Contents CHAPTER PAGE XXIII France Changes Ministers 124 XXIV The German Enveloping Movement 129 XXV The Great Retreat 135 XXVI Sedan Day and a Month of War 140 XXVII The Fate of Austria 145 XXVIII On to Richmond in 1864 and On to Paris in 1914 150 XXIX Lemberg 155 XXX General Joffre's Strategy FROM THE MARNE TO THE AISNE 162 XXXI The End of the Great Retreat 169 XXXII The Battle of the Marne 175 XXXIII German Disaster 182 XXXIV Von Kluck's Retreat to the Aisne 188 XXXV How the Battle of the Aisne Began 197 XXXVI On Von Kluck's Right Flank 203 XXXVII On the Allied Right 207 XXXVIII The Fall of Jaroslav 213 XXXIX A German Attack upon Antwerp 219 XL Extinguishing Germany's Place in the Sun 225 XLI German Surprises 231 XLII The End of the First Phase 236 Postscript — The Fall of Antwerp 244 Dates in the Great War 249