America's War for Humanity by Thomas Herbert Russell
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AM--Texas and Oklahoma Troops Fight in True Ranger Style--Our Colored
Boys Win Credit V THE WAR IN THE AIR Air Craft--Liberty Motors and Air Service--The Danger of Aviation--Air Plane's Tail Shot Off--Champions of the Air--Lieut. Lehr's Personal Stories of Air Fighting at the Front--American Aviator Grabs Iron Cross as Souvenir--Eyes of the Army Always Open VI CAUSES OF THE WORLD WAR AND HOW WAR WAS DECLARED VII INVASION OF BELGIUM Belgians Rush to Defense of Their Frontier--Towns Bombarded and Burned --The Defense of Liège--Destruction of Louvain--Fall of Namur--German Proclamation to Inhabitants--Belgian Capital Occupied by the Germans Without Bloodshed--Important Part Played by American Minister Brand Whitlock--March of the Kaiser's Troops Through the City--Belgian Forces Retreat to Antwerp--Dinant and Termonde Fall VIII BRITAIN RAISES AN ARMY Earl Kitchener Appointed Secretary for War--A New Volunteer Army--Expeditionary Force Landed in France--Field Marshal Sir John French in Command--Colonies Rally to Britain's Aid--The Canadian Contingent--Indian Troops Called For--Native Princes Offer Aid IX EARLY BATTLES OF THE WAR |
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