World’s Story Volume XV: The World War

1. 1 The Cathedral at Rheims, photograph, frontispieceRead by Sonia 2m
2. 2 The World War, Part I. The origin of the war. Historical noteRead by Sonia 2m
3. 3 The outbreak of hostilities, by Major F. E. WhittonRead by Ezwa 13m
4. 4 Why did Germany invade Belgium ?, by S. S. McClureRead by Ezwa 8m
5. 5 Belgium's part (1914), by Emile VerhaerenRead by Ezwa 7m
6. 6 The real causes of the war (1914), by Charles W. EliotRead by Devorah Allen 13m
7. 7 Germany's military masters (1917), by Woodrow WilsonRead by Wayne Cooke 6m
8. 8 The World War, Part II. The gathering of the armies. Historical noteRead by Wayne Cooke 3m
9. 9 The training of Kitchener's Mob (1914), by James Norman HallRead by April6090 13m
10. 10 The first hundred thousand in training (1914), by Ian HayRead by KuyaCarrot 9m
11. 11 En route with Kitchener's Mob (1915), by James Norman HallRead by April6090 16m
12. 12 The second German mobilization (1914), by Geoffrey PykeRead by atelo 6m
13. 13 The World War, Part III. On the Western Front 1914-1915. Historical noteRead by Devorah Allen 2m
14. 14 The retreat from Mons (1914), by a British Staff OfficerRead by Colleen McMahon 12m
15. 15 A gas attack, photograph p. 62Read by Tomas Peter 2m
16. 16 The battle of the Marne (1914), by Major F. E. WhittonRead by Colleen McMahon 21m
17. 17 The fall of Antwerp (1914), by Horace GreenRead by Colleen McMahon 18m
18. 18 A prisoner in Ruhleben (1915), by Geoffrey PykeRead by Colleen McMahon 12m
19. 19 The battle of the Slag-Heaps (1915), by Ian HayRead by Colleen McMahon 14m
20. 20 Flame-throwers, photograph p. 100Read by Availle 2m
21. 21 The legion captures a trench (1915), by Edward MorlaeRead by Jim Locke 21m
22. 22 The World War, Part IV. On the Western and Italian Fronts 1916-1917. Historical noteRead by BettyB 2m
23. 23 The battle of Verdun (1916), by Raoul BlanchardRead by janop 24m
24. 24 The biggest cannon on the Western Front, photograph p. 134Read by Alan Mapstone 3m
25. 25 Caillette Wood, an episode of VerdunRead by Tomas Peter 7m
26. 26 The fight for Montauban, an incident of the battle of the Somme (1916), by Ian HayRead by Jim Locke 20m
27. 27 A modern battlefield, photograph p. 148Read by April6090 1m
28. 28 The battle of Messines Ridge (1917)Read by akatsu 7m
29. 29 Charge of the Canadians at Vimy Ridge, photograph p. 162Read by Alan Mapstone 2m
30. 30 The battle of Cambrai (1917), by Philip GibbsRead by EmilioC 23m
31. 31 The Garibaldi take the Col di Lana, told in Colonel ''Peppino'' Garibaldi's own words (1916), by Lewis R. FreemanRead by Jim Locke 16m
32. 32 The World War, Part V. The Eastern Front. Historical noteRead by Tomas Peter 2m
33. 33 Intrenched with the Austrians in Galicia (1914), by Fritz KreislerRead by Availle 15m
34. 34 The Russian victory at Przemysl (1915), by Bernard ParesRead by Piotr Nater 7m
35. 35 The defeat at Gallipoli (1915), by Sir Ian HamiltonRead by Alan Mapstone 11m
36. 36 Landing under fire at the Dardanelles, photograph p. 204Read by Alan Mapstone 1m
37. 37 A British soldier at Suvla Bay (1915), by John HargraveRead by Brittany Bogle 9m
38. 38 Bulgaria enters the war (1915), by J. B. W. GardinerRead by Brittany Bogle 8m
39. 39 From Salonica (1916), by Albert KinrossRead by Jim Locke 13m
40. 40 The World War, Part VI. The War in Asia and Africa. Historical noteRead by Devorah Allen 2m
41. 41 The attack on Tsing-Tau (1914), by Jefferson JonesRead by Brittany Bogle 12m
42. 42 Campaigning under Botha (1915), by Cyril CampbellRead by KuyaCarrot 12m
43. 43 General Smuts's campaign in German East Africa (1914-1915), by Cyril CampbellRead by Jim Locke 12m
44. 44 With Maude at the taking of Bagdad (1917), by Arthur T. ClarkRead by Jim Locke 16m
45. 45 The British in the Promised Land (1917), by W. T. MasseyRead by BettyB 11m
