The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) - History of the European War from Official Sources

Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds

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Project Gutenberg's The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII), by VariousThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII)History of the European War from Official SourcesAuthor: VariousEditor: Francis J. ReynoldsAllen L. ChurchillFrancis T. MillerRelease Date: June 28, 2009 [EBook #29265]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE STORY OF THE GREAT WAR ***Produced by Christine P. Travers, Charlene Taylor and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file wasproduced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)Transcriber's note: Obvious printer's errors have been corrected. Hyphenation and accentuation have been standardised,all other inconsistencies are as in the original. The author's spelling has been maintained.Page 239, "The concentration one for operations" has been changed to "The concentration zone for operations".FrontispieceA GREAT WAR ZEPPELIN ON A BOMB-DROPPING EXPEDITION IS SAILING OVER AN ENEMY CITY. HIGH ABOVE IT ARE THE CITY'S DEFENDING AIRCRAFT—A BIPLANE AND A MONOPLANE—READY TOATTACK THE RAIDER WITH THEIR MACHINE GUNST h eSTORY OF THEGREAT WARNEUVE CHAPELLE · BATTLE OF YPRES · PRZEMYSL MAZURIAN LAKES · ITALY ...

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Project Gutenberg's The Story of the Great War,
Volume III (of VIII), by Various
This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no
cost and with
almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,
give it away or
re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg
License included
with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
Title: The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII)
History of the European War from Official Sources
Author: Various
Editor: Francis J. Reynolds
Allen L. Churchill
Francis T. Miller
Release Date: June 28, 2009 [EBook #29265]
Language: English
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK
THE STORY OF THE GREAT WAR ***
Produced by Christine P. Travers, Charlene TaylorProduced by Christine P. Travers, Charlene Taylor
and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
(This file was
produced from images generously made available by
The Internet Archive)
Transcriber's note: Obvious printer's errors have been
corrected. Hyphenation and accentuation have been
standardised, all other inconsistencies are as in the
original. The author's spelling has been maintained.
Page 239, "The concentration one for operations" has
been changed to "The concentration zone for
operations".
Frontispiece
A great war Zeppelin on a bomb-dropping expedition is
sailing over an enemy city. High above it are the city's
defending aircraft—a biplane and a monoplane—ready
to attack the raider with their machine guns
The
STORY OF THE
GREAT WAR
NEUVE CHAPELLE · BATTLE OF YPRES ·
PRZEMYSL MAZURIAN LAKES · ITALY ENTERSWAR · GORIZIA THE DARDANELLES
Editor's logo
VOLUME III


