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Current History Chronicled for the Period Ended June 18, 1918, with Table of Contents and Index

Current History Chronicled for the Period Ended June 18, 1918, with Table of Contents and Index

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Author
Various
Title
New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol. 8, Pt. 2, No. 1, July 1918
Credits
Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Roderick Humphreys 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.
45785
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45785
Release Date
May 27, 2014
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.The New York Times Current History July 1918
  2. 2.TABLE OF CONTENTS AND INDEX
  3. 3.Portraits
  4. 4.Maps
  5. 5.Illustrations
  6. 6.A Month of Battles
  7. 7.The Transportation of Troops in Great Wars
  8. 8.Armies Under Foreign Generals
  9. 9.The Northern and Southern Slavs
  10. 10.Drunkenness Reduced in Great Britain
  11. 11.Germany's Population Declining
  12. 12.Cairo to Jerusalem by Rail — Kindling the Holy Fire — Building the Cape to Cairo Railway — Compiegne and Its Forest — The Forest of Villers-Cotterets — Chateau-Thierry — Infant Welfare in Germany
  13. 13.Battles in France and Italy — Military Review From May 18 to June 18, 1918—Fighting on the Marne and Oise—The Austrian Offensive — FORCING THE AISNE — SECOND MARNE BATTLE — THE FIGHT IN DETAIL — AMERICAN MARINES — BATTLE OF THE OISE — THE AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVE — LEADING GENERALS OF THE AMERICAN ARMY — PROMINENT IN AMERICAN WAR LEGISLATION
  14. 14.Trying to Corrupt Italy's Troops — The Astounding German Order for Fraternization and Penetration on the Italian Front
  15. 15.THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE — CHEMIN DES DAMES LOST — WITHDRAWAL NECESSARY — THE SECOND DAY — TERRIBLE BOMBARDMENT — DESTRUCTION OF SOISSONS — INCENDIARY SHELLS — VON HUTIER'S METHOD — A TRAIN UNDER FIRE — EXTENSION OF THE BATTLE — FIRM ON THE FLANKS — FIGHT TO THE DEATH — STRONGER RESISTANCE — THE ADVANCE CHECKED — FRENCH OUTNUMBERED — AIR SUPREMACY OF ALLIES — IN THE MARNE VALLEY — FIERCE FIGHTING JUNE 3 — AMERICANS AT WORK — ENEMY'S LONG PAUSE — AT CHATEAU-THIERRY — HOW THE BATTLE BEGAN — BATTLE OF THE OISE — HEAVIER GERMAN LOSSES
  16. 16.The Turning Point of the Battle — CARPETED WITH DEAD — HOW THEY WERE CHECKED
  17. 17.Mr. Perris's Description of the French Counterblow — FRENCH HOLD GAINS — THE COMPIEGNE THRUST — ENEMY'S FEVERISH HASTE — DEFENSE OF COURCELLES — TABLES TURNED
  18. 18.End of Fourth Phase—Two Expert Views — PETAIN'S MASTERLY TACTICS
  19. 19.Austrians at Grips With Italians
  20. 20.A German View of Germany's Effort — The Recent Offensive
  21. 21.Addresses by the Kaiser
  22. 22.Demoralization and Crime in Germany
  23. 23.The U-Boat Raid in American Waters — Twenty Vessels, Mostly in the Coastwise Trade, Sunk Off the New Jersey and Virginia Coasts — ON BOARD THE U-BOAT — LIST OF VESSELS SUNK — HUNTING THE RAIDER
  24. 24.Other Submarine Activities of the Month
  25. 25.Out of the Sleep of Death — Rescue of a Submarine Crew Imprisoned Fathoms Deep for Three Days
  26. 26.New Records in Shipbuilding — Forty-four Ships in One Month
  27. 27.American Exports Versus the U-Boats — EXPORTS OF LEAD — GERMAN COMMANDERS ON WEST FRONT — SOLDIERS AND CHEWING GUM — OUR NEW MERCHANT MARINE
  28. 28.Progress of the War — Recording Campaigns on All Fronts and Collateral Events From May 18, 1918, Up to and Including June 18, 1918 — UNITED STATES — SUBMARINE BLOCKADE — CAMPAIGN IN WESTERN EUROPE — ITALIAN CAMPAIGN — BALKAN CAMPAIGN — CAMPAIGN IN EAST AFRICA — CAMPAIGN IN ASIA MINOR — AERIAL RECORD — NAVAL RECORD — RUSSIA — FINLAND — RUMANIA — AUSTRIA-HUNGARY — MISCELLANEOUS
