Horrors and Atrocities of the Great War
Including the Tragic Destruction of the Lusitania
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HORRORS AND ATROCITIES OF THE GREAT WAR Including the Tragic Destruction of the Lusitania
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I THE SUPREME CRIME AGAINST CIVILIZATION: THE TRAGIC DESTRUCTION OF THE LUSITANIA
AN UNPRECEDENTED CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY
THE LUSITANIA: BUILT FOR “SAFETY”
GERMANY’S ANNOUNCED INTENTION TO SINK THE VESSEL
LINER’S SPEED INCREASED AS DANGER NEARED
SUBMARINE’S PERISCOPE DIPS UNDER SURFACE
PASSENGERS OVERCOME BY POISONOUS FUMES
BOAT CAPSIZES WITH WOMEN AND CHILDREN
HUNDREDS JUMP INTO THE SEA
LUSITANIA GOES TO HER DOOM
INTERVIEW WITH CAPTAIN TURNER
CHAPTER II THE HEROES OF THE LUSITANIA AND THEIR HEROISM
ALFRED G. VANDERBILT GAVE LIFE FOR A WOMAN
CHARLES FROHMAN DIED WITHOUT FEAR
SAVING THE BABIES
TORONTO GIRL OF FOURTEEN PROVES HEROINE
HEROISM OF CAPTAIN TURNER AND HIS CREW
WOMAN RESCUED WITH DEAD BABY AT HER BREAST
HEROIC WIRELESS OPERATORS
SAVED HIS WIFE AND HELPED IN RESCUE WORK
“SAVED ALL THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN WE COULD”
CHAPTER III SOUL-STIRRING STORIES OF SURVIVORS OF THE LUSITANIA
COULD NOT LAUNCH BOATS
SAYS SHIP SANK IN FIFTEEN MINUTES
SCREAMS INTENSIFY HORROR
ON HUNT FOR THE LIFE-BELTS
INJURED BOY SHOWS PLUCK
MANY CHILDREN DROWNED
WOMEN RUSHED FOR THE BOATS
PATERSON, N. J., GIRLS AMONG RESCUED
THREATENED SEAMEN WITH REVOLVER
RESCUED UNCONSCIOUS FROM THE WATER
LIFE-BOAT SMASHED
REASSURED BY SHIP’S OFFICER
CHAPTER IV A CANADIAN’S ACCOUNT OF THE LUSITANIA HORROR
PASSENGERS WERE AGHAST
OCCUPANTS OF LIFE-BOATS THROWN INTO SEA
A HEART-BREAKING SCENE
CHAPTER V THE PLOT AGAINST THE RESCUE SHIPS
STORY OF ETONIAN’S CAPTAIN
DODGED TWO SUBMARINES
NARRAGANSETT DRIVEN OFF
TORPEDO FIRED AT NARRAGANSETT
CHAPTER VI BRITISH JURY FINDS KAISER A MURDERER
“THE CRIME OF WHOLESALE MURDER”
CAPTAIN TURNER’S TESTIMONY
SAW THE TORPEDO
DOUBLE LOOKOUTS ON LINER
NO WARNING GIVEN
OTHER TESTIMONY
CORONER HORGAN’S STATEMENT
CHAPTER VII THE WORLD-WIDE INDICTMENT OF GERMANY FOR THE LUSITANIA ATROCITY
THE EAST
THE WEST
THE SOUTH
SENTIMENT OF THE CANADIAN PRESS
VIEWS OF PROMINENT CANADIANS
CHAPTER VIII AMERICA’S PROTEST AGAINST UNCIVILIZED WARFARE
THE NOTE TO GERMANY
ATTACKS CALLED CONTRARY TO RULES OF WARFARE
WARNING TO GERMANY RECALLED
SUBMARINE WARFARE ON COMMERCE CONDEMNED
PUBLISHED WARNING DECLARED NO EXCUSE FOR ATTACK
PROMPT, JUST ACTION BY GERMANY EXPECTED
THE WHOLE NATION BEHIND THE PRESIDENT
SOUTH AND WEST RESOUNDED WITH APPROVAL
CHAPTER IX THE GERMAN DEFENSE FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF THE LUSITANIA
BLAMES BRITAIN FOR MISUSE OF FLAGS
INVESTIGATING CASES OF CUSHING AND GULFLIGHT
DECLARES SHIP CARRIED MOUNTED CANNON
SAYS IT ACTED IN JUSTIFIED SELF-DEFENSE
FINAL DECISION ON DEMANDS DEFERRED
AMERICAN OPINION OF GERMAN EXCUSES
EVASIVE AND INSINCERE
ATTACKS ON AMERICAN VESSELS MUST CEASE
SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT
CHAPTER X SWIFT REVERSAL TO BARBARISM By Vance Thompson
BREAKING POINT OF CIVILIZATION
BARBARISM AND WOMEN
AFTER BARBARISM WHAT?
