Chapter 19

Namur, capture of, II,53Narotch Lake, V,124Natal, British cruiser, destruction of, IV,163National growth in Balkans, I,258Nationality in Serbia, I,259Naval battle of Jutland, V,70-108Naval lessons of the war, I,17Naval losses, IV,143-144; V,113-115; VI,484Naval policy, German, I,44Naval strength of Austria, II,206Naval strength of Germany, II,204Naval strength of Great Britain, II,197Naval warfare, I,26; VI,480Navy, American, strength of, I,11Navy, British, effect on war, I,18Navy, increase in personnel, VI,362Navy League, German, I,141Near East and Russia, I,153Near Eastern question, I,131Neutral shipping, loss of, IV,170Neutrality of Belgium, I,276Neutrality terms refused, I,281Neuve Chapelle, battle of, III,83-92Neuville St. Vaast, capture, III,127New Zealanders, gallantry of, at Suvla Bay, IV,356Nicholas II assumes command of Russian army, IV,188Nicholas, Grand Duke, II,373; IV,189; VI,490Nicholas, Grand Duke, transferred to the Caucasus, IV,382Nicholas, King of Montenegro, IV,330Nicholas II, abdication of, VI,403Nicholas II, indifference to conditions, VI,385Nicholas II, reply to kaiser's message, I,440Niemen, operations along, III,330Nieuport, attack on, III,269Nihilism in Russia, I,153; VI,365Nish, fall of, IV,288Nivelle, General, victories, VI,246Nixon, Sir John, available forces for capturing Bagdad, IV,421North Sea, battle of, II,252Notre Dame de Lorette, attacks on, III,155; IV,88Novo Georgievsk, capture of, III,364; IV,184Nuredin Pasha, IV,426Nürnberg, II,224Nyassaland, fighting in, III,495Odessa, bombardment of, VI,493Olti, battle of, III,478Ortelsburg, capture of, II,437Oslavia Heights, capture, IV,408Ossowitz, bombardment of, III,328Ostend, raids on, IV,56; VI,173Otavi, battle of, III,490Palembang, Dutch steamer, V,62Palmer, Frederick, the world's war, I,31Pan-Slavism, I,153Paris, air raids on, IV,19,462Paris, arrival of American troops in, VI,360Paris, siege of, I,129Pashitch, N. P., I,321; IV,289Passes, battle of, III,241-244Peace of Tilsit, I,84Pégoud, Alfonse, IV,50Pepper Hill, successes at, V,358Persia, interests in, I,185Persia, British position in, IV,419Péronne, V,390; VI,232Pershing, General John J., commander of the American expeditionary force, VI,356Persia, destruction of, negotiations over, IV,500Persia, British steamship, sinking of, IV,157Persian Gulf, importance of, II,505Perthes, III,79; IV,72Pétain, General, report on operations at Verdun, V,358Peter, King of Serbia, IV,290,302Pinsk, IV,205,207Pinsk marshes, Russian successes in, V,197Poland, campaigns in, II,462; III,345Poland, Austrian, II,272Political situation in Ireland, I,43Political conditions in Germany, I,53Portugal, sinking of, V,64Portuguese seizure of German merchant ships, V,60Power of Bismarck, growth of, I,127Powers, Central, military plans of, I,33Pourtalès, F., I,323Pozières, bombardment of, VI,11Pozières Wood, advance on, V,407Prinz Eitel Friedrich, German raider, III,179Prinzip, Gabrilo, I,260Pripet Marshes, IV,209Pripet Marshes, operations in, V,152; VI,81Pro-German propaganda in United States, IV,505Protopopoff, treason of, VI,388Provisional Government in Russia, VI,398Prussian alliance with Italy, I,127Przasnysz, battles of, III,324Przemysl, II,249,405; III,324Radautz, capture of, V,183Radoslavov, Premier of Bulgaria, III,372Ramsgate, air raids on, IV,26Rancourt, capture of, VI,27Rasputin, VI,374-377,385Rawa-Russka, battle