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*[https://archive.org/details/diplomatichistor01pric ''The Diplomatic History of the War, including a diary of negotiations and events in the different capitals, the texts of the official documents of the various governments, the public speeches in the European Parliaments, an account of the military preparations of the countries concerned, and original matter''] by MP Price, first published November 1914 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/worldwarshortacc00fieb ''The World War: a Short Account of the Principal Land Operations on the Belgian, French, Russian, Italian, Greek and Turkish Fronts''] by Colonel G J Fiebeger 1921 Archive.org.
:[http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll7/id/866 ''Atlas'' to accompany ''The World War: a Short Account...''] Link to pdf download, Combined Arms Research Library [CARL] Digital Library [USA].
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/284463 ''The Royal Army Service Corps: A History of Transport and Supply in the British Army, Volume II''] by Colonel R H Beadon 1931. Link to an Adobe pdf download. Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284463 Archive.org version]. Includes the First World War period, with chapters on the British Expeditionary Force , [[Gallipoli]], [[Salonica and the Balkans (First World War)|the Balkans]], [[Egypt, Palestine, Syria (First World War)|Egypt and Palestine]], [[Mesopotamia Campaign|Mesopotamia]], [[East Africa (First World War)|East Africa]], Italy, North Russia, England and India.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/274726 ''A History of the Army Ordnance Services, Volume III: The Great War''] by Major General Arthur Forbes 2nd edition 1932, first published 1929. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.274726 Archive.org version]. Includes chapters on the Western Front (Part I) and chapters on Other Arenas (Part II): The Home Base; the Base in the Levant and Mediterranean [Egypt]; Gallipoli; Salonika; Palestine; Mesopotamia; East Africa; Italy; Russia and Siberia.
*[https://archive.org/details/experiencesofdug00calluoft ''Experiences of a Dug-Out, 1914-1918''], by Major General Sir C E Callwell 1920 Archive.org. The author was appointed to the high ranking role of Director of Military Operations (DMO) at the War Office at the outbreak of the war. [Dug-Out: a retired officer, recalled to employment].
*''The First World War, 1914-1918: Personal Experiences of Lieut.-Col. C. à Court Repington'' 1920. [An autobiography]. [https://archive.org/details/firstworldwar01repi Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/firstworldwar19100repi Volume II] Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_à_Court_Repington Charles à Court Repington] 1858-1925. Wikipedia. The author was a former British Army officer who was military correspondent for ''The Times'' 1904–1918, who had many influential contacts with officers in the Army's highest ranks.
*'''Secret Serviceand Spies'''
**[https://archive.org/details/secretcorpstaleo00tuohuoft ''The Secret Corps : a Tale of "Intelligence" on all Fronts''] by Captain Ferdinand Tuohy 1920 Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/details/secretservice00geor ''Secret Service''] by Major-General Sir George Aston, formerly of the Naval Intelligence Department and the Secretariat of the War Cabinet 1930 Archive.org
**The following book appears to have been published under three slightly different titles: ''Memoirs Of A British Agent''; ''Memoirs of a British agent : being an account of the author's early life in many lands and of his official mission to Moscow in 1918''; and ''British Agent'', by R H Bruce Lockhart 1932. Two transcribed formats: [http://www.gwpda.org/wwi-www/BritAgent/BATC.htm#TC gwpda.org] and [http://www.spyculture.com/docs/UK/Lockhart-MemoirsBritishAgent.pdf spyculture.com]. Also [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/544347 pdf download] Digital Library of India. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._H._Bruce_Lockhart R. H. Bruce Lockhart] Wikipedia.
**[https://archive.org/details/mysecretservicev00manwrich ''My Secret Service: Vienna--Sophia--Constantinople--Nish--Belgrade--Asia Minor, etc''] by 'The Man Who Dined With the Kaiser' 1916. Archive.org. The author was in Constantinople when the evacuation of Gallipoli was announced. [http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23605620 A press report of the time] indicates the author was a special reporter representing the London ''Daily Mail'', and speculates he was a Dutchman.
**[https://archive.org/details/celebratedspiesf00bart ''Celebrated Spies and Famous Mysteries of the Great War''] by George Barton 1919 Archive.org
**[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015008844493?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''German spies at bay, being an actual record of the German espionage in Great Britain during the years 1914-1918, comp. from official sources''] by Sidney Theodore Felstead.[1920] HathiTrust Digital Library.
**Also see the various '''Fronts''' mentioned above.
*[https://archive.org/details/motorcycle16lond_ ''The Motor Cycle'']. Link is to ''Volume 16'', January to June 1916. Links for other available online volumes may be accessed [https://archive.org/search.php?query=publisher%3A%22London+%3A+%27The+Motor+Cycle%27%22&sort=-date here]. Archive.org. Mention of Despatch Riders and the Motor Machine Gun Service (MMGS).
