Royal Flying Corps, Original B.E.F., Commanders and Composition of, 25, 185;
road allotted to in the Marne fighting, 133.
Royal Fusiliers, 1st Batt., 25, 160;
fighting on the Menin Road, 279;
in the Battle of Ypres, 284;
at Wytschaete, 297.
Royal Horse Guards (the Blues), 30;
at Messines, 246;
near Hooge, 250;
woods cleared by, 256.
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 2nd Batt., 26;
at Messines, 286.
Royal Irish Fusiliers, 1st Batt., 26.
Royal Irish Regiment, 2nd Batt., 66;
cut up at Le Pilly, 21.
Royal Irish Rifles, 2nd Batt., 21, 76, 160, 284.
Royal Marine Light Infantry at Dunkirk, 179.
Royal Munster Fusiliers, 2nd Batt., 17, 27, 328.
Royal Regiment of Artillery,
Brigades,
26th, at Bellot, 126;
32nd, at Veully, 195;
41st, in the Marne Battle, 127;
R.F.A. Batteries, 18, 20, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 126, 128, 250, 254;
Howitzer Batteries, 18, 20, 22, 23, 28;
Howitzer Brigade, 43rd, 127;
Howitzers, see that head;
Employment of, in the Marne fighting, French's Memorandum on, 129 sqq.;
Paralysis of, due to lack of Munitions, 347;
R.G.A.,
Batteries (Heavy) and Divisional Trains, 18, 20, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 127, 352-3;
High-Explosive shells for, advocated by French (before the War), 348;
R.H.A.,
Batteries, 25, 29, 30, 101, 120.
Royal Scots (Lothian) Regiment,
Petit Bois taken by, 322;
Royal Scots Fusiliers,
1st Batt., 21;
on the Aisne, 146;
at Messines, 238;
cut off, 251;
at Ypres, 284;
2nd Batt., 29.
Royal Sussex Regiment, 18;
at Gheluvelt, 250;
at Givenchy, 328.
Royal Warwickshire Regiment,
1st Batt., 26;
2nd Batt., 29.
Royal Welsh Fusiliers,
1st Batt., 29;
2nd Batt., 23;
in the Battle of Ypres, 243;
4th (Denbighshire) Batt. (T.), 295.
Royal West Kent Regiment, 1st Batt., 22.
Roye, French cavalry raid on German communications, 158;
French progress near, 325.
Roye and Montdidier, consequences of a breaking of the Allied front about, Joffre on (Jan. 19, 1915), 317-18.
Roye-Montdidier-Noyon-La Fère-Guise-Hirson, Heads of Allied Columns established at, with Cavalry Screen (Aug. 29), 91.
Rozoy, fighting at, 118.
Ruggles-Brise, Brigadier-General H. G., G.O.C. 20th Infantry Brigade, 28.
Russia, alleged deficiences of, in Guns and Munitions, Joffre on (Dec. 27), 341-2;
Armies of, in Manchuria and in the Great War contrasted, 231;
Practical collapse of, reaction of, on the W. campaign, 301, 343;
Collapse and failure of, and the counter-balance thereto, 346;
and the Eastern Campaign, 106;
and considerations based on success of, 92, 144, 194-5, 229, 231, 266-7, 268, 270-1, 274, 301, 346;
Effective British action impossible in, 315;
German Declaration of War against, 2, 3;
Military situation in Dec, 334-5, 336, 337, 341-2;
Partial Mobilisation by, against Austria, 2;
Relaxation of pressure on, in the Caucasus by British action against Turkey, French's view on, 316;
Treachery of the Governing classes in, 195;
Unpreparedness of, for war, 229.
Russian Generals, wisdom shown by, 230.
Russian Loan of 40 millions under negotiation (Dec. 26), 335.
Russian Troops, fine qualities of, 194, 231.
Russo-Japanese War, improvement after, in the Russian Army, 231.
Sablonnières, 126.
Sailly-sur-la-Lys, 3rd Corps directed on, 207, 219, 220.
Sailly-Nieppe line, 207.
St. Eloi, German advance on, 246;
French attack from, 247.
St. Eloi-Wyschaete line, French concentration on, 255.
St. Ghislain, passage at, across the Haine Valley, 49;
railway bridge E. of, 49.
