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Chapter One

1. Sir C. E. Callwell, Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson: His Life and Diaries, Vol. I, p. 339.

Chapter Two

2. After the first battle of the Marne, the Germans retreated to the Aisne River. Here they successfully resisted all Allied attempts to drive them farther back. Therefore, the Allies tried to flank them. The Germans tried to flank the Allies. Each checked the other until finally the Belgian seacoast had been reached.

Chapter Three

3. Sir G. Arthur, Life of Lord Kitchener, Vol. III, p. 307.

4. Sir C E. Callwell, Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson: His Life and Diaries, Vol. I, p. 219.

5. Sir W. Robertson, Soldiers and Statesmen, Vol. I, p. 290.

6. Sir C. E. Callwell, Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson: His Life and Diaries, Vol. I, p. 199.

7. Viscount Grey, Twenty-five Years, Vol II., p. 70.

8. Sir W. Robertson, Soldiers and Statesmen, Vol. I, p. 306.

9. Sir C. E. Callwell, Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson: His Life and Diaries, Vol. I, p. 357.

10. Sir W. Robertson, Soldiers and Statesmen, Vol. II, p. 24.

11. Sir G. Arthur, Life of Lord Kitchener, Vol. III, pp. 315-16.

Chapter Four

12. J. G. Harbord, Leaves from a War Diary.

Chapter Five

13. Sir C. E. Callwell, Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson: His Life and Diaries, Vol. II, p. 141.

14. H. L. Scott, Some Memories of a Soldier.

Chapter Six

15. H. L. Scott, Some Memories of a Soldier, p. 565.

16. H. L. Scott, Some Memories of a Soldier, p. 555.

17. H. L. Scott, Some Memories of a Soldier, p. 559.

18. L. P. Ayres, The War with Germany: A Statistical Summary, p. 20. The author was chief of the statistical branch of the general staff.

19. B. M. Baruch, American Industry in the War, p. 83.

20. E. N. Hurley, The Bridge to France, p. 194.

21. B. M. Baruch, American Industry in the War, p. 7.

22. Ibid, p. 5.

23. Frothingham, The American Reinforcement in the World War, p. 120.

24. E. N. Hurley, The Bridge to France, p. 121.

25. P. C . March, "Miracle of the First Million," New York Times Magazine, July 1, 1928.

26. L. P. Ayres, The War with Germany: A Statistical Summary, p. 43.

27. E. N. Hurley, The Bridge to France, p. 196.

28. L. P. Ayres, The War with Germany: A Statistical Summary, p. 36.

Chapter Seven

29. Sir C. E. Callwell, Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, Vol. II, pp. 67--68.

30. See Prologue, p. 1.

Chapter Ten

31. Les Armées françaises dams la Grande Guerre, Tome VII, Premier Volume, p. 112. (Published by Ministère de la Guerre, Etat-Major de l'Armée-Service Historique.)