efforts of, to turn the German flank, 13, 145, 159, 160, 162, 197, 216, 325;

Fine leading of, and the results, 158-9;

Seen by French on October 8, personal losses sustained by, and pressure on troops of, 199.

Catillon, Bridge at, 51.

Cattenières, German move on, 77.

Cavalry, see British, French, German, Cavalry.

Cavalry, British (see also Indian Cavalry, and each unit under Brigade, Corps, Division, Regiment, and Names of Commanders) of the Expeditionary Force, 4;

Composition and Commanders of, 16, 17 sqq. (see also Cavalry Brigades, Corps, Divisions),

Demand of, for Bayonets, 161;

Guns saved by, at Le Cateau, 77;

Memorandum on the Employment of, 129-30;

Operations of, before, during, and after the,

(a) Retreat from Mons, 44, 47 sqq.;

(b) Battle of the Marne, 119 sqq.;

(c) Battle of the Aisne, 146, 152, 165;

(d) Move northwards, 172 sqq.;

(e) 1st Battle of Ypres, 220 sqq. passim;

(f) Operations of Dec. 14-19, 238;

Reconnaissance work of; shared with Aircraft, 43-4;

Superiority of, to that of the enemy, 94;

1st, 24;

fine work of, at Braine, 146;

2nd, 24, 65, 73;

guns saved by, 77;

at Moncel, 119-20;

3rd, 24, 65;

at St. Quentin, 87;

fighting on the Marne, 129, 132;

filling gap between 3rd and 2nd Corps, 135;

energy of, 137;

at Chassemy, 152;

4th, 24, 25, 63;

at Messines, 247, 263;

5th, 25;

at Binche, 47;

at Cérizy, 87;

near Compiègne, 93;

on the Marne, 132;

following gap between 3rd and 2nd Corps, 135;

in Marne Battle, 135;

French's talk to, after the fight, 136;

energy of, 137;

at Chassemy, 152;

6th, 29;

at Gheluvelt, 250;

7th (see also Kavanagh), 30;

in the Battle of Ypres, 250, 251;

at Messines, 246;

fine work by, 256, 272;

Corps (see also Allenby),

formation of, 24, 200, 202;

fine work by, 203, 204 sqq.;

operations planned for, in the Battle of Ypres, 219;

and executed by, 220, 221;

victories of, 223;

front held by, 225, 232;

falling back on Messines, 227;

hard pressed at Zonnebeke, 233;

glorious stand by, and by associated troops on the Wytschaete-Messines ridge, 238, 244 sqq.;

support sent to, 250;

admirable aid given by, 261;

repulse of the enemy by, back to the Lys, 277;

Divisional, see Divisional Cavalry;

1st, 16, 24, 61;

fine reconnaissance work by, 64, 65, 72, 73, 75, 76, 84, 87, 119, 126;

orders to, before the Battle of the Marne, 132;

at Braine, 152;

and the move N., 169, 171, 173, 188;

the move begun, 193, 193, 198, 200, 202;

fine work by, 204, 205;

fighting on the Lys, 220;

in support at Messines, 244;

fierce fighting by, 245, 246, 247;

withdrawal to Wulverghem, 258, 259;

London Scottish joining in the trenches, 263;

supporting Conneau, 264;

reinforcing Haig, 280;

2nd, 25, 146;

move to the N., 170-1, 172, 174, 193, 195, 200;

capture by, of the Mont des Cats, 204;

and of Mont Noir, 205;

capture by, of Mont Kemmel, 208;

at Warneton, 220;

reinforcing Haig, 243;

and hard pressed, 244;

at Messines, 246;

at Gheluvelt, 250;

heavily attacked on the Wytschaete-Messines ridge, 237, 258, 259;

French support of, 261;

London Scottish detached to support, 263;

3rd, 16, 29, 165, 178, 188, 273;

detailed for Relief of Antwerp, 180, 181, 192, 201;

at Thourout, 204;

fighting in Houthulst Forest, 220;

near Menin, 224;

increasing pressure on, 227, 233, 239;

intense fighting near Hollebeke, 243, 244, 246;

value of, 276;

critical situation, 251;

fighting at Wytschaete-Messines ridge, 260;

8th, 169.

Cavalry Commanders, French's discussions with, before Mons, 43.

Cavalry on Foot, disadvantages of, 261-2.

Cavalry spirit, advantages of, 262.

Cavan, Brigadier-General the Earl of, G.O.C. 4th (Guards Brigade), 19, 244, 271;

later command of, 252, 271;

fine work by, 272;

marvellous influence over his men, 271.

Celles, spurs near, 150.

Cérizy, German cavalry repulse at, 87.

Cerseuil, 7th Brigade at, 195.

Chailly and Jouy-sur-Morin, 1st Corps at, 123.

Châlons, rail to, from Maubeuge, 53.

Chamigny, Marne crossed at, by part of 3rd Corps, 138.

Champagne, Plain of, 117;

German forces giving way in, 142.

Changis, Marne crossings near, 124, 129;

French difficulties at, 133-4.

Changis-Coulommiers line, British position on, before the Marne Battle, 115.