of, II,395Régime, new, in Russia, VI,404Reichstag, Bethmann-Hollweg's statement in, I,502Rennenkampf, General, II,443Revolution in Russia, VI,390Rheims, bombardment of, II,146-153; III,152-154; VI,237Rhodesia, border fighting in, III,495Rifles used in different armies, I,26Riga-Dvinsk sector, V,125,128,204Riga, Gulf of, Russian torpedo boats in, V,151Rockwell, Kiffin, death of, VI,181Rodzianko, Michael, VI,391Roosevelt, Theodore, efforts to take troops to France, VI,335Root, Elihu, arrival of, in Russia as American Commissioner, VI,417Rovereto, Italian attack on, IV,396; V,244Rovno fortress, strength of, IV,212Royal British Corps, loss in, V,425Royal Edward, sunk, IV,149Rozau, capture of, III,361Ruhl, Arthur, the war correspondent, I,113Rumania, III,370; VI,93-96Rumania, neutrality of, IV,256Rumanian raid across the Danube, VI,106-110Russia and Great Britain in Persia, I,185Russia and Japan, V,61Russia and the Near East, I,153Russia in European politics, I,148Russian advance on the eastern front, V,120Russian mobilization, I,306Russian army, rehabilitation of, VI,428Russian artillery activity, V,134Russian attempts to extend time limit for hostilities, I,385Russian autocracy, VI,364Russian defeat, effect of, IV,364Russian disorganization, VI,422Russian fleet, mutiny, VI,414Russian foreign policy, I,151Russian internal troubles, I,155Russian losses in August, 1915, IV,202-203Russian mobilization, I,405Russian offensive, VI,431,440Russian offensive in the East, V,154Russian offensive, temporary lull in, V,188-192Russian people and German diplomacy, I,56Russian persecution of Jews, I,153Russian Poland, II,268Russian pursuit of Turks, V,292Russian retreat, IV,229-239Russian revolution, foreshadowing of, VI,363-365Russian rout in Galicia, VI,445-447Russian troops in Rumania, VI,97Russian troops on the Black Sea coast, V,61Russia's attitude on Serbia, I,377Russia's strategy in East, II,433Russky, General, II,377Russo-German treaty, I,319Russo-Japanese War, I,155Russo-Turkish War, I,132Saarbrücken, bombardment, IV,48St. Julien, assaults on, III,102St. Mihiel, salient, attacks on, III,116Sakharoff, General, V,205Salandra, I,322Salisbury, Marquis of, I,179Saloniki, II,284; IV,261,321; V,215,429Saloniki, German air raid on, V,216Saloniki, importance of, I,61Saloniki, Allies at, IV,261Samogneux, abandonment of, by French, IV,137Samsonoff, General, II,436San, battle of, III,297-301San, battles of the, II,398San Stefano, treaty of, I,227Sarafoff, Boris, I,242Sarajevo, I,260; II,277Sari Bair, attack on, IV,348Sarrail, General, commands French troops in Balkans, IV,279; V,215Sazonov, Russian Minister, VI,380Scarpe River, operations on, VI,253Scarborough, raids on, II,247Schiller, Ernest, V,65Schleswig-Holstein, war for, I,127Sea command and troop transportation, I,24Selective Draft Law, VI,346Semendria, bombardment of, IV,269Serbia, invasion of, II,301; IV,177Serbia, offers of peace, III,376Serbian retreat to Albania, IV,303Serbian army, strength of, in November, 1915, IV,293-294Serbian nationality, I,258Serbian reply to Austrian note, I,265-270Serbian resistance at Babuna Pass, IV,283Serbian troops, transport across Greek territory, V,218Serbians in Macedonia, VI,132Sereth River, crossing by Russian forces, V,178Servetsch region, V,146Sette Comuni Plateau, Italian successes on, V,270Shabatz, battle of, II,317Shevket