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Title: World's War Events, Vol. II

Author: Various

Editor: Francis J. Reynolds
Allen L. Churchill

Release Date: July 4, 2008 [EBook #25963]

Language: English

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[Illustration: PRESIDENT WILSON READING HIS WAR MESSAGE TO CONGRESS,
APRIL 2, 1917]

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 II

[Illustration]

P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY
NEW YORK

Copyright 1919 BY P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY

WORLD'S WAR EVENTS

VOLUME II

BEGINNING WITH THE ATTACK AT VERDUN
EARLY IN 1916 THE STORY OF THE
WAR AND OF AMERICAN
AID IS CARRIED TO
THE CLOSE OF
1917

CONTENTS

ARTICLE PAGE

I. THE BATTLE OF VERDUN 7
_Raoul Blanchard_

II. THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND BANK 30
_Admiral Sir John Jellicoe's Official Despatch_

III. TAKING THE COL DI LANA 55
_Lewis R. Freeman_

IV. THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME 67
_Sir Douglas Haig_

V. RUSSIA'S REFUGEES 114
_Gregory Mason_

VI. THE TRAGEDY OF RUMANIA 124
_Stanley Washburn_

VII. SIXTEEN MONTHS A WAR PRISONER 142
_Private "Jack" Evans_

VIII. UNDER GERMAN RULE