  29. 29.A Battle Seen From Above
  30. 30.American Soldiers in Action — AT CHATEAU-THIERRY — BELLEAU WOOD ENGAGEMENT — FIRST FIELD ARMY
  31. 31.First American Offensive a Success — Capture of Cantigny by General Pershing's Troops Described in Vivid Detail — AN UNFORGETTABLE SCENE — ATTACK CAREFULLY REHEARSED — PLAN OF THE ATTACK — ALL MODERN WEAPONS USED — WATCHING THE BEGINNINGS — GUNNERS BEAT THEIR RECORD — ALL WENT AS REHEARSED — PEN READY FOR PRISONERS
  32. 32.Americans' Defense of Château-Thierry — A BRITISH ACCOUNT — BLOWING UP THE BRIDGE — THE QUICK ADVANCE — GERMAN SHELLS RAKE CITY — AT CLOSE RANGE — DEADLY MACHINE GUNS — SERIOUS PREDICAMENT — "GOT" WHOLE PLATOON
  33. 33.Capture of Belleau Wood — Brilliant Exploit of American Troops Northwest of Château-Thierry — UNDERESTIMATED OUR EFFORT — GERMANY FEARS AMERICA — WORK OF MARINES — GERMAN MORALE LOW
  34. 34.United States Troops in London — First Units of Our New Army Reviewed by King George Amid Dense Throngs
  35. 35.No Limit to Size of America's Army — More Than 700,000 Additional Young Men Registered Under the Draft Law
  36. 36.War Finance in Canada — Income Tax Begins at $1,000—New Taxes on Luxuries
  37. 37.War Record of the United States — An Official Summary of American Activities During the First Year of Belligerency. — TWENTY MILLION FIGHTING MEN — THE ENEMY'S STRENGTH — DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED — TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT
  38. 38.Italy's Third Year of War — Other Anniversaries, With Official Greetings Exchanged by the Allies and the United States
  39. 39.France's Tribute to Great Britain
  40. 40.America's First Anniversary in France — NATIONAL LEADERS IN EASTERN EUROPE
  41. 41.The Soldier Speaks
  42. 42.The War in the Air — Attacks by Massed Squadrons of Airplanes Become an Important Factor in Battle — UNPRECEDENTED AIR BATTLE — ARTILLERY COLUMN SHATTERED — OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION — WORK OF BOMBING SQUADRONS — GERMANS FIGHT GERMANS — ATTACKS ON HOSPITALS — TONS OF BRITISH BOMBS — PARIS AND LONDON RAIDED — AMERICAN AVIATORS — LUFBERY'S LAST FIGHT — RICHTHOFEN'S DEATH — LIST OF GERMANS KILLED — FRENCH AND BRITISH "ACES"
  43. 43.Zinc Coins in Occupied Belgium
  44. 44.Arrest of Irish Plotters — Sixty-nine Sinn Fein Members Imprisoned for Treasonable Relations With the Enemy — OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION — EFFECT OF ARRESTS — DETAILS OF INTRIGUE — LANDING FROM SUBMARINE
  45. 45.Ireland's Food Shipments to England
  46. 46.New Austro-German Alliance — Official Declarations Regarding It by the Chief Ministers of Both Empires — ANDRASSY'S VIEWS — PARTITION OF AUSTRIA — THE TWO EMPERORS — CHANCELLOR'S STATEMENT
  47. 47.The Imprisoned ex-Czar in the Crimea
  48. 48.Exchanging Thousands of Prisoners — Franco-German Agreement, Signed at Berne, Provides for Release of More Than 300,000 Captives — TOTALS OF PRISONERS — FRANCO-GERMAN TERMS — SUMMARY OF DOCUMENT — TRANSPORTING PRISONERS — FOOD FOR PRISONERS — LIBERATING CIVILIANS
  49. 49.Horrors of Austrian Prisons — Inhuman Treatment of Civilian Women and Men at Internment Camps — CIVILIANS KIDNAPPED
  50. 50.Abuses in German Prison Camps — Examples of Heartless Treatment
  51. 51.Rebuilding Disabled Soldiers — Wonderful Work That Italy Is Doing to Render Maimed Men Self-Supporting
  52. 52.Sneezing Powder in Gas Attacks