Pasha, I,244Shipbuilding program, VI,343Shipping Board, creation of, VI,213Shipping, neutral loss of, IV,170Ships of American registry, seizure by British, V,49Shumadia division of Serbian army, heroism of, IV,275Sibert, General, with American expeditionary force, VI,357Siege of Paris, I,129Simonds, Frank H, summary of two years of war, V,461-502Simonds, F. H., the theatres of the wars' campaigns, I,83Sims, Admiral, commander of American destroyer flotilla, VI,357Smith-Dorrien, General, II,60Smoke screen, I,74Smorgon, fighting around, V,179Smorgon, operations around, VI,80Soissons, operations around, V,376Soldau, capture of, II,437Somme, British, and French offensive on the, VI,27Somme, battles of, beginning, V,377Somme, conditions in situation south of, on July 9, V,399Somme front, French and British gains, VI,19Somme offensive, German casualties in the, VI,9Somme offensive, object of Allies in, V,377Somme offensive, spring of 1916, VI,9Somme, second phase, V,401Souain sector, IV,71-72Souchez, attacks on, III,124-125Souchez, Canadian raids at, VI,222Souchez, French attack on, IV,84Southwest Africa, British conquest of, III,484-493Souville, attacks on, V,368Spee, Admiral von, II,230Speed plane, in warfare, V,421Stambuloff, I,233Stanislau, operations around, VI,435Stanislau, advance on, V,193; VI,72Steenstraete, capture of, VI,287Stokhod River, V,198-207; VI,76-81,423Strikes in munitions factories, planned by Germans, V,10Strypa River, fighting along, IV,223-229Strypa River, Russian artillery attacks along, V,138St. Mihiel, French gains, VI,231St. Quentin, VI,236Stuff Redoubt, VI,32,49Sturmer Boris, VI,379Stuttgart, bombardment of, by French aviators, IV,60Styr River, IV,223-229; V,178Submarine attacks on American transports, VI,358Submarine campaign, IV,116Submarine campaign against merchant ships, V,59Submarine, detecting, I,21Submarine, effectiveness of, I,19Submarine, efficiency of, IV,145Submarine negotiations, VI,193Submarine warfare, III,209-222Submarine warfare, VI,182-188Submarine warfare in 1917, VI,475Submarine warfare on armed merchantmen, IV,499Submarines, aeroplane warfare on, V,414Suchomlinof, V. A., I,320Suez Canal, defenses of, III,18-19; IV,11Summary of first year's operation on western front, IV,39-46Sussex, sinking of, V,63,443Suvla Bay, IV,346-356Suwalki, occupation of, II,448Talaat Bey, II,499Tanks, VI,21,46Tannenberg, battle of, II,438Tarnow, battles around, III,286Tergovistea, capture of, by Austro-Germans, VI,117Terrorism in Russia, I,153Thiepval, British successes around, VI,17Tigris River, IV,426; V,326-330Tigris valley, campaign in, V,307Tilsit, peace of, I,84Togoland, campaign in, III,62Townshend, General, V,311Trade, foreign, of Germany, I,49Transloy, British successes at, VI,65Transportation of troops, I,24Transports, protection of, I,18Trans-Siberian Railway, I,153Trebizond-Erzerum road, V,299Trebizond, occupation of, V,297Trench bombs, I,76Trench fighting, I,68Trentino, Austrian offensive in, V,244-255Trentino front, VI,154,455Trieste, Italian drive, VI,159,452Triple Alliance, I,133,141Triple Entente, formation of, I,158Trônes Wood, V,402-403Troops, transportation of, I,24Tsing-tau, defenses, attacks on, capture, III,48,52,60Tubantia, Dutch steamer, V,62Turkey, American relations with, VI,328Turkish navy, operations of, IV,170Turkish troops on the eastern front, VI,83Typhus, epidemic