PART I.—AUSTRIAN PROPAGANDA

CHAPTER

• Austrian Ambassador Implicated in Strike Plots—his Recall—Ramifications of German Conspiracies 9
• The Plot To Destroy Ships—Pacific Coast Conspiracies—Hamburg-American Case—Scope of New York Investigations 15
• Von Rintelen's Activities—Congressman Involved—Germany's Repudiations—Dismissal of Captains Boy-Ed and Von Papen 22
• Great Britain's Defense of Blockade—American Methods in Civil War Cited 28
• British Blockade Denounced As Illegal and Ineffective by the United States—The American Position 35
• Great Britain Unyielding—Effect of the Blockade—The Chicago Meat Packers' Case 44
• Seizure of Suspected Ships—Trading With the Enemy—The Appam—The Anglo-French Loan—Ford Peace Expedition 49
• American Pacificism—Preparedness—Munition Safeguard 54

PART II.—OPERATIONS ON THE SEA

• Naval Engagements in Many Waters 59
• Minor Engagements and Losses 66
• The Battle of Jutland Bank—Beginning 70
• Some Secondary Features of the Battle 89
• Losses and Tactics 94
• Death of Lord Kitchener—Other Events of the Second Year 108

PART III.—CAMPAIGN ON THE EASTERN FRONT

• The Eastern Front at the Approach of Spring, 1916 116
• The Russian March—Offensive from Riga to Pinsk 122
• Resumption of Austro-Russian Operations 133
• Thaw and Spring Floods 141
• Artillery Duels 149
• The Great Russian Offensive 154
• The Russian Reconquest of the Bukowina 162
• In Conquered East Galicia 173
• The German Counteroffensive Before Kovel 178
• Progress of the Bukowinian Conquest 183
• Temporary Lull in the Russian Offensive 188
• Advance Against Lemberg and Kovel 192
• The Germans' Stand on the Stokhod 198
• Increased Strength of the Russian Drive 207

PART IV.—THE BALKANS

• Holding Fast in Saloniki 212
• Military and Political Events in Greece 216

PART V.—AUSTRO-ITALIAN CAMPAIGN

• Resumption of Operations on the Italian Front 229
• The Spring of 1916 on the Austro-Italian Front 235
• The Austrian May Drive in the Trentino 244
• The Rise and Failure of the Austro-Hungarian Drive 255
• The Italian Counteroffensive in the Trentino 265
• Continuation of the Italian Counteroffensive 276
• Minor Operations on the Austro-Italian Front in Trentino Offensive 283

PART VI.—RUSSO-TURKISH CAMPAIGN

• Russian Successes After Erzerum 292

PART VII.—CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA AND PERSIA

• Renewed Attempt To Relieve Kut-el-Amara 307
• The Surrender of Kut-el-Amara 318
• Spring and Summer Trench War on the Tigris 326
• Russian Advance Toward Bagdad 330
• Turkish Offensive and Russian Counteroffensive in Armenia and Persia 335

PART VIII.—OPERATIONS ON THE WESTERN FRONT

• Renewal of the Battle of Verdun 340
• The Struggle for Vaux Fort and Village—Battle of Mort Homme 348
• Battle of Hill 304 and Douaumont—The Struggle at Fleury 361
• Spring Operations in Other Sectors 371
• Battle of the Somme—Allied Preparations—Position of the Opposing Forces 377
• The British Attack 382
• The French Attacks North and South of the Somme 387
• The British Attack (Continued) 392
• The Second Phase of the Battle of the Somme 401

PART IX.—THE WAR IN THE AIR

• The Value of Zeppelins in Long-Distance Reconnoitering—Naval Auxiliaries 412
• Aeroplane Improvements—Giant Machines—Technical Developments 418
• Losses and Casualties in Aerial Warfare—Discrepancies in Official Reports—"Driven Down" and "Destroyed" 424
• Aerial Combats and Raids 427

PART X.—THE UNITED STATES AND THE BELLIGERENTS

• War Cloud in Congress 433
• The President Upheld in Armed-Merchantmen Issue—Final Crisis With Germany 439
• The American Ultimatum—Germany Yields 449

• Two Years of the War. By Frank H. Simonds
• 1. The German Problem 461
  2. The Belgian Phase 463
  3. The French Offensive 466
  4. The Battle of the Marne 469
  5. The End of the First Western Campaign 472
  6. The Russian Phase 476
  7. Tannenberg and Lemberg 476
  8. Warsaw and Lodz 479
  9. The Galician Campaign 480
  10. The Battle of the Dunajec 481
  11. Russia Survives 484
  12. The Balkan Campaign 484
  13. In the West 487
  14. Italy 488
  15. Verdun 488
  16. The February Attack 490
  17. Later Phases 491
  18. Gettysburg 493
  19. The Austrian Offensive 494
  20. Germany Loses the Offensive 495
  21. The Russian Attack 496
  22. The Battle of the Somme 499
  23. Gorizia 499
  24. As the Third Year Begins 501
• The Second Anniversary of the War, Statements from the British, French, and German Ambassadors to the United States 503