CHAPTER XI BELGIUM’S BITTER NEED By Sir Gilbert Parker
ABYSS OF WANT AND WOE
NO WORK, AND HEAVY WAR TAXES
PATIENCE OF BELGIANS
CRYING NEED OF FOOD
BELGIAN PEOPLE WARDS OF THE WORLD
CHAPTER XII JAMES BRYCE’S REPORT ON SYSTEMATIC MASSACRE IN BELGIUM
A HARROWING RECITAL
TELLS OF MASSACRES
“KILLED IN MASSES”
THE TALE OF LOUVAIN
TREATMENT OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN
CALLS KILLING DELIBERATE
“SPIRIT OF WAR DEIFIED”
THE COMMISSION’S CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER XIII A BELGIAN BOY’S STORY OF THE RUIN OF AERSCHOT
HIS ARREST
A TOWN IN RUINS
BURYING THE DEAD
THE LEVELED GUNS
MARCHING AMONG GERMAN CAMPS
NO MONEY AND NO WORK
CHAPTER XIV THE UNSPEAKABLE ATROCITIES OF “CIVILIZED” WARFARE
NOTHING SACRED
HIDEOUS FACES OF THE DEAD
WOMEN FORCED TO DIG GRAVES
GETTING HARDENED
WHOLESALE PILLAGE
MUTILATIONS OF THE DEAD
THE FRENCH REPORT
HORRIBLE CASES OF RAPE
ARSON AND MURDER RAMPANT
UNCONTROLLED SAVAGERY
CONSTANT EVIDENCE OF THEFT
GERMANY DENIES ATROCITIES
CHAPTER XV DESTROYING THE PRICELESS MONUMENTS OF CIVILIZATION
ART TREASURES OF HISTORIC CITY
REDUCED TO A HEAP OF ASHES
PITILESS DESTRUCTION AS TOLD BY TOWN TREASURER
A MODERN POMPEII
BURNING OF CITY SYSTEMATIC
INDIGNANT PROTEST AGAINST MODERN HUNS
CHAPTER XVI WANTON DESTRUCTION OF THE BEAUTIFUL CATHEDRAL OF RHEIMS
THE “ROYAL CITY”
CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME
ART TREASURES
CATHEDRAL A TARGET
ANGER OF CROWD STILLED BY PRIESTS
“SUPREME SACRIFICE AGAINST THE SPIRIT OF MAN”
BEAUTY IRREPARABLY GONE
CHAPTER XVII THE CANADIANS’ GLORIOUS FEAT AT LANGEMARCK
A REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE
QUIET PRECEDING STORM
SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES
LINE NEVER WAVERED
OFFICER FELL AT HEAD OF TROOPS
FORTUNES OF THIRD BRIGADE
IN DIRE PERIL
OVERWHELMING NUMBERS
SECOND BRIGADE PUT TO TEST
CAPTURE OF ST. JULIEN
A HERO LEADING HEROES
CHAPTER XVIII PITIFUL FLIGHT OF A MILLION WOMEN By Philip Gibbs Of the London Daily Chronicle
THE PRIZE OF PARIS
HEROIC EFFORTS OF FRENCH SOLDIERS
GERMANS BALKED OF THEIR PRIZE
SIXTY MILES OF FUGITIVES
TERROR IN EYES
PARIS THE BEAUTIFUL
CHAPTER XIX FACING DEATH IN THE TRENCHES
GERMANS HAVE LEARNED MUCH
STANDARDIZED MODEL
FRENCH STUDY OF GERMAN METHODS
“COMFORTS OF HOME”
BRITISH REFUGES IN NORTHERN FRANCE
“PICNICKING” IN THE OPEN AIR
RAVAGES OF ARTILLERY FIRE
THE COMMON ENEMY, THE WEATHER
WHY COOKS WEAR IRON CROSSES
“PUTTING ONE OVER” ON THE RUSSIANS
CHAPTER XX A VIVID PICTURE OF WAR
A SURPRISE PREPARED
“HELL BROKE LOOSE”
A HORRIBLE THIRTY-FIVE MINUTES
TRENCHES FILLED WITH DEAD
HOARSE SHOUTS AND THE GROANS OF THE WOUNDED
INDESCRIBABLE MASS OF RUINS
“SMEARED WITH DUST AND BLOOD”
