British Admiralty, views of, on the Zeebrugge schemes, 311, 320-1.

British Army, see each component part, and Names of Commanders;
see also British Expeditionary Force, and Indian Corps;

Disadvantages of (circa 1914), 140;

One of its most sacred Traditions, 330;

Possibility of Employing elsewhere than as on Jan. 9, 1915;

Memorandum of War Council, 313-14;

and French's reply, 315 sqq.;

Secret of its fighting power, 330.

British Empire at stake in the 1st Battle of Ypres, 214-16;

two fateful dates for, 237, 252, 260;

saved by the Cavalry Corps, 261;

jeopardised by the shortage of Munitions. French's consequent

action, 347, 356, 357;

practically inviolate throughout the War, 331.

British Expeditionary Force for France, command given to French, 2, 8, 17;

Composition of, 4;

at start and later, with names of Commanders, 16 sqq.;

Combined action with the Navy considered by French and discussed with Churchill, 157, 164;

further consideration of, 302 sqq.;

objections of the French, 305, 307, 342, 343;

the substituted plan in operation, 322 sqq.;

Concentration on left flank of the French fixed, 5, 6-7, 14;

and effected, 33, 35, 40;

general instructions for action when completed, 42;

order of the day referred to, 212;

see also Move northward, below;

Condition of, after Le Cateau, 89, 95, 111;

Co-operation of, with the Belgians, French's scheme for, 302, 303, 343-5;

Belgian promise of, 43-6;

Deficiencies after Le Cateau due to Losses (q.v.) (Aug. 31), 95;

Despatch of, to France; Instructions to C.-in-C. on his departure, 13-15;

Feeling of, for the Prussian invaders of East Prussia, 194;

French's talks with the men, 88-9, 136;

German estimate of (Sept. 3), 105;

the thing forgotten by them, 107;

H.Q. in London; Locale and Staff, 5-6;

Imperilment of, by the abandonment of the French offensive, 94;

Losses (see also that head) in Officers, how made good, 272;

Marching of, 94;

Message to, from the King, 275;

Moral of, see Spirit Animating, below;

Moral sustained through the Great Retreat, 107;

Motive and Task of, 14;

Move of, to the N., to left flank of French forces, envisaged by French in Sept., 157, 162;

the pourparlers on, 163 sqq.;

Joffre's views on, 166-9,

and dispositions suggested by him, 169 sqq.;

urged on by French in early October, 176;

further urgent representations on, to Joffre, and the replies, 185 sqq.;

the march begun (Oct. 1), 193, 195 sqq.;

its progress, 198 sqq.;

how thwarted, 341 sqq.;

combined advance east planned for (Oct. 13), 20;

New base decided on, 93;

Offensive action by, urged by Joffre and others (Aug. 31), and refused by French, 95;

Orders of the Day issued to, by French;

Sept. 8, 131-2;

Special:

Aug. 22, paragraph 2, quoted, 212;

Oct. 16, 211-12;

Oct. 23, 229;

Nov. 1, 257;

Nov. 3, 260-9;

Nov. 3, 269-70;

Position desired for, for Sept. 6, by Joffre, 107;

Positions held by (see also Concentration, above), and movements of, before and during the:

(a) Retreat from Mons, 47 sqq.;

(b) Battle of the Marne, 117 sqq.;

(c) Battle of the Aisne, 145 sqq.;

(d) Movement N., after that Battle, 193 sqq.;

(e) 1st Battle of Ypres, 214 sqq.;

(f) Operations of Dec. 14-19, 1914, 326 sqq.;

Qualities shown by all ranks in the 1st Battle of Ypres, 238, 239;

Reserves and reinforcements available, 113, 228;

continued lack of both, 265;

War Council's view on (Jan. 7, 1915), 309;

Roads and Supply Railheads allotted to, for the Battle of the Marne, 132-3;

Services of, acknowledgments of, by,

Joffre, 85, 98;

Poincaré, 198;

Spirit animating, 55, 78, 88-9, 98, 110, 111, 113, 238, 239, 266, 269, 270, 271;

Strain endured by, in the 1st Battle of Ypres, 237;

Successive instead of united action by, envisaged by Joffre (Oct. 4), 189 sqq.;

Wilson's share in preparation of, 108.

British Force for Relief of Antwerp, 177, 179, 181;

what befell it, and what might have been done with it, 183;

Poincaré's view on, 198.

British Forces, see British Army.

