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GOLBROOK \2} London: ODHAMS LIMITED 39 King Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 2 ^ Jj Ito o- -o oo o- -o o To the Tuhlic '^^ 3LL that is claimed for this work is that it is a compilation of the various miscellaneous accounts, articles, etc., which have been issued from day to day, carefully collated from news- papers, text-books, biographies, geographies, etc., etc., set out in alphabetical order, which, it is hoped, will be found of service as a guide to the war and as a took of reference. !t has been my endeavour to put in very brief form everything that it is desirable to know relating to the war, and which one could have ascertained for oneself by perusing the various newspapers, books, etc. (not, however, always accessible), on the subject ; but / have done it for you, I have not gone into past history, but have merely stated how the war commenced, who is in it, and the dates when, and the places where, each event in the war took place after the commencement of it. Germany's lust for world power, its aims at world domination, its intention to crush France and Russia and then Britain, taking the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife as its excuse for committing its horrible atrocities, is left to others to expound in full. I return my grateful acknowledgments to the proprietors " " " of The Times," The Daily Telegraph," The Morning Post," " The Daily Mail," " The Daily Chronicle," " The Daily Express," " The Evening Standard," " The Sunday Evening Telegram," "The News of the World," "The People," and the "National News" newspapers; and of ** Pear's Cyclopaedia," *' The Daily Mail Year Book," " Whitaker's Almanack," and various other works consulted, without the assistance of which I should have been unable to complete my labours. E. W. COLBROOK. Westminster, S.W. '919. l,n,r^^ r\.m jt3. v^« OF THE GREAT WAR \|A.BENRAA. completed in 1912, and appears to ^ A seaport in Schleswig have beer, a vessel of about 600 tons, *" On the 8th November, 1918, the carrying a crew of 25. aviation camp here was in the hands ABERDEEN, Marquess of, P.C., of the revolutionaries. G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., K.T. A.BAGUIDO. Aged 67. Five miles south-east of Manchuli. Was Governor-General of India. On the 28th Was a close of ^ August, 1918, enemy personal friend Mr. ^cavalry, 100 strong, entered it. Gladstone. Was Viceroy of Ireland from 1905 JbERGONWAY, Lord. until the early part of 1915. 1 Aged 68. Was raised to the rank of Marquis Was formerly Rt. Hon. Sir Charles in 1915. S. McLaren. Visited the U.S.A., 1916, in con- , Was Liberal M.P. for 30 years. nection with the War. ' Lost his son Francis in the war. "ABOUKIR," H.M.S. iERDEEN. An armoured cruiser, completed Royal burgh and city of County in 1902, having a displacement of Aberdeen. The chief port of the 12,000 tons and a speed of 21 knots. " North of Scotland, the granite She was sunk, with H.M. Ships city," famous for its university and '"Hogue" and " Cressy," off the fine buildings. Hook of Holland, by the German Has large textile industries. submarine U 9 on the 22nd Septem- Population, 163,084. ber, 1914. Over 1,400 lives were On the morning of Sunday, the lost ; 900 were saved. " 9th August, 1914, the First Light The " Hogue " and " Cressy Cruiser Squadron, cruising about 40 were torpedoed while trying to save miles from here, was attacked by a lives off her. " squadron of German submarines. It was thought that the " Cressy The attack seems to have been rather sank one submarine. unpremeditated, for one of the vessels, the U 15, rose only a short ABRI-DE-ST. LOUIS. distance ahead of the " Birming- On the 4th October, 1918, it was ham." Three rounds sufficed to captured by the Americans. disable the U 15, whose fate was ABU-HAREIRA. sealed by the cruiser's ram. The On the 5th November, 1917, the other vessels made off on seeing the British troops operating in Egypt fate of their comrade, and made good captured it. their escape, although, according to the story of one of the crew of an ACKROYD, Temporary Captain accompanying vessel, the U 15 Harold M. Cr., M.D. parted company from her consorts Late R.A.M.C. (attached to the and was alone when she met the Royal Berkshire Regiment). Gained British cruisers. Reliable details of the V.C. in the war. the U 15 arenot available. She was Lost his life in the war. I A — A.B.C. OF THE GREAT WAR AGLAND, Rt. Hon. Francis Dyke, ACTON, Private Abraham. M.P. Border Regiment. Gairfed the Aged 45. ' V.C. in the war. Son of the Rt Hon. A.H.D.Acland. AGY. Was Under Secretary for Foreign In the region of St. German- Affairs from 1911 until 1915. jumont, to the south-west of Rethel. Was Parliamentary Secretary to The British captured Acy on the the Board of Agriculture from 1915 15th October, 1918. to 1916. ADDISON, Rev. W. R. F. Was Financial Secretary to the Temporary-Chaplain. Gained the Treasury. V.C. in the war. Was Finance Member of the Army Rt. Council. ADDISON, Hon. Dr. Christo- pher, P.G., Was Private Secretary to Lord M.P. Haldane. Aged 50. Financial Secretary to the War Was Parliamentary Secretary of the Board of Education in 1914. Office, on the 1st February, 1915, of in succession to Mr. Montagu. Secretary Munitions from 1914 Sat for the Richmond Division of to 1916. Yorkshire from 1906 to 1910. Was Minister of Munitions, ThenM.P.for N.W. Cornwall. which without Portfolio, in charge of Re- construction, seat he retained in the Victory Election. having been appointed in July, 1917. Is a member of the Senate of the Privy Councillor in 1916. University of London. M.P. for Hoxton Division since Has been a Privy Councillor since June, 1915. 1910, which seat he retained in the Victory Election. or ST. ACRE, JEAN D'ACRE. Appointed to the Local Govern- A city and seaport of Syria, 20 ment Board after the Victory Election. miles north-west of Nazareth, on the "ADMIRAL CHARNER." Bay of Ancre. The key of Palestine. A French battleship. Famous for its many sieges during and since the Crusades. She was sunk by a German sub- marine on the 8th Probably identical with the Aak of February, 1916; 374 officers and men were lost. the early Egyptians —Thotmes HI. B.C. !500. * ADMIRAL GAUTEAUME." Population, 11,000, principally A French steamer. Moslems. On the 26th October, 1914, this It was taken by the Crusaders in steamer, having on board between 1104, retaken"- by the Saracens in 2,500 and 2,600 Belgian and French 1187, and recovered by Richard refugees, was blown up by a torpedo Coeur de Lion in 1191 and given to when some distance out from Calais. Knights of St. of fortunate presence of the the John Jerusalem. The " It was taken by Ibrahim Pasha in Channel steamer " British Queen 1832, and taken by combined in the vicinity enabled all but from English and French squadrons in 1848 20 to 40 passengers to be saved. when the Allies were co-operating ADMIRALTY, Board of. with the Turkish Navy. Whitehall, S.W. 1. On the 24th September, 1918, the On the 12th February, 1915, it British cavalry captured it. announced that combined aeroplane ''ACTAEON." and seaplane operations had been An American steamer of 5,000 tons. carried out by the naval wing at On the 28th November, 1 91 7, she Bruges, Zeebrugge, Blankenberghe, arrived at the port of Camarinas after and Ostend, to prevent the develop- being torpedoed. There were 21 ment of hostile submarine bases and survivors. Three boats with the establishments. Thirty -four aero- rest of the crew were missing. planes and seaplanes took part in the " A.B.C. OF THE GREAT WAR attack,, doing considerable damage, places, and, secondly, of the wilful Ostend railway station suffering or reckless bombardment of hospitals. heavily. AERTRYCKE. the 3rd January, 1917, it On A village in West Flanders. defined its policy as to the arming of 9th 1917, the " On the December. merchant ships, reasserting the im- aerodrome was bombed by the British memorial right " of the seaman to naval aircraft. Many bombs were defend his vessel " against attack or dropped on objectives. The bom- search by an enemy." bers were attacked by enemy aircraft ADRIANOPLE. scouts, two of which were driven out A city in European Turkey, of control. province of Rumelia, on the left bank AGAGIA. of the Maritz. Greatly developed by On the 26th February, 1916, a Kadrian in 125. 1366 to 1453 From column of Senussi Arabs was re- it was the residence of the Sultan. pulsed here and pursued by General Population of province, 1,006,500; Lake's column. of city, 70,000. AGAR-ROBARTES, Captain the . On the 4th April, 1916, British naval aeroplanes dropped bombs on Hon. T. G. the station here. Member of Parliament. "AEGUSA." Lost his life in the war in Septem- ber, 1915. An armed British yacht. On the 16th May, 1916, she was AINBREVILLE. sunk by a mine in the Mediterranean.