P · F · COLLIER & SON · NEW YORK
Copyright 1916
By P. F. Collier & Son
CONTENTS
PART I.—RUSSIAN AND TURKISH CAMPAIGN
CHAPTER
Campaign in the Caucasus 9
Turkish Advance Against Egypt 15
Failure of "Holy War" Propaganda 21
Results of First Six Months of Turkish Campaign
25
The Dardanelles—Strategy of the Campaign 27
Fortifications and Strength—First Movements 34
PART II.—JAPAN AND THE FAR EAST
Why Japan Joined the Allies 40
Military and Naval Situation in the Far East 46
Beginning of Hostilities—Attacks On Tsing-Tau
Forts 52Capture of Tsing-Tau 60
PART III.—THE WAR IN AFRICA
Campaign in Togoland and the Cameroons 62
German Southwest Africa—Rebellion in Union of
South Africa 68
PART IV.—THE WESTERN FRONT
Preparations for an Offensive 79
Battle of Neuve Chapelle Begins 83
Operations Following Neuve Chapelle 92
Beginning of Second Battle of Ypres 99
The Struggle Renewed 106
Other Actions on the Western Front 115
Campaign in Artois Region 121
British Forward Movement—Battle of Festubert
128
Sir John French Attempts a Surprise 134
Attacks at La Bassée 140
Operations Around Hooge 146
Franco-German Operations Along the Front 151
Campaign in Argonne and Around Arras 158
Belgo-German Operations 166
PART V.—NAVAL OPERATIONS
The War Zone 170
Attack on the Dardanelles 174
German Raiders and Submarines 179
Italian Participation—Operations in Many Waters
186
Story of the Emden 193
Summary of the First Year of Naval Warfare 206Fights of the Submarines 209
Sinking of the Lusitania 222
PART VI.—THE EASTERN FRONT—AUSTRO-
RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN
The Carpathian Campaign—Review of the
Situation 235
Battle of the Passes 241
Battle of Koziowa—Operations in the Bukowina
244
Fall of Przemysl 249
New Russian Offensive—Austro-German
Counteroffensive 258
Campaign in Galicia and Bukowina—Battle of the
Dunajec 264
Russian Retreat 276
Austro-German Reconquest of Western Galicia
281
Campaign in Eastern Galicia and the Bukowina
289
Russian Change of Front—Retreat to the San 293
Battle of the San 297
Recapture of Przemysl 301
Capture of Lemberg 306
PART VII.—RUSSO-GERMAN CAMPAIGN
Winter Battles of the Mazurian Lakes 313
The Russians Out of Germany 317
Tightening of the Net—Report of the Booty 319
Battles of Przasnysz—Before Mlawa 324
Fighting Before the Niemen and Bobr—
Bombardment of Ossowetz 329Russian Raid on Memel 334
German Invasion of Courland—Capture of Libau
337
Russian Offensive from Kovno—Forest Battles in
May and June 342
Campaign in Southern Poland—Movement upon
Warsaw 345
Battle of Krasnik—Capture of Przasnysz 348
Grand Offensive on the Warsaw Salient 356
Beginning of the End 361
Warsaw Falls 366
PART VIII.—THE BALKANS
Diplomacy in the Balkans 369
PART IX.—ITALY ENTERS THE WAR
Spirit of the Italian People—Crisis of the
Government 379
The Decision Made—Italian Strategy 382
Strength of Italian Army and Navy 388
First Engagements 392
Fighting in the Mountains 402
Attacks in Gorizia 408
Fighting in the Alps—Italian Successes 416
More Mountain Fighting—Results of First
Campaign 419
PART X.—THE DARDANELLES AND TURKEY
Beginning of Operations 423
Preparations for Landing—Composition OF
Forces 429
Plans of Sir Ian Hamilton—First Landing Made437
The British in Danger—Bitter Fighting 446
Further Efforts at Landing—Failure to Take Krithia
454
Krithia Again Attacked—Heroic Work of "Anzacs"
459
Russo-Turkish Operations 469
PART XI.—THE WAR IN AFRICA
The Cameroons 481
British Conquest of Southwest Africa 484
Other African Operations 493
PART XII.—WAR IN ARABIA, MESOPOTAMIA, AND
EGYPT
Mesopotamia and Arabia 497
Syria and Egypt 503
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Zeppelin Attacked by Aeroplanes Frontispiece
Opposite Page
Belgians re-forming for a Fresh Attack 78
Prayer in a French Church used for a Hospital
158
Great Liner Lusitania 222
Grand Duke Nicholas 270
Triumphal Entry of Austrians into Przemysl 302
Prince Leopold of Bavaria in Warsaw 366
Cloud of Poisonous Gas released by Italian
Troops 414
Stores at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli 462LIST OF MAPS
Page
Strategic Railway System in Eastern Germany
Which Made Quick Concentration Possible
(Colored Map) Front Insert
Gallipoli 29
Kiao-Chau (Tsing-Tau) 43
German Possessions in Africa 65
Western Battle Line, January 1, 1915 81
Neuve Chapelle, Battle at 88
Ypres, Gas Battle of 113
Fighting in Alsace-Hartmannsweilerkopf 119
Artois, Battles in 126
German Submarine War Zone 172
Emden Landing Party, Cruise of 195
Carpathian Passes and Russian Battle Line 237
Przemysl, Detail Maps of the Forts of 248
Galician Campaign from Tarnow to Przemysl 279
Galician Campaign from Przemysl TO Bessarabia
291
Riga, German Advance on 338
Warsaw, German Attempts to Reach, in 1914 358
Warsaw, Advance and Capture of 367
Coasts of Italy and Austria, Showing the Naval
Raid in May, 1915 395
Austria, Italian Attack on 410
Dardanelles, Pictorial Map of, Showing Where the
Allies Landed 439
German Southwest Africa, Conquest of 491
Mesopotamia—The British Operations from the
Persian Gulf 499Suez Canal, Turkish Attack on 506
Strategic Railway System in Eastern Germany which
made quick Concentration possible.
PART I—RUSSIAN AND TURKISH
CAMPAIGN
CHAPTER I
CAMPAIGN IN THE CAUCASUS
Disquieting as was the British offensive in
Mesopotamia, the Turkish General Staff were not to
be drawn by it from considerations of larger strategy.
Acting in agreement with the German and Austrian
General Staffs, plans were rapidly pushed for an
aggressive offensive in the Caucasus, that old-time
battling ground of the Russians and the Turks.
Germany was being hotly pressed in France by the
armies of Belgium, France, and England, and feared
an offensive on the part of the Russian army.
Across the great isthmus separating the Caspian and
Black Seas run the Caucasus Mountains. Parallel to
this range of towering mountains, the highest in
Europe, runs the frontier line of Russia and Turkey
and Russia and Persia, winding in and out among the
Trans-Caucasian Mountains. About two hundred miles
from the Russo-Turkish frontier stands Tiflis, the rich
and ancient capital of Georgia, and one of the prime
objectives of any Turkish offensive. One of the few
railroads of this wild country runs from Tiflis through