The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) - The War Begins, Invasion of Belgium, Battle of the Marne

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12), Edited by Francis J. Reynolds, Allen L. Churchill, and Francis Trevelyan Miller This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) The War Begins, Invasion of Belgium, Battle of the Marne Editor: Francis J. Reynolds, Allen L. Churchill, and Francis Trevelyan Miller Release Date: April 19, 2006 [eBook #18213] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE STORY OF THE GREAT WAR, VOLUME III (OF 12)*** E-text prepared by Robert J. Hall King George V of Britain and King Albert of Belgium inspecting Belgian troops. The youth is the Prince of Wales, and beside him is Major General Pertab Singh of the Indian army T h e STORY OF THE GREAT WAR THE WAR BEGINS INVASION OF BELGIUM BATTLE OF THE MARNE VOLUME III CONTENTS PART I.—GREAT BATTLES OF THE WESTERN ARMIES CHAPTER I. ATTACK ON BELGIUM II. SIEGE AND CAPTURE OF LIEGE III. BELGIUM'S DEFIANCE CAPTURE OF LOUVAIN—SURRENDER OF IV. BRUSSELS V. COMING OF THE BRITISH VI. CAMPAIGNS IN ALSACE AND LORRAINE VII. SIEGE AND FALL OF NAMUR VIII. BATTLE OF CHARLEROI IX. BATTLE OF MONS X. THE GREAT RETREAT BEGINS XI. FIGHTING AT BAY XII.