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1917

The Military Situation, [1]. The War of Attrition, [3]. Man-power of the Bel-

ligerents, [3]. Gross Casualties of the Belligerents, [4]. Accessions of

Strength, [6]. Net Wastage of the Belligerents, [6]. The Russian Victories

in the Middle East, [8]. The Great German Reverse at Verdun, [9].

CHAPTER II.

FROM THE MIDDLE OF MAY TO THE FALL OF GORIZIA.

Stagnation in the Russian Theatre, [11]. Austro-Hungarian Offensive in Tyrol,

[11]. Austrians Capture Arsiero and Ariago, [13]. General Brussiloff's Great

Offensive in Volhynia, [14]. Failure of the Russian Move on Kovel, [15].

Russians Capture Czernovitz for the Third Time, [16]. Heavy Austro-

Hungarian Losses, [18]. The War at Sea, [19]. The British Blockade of

Central Europe, [19]. Raids by the Mowe, [21]. Battle of Jutland, [22].

German and British Ships Sunk, [26]. Withdrawal of the Declaration of

London, [27]. Franco-British Offensive on the Somme, [27]. Objectives of

the Offensive, [28]. Progress of the Battle, [30]. Italian Conquest of

Gorizia, [32].

CHAPTER III.

FROM THE CAPTURE OF GORIZIA TO THE END OF THE YEAR.

The Western Theatre, [34]. British Capture Combles, [34]. Balkan Campaign,

[35]. Italian Theatre, [35]. Russian Theatre, [35]. War in Armenia, [36].

War in the Air, [36]. Destruction of Zeppelins, [37]. War at Sea, [39].

The Rumanian Campaign, [40]. Early Rumanian Successes, [41]. Marshal

v. Hindenburg, [42]. Clever German Strategy, [43]. Mackensen in the

Dobrudja, [43]. Germans Capture Constanza, [45]. Decisive German

Victory at Tirgu-Jiu, [46]. Fall of Bukarest, [47]. War of Attrition, [47].

German Casualties, [48].