Channel Ports, German menace to, 341;

constantly in French's mind, 11, 155-7;

increased by the fall of Antwerp, 176;

possibility of averting, 183;

gravity of, in the 1st Battle of Ypres, 214-16, 224;

the advance checked by that battle, 235-6, 277;

moment of greatest danger to (Oct. 31), 252, 260;

saved by the Territorials, 294;

rendered grave by German hold on Belgian coast, Grey on, 306-7;

French's plan for extinguishing this menace, 302 sqq.;

Joffre's views and alternative plan, 307, 310-11;

and memorandum on, 317-18.

Channel Tunnel, 214;

views on, of French, 156.

Chantilly, meetings at, with Joffre, 336, 340;

conference at, with Kitchener, the Munitions question urged at, 355-6.

Charleroi, country near, 50;

German advance on, 58.

Charleroi Canal, canals connected with, 53.

Charly-sur-Marne, bridge at, seized by Allenby, 133.

Chassemy, Gough's cavalry at, 152.

Château-Thiérry, French forces falling back on, 104;

taken by the enemy, 105;

French advance directed on, 115;

German concentration near, 151.

Chatillon, the French G.H.Q. at, 142.

Chemin des Dames, position maintained by the French, 157;

plateau S. of, 161.

Cheshire Regiment:

1st Batt., 22;

6th Batt. (T.), 296.

Chetwode, Brigadier-General Sir Philip P. W., G.O.C. 5th Cavalry Brigade, 25, 47;

German cavalry repulsed by, at Cérizy, 87;

1st Corps' retirement covered by, 93;

French's visit with, to the tired troops, 136.

Chichester, Brigadier-General, O.C. Territorial Training Camp, St. Omer, 294.

Chivalry in war, importance of maintaining, instances of, in the Boer War, 339.

Chivres Plateau, German artillery concentration on, 151-2.

Chivres Plateau-Missy line held by 5th Division, 152.

Chivres Spur, Aisne Valley, 147.

Christmas Day, 1900, a Boer Christmas present after, 339.

Christmas Day, 1914, how spent by French, 337;

an armistice believed to have been suggested for, by the Pope, 337;

German fraternisation on, 338.

Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston, and the Entente, 3;

on the situation of the British Navy on August 5, 1914, 4;

attacks on, repudiated by French, and valuable help acknowledged, 164;

character-summary of, 302-3;

visits of, to French, and plans for naval co-operation sketched out during, 163-4;

and letters after, 302 sqq.;

later visit to French (Dec. 17), the difficulties of British coastal advance discussed, 305;

French dislike of the plan, 305;

and substitute for it, 307;

on the French attitude to the Zeebrugge plan, 307;

telegram from (Jan. 2), on the development of Zeebrugge as a submarine base, 308;

text, 311.

Clive, Major, Grenadier Guards, liaison officer at French H.Q., news from, 72;

a tribute to, 274.

Cloth Hall, and other glories at Ypres, 248.

Coast-line, menace to, see Channel ports.

Coldstream Guards, The,

1st Batt., 17, 250;

at Givenchy, 328;

2nd Batt., 19, 125, 128, 244;

3rd Batt., 19, 125, 127, 128, 244.

Command of Ground, chief value of, 149.

Commander-in-Chief, demands on the brain of, 80;

functions of, as exercised by Kitchener in South Africa, 333;

responsibility of, for all blame always maintained by French, 329-30.

Commanders of Armies in the Field, and Interference by Home Government, see Divided Command.

Committee of Imperial Defence, 1, 8;

warning to, by French, on the command of the Channel ports, 155-6, 214;

suggestion to, on sectional construction of submarines made by French, 216;

French a member of, 8.

Compiègne, French's G.H.Q. at, 86, 89, 90, 93;

conference at, with Joffre, 92;

pivot of French cavalry operations, 146.

Compiègne-Clermont line, French forces falling back to, 93.

Compiègne-La Fère line, gap in, Joffre's desire for the British to fill, and French's replies, 92, 94, 95.

Compiègne-Longueil-Pont Ste. Maxence area, 3rd Corps directed on, 187.

Condé, the Scheldt at, 48, 50;

military value of, 53, 54;

roads from, route of, 54;

2nd Corps' difficulties S.E. of, 65;

Aisne crossing at, 150.

Condé Bridge, British cavalry (entrenched) covering, 195.

Condé-Cambrai-Le Nouvion-Binche area,

Features of,

Strategical, 52 sqq.;

Topographical, 48 sqq.

Condé Canal line, British forces on, 47, 50;

junction of, with Canal Du Centre, 53;

bridges gained by German cavalry, 62.

Condé Fort, Missy, cleared of enemy, 149.

Condé-Manette line, British forces on, 60.

Condé-Mons-Erquelinnes line, British on, 59;

heavy pressure on, 61.

Condé-Valenciennes-Cambrai-Le Cateau-Landrecies road, 54.

Congreve, Brigadier-General W. N., V.C., G.O.C. 18th Infantry Brigade, 28.

Connaught Rangers,

1st Batt., 19, 128, 238;

2nd Batt., 19, 160.

Conneau, General, French cavalry under, operations of, 204, 227, 235;

at Messines, 264, 278;

relieved, 280.

Cormicy-Rheims-Verzy line, held by 5th French Army, 146.

Corps Commander, discussions with before Mons, 43.

Coulommiers, French at, with Haig, 106;

French's G.H.Q. at, 131.

Council of War of Aug. 5, 1914,

Members and Military Officers present at, 3-4;

topics discussed and conclusions arrived at, 4-5.