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^Jfec*2%^ti35 ftp* Ms& HISTORY OF THEWAR XII.VOL. '^' ?*~^-^?* HOUSE SQUARE.PRINTING "THEPUBLISHED BY TIMES,'ANDPRINTED LONDON.HOUSE SQUARE,PRINTINGD 501 T5 v.ia,CONTENTS OF VOL XII. CHAPTER CLXXXI. TSE SALONIKA EXPEDITION : TO ... 1OCTOBER, 1915, NOVKMUKK, 1916 ... CHAPTER CLXXXII. THE WORK OF THE FRENCH NAVY ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 41 CHAPTER CLXXXIII. TEE CAMPAIGN IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA ... ... ... ... ... 77 (II.) CHAPTER CLXXXIV. or 1916: THE LAST PHASE 117THE RUMANIAN CAMPAIGN (III.) CHAPTER CLXXXV. 153WAR ...CROSSES OF THEVICTORIA (II.) t CLXXXV1.CHAPTER ENGINEERINGOF NAVALTHE EVOLUTION CLXXXVILCHAPTER WAR ...PRISONERS OF (II.) CLXXXVIII.CHAPTER ...THE BRITISH PEOPLESOFTHE WAR GOVERNMENT CLXXXIX.CHAPTER NAVYITALIANWORK OF THETHE CXC.CHAPTER 1917JANUARY TO APRIL,WEST:IN THERETREAT-HINDENBURG"THE CXC1.CHAPTER 1U10TO APRIL,KUT: JANUARYFALL OFANDTHE SIEGE CXC 11.CHAPTER 417WAR ...ATPEOPLEBRITISHTHE CXCIII.CHAPTER DEPORTATIONS: THERULEGERMANUNDERBELGIUMCHAPTER CLXXXI. THE SALONIKA EXPEDITION : i 1OCTOBER, Q 5-NOVEMBER, 1916. THE IMPORTANCE OF SALONIKA- ORIGIN OF THE ALLIED COMMAND THE WITH- DRAWAL FROM SERBIA THE TENTH DIVISION RETIREMENT INTO GREEK TERRITORY THE GREEK CRISIS SALONIKA AND ITS HISTORY THE FRANCO-EKITISH DEFENSIVE LINES-GENERAL SARRAIL THE WINTER OF 1915-16 LIFE AT SALONIKA CAUSES OFDELAY ITALIANS IN ALBANIA GREEK SURRENDER OF FORT RUPEL INTRIGUES IN GREECE AND ALLIED ACTION OPERA- TIONS DURING THE SUMMER- BULGARIAN ADVANCE SURRENDER OF GREEK ARMY CORPS TO GERMANY ANALYSIS OF AUTUMN OPERATIONS FALL OF MONASTIR ITS MILITARY AND POLITICAL IMPORTANCE. the into which It wa-smany campaigns inevitable that Salonika should in the World War the Salo- one or another bedeveloped involved in theway World nika was one of the most War. It was one of theOF expedition four ofgreat ports discussed. To it seemed the status of which washotly many Europe, boundclosely the which would unlock Central with internationalkey Europe up politics. Antwerp, Trieste, to the armies of the Entente Powers.liberating Salonika, were outlets to the seaConstantinople To others the a wasteful in which various nations orundertaking appeared justly unjustly and diversion of forces from other fronts claimed to a vital interest. But morerisky possess where atone the armies could be defeated Salonika was a on which Ger-enemy precisely, point in mass. on the one of if not hadAccusations, side, manic, German, beeneyes long to influence on the fixed. Whileallowing greedily looked topolitics strategy, Germany of to strike andother the at his it to andneglecting Constantinopleenemy beyond Baghdad most and vital were to her faithful satellite andvulnerable Cairo,point, freely accomplice, bandied about. There was no on which had dreamed for of atsubject Austria-Hungary, years was so divided and so varied. least the side line down the Vardarcontrollingexpert opinion to the TheThe issues at stake both for the and the overthrowvalley xEgean. signalpresent could of the Turk the Christian offuture were so tremendous that thefeeling by kingdoms difference of Balkans in 1912 and the defeatnot but run andhigh, opinion subsequent of Austria'sas means was often connected and secretto strategical punishment ally, left Salonika in the hands ofand attributed different views Greecewith, to, Bulgaria,always and the trade the Macedonian hinter-as to war aims. through hands nf lireeee'sis not here land in the Serbia.Into this contentious field it ally.pro- secured free access for commercialconcerned in this Serbiato enter. We areposed a to the ami for the first timeitself vEgeanwith the Salonika purposescampaignchapter an eecmoimVit was able toor planmay independentunimportant all-important,campaign released from thebut of a existence jealouswar oppressionin the verybe, general plan, Theof Vienna and outnit:i"u>from the mere Budapest.and characterdistinct interesting which the Austrnattack on Serbia, Hun-byof view ofpoint operations. IXII. Part 144.Vol.OF THE IT. I/,'.THE TLMi:s HISTORY solethe- from her effectiveGovernment couraged usinggarian Kuropean weaponprovoked The Ententeact of an<_'er or offended instant action.\Var, was no diplomatists,arbitrary believed that if the worst came to thebut a deliberate to overthrow indeed,prestige, attempt reduce worst there was at least Greece to count on,tin- Balkan settlement of UU:i and to for not the Creek Mthe of tin- to the East, Premier, Veni/.elos,Serbia, onlyguardian way