of, II,356; III,475Uganda, protectorate, I,180Undersea warfare, IV,155Unification of Germany, I,130Union of South Africa, rebellion in, III,70United States, development of pro-German propaganda in, IV,505U-53, exploits of, VI,194Union of Towns in Russia, VI,377Van, concentration of Armenians in, IV,378Van, Russian successes in, III,477Vaux, French defense of, V,351,367Vaux Fort, French recapture of, VI,37,39Veles, resistance at, by Serbians, IV,278Venice, air raids on, III,426; VI,169Venizelos, attacks of, on Greek Government, IV,311Venizelos, E., I,60; V,217Verdun, attack on, I,64Verdun, effect of five months' siege, V,371Verdun, French victories at, VI,54Verdun, operations around, VI,19,53,281Verdun, struggle for, IV,131-142Victor Emmanuel, address to army, V,254Victor Emmanuel III, I,194Vienna, congress of 1814, I,260Vigilancia, sunk, VI,318Vilna, campaign against, IV,187,192Vimy Ridge, capture of, VI,239Viviani, René, I,318Viviani, instruction to French ambassador at Vienna, I,379Volhynia, Austrians in, V,138Von Bernstorff, note to Secretary Lansing in reply toLusitaniaprotest in Germany, IV,485Von Bethmann-Hollweg, IV,485Von Bülow, Prince, I,136Von Caprivi, General, I,134Von Jagow, interviews with, I,33,502Von Mackensen, commands German forces in Serbia, IV,258Von Papen, recalled, V,26Von Plehve, murder of, I,156Von Rintelen, Franz, V,22-28Von Tirpitz, Grand Admiral, attitude toward submarine warfare, IV,484Vosges, German activities in, IV,51,108Vulkan Pass, capture of, by Germans, VI,103War, German declaration of, I,278War, declaration of, between United States and Germany, VI,325War Revenue Bill, VI,333War zone, establishment of, III,170Warsaw, attack on, II,450Warsaw, capture of, III,366-368Warsaw, movements upon, III,346Warsaw, occupation of, IV,178Washburn, Stanley, on conditions on eastern front, V,180-183Western front, summary of first year's operations on, IV,39-46Western front on February 1, 1916, IV,126What the war means to America, I,9Whitby, raids on, II,247Whitlock, Brand, efforts to aid Miss Cavell, IV,100-101William II, accession of, I,134Wilson, President, address before Congress, April, 1917, VI,320-326Wilson, President, on armed neutrality before Congress, VI,304Wilson, President, and British blockade of Germany, V,457Wilson, President, and Congress, V,434Wilson, President, denouncement of unpatriotism, V,26Wilson, President, letter to Congress, IV,503Wilson, President, note to Russia, VI,415Wilson, President, proclamation convening Congress, VI,319Wilson's address on relations with Germany, VI,210Windhoek, capture of, III,489Wood, Major General Leonard, what the war means to America, I,9Yarmouth, raids on, II,246Yarrowdale, prisoners, VI,297Younghusband, General, IV,446Yperlee Canal, III,107Ypres, attack on, II,171,172,174Ypres, bombardment of, III,95Ypres, British successes south of, VI,264Ypres, first battle of, IV,44Ypres, German success at, in February, 1916, IV,122Ypres, second battle of, III,99-106Ypres sector, operations in, in March, 1916, V,372,375Yser, II,169; III,167; IV,122Yser region, flood in, IV,117Zanzibar, I,180Zeebrugge shelled, V,67; VI,482Zeppelin attack on Warsaw, IV,19Zeppelin, Count Ferdinand, death of, VI,494Zeppelin raids on England, IV,16,466; V,422; VI,494Zeppelin, value of, V,412Zeppelins, loss of, IV,468; V,430; VI,179Zugan Torta, V,247Zungar Valley, V,247

