The Project Gutenberg eBook of 1914, by John French, Viscount of Ypres

Naval Co-operation, the aim in the move of the British forces to the left of the Allied Armies, 157, 302, 303, 312, 320-1;

Churchill on (Oct.-Nov.-Dec.), 303 sqq.;

Review at Spithead 1914, 4.

Néry, rearguard action at, and "L" Battery at, 25, 101.

Neuve Chapelle, loss of, 241;

fighting at (Dec. 19), 327;

Battle of (1915), 342;

broken off for lack of Ammunition, 351.

Neuve Église, operations near, 245, 258, 259.

New Armies, the, 292, 293-4, 301-2, 308.

Newcastle speech of Asquith on Munitions, 356.

Nicholas, Grand Duke, Generalship of, 194, 230-1.

Niemen, the, 230.

Nieppe, 209.

Nieuport-Dixmude-Zeebrugge triangle; possible clearance from, of Germans, 312.

Nieuport and Dutch frontier, coast-line between, desirability of Allied possession of, 312.

Nieuport and the Sea, German and opposing forces on the line from, 214, 231-2, 235, 268;

1915, why greater progress was not made during, 318-19 prœvi, 342, 343.

Nivelles, German advance to, and beyond, 47.

Noeux-les-Mines, 209.

Nogent, French's own crossing of the Marne at, 135.

Nord, department of, 48.

Norfolk Regiment, 1st Batt., 23.

North German Coast, question of, as theatre of war, 315.

Northamptonshire Regiment, 1st Batt., 18, 250, 279;

at Givenchy, 328.

Northumberland Fusiliers,

1st Batt., 21, 146, 258, 284;

at Wytschaete-Messines, 235;

5th Batt., at Wytschaete, 297;

in the Battle of Ypres, 284.

Notre Dame de Consolation (E. of Vermelles), trenches near gained by the French (Dec. 18), 326.

Notre Dame de Lorette, French struggle near, 324, 325.

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment, 2nd Batt., 28.

Nouvelles, retirement on, effect of, 62.

Nouvelles-Harmignies-Givry line, 1st Corps on, 65.

Nouvron, French attack on, 154.

Noyon, British retirement on, 74;

G.H.Q. at, 84;

country near, personally reconnoitred by French, 85;

French check at, 154;

and concentration on, 158.

Obourg, 60, 62.

October 31 and November 1, fateful dates to the British Empire, 237.

Oesttaverne and Roozebeek, German infantry advance on, 246, 250;

French attack on, 247.

Offensive operations, British and French expectation of, and desire for, 7, 11, 35, 43, 55, 92, 101, 107, 109-10, 144, 198, 220, 274 et alibi.

Officers, and men, Losses of, at Le Cateau and elsewhere, 78, 83, 86, 89, 210, 272;

Sympathy, instinctive, between, 88.

Officers' School of War, foundation of, 272, 295, 297.

Oise River, line of as possible place for a stand, considered, 74, 84, 85;

country reconnoitred by French, 85;

French troops retiring on, 88;

the line abandoned, 91;

Joffre's request for destruction of bridges over, 93;

French forces on, and hard fighting N. of, 182;

Sambre connection with, 50.

Oisy, Road bridge over Sambre Canal near, 51.

Oneux-Nouvion-en-Ponthieu line, British troops on, 199.

Operation of Dec. 14 sqq., state of the terrain impeding movements, 323-4, 327.

Ordnance Board, attitude of, to High-Explosive shell supplies, 348.

Orleans, Indian advance base at, 196.

Orly, 128.

Ormeaux, British advance to, 119.

Ostel Spur gained by 2nd Division, 151.

Ostend, 200;

Belgian Government's withdrawal to, 175;

evacuation of, 183;

and how it might have been saved, 184;

importance of, and possible operations to clear, 221, 308, 311, 318;

French's urgency on, 226.

Ostend-Dixmude-Furnes-Nieuport area, Belgian Army in, 208.

Ostend and Menin, German forces between, strongly reinforced, 227-8.

Oulchy-le-Château-Grand Rozoy area, British troops in, 195.

Ourcq River, and the Marne Battle, 115, 116, 117;

doings of the 6th French Army on, 88, 109, 115, 123, 125, 137, 139, 143;

French 75's along, 105-6;

German forces near, 116, 123, 125;

line of, value of, to von Kluck, 139.

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 2nd Batt., 19, 160, 279.

Oxley, Brigadier-General, O.C. Territorials Training Camp, St. Omer, 294.

Pack Artillery v. Machine Guns, 324.

