INDEX
Reading edition
A
Agadir, 17
Alaire, Captain, killed, 52
Allies, rally of, at Verberie, 79
—— meeting of, 133
Alquier, orders received from, 161
Arneke, 141
Arras, 141
Authée, bivouac near, 36
—— departure from, 36
Ave, French dragoons billeted at, 34
—— French squadron ambushed at, 35
—— French departure from, 35
B
Baron, 85, 86
—— Château of, pillaged by Germans, 86
Basteigne, 29, 34
Bavarians, atrocities of, 76, 77
Bazeille, burning of, by Germans, 1870, 17
Beauraing, arrival of French at, 35
—— departure of French from, 35
—— ambush at, 35
Belgium, welcome and hospitality of villages, 27, 28, 29
—— re-entered by French, 96
—— departure from, 140
Biesmérée, bivouac at, 38
Billancourt, infantry action near, 87
Bonneuil-en-Valois, surprise attack by Germans at, 51, 52
Bülow, Count von, 60
C
Calonne-sur-la-Lys, 96
Cary, General Langle de, 44, 71
Cavalry, French, equipment of, 23
Chapin, Major, 106
Charleroi, 39
Chasseurs-à-cheval, charge of, 45
Chatelin, Lieut., 39, 67, 82, 127, 129
Chauvenet, Lieut., killed, 35
Chocques, enemy sighted at, 90
—— artillery action at, 91
Clarques, return of French troops to, 112
Clère, Lieut., 18, 123
Compiègne, forest of, 63
—— ambushed in, 63-5
—— adventures in, 65-9
Coxyde, 112
D
Dangel, Sergeant-Major, death of, 64
Desonney, Lieut., 106
Dinant, siege of, by Germans, 36
—— arrival of French wounded from, 37
Dragoon, funeral of a, 124-5
E
Epehy, arrival at, 41
—— burning of, by Germans, 41
Estaires, evacuation of, 93
—— attack at, 95
—— cemetery of, 94
Estrée-Saint-Denis, 84, 87
d’Estrey, General, 71
F
Florennes, arrival at, 37
Foch, General, 60, 71
—— address by, 141-3
—— army of, 44
Folies, 90
Franchet, General, 71
French, General Lord John, 71
Fuéminville, 35
G
Gembloux, retreat from, 31
—— triumphal entry into, 39
Germans, atrocities of, 32-4, 76-7, 83-4
—— cavalry of, 31, 34, 87
—— flight of, 34
—— retreat of, 43
Gilocourt, 82, 86
Gorgue, La, 95
Grossain killed, 157
H
Hausen, 60
Hill 70, 145
Hougled, entry of, by French, 97
—— infantry and artillery attacks at, 98-101
J
Johannes Father, quotation from, 150
Jouillié, Major, 49, 56, 83
L
Lametz, Captain, 139
Landelies, arrival at, 40
Laperrade, 18
Lens road, French advance towards, 146
—— German lines carried near, 154
—— redan blown up, 149
Liége, arrival of French dragoons at, 31
Lille-Arras, front of, 145
Lombaertzyde, bombardment of, 128
Loos, French attack at, 150-5
—— German counter-attack at, 159
—— preparations for attack at, 144-7
Lubeké, 35
Lys, bridge of, evacuated, 93
M
Magrin, Lieut., 18, 102, 104, 105
Mahot, Captain, 113, 116
Maindreville, M. de, German atrocities at château of, 83
Marne, battle of, 43
Maugenot, 139, 160
—— report to, 149
Maunoury, General, army of, 44, 47, 71
Mazingarbe, relieved trenches at, 144
—— divisional dressing station at, 162
Montcalm killed, 36
Muno, arrival of French cavalry at, 26
N
Nesle, infantry action near, 87
Nieuport-Ville, road to, 113
—— bombardment of, 114-17, 119
—— billeted at, 116-18
—— scenes at, 114-19
Nœux-les-Mines, wounded sent to, 144, 163
Noyelette, resting at, 144
O
Oise River, crossing of, 84
Ostdinkerque, 113
Outersteene, Belgian manifestations to French, 96
P
Paris, retreat of French cavalry towards, 41
Parvillers, 88
Petit, Corporal, 154
Polignac, 18
Poperinghe, 131
Prussians, capture of Staff Officers, 48
R
Règues, Lieut., 156
Rheims Cathedral, 14, 16
—— departure from, 13
—— scenes at, 20, 21, 23, 25
Roberts, Lord, funeral of, 110-12
Robillot, Colonel, 21, 24
S
Saint-Martin, bivouac at, 38
Saint-Omer, 110
Salverte, Captain de, 56, 68, 82, 84
Staden, village of, fighting at, 97, 108
Stivalet, 147-8
T
Tarragon, Captain de, 56, 65, 83, 85, 86, 102, 103, 104
—— death of, 105
Taube drops bombs, 50
Taubes at Gembloux, 39
Teint, 58
Troène, fighting at, 45
U
Uhlans, 35, 56, 57, 62
V
Verberie, rally of French troops, at, 79, 80, 82
—— scenes at, 74-84
Vigoureux, Captain, 112, 117
Villers-Carbonel, artillery combat at, 41
—— in flames, 41
Villers-Cotterets, forest of, 49-51
—— loss of French machine-guns at, 50
—— fighting at, 51-4
—— in hiding in, 54-7
—— retreat from, 57-9
Von Kluck, General, army of, 47
W
Walloon district, the, 26
Y
Ypres, 131
—— Cloth Hall at, 132
—— Cathedral, at, 132
—— scenes at, 132-3
—— in the trenches near, 134-40
Yser, 74, 123
Z
Zonnebeck, 133