St. Gond marshes, French troops S. of, 116.
St. Laurent, French gain of ground at (Dec. 18), 326.
St. Légers, Scheldt crossing at, 50.
St. Mihiel, French Armies engaged at, 167-8.
St. Nazaire-Nantes line established, 93.
St. Omer, as concentration camp, troops at and near, 199, 201, 202, 211, 223, 228, 280;
funeral service at, for Lord Roberts, 282;
heavily bombed by aircraft, 207;
Territorials' special Training Camp at, 294, 296;
the Yeomanry at, 295.
St. Omer-Hazebrouck, as detraining spot, 188;
advance from, to the Lys, rendered possible by enemy miscalculation, 267.
St. Pol, talk at, with de Maud'huy (Oct. 10), 202.
rail to, from Douai junction of, at Cambrai, 54;
British retirement on, 74;
German cavalry attempts on, 83-4;
repulsed, 87.
St. Quentin Canal, and the Scheldt, joint channel of, and navigable connection of, with the Somme, 49.
St. Simeon, advance from, 127.
St. Yves, British line broken and re-established at, 245.
Salonika, as theatre for British operations, French's view on, 316.
Sambre Canal, details on, 50-1.
Sambre River, French forces on, 38, 41;
British intended position N. of (Aug. 18), 42;
German crossing of, 57.
Rise and course, country along, canalised course and tributaries of, 48, 50-1;
canal connected with, 53.
San River, Austrian rout at, 274.
Sapières stream, 143.
Sars-la-Bruyère, H.Q. 2nd British Army Corps, conference at, with Generals, 59, 61;
withdrawal from, 66.
Saulchéry, Marne bridge at, seized by Allenby (Sept. 9), 133.
Scheldt river, affluents of, 48, 50;
canals connected with, 48, 49;
course of, and canalisation of, 49-51;
crossing points of, between Cambrai and Condé, 50;
passage of, at Lille, to be secured by the French left (Oct. 13), 203.
Scheldt-Haine, confluence, Condé at, 53.
Scherpenberg Hill, 324;
French's observations from, 323.
Scots Guards, The:
Scottish Rifles, The:
at the 1st Battle of Ypres, 243;
2nd Batt., 297.
Scott-Kerr, Brigadier-General R., G.O.C. 4th (Guards) Brigade, 19;
at Landrecies, 75.
Sea, the (see also Channel Ports), German advance to, checked by first phase of 1st Battle of Ypres, 235-6.
Seaforth Highlanders, Ross-shire Buffs,
2nd Batt., 26;
4th (Dingwall) Batt. (T.), 296.
Second Army Corps, B.E.F., Commanders and Composition, 16, 20, 37, 38;
in the Battle of Mons, 47;
at salient, 60-1;
withdrawal thence, 62, 63, 65, 71;
at Le Cateau, 74-5;
the Battle of Le Cateau delivered by, 76 sqq.;
gap between, and the 1st Corps, 81;
retreat continued, 82 sqq.;
position on Sept. 7, 123;
the Petit Morin forced by, 128;
roads and supply railheads for, 132, 133;
crossing of the Marne by, 133;
in the Battle of the Aisne, 146, 151;
violent attack on, 160;
Northward move, 171 sqq., 188, 192, 193;
positions on Oct. 2, 195-6;
directed on the Aire—Béthune line, 199, 200, 201, 202;
directed on the Laventie-Lorge line, 203, 207;
difficulties of the march, 209;
extended front held by, 210;
shortening of the line, 211;
line of advance for, 219;
in the Battle of Ypres, 227, 231, 234, 239;
condition of, 240;
Neuve Chapelle lost by, 241;
moved to reserve, 241;
at Neuve Église, 258;
sent to relieve 1st Corps, 265;
sent to Bailleul, 285;
in the operations of Dec., 323;
pack artillery of, 324;
made part of 2nd Army under Smith-Dorrien, 337.
Sedan, 178.
Seine, the, Allied stand on, considered, 92;
5th French Army's retreat to, 105;
German Army driven back from, 138.
Selle, River, 50;
Le Cateau on, 54.
Sensée, River, 50.
Sentiment, out of place in war, a lesson on, 274.
Serbia, War declared on, by Austria-Hungary, 2.