Namur, capture of, II,53Narotch Lake, V,124Natal, British cruiser, destruction of, IV,163National growth in Balkans, I,258Nationality in Serbia, I,259Naval battle of Jutland, V,70-108Naval lessons of the war, I,17Naval losses, IV,143-144; V,113-115; VI,484Naval policy, German, I,44Naval strength of Austria, II,206Naval strength of Germany, II,204Naval strength of Great Britain, II,197Naval warfare, I,26; VI,480Navy, American, strength of, I,11Navy, British, effect on war, I,18Navy, increase in personnel, VI,362Navy League, German, I,141Near East and Russia, I,153Near Eastern question, I,131Neutral shipping, loss of, IV,170Neutrality of Belgium, I,276Neutrality terms refused, I,281Neuve Chapelle, battle of, III,83-92Neuville St. Vaast, capture, III,127New Zealanders, gallantry of, at Suvla Bay, IV,356Nicholas II assumes command of Russian army, IV,188Nicholas, Grand Duke, II,373; IV,189; VI,490Nicholas, Grand Duke, transferred to the Caucasus, IV,382Nicholas, King of Montenegro, IV,330Nicholas II, abdication of, VI,403Nicholas II, indifference to conditions, VI,385Nicholas II, reply to kaiser's message, I,440Niemen, operations along, III,330Nieuport, attack on, III,269Nihilism in Russia, I,153; VI,365Nish, fall of, IV,288Nivelle, General, victories, VI,246Nixon, Sir John, available forces for capturing Bagdad, IV,421North Sea, battle of, II,252Notre Dame de Lorette, attacks on, III,155; IV,88Novo Georgievsk, capture of, III,364; IV,184Nuredin Pasha, IV,426Nürnberg, II,224Nyassaland, fighting in, III,495

Odessa, bombardment of, VI,493Olti, battle of, III,478Ortelsburg, capture of, II,437Oslavia Heights, capture, IV,408Ossowitz, bombardment of, III,328Ostend, raids on, IV,56; VI,173Otavi, battle of, III,490

Palembang, Dutch steamer, V,62Palmer, Frederick, the world's war, I,31Pan-Slavism, I,153Paris, air raids on, IV,19,462Paris, arrival of American troops in, VI,360Paris, siege of, I,129Pashitch, N. P., I,321; IV,289Passes, battle of, III,241-244Peace of Tilsit, I,84Pégoud, Alfonse, IV,50Pepper Hill, successes at, V,358Persia, interests in, I,185Persia, British position in, IV,419Péronne, V,390; VI,232Pershing, General John J., commander of the American expeditionary force, VI,356Persia, destruction of, negotiations over, IV,500Persia, British steamship, sinking of, IV,157Persian Gulf, importance of, II,505Perthes, III,79; IV,72Pétain, General, report on operations at Verdun, V,358Peter, King of Serbia, IV,290,302Pinsk, IV,205,207Pinsk marshes, Russian successes in, V,197Poland, campaigns in, II,462; III,345Poland, Austrian, II,272Political situation in Ireland, I,43Political conditions in Germany, I,53Portugal, sinking of, V,64Portuguese seizure of German merchant ships, V,60Power of Bismarck, growth of, I,127Powers, Central, military plans of, I,33Pourtalès, F., I,323Pozières, bombardment of, VI,11Pozières Wood, advance on, V,407Prinz Eitel Friedrich, German raider, III,179Prinzip, Gabrilo, I,260Pripet Marshes, IV,209Pripet Marshes, operations in, V,152; VI,81Pro-German propaganda in United States, IV,505Protopopoff, treason of, VI,388Provisional Government in Russia, VI,398Prussian alliance with Italy, I,127Przasnysz, battles of, III,324Przemysl, II,249,405; III,324

