Haerincourt and Epehy, battle of, 21
  Haig of Bemersyde, Field-Marshal Earl, K.T., 53
    (quoted):—
    artillery, 169-170
    canal bridges, 77
    Carey's force, 174
    cavalry in defence, 96
    cavalry in the war, 66-67
    fuse No. 106, 170
    gas, 176-177
    hang on! 43
    health and moral, 13
    infantry the backbone, 22
    New Armies, 19-22
    "Other Man's Job," 164
    principles of war, 2
    rearward services, 13
    reserves in 1918, 95
    rifle and bayonet, 70
    smoke, 177
    surprise, 7
    tanks, 175
  Haking, Lieut.-Gen. Sir R. C. B., G.B.E. (quoted):—
    advanced guards, 104
    rear guards, 123
  Hal and Tubize, 78
  Hamley, Gen. Sir E. B., K.C.B. (quoted):—
    communications, 31
    co-operation, 35-36
    courage, 14
    definitions, 6
    "Higher Ranks" fallacy, 4
    mobility, 11
    study required, 2
  Hancock, Gen., U.S.A., 93
  Hand grenades, 166
  Hannibal, 47
  Harold II., king, 11-12
  Harrison's Landing, 65
  Hastings, battle of, 11-12
  Health and moral, 13
  Heavy artillery, 172, 173
  Heights of Abraham, 38
  Henderson, Col. G. F. R., C.B. (quoted):—
    Abraham Lincoln, 14
    atmosphere of battle, 29-30
    British and American troops, 17-18
    cavalry, 64
    "Common Sense" fallacy, 3
    co-operation, 35-37
    discipline, 11
    eye for ground, 125-126
    flank attacks, 114
    Grant's bases, 90
    soldiers' battles, 9
    sound system of command, 33
    Spottsylvania, 93-94
    study necessary, 4-5
    value of text-books, 23
  Hennechy, 66
  "Higher Ranks" fallacy, 4
  Hill, Gen. D. H., C.S. Army, 25-26
  Hindenburg, Marshal von, 52
  Hindenburg Line, battle of the, 21, 30
  Hohenlinden, battle of, 128
  Hood, Gen. J. B., C.S. Army, 45
  Hooker, Gen., U.S.A., 3, 48, 76, 117
  Horatius Cocles, 77
  Horse artillery, characteristics of, 168, 170
  Hotchkiss rifles, 168
  Howitzers, 170, 171, 172, 173
  Human nature in war, 13-16
  Hunter, Gen., U.S.A., 7

  Infantry, characteristics of, 164-167
  Information in battle, 26-28, 35, 107-108
  Initiative, the, 26-28, 178-179
  Intelligence officers, 141-142
  Isandhlwana, 77-78, 156
  Italo-Turkish campaign, (note) 22

  Jackson, Gen. T. J., C.S. Army, ("Stonewall" Jackson), 4, 10,
      12, 69, 76, 117
  Joffre, Marechal, 28, 108
  Jourdan, Marechal, 128

  Kimberley, relief of, 6
  Kite balloons, 175-176
  Koeniggratz, battle of, 96
  Koorn Spruit, 118, 124

  Ladysmith, relief of, 6
  La Fere, 52
  Lancashire territorials, 43
  Le Cateau, first battle of, 96, 126
    second battle of, 21, 66
  Lee, General R. E., C.S. Army, 10, 45, 46, 48, 61, 65, 76,
      93-94, 97, 108, 113, 117, 125-126, 128, 139-140, 149-150
  Leonidas, 77
  Le Quesnoy, 78
  Les Boeufs, 126-127
  Leuthen, battle of, 46
  Lewis guns, characteristics of, 166
  Liberty of manoeuvre, 26-28, 39, 43-44, 71, 126-127, 132, 139
  Light Mortars, 166-167, 173
  Ligny, battle of, 8, 47, 90-91
  Lincoln, Abraham, 3, 10, 14
  Lines of communications, 116-118
    of observation, 130, 133
    of resistance, 84, 134
  Local reserves, attack, 55-56
    defence, 92, 95
    outposts, 130, 134
    rear guards, 125
  Logan, Gen. J. A., U.S.A., 15
  London Regiment, 75
  Longstreet, Gen. J., C.S. Army, 45
  Losses reduced by movement, 39-40
  Ludendorff, 52
  Lys, attack on the, 43, 56