46. 46 ''Jerusalem delivered'', photograph p. 266Read by Alan Mapstone 2m
47. 47 The World War, Part VII. Life in the trenches. Historical noteRead by Piotr Nater 2m
48. 48 The arrival of Kitchener's Mob (1915), by James Norman HallRead by April6090 12m
49. 49 The new warfare (1915), by Ian HayRead by Brittany Bogle 9m
50. 50 A description of trench life, by René NicolasRead by Tomas Peter 7m
51. 51 The impregnable trenches (1916), by Henry SheahanRead by Piotr Nater 5m
52. 52 The World War, Part VIII. The fighting machines. Historical noteRead by Tim811 2m
53. 53 The machines (1916), by William J. RobinsonRead by Jim Locke 30m
54. 54 German prisoners in Ypres, photograph p. 312Read by Jim Locke 2m
55. 55 The machine-gun destroyers (1916), by Louis-Octave PhilippeRead by Jim Locke 15m
56. 56 The tanks (1917), by Colonel E. D. SwintonRead by Jim Locke 15m
57. 57 British tanks in action, photograph p. 332Read by Alan Mapstone 3m
58. 58 The World War, Part IX. The work of the Navies. Historical noteRead by BettyB 2m
59. 59 The escape of a merchantsman (1914), by Edward NobleRead by Colleen McMahon 12m
60. 60 The Heligoland action (1914), by W. Macneille DixonRead by Jim Locke 13m
61. 61 The battle of Jutland (1916), by W. Macneille DixonRead by KevinS 21m
62. 62 The Emden (1914), by Lewis R. FreemanRead by Alan Dove 12m
63. 63 The World War, Part X. The submarines. Historical noteRead by ToddHW 2m
64. 64 The sinking of the Lusitania (1915), by Charles E. LauriatRead by Availle 10m
65. 65 Life in a German submarine (1915), by Freiherrn von ForstnerRead by Piotr Nater 18m
66. 66 The work of the British submarines (1914-1917), by W. Macneille DixonRead by Availle 12m
67. 67 The World War, Part XI. Airplanes and zeppelins. Historical noteRead by Alan Mapstone 2m
68. 68 Flying in the war-zone, by ThetaRead by Availle 12m
69. 69 A French fighting plane, photograph p. 402Read by Alan Mapstone 2m
70. 70 A zeppelin raid in London (1915), by Lewis R. FreemanRead by Wayne Cooke 18m
71. 71 A great air battle, by a British war correspondentRead by Alan Mapstone 8m
72. 72 The World War, Part XII. The hospital and ambulance services. Historical noteRead by ToddHW 2m
73. 73 Behind the Yser (1916), by Maud MortimerRead by Jim Locke 27m
74. 74 The American ambulance field service (1916), by A. P. A.Read by ToddHW 4m
75. 75 American ambulance-drivers, photograph p. 440Read by ToddHW 2m
76. 76 With ambulance No. 10 (1915), by Leslie BuswellRead by Devorah Allen 13m
77. 77 With an ambulance at Verdun (1916), by William Yorke StevensonRead by EmilioC 12m
78. 78 Wonders of war surgery (1917)Read by April6090 15m
79. 79 The World War, Part XIII. The Red Cross and the Y.M.C.A. Historical noteRead by Tomas Peter 2m
80. 80 The American Red CrossRead by Heather Eney 4m
81. 81 Red Cross rest barracks (1917), by Elizabeth FrazerRead by Jim Locke 8m
82. 82 The Y.M.C.A. at the Front, by Francis B. Sayre, with an introduction by John R. Mott, General Secretary of the National War Work Council of the Y.M.C.A.Read by Jim Locke 20m
83. 83 A Y.M.C.A. Hut ''somewhere in France'', photograph p. 476Read by Tomas Peter 2m
84. 84 The World War, Part XIV. Political and financial problems. Historical noteRead by Jim Locke 2m
85. 85 Russia in Revolution (1917), by Paul WhartonRead by Jim Locke 23m
86. 86 Street scene in Petrograd during the Revolution, photograph p. 488Read by Sonia 2m
87. 87 The cost of the warRead by Jim Locke 14m
88. 88 The human costRead by Jim Locke 14m
89. 89 The World War, Part XV. The entrance of the United States. Historical noteRead by ToddHW 2m
90. 90 The war message (1917), by Woodrow WilsonRead by ToddHW 20m
91. 91 With the Americans at the Front (1917), by George PattulloRead by Jim Locke 16m
92. 92 The President defines America's war aims (1918), by Woodrow WilsonRead by ToddHW 12m

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