Radautz, capture of, V,183Radoslavov, Premier of Bulgaria, III,372Ramsgate, air raids on, IV,26Rancourt, capture of, VI,27Rasputin, VI,374-377,385Rawa-Russka, battle of, II,395Régime, new, in Russia, VI,404Reichstag, Bethmann-Hollweg's statement in, I,502Rennenkampf, General, II,443Revolution in Russia, VI,390Rheims, bombardment of, II,146-153; III,152-154; VI,237Rhodesia, border fighting in, III,495Rifles used in different armies, I,26Riga-Dvinsk sector, V,125,128,204Riga, Gulf of, Russian torpedo boats in, V,151Rockwell, Kiffin, death of, VI,181Rodzianko, Michael, VI,391Roosevelt, Theodore, efforts to take troops to France, VI,335Root, Elihu, arrival of, in Russia as American Commissioner, VI,417Rovereto, Italian attack on, IV,396; V,244Rovno fortress, strength of, IV,212Royal British Corps, loss in, V,425Royal Edward, sunk, IV,149Rozau, capture of, III,361Ruhl, Arthur, the war correspondent, I,113Rumania, III,370; VI,93-96Rumania, neutrality of, IV,256Rumanian raid across the Danube, VI,106-110Russia and Great Britain in Persia, I,185Russia and Japan, V,61Russia and the Near East, I,153Russia in European politics, I,148Russian advance on the eastern front, V,120Russian mobilization, I,306Russian army, rehabilitation of, VI,428Russian artillery activity, V,134Russian attempts to extend time limit for hostilities, I,385Russian autocracy, VI,364Russian defeat, effect of, IV,364Russian disorganization, VI,422Russian fleet, mutiny, VI,414Russian foreign policy, I,151Russian internal troubles, I,155Russian losses in August, 1915, IV,202-203Russian mobilization, I,405Russian offensive, VI,431,440Russian offensive in the East, V,154Russian offensive, temporary lull in, V,188-192Russian people and German diplomacy, I,56Russian persecution of Jews, I,153Russian Poland, II,268Russian pursuit of Turks, V,292Russian retreat, IV,229-239Russian revolution, foreshadowing of, VI,363-365Russian rout in Galicia, VI,445-447Russian troops in Rumania, VI,97Russian troops on the Black Sea coast, V,61Russia's attitude on Serbia, I,377Russia's strategy in East, II,433Russky, General, II,377Russo-German treaty, I,319Russo-Japanese War, I,155Russo-Turkish War, I,132

Saarbrücken, bombardment, IV,48St. Julien, assaults on, III,102St. Mihiel, salient, attacks on, III,116Sakharoff, General, V,205Salandra, I,322Salisbury, Marquis of, I,179Saloniki, II,284; IV,261,321; V,215,429Saloniki, German air raid on, V,216Saloniki, importance of, I,61Saloniki, Allies at, IV,261Samogneux, abandonment of, by French, IV,137Samsonoff, General, II,436San, battle of, III,297-301San, battles of the, II,398San Stefano, treaty of, I,227Sarafoff, Boris, I,242Sarajevo, I,260; II,277Sari Bair, attack on, IV,348Sarrail, General, commands French troops in Balkans, IV,279; V,215Sazonov, Russian Minister, VI,380Scarpe River, operations on, VI,253Scarborough, raids on, II,247Schiller, Ernest, V,65Schleswig-Holstein, war for, I,127Sea command and troop transportation, I,24Selective Draft Law, VI,346Semendria, bombardment of, IV,269Serbia, invasion of, II,301; IV,177Serbia, offers of peace, III,376Serbian retreat to Albania, IV,303Serbian army, strength of, in November, 1915, IV,293-294Serbian nationality, I,258Serbian reply to Austrian note, I,265-270Serbian resistance at Babuna Pass, IV,283Serbian troops, transport across Greek territory, V,218Serbians in Macedonia, VI,132Sereth River, crossing by Russian forces, V,178Servetsch region, V,146Sette Comuni Plateau, Italian successes on, V,270Shabatz, battle of, II,317Shevket Pasha, I,244Shipbuilding program, VI,343Shipping