Chapter I: Front Matter

The Canadians took the important position of Vimy Ridge on Easter
Monday, April 9, 1917. They advanced with brilliance, having taken the
whole system of German front-line trenches between dawn and 6.30 A. M.
This shows squads of machine gunners operating from shell-craters in
support of the infantry on the plateau above the ridge.]

COMPLETE EDITION

HISTORY OF THE
WORLD WAR

An Authentic Narrative of
The World’s Greatest War

BY FRANCIS A. MARCH, Ph.D.
In Collaboration with
RICHARD J. BEAMISH
Special War Correspondent
and Military Analyst

With an Introduction
BY GENERAL PEYTON C. MARCH
Chief of Staff of the United States Army

With Exclusive Photographs by
JAMES H. HARE and DONALD THOMPSON
World-Famed War Photographers
and with Reproductions from the Official Photographs
of the United States, Canadian, British,
French and Italian Governments

MCMXIX
LESLIE-JUDGE COMPANY
NEW YORK

Copyright, 1918
FRANCIS A. MARCH

This history is an original work and is fully protected by the
copyright laws, including the right of translation. All persons are
warned against reproducing the text in whole or in part without the
permission of the publishers.

CONTENTS

VOLUME IV

PAGE
CHAPTER I. CANADA’S PART IN THE GREAT WAR

BY COL. GEORGE G. NASMITH, C. M. G.

Enthusiastic Response to the Call to Action--Valcartier
Camp a Splendid Example of the Driving Power of Sir Sam
Hughes--Thirty-three Liners Cross the Atlantic with First
Contingent of Men and Equipments--Largest Convoy
Ever Gathered Together--At the Front with the Princess
Pat’s--Red Cross--Financial Aid--Half a Million Soldiers
Overseas--Mons, the Last Stronghold of the Enemy, Won
by the Men from Canada--A Record of Glory 1

CHAPTER II. THE SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES

The Canadians in Action--Undismayed by the New Weapon of the
Enemy--Holding the Line Against Terrific Odds--Men From the
Dominion Fight Like Veterans 34

CHAPTER III. MURDERS AND MARTYRS

The Case of Edith Cavell--Nurse Who Befriended the Helpless
Dies at the Hands of the Germans--Captain Fryatt’s
Martyrdom--How Germany Sowed the Seeds of Disaster 45

CHAPTER IV. ZEPPELIN RAIDS ON FRANCE AND ENGLAND

First Zeppelin Attack Kills Twenty-eight and Injures
Forty-four--Part of Germany’s Policy of Frightfulness--Raids
by German Airplanes on Unfortified Towns--Killing of
Non-Combatants--The British Lion Awakes--Anti-Aircraft
Precautions and Protections--Policy of Terrorism Fails 53

CHAPTER V. RED REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA

Rasputin, the Mystic--The Cry for Bread--Rise of the Council
of Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Delegates--Rioting in Petrograd--The
Threatening Cloud of Disaster--Moderate Policy of the Duma
Fails--The Fatal Easter Week of 1917--Abdication of the
Czar--Last Tragic Moments of the Autocrat of All the
Russias--Grand Duke Issues Declaration Ending Power of Romanovs
in Russia--Release of Siberian Revolutionists--Free Russia 66

CHAPTER VI. THE DESCENT TO BOLSHEVISM

Russia Intoxicated with Freedom--Elihu Root and his
Mission--Last Brilliant Offensive in Galicia--The Great
Mutiny in the Army--The Battalion of Death--Kerensky’s
Skyrocket Career--Kornilov’s Revolt--Loss of Riga--Lenine,
the Dictator--The Impossible “Peace” of Brest-Litovsk 94

CHAPTER VII. GERMANY’S OBJECT LESSON TO THE UNITED STATES

Two Voyages of the Deutschland--U-53 German Submarine Reaches
Newport and Sinks Five British and Neutral Steamers off
Nantucket--Rescue of Survivors by United States
Warships--Anti-German Feeling in America Reaching a Climax 130

CHAPTER VIII. AMERICA TRANSFORMED BY WAR

The United States Enters the Conflict--The Efficiency of
Democracy--Six Months in an American Training Camp Equal to
Six Years of German Compulsory Service--American Soldiers and
their Resourcefulness on the Battlefield--Methods of Training
and their Results--The S. A. T. C. 142

CHAPTER IX. HOW FOOD WON THE WAR

The American Farmer a Potent Factor in Civilization’s
Victory--Scientific Studies of Food Production, Distribution
and Consumption--Hoover Lays Down the Law Regulating
Wholesalers and Grocers--Getting the Food Across--Feeding
Armies in the Field 167

CHAPTER X. THE UNITED STATES NAVY IN THE WAR

Increase from 58,000 Men to Approximately 500,000--Destroyer
Fleet Arrives in British Waters--“We are Ready Now”--The Hunt
of the U-Boats--Gunnery that is Unrivalled--Depth Charges and
Other New Inventions--The U-Boat Menace Removed--Surrender of
German Under-Sea Navy 178

CHAPTER XI. CHINA JOINS THE FIGHTING DEMOCRACIES

How the Germans Behaved in China Seventeen Years Before--The
Whirligig of Time Brings Its Own Revenge--The Far Eastern
Republic Joins Hands with the Allies--German Propaganda at
Work--Futile Attempt to Restore the Monarchy--Fear of
Japan--War--Thousands of Chinese Toil Behind the Battle Lines
in France--Siam with Its Eight Millions Defies the Germans--End
of Teuton Influence in the Orient 205