Paris, 188;

French's visit to, on Aug. 15 and meetings with British Ambassador and French President, 33-4;

German menace to, French anxieties on, and defence of, 90, 91-2, 104;

British share in the defence, Joffre on, 97;

Gallieni on, 102-4;

direct advance on, no longer intended by the enemy, 104 sqq.;

later alarm concerning, 341, 346;

Kitchener interview at, 95 sqq., 112;

full significance of, 100-1;

Military Governor of, see Gallieni;

Popular welcome at, to French and his Staff in 1914, 33;

Rails from, traversing area of retreat from Mons, 52 sqq.;

War-time aspect of (Aug.), 34.

Paris to Verdun, extent of Marne Battle front, 138.

Pas de Calais, 214.

Peninsular War, the Light Division in, 285;

ranges in, 353.

Péronne, French attack near, 87.

Pertab Singh, Maharajah Sir, acting as personal guard to Lord Roberts's remains, 282.

Petit Bois, taking of, 322.

Petit Morin River, 117;

the forcing of, 124, 125-6, 128.

Petrograd, unsatisfactory replies from, 335.

Philippeville, French advance on, 38;

Lanrezac's H.Q. at, 56.

Plateau de la Brie, features of, 117.

Pless, Princess Henry of, 2.

Ploegsteert, British Artillery near, 245;

British attack at, 327.

Ploegsteert Wood, violent engagements at, 275.

Plumer, Lieut.-General Sir Herbert, C.O., K.C.B., asked for as G.O.C. 2nd Army Corps, to succeed Grierson, 38, 39.

Poincaré, Raymond, President of the French, optimistic spirit of (Aug. 15), 33;

anxiety of, for Paris, 95, 111;

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

visit from;

views of, on the Antwerp situation, and on the divided control of the British forces in France, 198-9.

Points d'appui, fortresses destined as, 52.

Poisoned gas, first use of, by the enemy, 356.

Poland, Russian operations in, as influencing plans in the West, 194, 301.

Pommerœul, passage near, from Tournai; of the Haine valley, 49.

Pont du Hem, 3rd Division at (Oct. 13), 210.

Pont Rigneul, French cavalry at, 210.

Pont Ste. Maxence, 3rd Corps to entrain at, 187, 193.

Poperinghe, 322.

Poperinghe-Boeschete-Steenvoorde area, 2nd Division in, 222.

Press, the, French's efforts to use, in the direction of securing more Munitions, 347.

Provins, 5th French Army near, 107, 109.

Prussian Guard, the, French capture of, at Berry-au-Bac, 157;

in attacks on Ypres salient, 277.

Prussian operations, Jena Campaign, and Napoleon's three miscalculations of, 217.

Pulteney, Major-General W. P., C.B., G.O.C. 3rd Army Corps, 16, 94;

changes in troops under, 158;

career, character, and qualities of, 205-6;

in the Marne Battle, 129, 134, 135;

in the Aisne Battle, 145;

in the operations before and during the 1st Battle of Ypres, the capture of Bailleul by, 205-6;

success of that struggle largely due to him, 206;

places taken by him, progress of and fine work by, 221;

cavalry supports sent to, 227;

and used at Wytschaete, 259;

a meeting with, 323.

Queen's Bays, see Dragoon Guards, 2nd.

Queen's Royal West Surrey Regt., 18, 29.

Queen's Westminsters (16th County of London) Batt., The London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles); arrival of, 271;

fine condition and early use of, 295, 297.

Radinghem-Prémesques-Houplines line, occupied by the 3rd Division, 221.

Raids versus Frontal attacks, 131.

Railways of the area of the retreat from Mons, 52 sqq.;

of the Marne area, 118.

Ramsgate and Dungeness, possibility of invasion between, 155.

Rawlinson, Major-General Sir Henry, C.V.O., G.O.C. 4th Division later, G.O.C. 4th Army Corps, 25; 161;

in command of 7th Division at Ostend, 177, 179, 181;

Joffre's view of the plan for, 178;

French's action, and Rawlinson's reply, 178-9;

news sent by, from Ostend, 200, 201, 203-4;

placed under French's command, directed to hold the Lys line, 201, 219;

effect of this, 221-2;

position of, 223, 226;

at Ypres, 233;

troops under, formed into 4th Corps;

changes in composition of forces, 201;

sent home to supervise preparation of 8th Division, 239.

Rebais, German evacuation of, 129, 131.

Regular Army, the, contrasted with the Territorials, 293.

Regular Troops, British, mobilisation of, 3.

Reinforcements, progress of (Sept. 3 sqq.), 104, 109, 110, 228;