraine
     VII.  Siege and fall of Namur
    VIII.  Battle of Charleroi
      IX.  Battle of Mons
       X. The great retreat begins
      XI.  Fighting at bay
     XII.  The Marne—­general plan of battle field
    XIII.  Allied and German battle plans
     XIV.  First moves in the battle
      XV.  German retreat
     XVI.  Continuation of the battle of the Marne
    XVII.  Continuation of the battle of the Marne
   XVIII.  Other aspects of the battle of the Marne
     XIX.  “Crossing the Aisne”
      XX.  First day’s battles
     XXI.  The British at the Aisne
    XXII.  Bombardment of Rheims and soissons
   XXIII.  Second phase of battle of the Aisne
    XXIV.  End of the battle
     XXV.  “The race to the sea”
    XXVI.  Siege and fall of Antwerp
   XXVII.  Yser battles—­attack on Ypres
  XXVIII.  Attacks on la Bassee and Arras
    XXIX.  General movements on the French and Flanders fronts
     XXX.  Operations around la Bassee and Givenchy
    XXXI.  End of six months’ fighting in the west

PART II.—­NAVAL OPERATIONS

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   XXXII.  Strength of the rival navies
  XXXIII.  First blood—­battle of the bight
   XXXIV.  Battles on three seas
    XXXV.  The German sea raiders
   XXXVI.  Battle off the Falklands
  XXXVII.  Sea fights of the ocean patrol
 XXXVIII.  War on German trade and possessions
   XXXIX.  Raids on the English coast
      XL.  Results of six months’ naval operations

PART III.—­THE WAR ON THE EASTERN FRONT

     XLI.  General characteristics of the theatre of war
    XLII.  The strategic value of Russian Poland
   XLIII.  Austrian Poland, Galicia, and Bukowina
    XLIV.  The Balkans—­countries and peoples
     XLV.  The Caucasus—­the barred door

PART IV.—­THE AUSTRO-SERBIAN CAMPAIGN

    XLVI.  Serbia’s situation and resources
   XLVII.  Austria’s strength and strategy
  XLVIII.  Austrian successes
    XLIX.  The great battles begin
       L. First victory of the Serbians

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  King George V reviewing the armies in France