Artillery, 45, 66, 78, 101, 119, 123, 126-7, 131, 133, 145-6, 152-3, 240;
Rheims Cathedral destroyed by, 159;
3rd French Army's capture of (Sept. 11), 145;
development of, 352;
range of, 215;
8-in. howitzers 144, 198, 212, 348;
Machine guns of, 124, 321-2, 324 passim, et alibi;
Preparation of, before the war, scale of, 351, 352;
Tactics, 129;
Cavalry, passim, tactics of, in Belgium, 44-5;
artillery and jäger battalions with, 42, 124, 126, 207;
operations of, and repulses, &c., 83-4, 198, 204, 230;
French's knowledge of, utilised on the Marne, 9, 10, 123-4;
Defiance of chivalry in war, 338;
Designs at Landrecies and at Le Cateau, 76, 78;
Difficulties in September, 105-6;
Emperor, see William II;
First Army of the Meuse, operations of, 46 sqq.;
offensive abandoned by, 114, 115, 116, 121, 122;
Troops composing, at the Battle of the Marne, 118 sqq.;
Higher Command (Great General Staff), plans of, changes in, errors made by, 91, 104-6, 107, 176, 345-6;
Instructions on treatment of Indian prisoners, 196;
Invasion, possibilities of, 215;
rumour on, 329;
Line in Flanders, possibility of breaking through, French on (Jan. 1917) essentials to, 316;
Points at which a break-through was planned by Joffre (Dec. 27), this idea the basis of the general strategic idea for 1915, 342;
its results, 342-3;
Mobilisation proceedings, 2, 7;
Naval flag driven from the sea (Dec. 1914), 345;
Northern flanks, efforts to turn, 145, 155, 158-9, 182, 198, 198, 214 sqq.;
Offensive on W. Front, French anticipations of (Jan. 19, 1915), as affecting the Zeebrugge scheme, 317-18;
Home anxieties over (Dec. 17), 329 sqq.;
French's view on, 336;
Proclamation of "Kriegsgefahrszustand," 2;
Strategic scheme for invasion of France crushed at the Battle of the Marne, 138-9;
Submarine Base, developing at Zeebrugge, 308, 311;
Campaign, how it might have been frustrated, 304, 308, 311, 312;
Tactics, flanking and outflanking manœuvres, 154;
Violation of,
Belgian neutrality, 45, 46, 47;
Franco-British prevision on, 9, 10-11;
French territory, 2;
War menace, 1, 2, 5, 9, 10-11.
Germany, Declarations of War by, 2, 3;
and previous preparations, 2, 140;
Paris railways to, route of, 53;
The decisive spot in the war in French's view (Jan. 1915), 316.
Gheluvelt, fighting at, for Ypres salient, 241-2, 245, 258;
the 1st Division broken at, 251, 252;
position retrieved by counterattack, 253;
fresh German menace to, 260.
Ghent, Belgian Army to withdraw to (Oct. 3), 175;
French troops holding, and British sent to, 201, 203;
retirement from, 208;
operations designed in regard to, 220-1, 226;
failure of, 233.
Ghistelle-Roulers line, German advance to, 209.
Gibbon, Co.-Sergt.-Major, 5th (Northumberland) Fusiliers, gallant piece of work by (Nov. 15), 284.
Givenchy, lost and retaken, 327.
Givenchy-Festubert front restored, 328.
Givenchy-les-La Bassée line, French attack on, 325.
Givenchy-les-La Bassée-Quinque Rue line, German attack on, 327.
Givenchy-N.W. of Aubers line advance to, of 2nd Corps, 220.
Givenchy-Pont du Hem line, reached by 2nd Corps, 219.
Givenchy-Richebourg line, German occupation of, 328.
Givet-Dinant-Namur-Brussels line, French troops west of, details of, 38-9.
Givet-Mézières, French reserves between, 39.
Givet-Philippeville-Maubeuge line, 5th French Army falling back on, 64-5, 72.
Givry, 1st Army Corps' move up towards, 64.
Gleichen, Brigadier-General Count (now Lord) A. E. W., K.C.V.O., G.O.C. 15th Infantry Brigade, 28.
Gloucestershire Regiment, 1st Batt., 18, 328.
Gordon, Brigadier-General F., G.O.C. 19th Infantry Brigade, 23.
Gordon Highlanders, The,
in action, 322;
2nd Batt., 28;
6th Batt. (Banff and Donside, T.), 296.
