PART I.--WESTERN FRONT--SOMME AND VERDUN

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I. French and British Advances 9

II. Further Successes--French Capture Maurepas 13

III. German Counterattacks 16

IV. Operations at Verdun--British Victories in the Somme 19

V. The "Tanks"--British Capture Martinpuich 21

VI. Capture of Combles--Air Raids 25

VII. British Capture Eaucourt L'Abbaye-Regina Trench 28

VIII. Continued Allied Advance 31

IX. French Retake Douaumont 34

X. Germans Lose Fort Vaux--French Take Saillisel 37

XI. British Successes in the Ancre 41

XII. Operations on the French Front--Further Fighting in the Ancre 47

XIII. Weather Conditions--Movements Around Loos 51

XIV. French Win at Verdun 53

XV. Canadians at Arras--Nivelle in Command 55

XVI. German Attacks at Verdun--Result of Six Months' Fighting 58

XVII. German Attack on Hill 304--British Surprise Attack 61