PRUSSIA
VOLUME II
P . F . Collier & Son . New York
Copyright 1916
By P. F. Collier & Son
CONTENTS
PART I.--GREAT BATTLES OF THE WESTERN ARMIES
CHAPTER Page
I. Attack on Belgium 9
II. Siege and Capture of Liege 12
III. Belgium's Defiance 23
IV. Capture of Louvain--Surrender of Brussels 27
V. Coming of the British 33
VI. Campaigns in Alsace and Lorraine 38
VII. Siege and Fall of Namur 45
VIII. Battle of Charleroi 54
IX. Battle of Mons 60
X. The Great Retreat Begins 68
XI. Fighting at Bay 79
XII. The Marne--General Plan of Battle Field 87
XIII. Allied and German Battle Plans 95
XIV. First Moves in the Battle 101
XV. German Retreat 111
XVI. Continuation of the Battle of the Marne 116
XVII. Continuation of the Battle of the Marne 119
XVIII. Other Aspects of the Battle of the Marne 126
XIX. "Crossing the Aisne" 130
XX. First Day's Battles 135
XXI. The British at the Aisne 140
XXII. Bombardment of Rheims and Soissons 146
XXIII. Second Phase of Battle of the Aisne 149
XXIV. End of the Battle 153
XXV. "The Race to the Sea" 158
XXVI. Siege and Fall of Antwerp 160
XXVII. Yser Battles--Attack on Ypres 168
XXVIII. Attacks of La Bassee and Arras 177
XXIX. General Movements on the French and Flanders Fronts 181
XXX. Operations Around La Bassee and
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