Gough, Brigadier-General Hubert de la Poer, G.O.C. 3rd Cavalry Brigade, 24;
later Major-General, G.O.C. 2nd Cavalry Division, 25, 251;
operations of, in the retreat from Mons, 65, 87;
in the Marne fighting, 129, 132, 137;
in the Aisne fighting, 152, 158;
and the 2nd Cavalry Division, route for, on move N. 172, 188;
the situation explained to, 195;
rôle assigned to, 200;
Mont des Cats taken by, 204;
skilful leadership of, at Mont Noir, 205;
at Hollebeke, 244;
on his position at Wytschaete, 246;
disposition made by, 247;
high praise due to, 261.
Gough, John, Chief of Staff to Haig, 249, 265.
Grand Morin River, German forces near, 116, 118;
Grant, Captain Colquhoun, a modern parallel to, 326.
Great Britain (see also England), War declared by, 2, 3;
mobilisation of forces, 3;
support by, of France, doubts felt on, 3.
Grenadier Guards, The,
1st Batt., 28;
in the forcing of the Petit Morin, 125, 127.
Grenfell, Capt. Francis, and the 9th Lancers, guns saved by, 77.
Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward (Viscount Grey of Falloden), 99;
and the Entente, 3;
telegram from, to Sir Francis Bertie, on the Coastal advance scheme, 305 sqq.
Grierson, Lieut.-General Sir James M., K.C.B., at the Council of War, Aug. 5, 1914, 3, 7;
appointed G.O.C. 2nd Army Corps, B.E.F., and sudden death of, 16, 20, 37, 39, 62;
character sketch of, 37;
successor appointed, 38, 61-2.
Groote Vierstraat, H.Q. 1st Cavalry Division, 246.
Grosetti, General, G.O.C. French 16th Corps, 324.
Guest, Captain the Hon. Frederick, D.S.O., A.D.C. to French, 357, 360.
Guise, German defeat at, 91.
Guise-La Fère line held by 5th French army after Aug. 29, 91.
Guns, and Machine Guns, see also Heavy Artillery,
Losses of, at Le Cateau, 78-9, 87, 153;
Shortage of, 321;
one cause of, 101;
the view of the War Council on, 309-10;
controverted by French, 316;
Haddon, Sir Charles, Master-General of Ordnance, visit from;
need for Heavy Artillery urged on by French, 62-3.
Haig, Lieut.-General (now Field-Marshal) Sir Douglas, K.C.B., G.O.C. First Army Corps, B.E.F., 16, 17, 248, 260;
at the Council of War of Aug. 5, 1914, 3;
views of, on landing of B.E.F., 6;
positions occupied by, on and after Aug. 21, 47;
in the Retreat from Mons, 75, 82, 85;
operations of, at the Battle of the Marne, 118, 119, 122;
the forcing of the passage of the Petit Morin, 125-6;
military qualities of, 159, 279, 280;
instructions to, on Oct. 19, 225-6;
conferences with, at Ypres, 233;
share of in the 1st Battle of Ypres, 242, 243, 244, 260 sqq.;
the driving back of his 1st Division, 251, 252;
the line re-established, 255-6;
messages from (Nov. 2), on rest for the tired troops, 265;
the situation on Nov. 11-12, saved by, in the first place, 280;
Commanding in the Festubert area, 328;
First Army formed and placed under, 337.
Hainault, Province of, 48;
Mons, the capital of, 53.
Haine River, course, valley, affluents, and passage across, 48-9, 50.
Haking, Brigadier-General R., C.B., G.O.C. 5th Infantry Brigade, 19.
Haldane, Brigadier-General J. A. L., G.O.C. 10th Infantry Brigade, 26;
later as Major-General, G.O.C. 3rd Division, 20, 26, 323.
Haldane, Rt. Hon. Viscount, and the Entente, 3;
and War possibilities (in 1908), 8;
and the O.T.C., 272;
and the creation of the Territorial Forces, 291-2, 296;
Divisional Organisation devised and carried through by; strong opposition; complete justification by success in active warfare, 298-300;
"Reward" got by; nature of, 299.
Ham, 158.
Hamilton, Major-General Hubert I. W., C.V.O., G.O.C. 3rd Division, killed in action, 20;
a tribute to, 211.
Hamilton, General Sir Ian, G.C.B., D.S.O., 39.
Hamley, Sir Edward, cited on,
Bazaine's clinging to Metz, 71;
Napoleon I's miscalculations in 1806, and on the importance of initial right direction given to movements, 217-18.
Hampshire Regiment, 1st Batt., 26, 134, 327.
Hand Grenades, revived use of, 144, 353, 354.
Hankey, Major, 2nd Batt. Worcester Regt., on FitzClarence and the retaking of Gheluvelt, 255.
Harmignies, R.H.A. reserves at, 47.
Hastière, captured by the Germans, 65.
British communications with, menaced, 74, 93.
Hazebrouck, British troops at and near, 179, 190, 203, 205, 210, 228;
German cavalry reported in, 198;
conference at, with Corps Commanders: directions given to them, 219.