Success in Battle, generally dependent on right direction given at onset, 217.
Suffolk Regiment,
4th Batt. (T.), 296.
Supplies, provision of (Aug.), 44.
Surrey (East) Regiment, 1st Batt., 22.
Sykes, Colonel, 33;
second in command R.F.C., sent by plane to Antwerp, 185;
the fall reported by, 201.
Syria, operations in, French's view on, 316.
Tactical employment of Troops, principle, of, 11.
Tamines, fighting at, 58.
Tannenburg, Battle of, Russian strategy and patience after, 230.
Tarsy, the, affluent of the Sambre, 51.
Tenth (British) Corps, 169.
Termonde, pontoon bridges built at, by the Germans, 203.
Territorial Battalions picked, conversion of, into O.T.C., a conception of Lord Haldane, applied by French, 272.
Territorial Cavalry, see Yeomanry, under Names.
Territorial County Associations, 292;
tribute to, 291.
Territorial Forces, British, see also under Names of Units,
History of, 291 sqq.;
Incalculable debt to, of the country, 293-4;
Keenness (zeal) of (1908-12), admirable result of, 296;
Mobilisation of, 3;
Noble record of, 294, & n.;
Ready response of, to call for foreign service, 292-3;
War services of, as Reserves, 228, 265;
despatch of, to France, 271, 290-1;
behaviour in the field, 292;
arrival as units, 294 sqq.;
Battalions enumerated, 295-6;
efficiency of, energy of, and progress made by, 296-7;
officers of, inexperience of; steady improvement of, 298;
Divisional organisation of, determined on, by Haldane, 298-9;
success of, 299;
strength of, 300;
prominent part played by, in 1915, 300;
provision of drafts and a Special Reserve for, Kitchener on (Jan. 1915), 309.
Thiant, Scheldt crossing at, 50.
Thiaucourt, Allied and German line to, from La Bassée and from near Lille, 181-2.
Thielt, retreat past, 208.
Third Army Corps, Commander and Composition, 16, 94;
in the Marne Battle, 116, 121, 122;
at La Haute Maison, 123;
roads and supply railheads for, 132;
the Marne crossed by, 133-4; 135;
bridge-laying by, 137;
in the Aisne Battle, 146;
more bridge-laying, 150;
the crossing at Venizel, 151;
position on Sept. 7th, 152, 153;
sent to St. Omer-Hazebrouck area, 179, 188, 190, 193, 195, 199, 201, 203;
arrival, and taking of Bailleul, 205;
the fighting at, watched by French, 206-7, 210, 216;
objective on Oct. 15, in the Battle of Ypres, 219;
position on and after Oct. 21, 231, 234;
Territorials, incorporated with, 297;
in the Dec. operations, 323, 327;
made part of the 2nd Army under Smith-Dorrien, 337.
Thompson, Colonel C. B., liaison officer with 6th French Army,
Thorne, Captain, on the retaking of Gheluvelt, 254-5.
Thourout, 3rd Cavalry Division at, 204, 208;
hostile action anticipated at, 220;
Germans entraining at, 270.
Tirlemont, German forces between, and Metz, 40, 41;
German advance on, line of, 41.
Tirlemont-Jodoigne-Hammeville-Louvain line, Belgian Forces holding (Aug.), 45-6.
Times, The, interview given to, by French, on Munitions, 355;
Repington's Article in (May 15, 1915), on British lack of Ammunition, and the result, 360.
Tolstoy, Count Leo, on Napoleon's directions at Borodino, 217.
Topography, see under each region of action.
Tourcoing, German forces entraining at, 270.
Tournai, rail to, from Condé, 53;
route from, viâ Pommerœul, across the Haine valley, 49.
Transport (see also Railway), state of, 44, 89;
difficulties due to roads, 209;
Motor, effect on Warfare, 12, 201, 233, 242.
Treasury opposition to due provision of Munitions, 348.
Trench Feet, causation and severity, 288-9;
Comparative incidence before and after adoption of preventative measures, 290;
First occurrence of, 288;
Loss of personnel due to, 289, 290;
Prevention, 289;
Treatment, 290.
Trench Guns, shortage of (May 1915), 353.
Trench Mortars, 144;
shortage of, 352.
Trench Warfare, development of, 144;
new weapons employed in, 144, 353;
experiments with, in the field, made for French, 354-5;
a principle of, learnt in Oct., 145.
Trilport, 116.
Trith, Scheldt crossing at, 50.
Troops in Retreat, atmosphere engendered by, 56.
Trovillon, the, 53.
Troyon-Soupir line, troops holding, 152.
Turkey, why brought into the War, unwisdom of Allied attack on, 316.
Uhlan patrols near Le Cateau, 84.
Unauthorised Statements, War Cabinet hampered by heeding, 334.
Urbal, General d', G.O.C. Northern French Army, visit to, and impression on (Oct. 24), 234-5;
on French advance held up by machine-gun fire (Dec. 15), 322.
Urvillers, fight at, of French Reserves, 88.
Vailly, the Aisne crossed at, by 3rd Division, 151;
circle near held, 152, 195, 196;
rail to, from Soissons crossing the Aisne at, 147-8.
Valenciennes, 19th British Infantry Brigade concentrating on (Aug. 21), 47;
inspected by French, 61;
strategic importance of, 50, 54;
German forces entrenched about, 182;
and advance from, 202.
Valenciennes-Douai line, uncrossed by enemy (Aug. 25), 77.
Valenciennes-Hirson Railway, the wooded area traversed by, 52.
Valenciennes—Maubeuge line through, dividing two portions of Condé-Binche area, 51;
enemy strength S. of (Aug. 25), 77.
Varreddes, on the Marne, enemy artillery at, 124.
Vaudoy, British advance to, 119.
