CURRENT HISTORY: A Monthly Magazine of The New York Times

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Author

Various

Title

Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Moti Ben-Ari and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net.

Language

English

LoC Class

D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)

Subject

World War, 1914-1918

Category

Text

eBook-No.

38750

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38750

Release Date

February 2, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.CURRENT HISTORY
2. 2.A Monthly Magazine of The New York Times — TABLE OF CONTENTS — ROTOGRAVURE ILLUSTRATIONS
3. 3.CURRENT HISTORY CHRONICLED — [ Period Ended April 19, 1918. ]
4. 4.THE BATTLE OF PICARDY — Military Review of the Greatest Battle in History From March 21 to April 17, 1918 — AMERICAN ARMY CHIEFS AND EXPERTS
5. 5.The British Reverses and Their Causes — By a Military Observer — FOOTNOTE:
6. 6.Four Epic Weeks of Carnage — By Philip Gibbs
7. 7.How General Carey Saved Amiens — A Pivotal Episode in the Great Battle — BRITISH COMMANDERS IN FRANCE — GERMAN COMMANDERS IN FRANCE
8. 8.Battle Viewed From the French Front — By G. H. Perris
9. 9.Caring for Thousands of Refugees
10. 10.Progress of the War — Recording Campaigns on All Fronts and Collateral Events From March 18, 1918, Up to and Including April 17, 1918
11. 11.Russia Under German Domination — Record of a Month's Events
12. 12.Pershing's Army Under General Foch — American Troops in France Brigaded With French and British Units for the Great Battle in Picardy
13. 13.Our War Machine in New Phases — Month Ended April 18, 1918
14. 14.Shortage in Aircraft Production — Senate Committee's Report
15. 15.America's First Year of War
16. 16.War Department's Improved System — Summary by Benedict Crowell
17. 17.The Surgeon General's Great Organization — By Caswell A. Mayo
18. 18.War Work of the American Red Cross — Summary of a Year's Activities
19. 19.Great Britain Faces a Crisis — Historic Speech by Premier Lloyd George on the Picardy Battle and Its Fateful Consequences
20. 20.Russia and the Allies — The Russian and the French Revolution Compared—The Gloomy Outlook of Russia
21. 21.President on the Russian Treaties — Declares Germany Has Repudiated Her Peace Avowals and Will Be Met With "Force to the Utmost"
22. 22.American Liberty's Crucial Hour — By William E. Borah
23. 23.Defending the World's Right to Democracy — By James Hamilton Lewis
24. 24.Messenger Dogs in the German Army — How They Are Trained
25. 25.Full Record of Sinkings by U-Boats — Statement by Sir Eric Geddes
26. 26.Admiralty Summary of Shipping Losses — Record of Three Years
27. 27.Typical U-Boat Methods — From British Admiralty Records
28. 28.The Story of an Indomitable Captain — Told by Joseph Conrad
29. 29.The Naval Defense of Venice — By E. M. B.
30. 30.Venice Under the Grim Shadow — The City's Wartime Aspects
31. 31.Taking Over the Dutch Ships — The United States Seizes for the War Period 500,000 Tons of Dutch Shipping
32. 32.Air Raids on Paris and London — A Historical Summary
33. 33.Paris Bombarded by Long-Range Guns — The Disaster on Good Friday — The Irish Guards
34. 34.The Guilt of Germany — German Ambassador to Great Britain in 1914 Proves That His Country Forced the War
35. 35.The Former Foreign Minister's Reply
36. 36.Count Czernin on Peace Terms — A Reply to President Wilson and a Survey of Results of the Russian Peace Treaties
37. 37.Great Britain's Reply to Count Czernin
38. 38.Austro-French "Peace Initiative" Controversy — Clemenceau Flatly Contradicts Czernin
39. 39.I.—Battle of Jutland: First Phase
40. 40.II.—Battle of Jutland: Main Engagement
41. 41.A Review of the Battle of Jutland — By Thomas G. Frothingham — FOOTNOTES:
42. 42.A Leading German Churchman Defends Poison Gas
43. 43.Great Britain's War Work in 1917 — War Cabinet's Official Survey of Military Events and Far-Reaching Economic Changes
44. 44.THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI — Full Text of Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig's Report of a Victory and Reverse
45. 45.THE EUROPEAN WAR AS SEEN BY CARTOONISTS
46. 46.LICHNOWSKY'S MEMORANDUM — Full Text of the Suppressed Document in Which the Former German Ambassador at London Reveals Germany's Guilt in Starting the War
47. 47.Krupp Director Confirms Prince Lichnowsky's Indictment
48. 48.Reichstag Debate on Lichnowsky
49. 49.Comments of German Publicists
50. 50.Comment of an English Editor
51. 51.Dr. Liebknecht's Indictment of Germany
52. 52.Why the German Strike Failed
53. 53.Last Fight of the Mary Rose — A British Naval Episode — Transcriber's Notes:

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