_From Graves of the Marne to Hills of the Meuse_
_Told by Frank H. Simonds, Famous American War Historian_
Mr. Simonds is the first great historian that this war produced.
He traveled over the battlefields to record for history the
world-revolutionizing events as they were taking place. As the
intimate friend of Governments, General Staffs and diplomats, he
gathered his knowledge first hand and became recognized throughout
America and Europe as _the_ historical authority on the war's
strategy. His judgments were weighed by such men as President
Poincaré and Lloyd-George--and followed with interest by the officers
of the armies. Mr. Simonds had been studying military strategy for
many years before the war; he was an authority on the Napoleonic
campaigns--but it was not until the Great War that the "man and the
opportunity met." He was then an editorial writer on the _New York
Sun_, where his first prophetic editorials gained him immediate
recognition. He later became associate editor of the _New York
Tribune_. His reviews of the war began to appear in the _American
Review of Reviews_, for whom he produced his great five-volume
"_History of the World War_"--a work for the generations. We can tell
here but one of his brilliant stories--his "Visit to Verdun."