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Author's Foreword...............................................................................viii
CHAPTER I WAR OF MOVEMENT — BELGIUM AND NORTHERN FRANCE, 1914
Reconnaissance Around Longwy And Preparations for The First Battle 3
On The Meuse - Action At Mont And The Doulcon Woods................16
Action At Gesnes..................................................................................25
Pursuit Through The Argonne; Action At Pretz...................................27
Attack Of Defuy Woods.......................................................................30
Fighting In Defuy Woods.....................................................................35
Night Attack, September 9-10, 1914.....................................................41
Retirement Through The Argonne........................................................46
Operations Near Montblainville; Storming Bouzon Woods.................49
Forest Fighting Along The Roman Road..............................................55
CHAPTER II COMBAT IN THE ARGONNE, 1915
The Company Sector In The Charlotte Valley......................................61
Attack Of January 29, 1915..................................................................63
Before Central And Bagatelle...............................................................73
Attack On Central.................................................................................76
Attack Of September 8, 1915................................................................84
CHAPTER III POSITIONAL WARFARE IN THE HIGH VOSGES — 1916. WAR OF MOVEMENT IN RUMANIA — 1916-1917
Raid On —Pinetree Knob”......................................................................92
In The Skurduk Pass.............................................................................99
The Storming Of Lesului....................................................................103
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Action At Kurpenul - Valarli..............................................................106
Hill 1001, Magura Odobesti................................................................115
CHAPTER IV COMBAT IN THE SOUTHEAST CARPATHIANS — AUGUST, 1917
Approach March To The Carpathian Front.........................................135
Attack Against The Ridge Road Bend, August 9, 1917......................138
Attack Of August 10, 1917.................................................................147
The Storming Of Mount Cosna, August 11, 1917..............................156
Combat On August 12, 1917...............................................................169
On The Defence, August 13-18, 1917................................................173
The Second Storming Of Mount Cosna, August 19, 1917..................187
Again On The Defensive.....................................................................198
CHAPTER V THE TOLMEIN OFFENSIVE, 1917
Deployment And Dispositions For The 12th Battle Of The Isonzo.... 201
Attack Of The First Day: Hevnik And Hill 1114................................209
Assault On The Second Day, October 25, 1917 - Surprise Breakthrough On The Kolvorat Position 222
Attack Against Kuk, Blocking The Luico - Savogna Valley And
Opening The Luico Pass................................................................235
The Storming Of Mount Cragonza.....................................................251
The Capture Of Hill 1192, Mrzli Peak And The Attack On Mount
CHAPTER VI PURSUIT OVER THE TAGLIAMENTO AND PIAVE RIVERS
Masseris-Campeglio-Torre River-Tagliamento River-Klautana Pass. 277
Pursuit To Cimolais............................................................................284
Attack On The Italian Position West Of Cimolais..............................286
Pursuit Through Erto And The Vajont Ravine....................................293
The Fight At Longarone......................................................................297
Combat In The Mount Grappa Region................................................319