Vaughan, Brigadier-General, G.O.C. 3rd Cavalry Brigade, 25.
Vaughan, Colonel, views of (Aug. 23), 64.
Vendresse, success of the 1st Division at (Sept. 14), 151.
Venizel, bridge thrown over at, by 3rd Corps, 150;
the Aisne crossed by, 151;
19th Brigade in reserve at (Sept. 14), 152.
Verbranden Molen, French fighting at, 246, 279.
Verbranden Molen-Zillebeke-Halte-Polijze line, orders given to hold to the last, 253.
German entrenchments reaching from, to Nieuport, 268.
Vermelles-Richebourg-Vieille-Chapelle line, German cavalry pushed back to, 204.
Vertus, French move from, 143.
Vervins, French Reserve Divisions at, 37, 39.
Vesle River, Valley of, 147;
railway in, 148.
Victoria, Queen, statue unveiled by William II, 9.
Vidal, General, support given to, 279;
and promised by Foch, 281.
Vieille Chapelle, German cavalry driven back to, 204.
Vieux Berquin, 207.
Villers-Cotterets, rearguard action at, 101;
route suggested from, to Lille for British cavalry, 172.
Villers-sur-Morin-Fontenay line, British forces halted on (Sept. 4-5), 109.
Villers-sur-Morin-Rozoy-La Chapelle d'Iger, French advance viâ, 115;
British line from, 116.
Villers-St. Ghislain, 2nd Corps near, 60.
Virton-Spincourt line, 4th French Army fallen back to, 72.
Vistula, the, Russian withdrawal over, considered, but not thought probable, 334, 336.
Vitry-le-François, Joffre's H.Q., officers met, and topics discussed at, 34-5, 39.
Viviani, René, French Prime Minister (1914), 33;
present at the interview between French and Kitchener, 96.
Vladivostock, remoteness of, 315.
Vlamertinghe, consultation at, with Foch and d'Urbal (Nov. 1), 260.
Volunteers, the, origin and evolution of, 291;
true value slowly realised, 292;
zeal of, 296.
von Hindenburg, see Hindenburg.
von Kluck, see Kluck.
von Moltke, see Moltke.
Wake, Major Sir H., 81.
Wales (South) Borderers, 18, 328.
Wallingcourt, German move on, 77.
Wallon-Cappel, Lahore Division concentrating at (Oct. 21), 228.
Wallon-Cappel and Merville, British cavalry between (Oct. 11),
sweep made from (Oct. 12 sqq.), 264.
Walmer Castle, meeting at, of the War Cabinet, 329 sqq.
War, Science of, instinctive application of, essential, 11.
War, European, French's anticipation of, and advance studies on, 8-9.
War, the Great, First British War Council held, 3 sqq.;
Enormous wastage of, 293;
First period of, most critical stage in, opening of (Oct. 29), 241 sqq.;
Protracted by the British deficiencies in Armament and Ammunition, 163 et alibi.
War of Positions not anticipated by French, 11;
but settled down to, 13.
War Cabinet, Walmer meeting, 329 sqq.;
anxieties, 303 sqq.;
discussions with, on the Eastern front, German reinforcements in the W., &c., 332 sqq.
War Council, view of, on attack on Zeebrugge, 308 sqq.;
Memorandum of (Jan. 9, 1915), on possible use of British Forces in a different theatre to that in which then used, 313-14;
French's views given in reply, 315-17.
Waremme, German advance by, 41.
War Office, the, attitude of, to new and unfamiliar weapons, and H.E. shells, 348, 353;
failure of, to speed up manufacture of Munitions, effect of, 343;
French's correspondence with on need for Heavy Artillery, 163;
French official appeals to, for Munitions, 347, 348-9;
the refusal, low estimate from, of supplies to be expected up to May, 1915, actual supplies less still, effect of this shortage on the Army's morale, 350;
French's yet more vigorous insistence on the matter, and the reply suggesting waste by the Army, 351.
Warfare, Modern, change in, failure to foresee lessons of, 11, 12, 13, 144, 194;
Principles established by, as to Command of Ground, 149;
and as to Trench Defensive, 143.
Warneton, 1st Cavalry Division's advanced detachments at, 205;
Cavalry fighting near, for passage of the Lys (Oct. 16), 220.
Warsaw, second attack on, of Central Powers, failure of, 229;
strategy of the first battle of, 230;
loss of, envisaged, 334.
Warta, the masterly Russian retirement from, 230.
Waterloo Campaign, ranges in, 353.
Waterloo, Field of, author's dreams regarding, 33, 331.
Watkins, General, G.O.C. Lahore Division, at the 1st Battle of Ypres, 196.
Watson, Colonel James, A.D.C. to the Khedive, 1.
Watts, Brigadier-General H. E., G.O.C. 21st Infantry Brigade, 29.
Weapons, Modern, and modified, effect of, on Warfare, 11, 12, 13, 142, 144, 194;
attitude to, of the War Office, 348, 353;
experiments in, made for French in the field, and their manufacture, 353-5.
Wellington, the great Duke of, 326;
and Walmer Castle, 313.
Welsh Regiment,
Wemyss, Earl of, and the Volunteers, 291.
Werwick, advanced cavalry detachments at, 205.
Western War Front, Home Authorities' anxiety concerning (Dec. 17), 329.
Westoutre, 1st Corps in reserve at, 284.
Westmacott, Lieut.-Colonel, in temporary Command, 5th Infantry Brigade, 19;
later Brigadier-General, G.O.C. 2nd Infantry Brigade, 18.
West Riding (Duke of Wellington's) Regiment, 2nd Batt., 22.
Willcocks, Lieut.-General Sir James, K.C.S.I., G.O.C. Indian Contingent, arrival of, and work done by, 196, 240, 241, 265-6, 328, 340.