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111437 ''History In The Making. The First World War''] by Richard Thoumin, translated by Martin Kieffer. Archive.org. Translation of ''La Grande Guerre'', (3 Volume anthology) 1931.
*''The Illustrated War News'', published weekly by the ''Illustrated London News''
**[https://archive.org/details/illustratedwarne1121lond ''Volume 1'', Nos 1-12. August 12- October 28, 1914] Archive.org. [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18333 Number 15, Nov. 18, 1914], [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18334 Number 21, Dec. 30, 1914] gutenberg.org. [http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll7/id/693 A compilation of issues from October, November and December of 1915]. Link to a pdf download in 5 separate parts. Combined Arms Research Library [CARL] Digital Library [USA].
**New Series: [https://archive.org/details/nsillustratedwar01londuoft ''Volume 1'' from June 14th 1916], [https://archive.org/details/nsillustratedwar02londuoft ''Volume 2'' from Sept 6th 1916], [https://archive.org/details/nsillustratedwar03londuoft ''Volume 3'' from November 29th 1916], [https://archive.org/details/nsillustratedwar04londuoft ''Volume 4'' from Feb 21st, 1917], [https://archive.org/details/nsillustratedwar05londuoft ''Volume 5'' from May 16th, 1917], [https://archive.org/details/nsillustratedwar06londuoft ''Volume 6'' from August 8th 1917], [https://archive.org/details/nsillustratedwar07londuoft ''Volume 7'' from Oct 31st 1917], [https://archive.org/details/nsillustratedwar08londuoft ''Volume 8'' from Jan 23rd to April 10th 1918] Archive.org
**Also available to search on [http://www.illustratedfirstworldwar.com illustratedfirstworldwar.com] The entire 1914-19 archives of the ''Illustrated London News'' and the Great Eight Illustrated magazines collection. ''The Illustrated War News''; ''The Illustrated London News''; ''The Sphere''; ''The Tatler''; ''The Bystander''; ''The Sketch''; ''Sporting & Dramatic News''.
*[https://archive.org/details/atwarnortnew00nortuoft ''At the War''] by Lord Northcliffe 1917 Archive.org. Published for the Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross
*[https://archive.org/details/summaryofworldwa00youn ''Summary of World War Work of the American Y M C A; with the Soldiers and Sailors of America at home, on the sea, and overseas; with the men of the Allied Armies and with the Prisoners of War in all parts of the world''] 1920. Archive.org. Includes Honour Roll. [https://archive.org/stream/summaryofworldwa00youn#page/88/mode/2up/ Pages 89-90] include mention of the Indian YMCA working overseas in Mesopotamia, East Africa, Palestine.
*'''Prisoners of War'''
**[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101074351527?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Prisoners of War''] by Tighe Hopkins 1914 Hathi Trust Digital Library. Search Hathi Trust for other digitised books on this topic.
**[https://archive.org/details/cu31924027868839 ''The Prisoners of War Information Bureau in London: a Study''] by Ronald F. Roxburgh 1915 Archive.org.
**[http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll7/id/243 ''Prisoners of War''] by Herbert C. Fooks 1924. Link to pdf downloads in six parts. Combined Arms Research Library [CARL] Digital Library [USA].
**[https://archive.org/details/texts?and%5B%5D=Prisoners+of+War&and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22World+War%2C+1914-1918%22&sort=&page=1 Books on Prisoners of War from Archive.org]. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Prisoners+of+War%29&sort=-publicdate Alternative link for Prisoners of War titled books on Archive.org]. Select your own filters.
*[https://archive.org/details/zeppelinsandsup00heargoog ''Zeppelins and Super-Zeppelins''] [by R P Hearne] [1916] Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/zeppelinspastfut00campuoft ''Zeppelins, the Past and Future''] by Edwin Campbell 1918 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/zeppelinsagainst00pool ''Zeppelins against London''] by Kenneth Poolman 1961. Archive.org Lending Library
*[https://archive.org/details/celebratedspiesf00bart ''Celebrated Spies and Famous Mysteries of the Great War''] by George Barton 1919 Archive.org
*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015008844493?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''German spies at bay, being an actual record of the German espionage in Great Britain during the years 1914-1918, comp. from official sources''] by Sidney Theodore Felstead.[1920] HathiTrust Digital Library.
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100000058387.0x000002 ''The Military Service Act : fully and clearly explained''] by Philip Snowden. 1916? British Library Digital file.
*[https://archive.org/details/thewarpensionsallow00hoggrich ''War Pensions and Allowances''] by J. M. Hogge and T. H. Garside 1918 Archive.org
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