Chapter VIII: Immortal Verdun

Grave of the Military Reputations of von Falkenhayn and
the Crown Prince--Hindenburg’s Warning--Why the Germans
Made the Disastrous Attempt to Capture the Great
Fortress--Heroic France Reveals Itself to the World--“They
Shall Not Pass”--Nivelle’s Glorious Stand on
Dead Man Hill--Lord Northcliffe’s Description--A Defense
Unsurpassed in the History of France 209

ILLUSTRATIONS

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THE THRILL OF OLD-TIME WAR _Frontispiece_

THE GLORIOUS CHARGE OF THE NINTH LANCERS 4

CHARGING THROUGH BARBED-WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS 6

BRITISH INDIAN TROOPS CHARGING THE GERMAN TRENCHES AT NEUVE
CHAPELLE 10

CHARGING ON GERMAN TRENCHES IN GAS MASKS 12

AN INCIDENT OF THE WAR IN FLANDERS 18

ITALY’S TITANIC LABOR TO CONQUER THE ALPS 30

WAITING THE ORDER TO ATTACK 38

TRANSPORTING WOUNDED AMID THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE ITALIAN
MOUNTAIN FRONT 42

THE LOSS OF THE “IRRESISTIBLE” 68

THE HISTORIC LANDING FROM THE “RIVER CLYDE” AT SEDDUL BAHR 76

ADMIRAL WILLIAM S. SIMS 98

ADMIRAL SIR DAVID BEATTY 98

GERMAN FRIGHTFULNESS FROM THE AIR 110

BAGDAD THE MAGNIFICENT FALLS TO THE BRITISH 208

AMMUNITION FOR THE GUNS 224

HOW VERDUN WAS SAVED 224

THE WORLD WAR