British Government, see also War Cabinet;

offensive action urged by, on Aug. 31, 95;

objective unattainable without adequate Munitions, insistence on by French, 351 sqq., 357 sqq.;

see also 347, 358 sqq.;

Guarantee of Belgian neutrality, 9, 14.

British Imperial General Staff, French's resignation from, 1;

and French's appointment to Command of B.E.F., 2;

conferences of, with French General Staff, 5, 9.

British Losses at Le Cateau, 78-9, 83-7, 89, 153;

in the Battle of the Aisne, 152-3, 159, 160;

on the Marne, 137, 138;

in the Battle of Ypres, 251, 279, 285-6.

British Naval co-operation arranged for, 226-7;

Detachments for relief of Antwerp, and their Commander, 179, 181;

difficulty of withdrawing, 201;

Transport Service line, efficiency of, 40.

British Navy (see also Naval co-operation)

Combined action with plans for, 157, 164 sqq., 302 sqq.;

French objections to, 305, 307, 342, 343;

Position of in Aug. 1914, 4;

and at the close of the year, 345.

British Reservists, in Aug. 1914, 42.

British Soldiers, military characteristics of, 42;

Moral superiority of, over German, value of, 55;

and Officers, instinctive sympathy between, 88;

Qualities of, saving the Armies from disaster, 94;

Spirit of, at and before the Battle of the Marne, 113, 121;

Troops, mobilisation of, 3.

Brooke, Colonel Lord, and the Warwickshire Battery of Horse Artillery (q.v.), 295.

Broome, a pause at, with Kitchener, 333.

Bruges, Belgian retreat on, covered by Rawlinson, 201;

German advance on, 208;

and arrival at, 219;

plan for clearing, 221, 226;

failure of, 235.

Brussels, Belgian evacuation of, 45-6;

German cavalry advance on, 58;

Colonel Bridges despatched to, 185;

Railway to and from, 53;

route from, across Haine valley, 49.

Brussels-Givet line, German menace to, 41.

Bucy-le-Long-Bourg line, held by British, 150, 152.

Bug, the, Russian operations near, 334.

Bulfin, Brigadier-General E. S., G.O.C. 2nd Infantry Brigade, 18, 244;

given command of the 1st Division, 251-2.

Bulgaria, Joffre's hopes from, 34.

Bull Run, Battle of, 231.

Bully beef, exchange of, for loan of Guns, by Haig, 159.

"Bunching up" of infantry, 130.

Bussières, attempt to cut off enemy retreat at, 128.

Bussières-Boitron-Hondevilliers line, British left on, 131.

Butler, Brigadier-General R. H. K., G.O.C. 3rd Infantry Brigade, 18.

Buzancy, French's view from, of the Aisne combat, 145.

Byng, Major-General Hon. Sir Julian, G.O.C. 3rd Cavalry Division, 29;

operations by, 201;

during the Battle of Ypres, 227, 239, 243, 244;

Appointed to command Cavalry Division for relief of Antwerp, 181.

Bzura, the, Russian retreat to, and stand on, 230.

Cabinet, The (see also War Cabinet),

anxiety of (Dec. 1914), 332.

Cabinet Ministers, French's efforts to rouse to the need for more Munitions, 347.

Calais, 183;

menace to, and from, of the fall of Antwerp, 176, 214-15, 304.

Calais-Dover, distance well within range of modern heavy artillery, 215.

Cambon, Paul, French Ambassador in London, 3.

Cambrai, 77;

canal by, 49-50;

Scheldt crossing at, 50;

British troops near, 72;

German reinforcements at, 182.

Cambrai to Condé and to Le Nouvion, distances, 48.

Cameron Highlanders, 1st Batt., 27;

at the Petit Morin, 126;

in the Battle of Ypres, 250;

at Givenchy, 328.

Cameronians, The (Scottish Rifles), 5th Batt. (T.), 295.

Campaigns, alternatives offered by preliminary conditions of, 217-18;

Development of, often quite unlike the preconceived plan, 217;

success in, from what resulting, 217-18.

Campbell, Lieut.-Colonel D., 9th Lancers, at Moncel, 119;

and wounded, 120.

Canal Du Centre, junction of, with the Condé Canal, 53.

Capper, Major-General T., G.O.C. 7th Infantry Division, 28, 227;

sent to relief of Antwerp, 181;

at Ghent, 201, 203;

retreat thence, 208.

Carency, French line advanced at, 345.

Carvin and Lens, French Cavalry operating between, 182.

Cassel, French's interviews at, with Foch, 233, 274, 277-8;

on the inundation question, 242-3.