Serches, H.Q. 5th Division, 150.
Sermoise, Rail to, from Soissons, 148.
Sermoise Spur, Aisne Valley, 147.
Serre River, line of, 5th French Army retiring to (Aug. 30), 93.
Sézanne, French 9th Army's position in relation to (Sept. 5), 116.
Shaw, Brigadier-General F. C., G.O.C. 9th Infantry Brigade, 21, 244;
Fine work of, at Wytschaete, 238, 261;
and at Kemmel, 247.
Shea, Captain, of the Indian cavalry, 85.
Shrapnel, limits of use of, 358.
Shropshire Light Infantry (The King's), 1st Batt, 27, 160.
Silesia, Russian operations in, 268, 274.
Silly-sur-Ourcq-Hartennes-Ambrief area, British cavalry occupying, 195.
Sirhind Brigade, see under Indian Corps.
Smith, Lieut.-Colonel Douglas, O.C. 9th Infantry Brigade, 21.
Smith-Dorrien, General Sir Horace, K.C.B., G.O.C.
2nd Army Corps, in succession to Grierson, 16, 20, 38, 61-2, 106, 244;
positions occupied by, on and after Aug. 21, 47;
in the Retreat from Mons, 62-3;
and the Battle of Le Cateau, 76-80;
orders sent to, to break off action and continue retreat, 82;
views of, on the position at the end of August, 93;
in the Battle of the Marne, 119;
the Petit Morin crossed in face of strong opposition, 128;
instructions to (Sept. 9), 133, 134. 135;
delayed advance of, 202;
French's visits to (Oct. 11, &c.), 209-10, 227;
meeting with, 241;
on mutual co-operation with the French 16th Corps (Dec. 16), 324;
Second Army constituted, and placed under, 337.
Smuts, General Christian, spirit shown by, in the Boer War, 339.
Snow, Major-General T. D. O., G.O.C. 4th Division, B.E.F., 25, 72;
at Le Cateau, 68;
accident to, 161.
Soignies, German advance past, 47.
Soissons, French forces about, 152, 187.
Soissons-Bailly line, French defence organised on, 158.
Soissons-Bourg line, British position on, 147.
Soissons-Compiègne line, intense artillery fire on, 145.
Soissons and Villers, Aisne bridges between, 147.
Soldiers (see also British, and Troops) Freemasonry of, and chivalrous relations between friend and foe, 340.
Solesmes, action at, troops engaged, 73, 74, 75, 77.
Solre, the, 51.
Somerset (Prince Albert's) Light Infantry,
at Ploegsteert Wood, 327.
Somme River, navigable connection of, with the Scheldt, 49;
stand on, considered, 74;
but abandoned, 84;
rolling plains W. of, as observation points, 148.
Sordet, General, commanding French cavalry, 48, 58, 93;
visit to, and impressions on, 67;
support of, asked and given, 68, 78, 80, 84;
attack by, near Péronne, 87.
South African War,
Kitchener's exercise of command in, 330;
and greatness shown in, 333;
Part played in, by the Volunteers, 292;
Pulteney's fine qualities evidenced in, 205;
Warning of, on Munitions unheeded, 348.
South Wales Borderers, 1st Batt., 18, 328.
Special Reserve, British, mobilisation of, 3.
Spiers, Captain, 11th Hussars, liaison officer at Lanrezac's H.Q., on the latter's plans and operations, 56, 57, 58, 59, 64;
report by, on Foch's Army, 200;
liaison officer with de Maud'huy on the situation of that Army, 325-6;
character summary of, 326;
courage and endurance shown by, 326-7.
Staden and Zarren, de Mitry's cavalry pushed back towards, 227.
"Staff," the, unfair criticisms on, 69-70.
Staff College "pedants," an example of, 37.
Staff Officers at Work, 69-70.
Staffordshire (North) Regiment, 1st Batt., 28, 160.
Staffordshire (South) Regiment,
1st Batt., 29;
Stanton, and McClellan, 111.
Stalemate, situation of, anticipated by War Council on the W. front, 315.
Submarine base, see Zeebrugge.
Submarines, potentialities of, realised by French, 155;
construction of, in section, suggested by French (May 1914), pronounced impracticable, 214.