  53. 53.Russia Under Many Masters — A Month's Events Amid the Chaos Produced by Bolshevist Misrule and German Invasion — GERMAN PROMISES — BLACK SEA FLEET — NO PEACE WITH UKRAINE — INTERNAL CONDITIONS — RUSSIA A MADHOUSE — LOOTING AND DESTROYING — RAILROAD SITUATION — BOLSHEVIKI AND THE JEWS — ANTI-BOLSHEVIST MOVEMENTS — FIGHTING IN SIBERIA — DISMEMBERING RUSSIA — GERMAN ATROCITIES — ALLIED INTERVENTION — RUSSIAN OPINION — SENATOR KING'S RESOLUTION — INTERVENTION URGED — CZECHS IN SIBERIA
  54. 54.Letters From Trotzky and From Kerensky's War Minister — FROM BORIS SAVINKOV
  55. 55.Growth of the Jugoslav Movement — Project for a South Slavic State, Aided by the Czechs, Threatens to Disrupt Austria-Hungary — THE CZECH DECLARATION — DEMANDS INDEPENDENCE — SELF-DETERMINATION — WAGRAM GATHERING — CONFERENCE AT ROME — ITALY'S ACTIVE HELP — PROTEST IN REICHSRAT — THE PREMIER'S ADMISSION — FOOD SHORTAGE — MARTIAL LAW IN PRAGUE — RIOTS IN WENSEL SQUARE — REVOLT IN AUSTRIAN ARMY — GERRYMANDERING BOHEMIA — AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL VIEW — WEAKENING NATIONALISM — BOHEMIANS IN ITALY'S ARMY — RACIAL DIVISIONS IN HUNGARY — EACH RACE ISOLATED — TRANSYLVANIA'S CASE
  56. 56.Supreme War Council Favors Free Poland and Jugoslavia — AMERICA AND JUGOSLAVS
  57. 57.Rumania's Thralldom — Subjection of the Nation to German Tyranny Under a Supplementary Economic Treaty — CONTROL OF OIL FIELDS — COST OF RUMANIA'S PEACE — GERMAN OIL MONOPOLY — VON KUEHLMANN'S EXPLANATION — MODEL PEACE TERMS
  58. 58.ARMENIA'S SUFFERINGS IN A NEW PHASE — Turkish Invasion of the Caucasus Under the Brest Treaty—Struggle of the Georgians — PROTEST OF ARMENIANS — POLICY OF ANNIHILATION — STORY OF THE GEORGIANS — PROGRESS AMONG GEORGIANS — SUCCESSFUL EMIGRANTS — UNDER THE YOUNG TURKS — EXTERMINATING A RACE — BARBAROUS TORTURES — TOTAL NUMBER MURDERED
  59. 59.President Wilson's Addresses — Important Utterances on War Themes — Red Cross Speech in New York — WHAT THE WAR IS DOING — SERVICE BY GIVING — INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION — MAKING THE WORLD DEMOCRATIC
  60. 60.Address on Revenue Legislation — WAR PROFITS AND LUXURIES — A TAX ON PROFITEERING — SPIRIT OF THE NATION
  61. 61.The President's Appeal for Economy — Memorial Day Proclamation, 1918
  62. 62.Mexico and the United States — The President's Pledge — GERMAN INTRIGUES — READY TO HELP RUSSIA — NO SELFISH AGGRESSION — PEACE BY MUTUAL TRUST
  63. 63.Secretary Lansing on War Themes — Why the United States Is at War — AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY — ITALIAN AMBASSADOR'S SPEECH
  64. 64.Premier Lloyd George Lauds Americans
  65. 65.Clemenceau's Defiance of Obstructors
  66. 66.Brute Force Versus Humanity
  67. 67.The Battle of Jutland — Debatable Phases of the Great Naval Conflict Reviewed by Eminent British Experts — JUTLAND RECORDS INCOMPLETE — GERMAN FLEET'S OBJECT — FRENCH EXPERT'S OPINION — LOSS OF BRITISH SHIPS
  68. 68.Comment by Mr. Arthur Pollen
  69. 69.Battle of Skagerrak as Germany Sees It — TRAFALGAR AND JUTLAND — COMPARED WITH TSUSHIMA
  70. 70.International Socialists' Peace Campaign — A Message Sent to the Socialists of the Central Powers by Those of the Entente Nations
  71. 71.Trade After the War
  72. 72.Exchange of Naval Greetings With England
  73. 73.England and the War's Causes — A CAMPAIGN OF FALSEHOOD — ORGANIZED HATE — ENGLAND'S PACIFIC SPIRIT — THE BAGDAD RAILWAY — THE POTSDAM CONFERENCE
  74. 74.Germany and Great Britain in 1912 — Lord Haldane's Official Report of His Conciliatory Mission Prior to the War — NO AGGRESSIVE ALLIANCES — QUESTION OF GERMAN FLEET — THE KAISER AND VON TIRPITZ — NO AGREEMENT REACHED
  75. 75.British Official Statement Issued in 1915 — GERMAN PLAN ONE-SIDED — SIR EDWARD GREY'S VIEW
  76. 76.THE EUROPEAN WAR AS SEEN BY CARTOONISTS

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