Board, creation of, VI,213Shipping, neutral loss of, IV,170Ships of American registry, seizure by British, V,49Shumadia division of Serbian army, heroism of, IV,275Sibert, General, with American expeditionary force, VI,357Siege of Paris, I,129Simonds, Frank H, summary of two years of war, V,461-502Simonds, F. H., the theatres of the wars' campaigns, I,83Sims, Admiral, commander of American destroyer flotilla, VI,357Smith-Dorrien, General, II,60Smoke screen, I,74Smorgon, fighting around, V,179Smorgon, operations around, VI,80Soissons, operations around, V,376Soldau, capture of, II,437Somme, British, and French offensive on the, VI,27Somme, battles of, beginning, V,377Somme, conditions in situation south of, on July 9, V,399Somme front, French and British gains, VI,19Somme offensive, German casualties in the, VI,9Somme offensive, object of Allies in, V,377Somme offensive, spring of 1916, VI,9Somme, second phase, V,401Souain sector, IV,71-72Souchez, attacks on, III,124-125Souchez, Canadian raids at, VI,222Souchez, French attack on, IV,84Southwest Africa, British conquest of, III,484-493Souville, attacks on, V,368Spee, Admiral von, II,230Speed plane, in warfare, V,421Stambuloff, I,233Stanislau, operations around, VI,435Stanislau, advance on, V,193; VI,72Steenstraete, capture of, VI,287Stokhod River, V,198-207; VI,76-81,423Strikes in munitions factories, planned by Germans, V,10Strypa River, fighting along, IV,223-229Strypa River, Russian artillery attacks along, V,138St. Mihiel, French gains, VI,231St. Quentin, VI,236Stuff Redoubt, VI,32,49Sturmer Boris, VI,379Stuttgart, bombardment of, by French aviators, IV,60Styr River, IV,223-229; V,178Submarine attacks on American transports, VI,358Submarine campaign, IV,116Submarine campaign against merchant ships, V,59Submarine, detecting, I,21Submarine, effectiveness of, I,19Submarine, efficiency of, IV,145Submarine negotiations, VI,193Submarine warfare, III,209-222Submarine warfare, VI,182-188Submarine warfare in 1917, VI,475Submarine warfare on armed merchantmen, IV,499Submarines, aeroplane warfare on, V,414Suchomlinof, V. A., I,320Suez Canal, defenses of, III,18-19; IV,11Summary of first year's operation on western front, IV,39-46Sussex, sinking of, V,63,443Suvla Bay, IV,346-356Suwalki, occupation of, II,448

Talaat Bey, II,499Tanks, VI,21,46Tannenberg, battle of, II,438Tarnow, battles around, III,286Tergovistea, capture of, by Austro-Germans, VI,117Terrorism in Russia, I,153Thiepval, British successes around, VI,17Tigris River, IV,426; V,326-330Tigris valley, campaign in, V,307Tilsit, peace of, I,84Togoland, campaign in, III,62Townshend, General, V,311Trade, foreign, of Germany, I,49Transloy, British successes at, VI,65Transportation of troops, I,24Transports, protection of, I,18Trans-Siberian Railway, I,153Trebizond-Erzerum road, V,299Trebizond, occupation of, V,297Trench bombs, I,76Trench fighting, I,68Trentino, Austrian offensive in, V,244-255Trentino front, VI,154,455Trieste, Italian drive, VI,159,452Triple Alliance, I,133,141Triple Entente, formation of, I,158Trônes Wood, V,402-403Troops, transportation of, I,24Tsing-tau, defenses, attacks on, capture, III,48,52,60Tubantia, Dutch steamer, V,62Turkey, American relations with, VI,328Turkish navy, operations of, IV,170Turkish troops on the eastern front, VI,83Typhus, epidemic of, II,356; III,475

