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Title: World's War Events, Vol. I

Author: Various

Editor: Francis J. Reynolds
Allen L. Churchill

Release Date: July 4, 2008 [EBook #25962]

Language: English

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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