  McClellan, Gen. J. B., U.S.A., 14-15, 25-26, 48, 65, 90, 112
  Machine guns, characteristics of, 167
    in attack, 43-44, 56
    in close country, 159-160
    in defence, 55-56, 83
    in outposts, 131, 134
    in retreats, 126-127
    range of, 132
  McNeill, Maj.-Gen. Sir J., K.C.B., 156
  Madritov, Colonel, 117-118
  Magersfontein, battle of, 152
  Mahdist Arabs, 156
  Main guard (advanced guard), 105
    (rear guard), 120-121
  Maistre, General (quoted):—
    British valour, 20
  Malplaquet, battle of, 46
  Malvern Hill, battle of, 15, 25-26, 65, 112-113, 117
  Manassas, battles of, 12
  Manoeuvre, liberty of, 25-28
  Manoury, General, 37
  Map reading, 124, 135, 136
  Marches, night, 144-147
  Marching power of troops, 11-12
  Marengo, battle of, 47, 76
  Marlborough, Duke of, 46-47, 91
  Marmont, Marechal, 27, 78
  Marne, first battle of the, 27-29, 36-37, 52, 53, 108
    second battle of the, 49-50
  Marshall, Gen. Sir W. R., K.C.B., 64-65
  Marye's Hill, 38
  Massena, Marechal, 82
  Maude, Gen. Sir S., K.C.B., 64
  McDowell, battle of, 12
  Meade, Gen., U.S.A., 15, 45, 46, 61, 92, 128
  Meagher's Irish brigade, 38
  Mechanical transport, 21-22, 69, 164
  Medical arrangements (attack), 67
  Mesopotamia, 32, 64-65
  Message cards, 68
  Messines, battle of, 149, 160
  Methods of attack, 53
  Methuen, Field-Marshal Lord, G.C.B., 152
  Mobility, value of, 11-12, 168
  Monchy-le-Preux, 75
  Monocacy, battle of, 7
  Mons, retreat from, 19, 38, 87-88, 90, 96, 126-128, 165
  Moore, Gen. Sir J., K.C.B., 127-128
  Moral, 8-22
  Moreau, Brig.-Gen., 41
    General J. V., 128
  Morlancourt, 149
  Mortars, 85, 159, 166-167, 173
  Mounted troops, characteristics of, 167-168
  Movement and fire, 39-44
    in close country, 155
  Murat, Marechal, 10
  Musketry, 37-39, 126-128

  Nachod, battle of, 77, 110
  Napier, Sir W. F. P. (quoted):—
    rear guards, 127-128
    Torres Vedras, 82-83
  Napoleon, Emperor, 5, 8, 9-10, 46, 47, 89, 91, 109, 125, 127
    (quoted):—
    Caesar and Turenne, 9
    C'est les Prussiens, 8
    moral force, 8-9
    read and re-read, 3
    to cover Turin, 87
  Nashville, battle of, 15
  National moral, 10-11
  New Armies, the, 19-22
  Newfoundland Regiment, the Royal, 75, 139
  Niederwald, 158-159
  Night advances, 147-148
    assaults, 148-154
    entrenching, 165
    marches, 144-147
    operations, 144-154
    outposts, 137-138
  Nile valley, 151
  Noisseville, 159
  Norman conquest, 11-12

  Observation, line of, 84, 130
    posts, 99
  Obstacles, 80
  Offensive battle, the, 46-47
    spirit, 79
  Operation orders, 178-179
  Orders, 178-179
  Orthez, battle of, 47
  Osman Pasha, 60
  Outpost zone, the, 84, 134
  Outposts, 129-140
    aircraft, 137
    artillery, 131
    battle outposts, 138-140
    cavalry, 130, 137
    commander, 132-134
    company, 134-137
    day, 137-138
    distance, 131
    frontage, 135
    information, 133-134
    line of observation, 84, 130
    line of resistance, 84, 134
    machine guns, 131, 132
    night, 137-138
    observation by, 84, 130
    orders, 133-134
    outpost company, 134-137
    outpost zone, 134
    patrols, 130, 137-138
    piquets, 131
    position warfare, 134, 138
    reconnaissance by, 130
    reserves, 131
    resistance by, 84, 131
    sentry groups, 136-137
    strength, 130
    withdrawal of, 146

