antry in Russia 238

Constructing a Bridge Over the Danube 270

British Hydroplane on Guard at Saloniki 318

Aeroplane Guns on Turntable 462

Firing a Torpedo from the Deck of a Destroyer 494

LIST OF MAPS

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Middle Europe--The German Vision of an Empire from the Baltic
to the Persian Gulf (_Colored Map_) _Front Insert_

Champagne District, The 63

Battle in Champagne, September, 1915, Detail Map of 69

Artois Region, September, 1915, The French Gains in 86

Battle at Loos, The 95

Verdun, The Forts at 134

Verdun, Fighting at, up to March 1, 1916 141

Verdun (_Colored Map_) _Opposite_ 142

Kiel Canal 167

Russia, The Battle Front in, January 1, 1916 228

Balkan (Serbian) Operations, General Map of 262

German-Austro-Bulgar Campaign Against Serbia, The Beginning
of the 268

Retreat of Serbians 304

Saloniki, The Allies at 324

Montenegro, The Austrian Campaign in 335

Dardanelles, Operations at the 368

Turkish Empire, The 381

Turkey in Armenia, The Russian Advance on 390

Bagdad Railroad, The 420

Russian Advance Through Persia, The 438

Mesopotamia, The British Campaign in 451

PART I--WAR IN SYRIA AND EGYPT

CHAPTER I

RENEWED TURKISH ATTEMPTS

The leaders of the Turkish troops had been hard at work arousing the
fanaticism of the Turkish soldiery against the British foe before the
next day's battle began. It is due these noisy "Holy Warriors" that
sentries of the Fifth Egyptian Field Battery were warned of the near