CHAPTER XXI HARROWING SCENES ALONG THE BATTLE LINES
ON THE FIRING LINE
AMONG MANGLED HORSES AND MEN
GERMAN LOSSES FRIGHTFUL
DIXMUDE A PLACE OF DEATH AND HORROR
CHAPTER XXII WHAT THE MEN IN THE TRENCHES WRITE HOME
“WAR IS TERRIBLE”
THE COMMON ENEMY, DEATH
“SAME PAIR OF BLUE EYES”
FIGHTING WITHOUT HATE
CHAPTER XXIII BOMBARDING UNDEFENDED CITIES
MRS. KAUFFMAN’S DESCRIPTION
CANNONADING AT WHITBY
FREAKISH EFFECTS OF SHELLS
FLIGHT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN
CHAPTER XXIV GERMANY’S FATAL WAR ZONE
UNITED STATES REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE WAR ZONE
A VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS
AIMED AT NEUTRAL SHIPPING
AN INHUMAN POLICY
CHAPTER XXV MULTITUDINOUS TRAGEDIES AT SEA
THE ATTACK ON THE GULFLIGHT
CHAPTER XXVI HOW “NEUTRAL” WATERS ARE VIOLATED
THE THREE-MILE LIMIT
BELLIGERENTS’ RIGHTS
NOTICE IN LEAVING NEUTRAL WATERS
EVASIONS OF NEUTRALITY
CHAPTER XXVII THE TERRIBLE DISTRESS OF POLAND
DESOLATION AND FAMINE THROUGHOUT LAND
RICH AND POOR ALIKE DESTITUTE
PLIGHT OF RUSSIAN POLAND
NO BREAD FOR WEEKS IN LODZ
THREE TIMES A BATTLE-FIELD
UNABLE TO HELP HERSELF
NO SEED AND NO DRAFT ANIMALS
CHAPTER XXVIII THE GHASTLY HAVOC WROUGHT BY THE AIR-DEMONS
KINDS OF BOMBS
STEEL DARTS
“ARROW BULLETS” AND AERIAL TORPEDOES
MACHINE GUNS IN AIRCRAFT
ACCURACY IN DROPPING BOMBS
CHAPTER XXIX THE DEADLY SUBMARINE AND ITS STEALTHY DESTRUCTION
ATTACK ON LINER DESCRIBED
OPERATION OF TORPEDOES
NETS TO TRAP SUBMARINES
HOW CRAFT SUBMERGE
CHAPTER XXX THE TERRIBLE WORK OF ARTILLERY IN WAR
INCREASED RANGE
MODERN GUNS
RAPID FIRING
HOW A BIG GUN IS AIMED
AWFUL DESTRUCTIVENESS OF MODERN GUNS
CHAPTER XXXI WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER BY POISONOUS GASES
CANADIAN VICTIMS
“TRENCH GAS” AT YPRES
AWFUL FORM OF SCIENTIFIC TORTURE
REPORT OF MEDICAL EXPERT
KIND OF GAS EMPLOYED
ALLIES FORCED TO USE SIMILAR METHODS
CHAPTER XXXII “USAGES OF WAR ON LAND”: THE OFFICIAL GERMAN MANUAL
UNLIMITED DESTRUCTION THE END OF WAR
RULES OF CIVILIZED WARFARE CLEARLY STATED
OTHER EXCELLENT RULES
CHAPTER XXXIII THE SACRIFICE OF THE HORSE IN WARFARE
PART PLAYED BY HORSE IN WAR
AMERICAN STOCK DEPLETED
CHAPTER XXXIV SCOURGES THAT FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF BATTLE
SCOURGES OF MODERN WARFARE
RAVAGES OF TYPHUS IN SERVIA
NO WORD OF COMPLAINT
AMERICA TO THE RESCUE
CHAPTER XXXV WAR’S REPAIR SHOP: CARING FOR THE WOUNDED
THE BANDAGING CAMP
THE SANITATION COMPANY
THE HOSPITAL BARGE
CHAPTER XXXVI WHAT WILL THE HORRORS AND ATROCITIES OF THE GREAT WAR LEAD TO?
THE SPREAD OF DEMOCRACY
DECLINE OF THE WAR SPIRIT
THE DAWN OF UNIVERSAL PEACE
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