VOLUME IV.

The Story of the Year 1915

TORONTO THOMAS NELSON AND SONS, Ltd. London, Edinburgh, and New York 1916

"_How sleep the brave, who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod._

"_By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung: There Honour comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell, a weeping hermit, there!_"

WILLIAM COLLINS

CONTENTS.

I. Setting the House in Order 1 II. The Loss of the "Formidable" 17 III. The Battle of the Dogger Bank 23 IV. The Turkish Descent upon Egypt 33 V. Winter Warfare on the Western Front.--I. 44 VI. Winter Warfare on the Western Front.--II. 49 VII. Stories from the Battlefield 58 VIII. The German Success at Soissons 62 IX. Winter Fighting in Champagne, the Argonne, and the Vosges 65 X. The Submarine Blockade begins 77 XI. The Sinking of the "Lusitania" 81 XII. Stories of Submarines 90 XIII. More Stories of Submarine Warfare 97 XIV. Winter Fighting in Poland and East Prussia 105 XV. A Battle of the Middle Ages 113 XVI. The Fall of Przemysl 117 XVII. Stories from Eastern Battlefields 126 XVIII. The Battle of Neuve Chapelle 129 XIX. Soldiers' Stories of Neuve Chapelle 145 XX. The Dardanelles 157 XXI. Ships _versus_ Forts 161 XXII. How we failed at the Narrows 170 XXIII. The Story of Hill 60 177 XXIV. The Poisonous Cloud 188 XXV. The Battle Glory of Canada 193 XXVI. Days of Struggle and Anxiety.--I. 205 XXVII. Days of Struggle and Anxiety.--II. 209 XXVIII. Heroes of the Ypres Salient 217 XXIX. The Battle of the Artois.--I. 222 XXX. The Battle of the Artois.--II. 225 XXXI. The Battle of Festubert 229 XXXII. The Heroisms of Festubert 237 XXXIII. The Gallipoli Peninsula 241 XXXIV. The Battle of the Landing 245 XXXV. Heroes of the Landing 257 XXXVI. Battering at the Barriers 266 XXXVII. A Splendid Failure 273 XXXVIII. The Storm bursts 289 XXXIX. Stories of the Great Retreat 305 XL. From Storm to Calm 310 XLI. Midsummer on the Western Front 321 XLII. In Champagne 337 XLIII. The Battle of Loos.--I. 347 XLIV. The Battle of Loos.--II. 353 XLV. Bravest of the Brave.--I. 364 XLVI. Bravest of the Brave.--II. 369 XLVII. The War in the Air 377 XLVIII. Heroes of the Air 382 XLIX. The Coming of the Zeppelins 385 L. The Overrunning of Serbia 391