Uganda, protectorate, I,180Undersea warfare, IV,155Unification of Germany, I,130Union of South Africa, rebellion in, III,70United States, development of pro-German propaganda in, IV,505U-53, exploits of, VI,194Union of Towns in Russia, VI,377

Van, concentration of Armenians in, IV,378Van, Russian successes in, III,477Vaux, French defense of, V,351,367Vaux Fort, French recapture of, VI,37,39Veles, resistance at, by Serbians, IV,278Venice, air raids on, III,426; VI,169Venizelos, attacks of, on Greek Government, IV,311Venizelos, E., I,60; V,217Verdun, attack on, I,64Verdun, effect of five months' siege, V,371Verdun, French victories at, VI,54Verdun, operations around, VI,19,53,281Verdun, struggle for, IV,131-142Victor Emmanuel, address to army, V,254Victor Emmanuel III, I,194Vienna, congress of 1814, I,260Vigilancia, sunk, VI,318Vilna, campaign against, IV,187,192Vimy Ridge, capture of, VI,239Viviani, René, I,318Viviani, instruction to French ambassador at Vienna, I,379Volhynia, Austrians in, V,138Von Bernstorff, note to Secretary Lansing in reply toLusitaniaprotest in Germany, IV,485Von Bethmann-Hollweg, IV,485Von Bülow, Prince, I,136Von Caprivi, General, I,134Von Jagow, interviews with, I,33,502Von Mackensen, commands German forces in Serbia, IV,258Von Papen, recalled, V,26Von Plehve, murder of, I,156Von Rintelen, Franz, V,22-28Von Tirpitz, Grand Admiral, attitude toward submarine warfare, IV,484Vosges, German activities in, IV,51,108Vulkan Pass, capture of, by Germans, VI,103

War, German declaration of, I,278War, declaration of, between United States and Germany, VI,325War Revenue Bill, VI,333War zone, establishment of, III,170Warsaw, attack on, II,450Warsaw, capture of, III,366-368Warsaw, movements upon, III,346Warsaw, occupation of, IV,178Washburn, Stanley, on conditions on eastern front, V,180-183Western front, summary of first year's operations on, IV,39-46Western front on February 1, 1916, IV,126What the war means to America, I,9Whitby, raids on, II,247Whitlock, Brand, efforts to aid Miss Cavell, IV,100-101William II, accession of, I,134Wilson, President, address before Congress, April, 1917, VI,320-326Wilson, President, on armed neutrality before Congress, VI,304Wilson, President, and British blockade of Germany, V,457Wilson, President, and Congress, V,434Wilson, President, denouncement of unpatriotism, V,26Wilson, President, letter to Congress, IV,503Wilson, President, note to Russia, VI,415Wilson, President, proclamation convening Congress, VI,319Wilson's address on relations with Germany, VI,210Windhoek, capture of, III,489Wood, Major General Leonard, what the war means to America, I,9

Yarmouth, raids on, II,246Yarrowdale, prisoners, VI,297Younghusband, General, IV,446Yperlee Canal, III,107Ypres, attack on, II,171,172,174Ypres, bombardment of, III,95Ypres, British successes south of, VI,264Ypres, first battle of, IV,44Ypres, German success at, in February, 1916, IV,122Ypres, second battle of, III,99-106Ypres sector, operations in, in March, 1916, V,372,375Yser, II,169; III,167; IV,122Yser region, flood in, IV,117

Zanzibar, I,180Zeebrugge shelled, V,67; VI,482Zeppelin attack on Warsaw, IV,19Zeppelin, Count Ferdinand, death of, VI,494Zeppelin raids on England, IV,16,466; V,422; VI,494Zeppelin, value of, V,412Zeppelins, loss of, IV,468; V,430; VI,179Zugan Torta, V,247Zungar Valley, V,247


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