  Paardeberg, battle of, 16, 64
  Pack artillery, characteristics of, 170, 173
  Passive defence, 79
  Patrols, fighting, 161
    from outposts, 130, 137-138
    raiding, 99
  Peiwar Kotal, battle of, 151
  Penetration by attack, 51-52
  Petain, Marechal, 53
  Pfaffen Wood, 158
  Phalanx, the, 32
  Photographs, aerial, 99
  Piave line, the, 7
  Pill-box forts, 85-86
  Pioneer infantry, 153
  Piquets, 131
  Platoon in attack, 70-72
    in defence, 131
  Pleasant Hill, 59
  Plevna, battle of, 60
  Plumer, Field-Marshal Lord, G.C.B., 149
  Polygon Wood, 42-43
  Position, choice of a, 83-84
    defensive, 86-91
    warfare, 79-82, 99-100, 134, 138, 141-142, 165, 166
  Potomac, Army of the, 14-15, 25-26, 45, 46
  Principles of warfare, 1-5
  Protection and reconnaissance, 98-101
    by night, 145
  Pulteney, Gen. Sir W. P., K.C.B., 88
  Pursuit, 64, 69

  Quatre Bras, battle of, 48
  Quebec, 38
  Queen's Regiment, 42

Raids, 82, 141, 142 Rallying place, 97 Ramadie, battle of, 64 Ramdam, 118 Ramillies, battle of, 46, 91 Range cards, 135 Ranges of artillery, 173 of small arms, 166 of mortars, 173 Rappahannock Station, 161 Rastatt, 128 Rear guard, 119-128 aircraft, 120 artillery, 120 cavalry, 120 composition, 120 distance, 121 distribution, 120-121 examples, 126-128 infantry, 120 main guard, 120-121 machine guns, 120 mechanical transport, 120 medical arrangements, 120 night, 145 positions, 121-124 rear party, 120-121 Royal Engineers, 120 strength, 119-120 tactics, 79, 119, 121-128 training, 124-125 Reconnaissance and protection, 98-101, 175 by raids, 142 during battle, 36 for attack, 141-142 for defence, 142-143 intelligence officers, 141-142 tactical, 141-143 Reorganisation after attack, 97 and pursuit, 69 Report centres, 163 Reports, battle, 68 on positions, 141-143 Reserve, general, in attack, 56-57 in defence, 94-95 outposts, 131 local, 55-56, 92, 95, 125, 130, 134 Resistance, line of, 84, 134 Retiring under fire, 40-41 Retreat from Mons, 38, 87-88, 90, 96, 126-128, 165 lines of, 89-90 tactics in, 104-105 Reumont, 66 Rezonville, 96 Rifle, the British, 38, 164-165 Rifle grenade, the, 166 Roberts, Field-Marshal Earl, K.G., 15-16, 151 (quoted):— "Germany Strikes," 17 Rolica, combat at, 95, 127 Roman walls, 82 Rorke's Drift, 77-78, 156 Royal Engineers, characteristics of, 172, 174 defence, 172 Horse Artillery, 170 in attack, 67, 153 outposts, 137 retreats, 120 West Kent Regiment, 42 Runners, 35 Russia, collapse of, 52 North (Campaign), 66-67 Russian War of 1854-1855, 82 Russo-Japanese War, 82, 117-118 Russo-Turkish War, 18, 82

  Sadowa, battle of, 96
  St. Privat, battle of, 60
  Salamanca, battle of, 27, 78
  Salient, the (1864), 97, 149
    (Ypres), 39
  Sambre, battle of the, 21
  Sannah's Post, 118, 124
  Sarrail, General, 37
  Sauroren, battle of, 10
  Savage warfare, 156-157
  Scarpe, battle of the, 21
  Scouts (platoon), 71
  Secrecy, 25, 29-31, 51, 102, 144, 145-146, 153-154
  Sectors of defence, 94
  Sedan, battle of, 159
  Selle, battle of the, 21
  Semi-permanent defences, 85-86
  Seneca quoted: (Surprise), 102
  Sentry groups, 131, 136-137
  Serre Hill, 148-149
  Seven Days' Battle, the, 14, 90
  Sharpsburg, battle of, 14, 15, 48
  Shenandoah Valley campaign, 4, 7, 12, 117
  Signals, 35, 107
  "Silence is golden," 113
  Skobeleff, General Michael Dimitrievitch, 18
  Smith-Dorrien, Gen. Sir H. L., G.C.B., 87, 126
  Smoke, 56, 150-151, 171, 177
  Snipers, 81
  Soissons, Fortress of, 41, 78
  Soldiers' battles, 9
  Somme, first battle of the, 7, 13, 37, 42-43, 148, 171, 176-177
    second battle of the, 33-34, 43, 51-52, 56, 66, 77, 78, 126-127, 174
  Soult, Marechal, 10, 127
  South African War, 6-7.
    (See also Battles by name.)
  Spicheren, battle of, 108-109, 158
  Spottsylvania, battle of, 93-94, 117, 149-150
  Square formation in attack, 70
  Stafford Heights, 139
  Stamford Bridge, battle of, 12
  Stormberg, 152
  Strategical advanced guard, 103
  Strategy defined, 6, 8
    and tactics, 6-23
  Stuart, Gen. J. E. B., C.S. Army ("Jeb" Stuart), 65, 112-113,
      117, 128.
  Study, necessity for, 1-3, 4-5
  Sublician Bridge, 77
  Sulphur Springs, 108
  Super-heavy artillery, 172, 173
  Supply, 13, 67
  Supports in attack, 55-56, 169
    in close country, 159
    defence, 92
    outposts, 134-137
  Surprise, value of, 25, 29-31, 51, 175
    fire, 31, 38
    historical examples, 12, 30, 63, 77-78, 118, 124, 138

