PART I.—THE WESTERN FRONT

CHAPTER

• Destruction Marks the Great Retreat—The French Capture Soissons, Fismes, and Important Positions—The British Win Great Victories Near Albert 9
• The German Retreat Continues—The French Victorious Between the Oise and the Aisne—The British Win Miles of Territory Daily 22
• The French Take Noyon—The British Bapaume and PÉronne—The Allies Conquer on Every Front 36
• The British Close in on Cambrai—French Occupy St. Quentin—The Germans Fire Cambrai and Retreat—The Allies' Great Victory in Flanders 49
• The Germans Retreat on All Fronts—British Capture Valenciennes—The Armistice—The War Over 63

PART II.—RUSSIA

• Countering the Germans in Fallen Russia 80
• Allied Intervention in the North of Russia 88
• The Bolsheviki Resent Allied Intervention 90
• The Baltic Provinces 95

PART III.—THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN

• The Austro-Italian Front 96

PART IV.—THE GREAT WAR'S END

• The Internal Collapse of Germany 106
• The Liberation of the Holy Land—Mesopotamian Campaign 113
• Collapse of Austria 123
• The Surrender of Turkey 135
• Austria-Hungary and Germany surrender—"The War Thus Comes to an End," President Wilson to Congress—The President Sails for France 137

PART V.—VICTORY ON THE SEA

• Naval Exploits of the Allies—Submarines 142
• Surrender of the German Fleet 147

PART VI.—THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE

• American Achievements on the Western Front, by Frederick Palmer (Late Lieutenant Colonel, U. S. R.) 151

PART VII.—THE PEACE CONFERENCE AT PARIS

• First Session of Peace Congress—Clemenceau, Permanent Chairman—President Wilson's Address—The League of Nations Covenant Completed 198
• The Covenant and Draft of the Constitution of the League of Nations—President Wilson's Speech in Support; He Returns to America—The United States Senate Criticizes League Document 208
• Revised Covenant of the League of Nations—The Treaty of Peace 221

THE STORY OF CANADA IN THE GREAT WAR

• Introduction by Lieutenant Colonel John A. Cooper (Late Commander of the 198th Battalion, Canadian Buffs) 249

PART I.—PREPARATION FOR WAR

• Canada Before the War 259
• Building a War Machine 264
• Departure of First Contingent 267
• The Steady Stream of Recruits 270
• The Conscription Act 272
• The "Princess Pat" Regiment 285
• Canada's Huge Forestry Corps 287
• The Canadian Railway Corps 291
• Other Branches of the Service 295
• Administration of Canada's War Establishment 302

PART II.—CANADA AT THE FRONT

• The Canadians in Flanders—Neuve Chapelle—Their Brave Part in the Second Battle of Ypres—The Princess Patricias 303
• Battle of Festubert—The Canadians Fight for the Orchard—Valor of the Second Brigade and Fourth Battalion—Givenchy 322
• The Second and Third Canadian Divisions—Battles of St. Eloi and Sanctuary Wood—Victory After Defeat 339
• Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele 357
• Holding the Vimy Sector 367
• Holding Lens and Arras 372
• The Amiens Battle of August, 1918 383
• The Attack Against the Hindenburg Line 389
• Capture of Bourlon Wood and Cambrai 396
• Capture of Valenciennes and Mons 406

PART III.—CANADA AT HOME

• Shoulder to Shoulder with the Empire 423

PART IV.—CANADIAN WAR INDUSTRIES

• Behind the Guns at Home 430
• From Trenches to Farms 438
• Keeping Their Home Fires Burning 443
• Remaking Men 448
• Service to the Troops 456
• Succor and Solace 463

• Chronology of the World War 469
• Index 481