The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and Contemporary Sources: American, British, French, German, and Others, Volume 1

Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1919 - World War, 1914-1918

This collection is a general military and diplomatic history of the First World War, from June 1914 to May 1920. Military affairs are the foremost issue, with political and diplomatic events relevant to the war intertwined. The work includes short biographies of important military leaders.

Contents

• WHY THIS WARITS MAGNITUDE MANY CAUSES: 3
• THE OUTBREAK AND THE CAUSES: 57
• SERAJEVO CAPITAL OF BOSNIA: 58
• FRANCIS JOSEPH EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA: 65
• WAR NEWS IN BERLIN: 83
• AUSTROSERBOMONTENEGRIN FIGHTING July 28 1914Decem: 86
• LADY PAGETS HOSPITAL IN SERBIA: 91
• BALKAN PEACE CONFERENCE OF 1913 IN LONDON: 96
• CAUSES OF THE GREATER CONFLICT: 97
• THE GERMAN EMPEROR WILLIAM II facing page: 104
• PRINCE LICHNOWSKY GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO GREAT BRITAIN: 106
• HENRY MORGENTHAU AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY: 112
• BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AND AFFAIRS IN MOROCCO 18781911: 118
• ROLLO OGDEN: 121
• THÉOPHILE DELCASSÉ A FORMER FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER: 129
• THE RESOURCES OF THE BELLIGERENTS AND THE TRANSFORMA: 139
• COMMANDEERING WAR HORSES: 145
• GEORGE V KING OF GREAT BRITAIN facing page: 152
• DECLARATIONS OF WAR AMONG: 155
• THE FORMER KAISERS YACHT THE HOHENZOLLERN: 156
• SAZONOF FOREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA IN 1914: 159
• THEODORE VON BETHMANNHOLLWEG: 165
• RAYMOND POINCARÉ PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC: 168
• ALBERT KING OF THE BELGIANS facing page: 176
• SIR EDWARD GOSCHEN BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY: 179
• AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE WHEN WAR WAS DECLARED: 184
• JOHN E REDMOND AND A BONAR LAW: 191
• CONSTANTINE FORMER KING OF GREECE: 197
• The Allies Against Turkey November 5 1914: 198
• AT THE MOSQUE OF FAITH IN CONSTANTINOPLE DURING: 203
• Italy Against Austria May 23 1915: 205
• Roumania Against Austria August 27 1916: 213
• FERDINAND KING OF ROUMANIA: 214
• LOST ON THE LUSITANIA: 219
• COUNT JOHANN VON BERNSTORFF: 220
• Cuba and Panama Against Germany April 7 1917: 221
• DR CONSTANTIN T DUMBA: 227
• Greece Against Germany July 2 1917: 229
• The Scandinavian States and Holland: 235
• MARIE ADELAIDE FORMER GRAND DUCHESS OF LUXEMBURG: 238
• ON THE WESTERN FRONT: 243
• A GROUP OF GERMAN OFFICERS DURING THE ADVANCE: 244
• ALBERT OF BELGIUM AND OFFICERS: 247
• THE RIVER MEUSE AT DINANT: 251
• OFF FOR THE FRONT: 254
• LIÉGE AND LONGWY August 1 1914August 28 1914: 255
• A CHURCH IN VISÉ AFTER A BOMBARDMENT: 258
• FORT LONCIN NEAR LIÉGE AFTER A BOMBARDMENT: 265
• LONGWY ON THE FRANCOLUXEMBURG FRONTIER AFTER: 271
• THE DASH INTO ALSACELORRAINE August 4 1914August: 272
• GENERAL DE CASTELNAU: 274
• FERDINAND FOCH MARSHAL OF FRANCE facing page: 280
• GENERAL VON HEERINGEN: 281
• HAELEN LOUVAIN AND BRUSSELS August 12 1914August: 290
• LOUVAIN AFTER THE GERMAN BOMBARDMENT: 294
• GERMAN TROOPS HALTING AT BRUSSELS facing page: 300
• NAMUR FALLSAS TO MODERN SIEGE GUNS August 13 1914: 305
• BELGIANS DIGGING TRENCHES: 309
• August 23 1914: 317
• THE FORTRESS OF DINANT ON THE MEUSE: 318
• August 25 1914October 15 1914: 326
• PART OF THE WATERFRONT OF ANTWERP: 329
• PROTECTING A RUBENS IN ANTWERP: 335
• GERMAN SOLDIERS SHARING FOOD WITH BELGIAN ORPHANS: 349
• AS TO ATROCITIES IN BELGIUMEDITH CAVELLS DEATH: 351
• CARDINAL MERCIER OF BELGIUM: 355
• EDITH CAVELL IN BRUSSELS: 364
• MEMORIAL TO EDITH CAVELL: 368
• GENERAL BARON VON BISSING: 373

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and Contemporary Sources: American, British, French, German, and Others, Volume 1; The Literary Digest History of the World War, Francis Whiting Halsey; The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and Contemporary Sources: American, British, French, German, and Others, Francis Whiting Halsey
• Compiled by: Francis Whiting Halsey
• Publisher: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1919
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Feb 26, 2009