  Tactical advanced guard, 103
    reconnaissance, 140-143
  Tactics and strategy, 6-23
    definition of, 6, 8
    subservient to strategy, 6-8
  Tadpole Copse, 75
  Talavera, battle of, 92
  Tallard, Marechal, 46
  Tanks, characteristics of, 171, 174-175
    in close country, 22, 160, 162, 177
  Taube Farm, 139
  Taylor, Gen. R., C.S. Army (quoted):—
    cardinal principles, 1
    discipline, 11
  Tel-el-Kebir, battle of, 151-152
  Territorial troops, 19, 43
  Teutoberger Wald, 156-157
  Text-books, value of, 23
  Theatre of operations, 6-7
  Thermopylae, battle of, 77
  Thielmann's Corps (Wavre), 8
  Thomas, Gen. G. H., U.S.A., 15
  Time, value of, 12
  Tofrik, battle of, 156
  Torres Vedras, lines of, 82-83
  Toski, battle of, 156
  Toulouse, battle of, 47
  Trench warfare, 81-82
  Trenches, fire, 165
  Troisvilles, 66
  Trones Wood, 42
  Tubize and Hal, 78
  Tweefontein, 138
  Types of battle action, 45-50

  Valley campaign, the, 4, 7, 12, 117
  Vanguard, the, 105-106
  Varus, defeat of, 156-157
  Vedettes, 137
  Verdun, defence of, 16
  Verneville, battle of, 63
  View, in close country, 155
  Village fighting, 157-159, 162-163
    Balan, 159
    Bazeilles, 159
    Bourlon, 42
    Givenchy, 43
    Noisseville, 159
    Villers-Guislain, 160
    Villers-Bretonneux, 149
  Villages, attack on, 162
    defence of, 163
  Vimy Ridge, 149
  Visibility from air, 100
  Vittoria, battle of, 47, 83
  von Below, General, 127
  von Bredow's "Todtenritt," 96
  von Kluck, General, 28

  Wallace, Gen. Lew, U.S.A., 7
  Warfare, art of, 1-5
    savage, 156-157
  Warren, Gen., U.S.A., 128
  Watchword at night, 153
  Waterloo, battle of, 8, 47-48, 76, 78-79, 90-91
  Wauchope, Brig-Gen. A. G., 152
  Wavre, battle of, 8, 91
  Weather, 13
  Wellington, Field-Marshal Duke of, K.G., 5, 10, 46, 47, 78-79,
      82-83, 127
  Wilderness, battle of the, 93-94, 117, 149-150, 158
  William the Conqueror, 12
  Wire, 80
  Wolfe, Gen. James, 38
  Wolseley, Field-Marshal Viscount, K.P., 151-152
  Wood fighting, 155-161
    Bois de Vaux, 158
    Elsasshausen Copse, 158
    Gauche, 160
    Gifert, 158
    Niederwald, 158-159
    Pfaffen, 158
    Polygon, 42-43
    Tadpole Copse, 75
    Trones, 42
  Woods, attack on, 159-161
    defence of, 161
  Worcestershire Regiment, 42
  Worth, battle of, 109, 158-159
  Wytschaete Ridge, 20, 149

  Yalu, battle of the, 118
  Ypres, first battle of, 19, 20, 41-42, 88
    second battle of, 19, 20, 42, 176
    third battle of, 39, 139

  Zero hour, 74
  Zulu War, 77-78