INDEX

Air Forces, German and Allied, 18, 27, 126, 140, 141, 167, 241–2

Aisne, German stand on the, 187–8, 192–3

Alsace, French advance and withdrawal in, 2, 29, 56, 212

Amade, General d’, 28, 35, 65, 66, 72

Americans urged to leave Paris, 82, 260

Amiens occupied by Von Kluck, 72, 80

Antwerp, 40, 44, 88, 105

Ardennes, Belgian, French offensive into, 24, 31–3, 36

Armaments, German and Allied compared, 14, 215

Artillery, German and French, 17, 18, 215;

at Namur and Maubeuge, 40, 257;

in the battle of the Marne, 104, 126, 128, 146, 180, 201, 210

Battlefield described, 106–9, 113–4, 143–4, 170–1, 203–7

Bavarian Corps, Prince Ruprecht and, 30, 56, 61–3, 87, 197–213

Belgium, the surprise in, 12–13, 21, 26–7, 34, 36, 38, 41, 45, 49, 54, 215, 247–51

Belgium’s contribution, 15, 27, 32, 37–41, 43–4

Berthaut, General, defends the French Staff, 245–6

Bloch, Jean de, forecasts of, 19, 242–4

Briey coalfield, 33, 248, 249

British Expeditionary Force, 34–44, 65–9, 80–1, 99, 118–26;

advance to the Marne begun, 123;

the Marne crossed, 131, 140–1;

a determining factor, 185, 188–9, 224–5;

M. Hanotaux’ criticisms, 253–5, 259;

General Bonnal’s criticism, 265–6

Bülow, General von, 32, 36–43, 66, 68–9, 81, 85, 100;

compromised by Von Kluck’s retreat, 129, 134, 135–7;

attack upon the French centre, 135, 142, 146–64;

disorder and retreat, 165–8, 190–3

Castelnau, General de, 27, 29–31, 62–3, 71, 104, 197–213, 248

Cateau, Le, battle of, 1, 65–6, 68

Cavalry, rôle of the, 16, 27, 66, 67, 104, 125, 134, 192–3, 264

Châlons reoccupied, 193

Charleroi, battle of, 37–43

Charmes, Gap of, defence of, 31, 56, 61–3

Château-Thierry reoccupied, 141

Command, unity of, 25, 40, 216

Concentration, first French, and re-grouping, 27–8, 251

Coulommiers occupied by the British, 124

Couronné, Grand, of Nancy, defence of, 63, 199, 205–12, 228–9, 269

Crown Prince, the Imperial, 32–3, 63–4, 70–1, 89, 103, 169–72, 178–82, 195

Dubail, General, 27, 29, 30–1, 62–3, 104, 197–8, 200, 203

Eastern defences, French, 12, 31, 44, 56, 61–4, 89–90, 170, 197, 229

Emperor, the German, 84, 205, 209, 269

Espérey, General Franchet d’, 37, 40–1, 100, 122;

advance to the Marne begun, 137;

Marne crossed, 141–2;

helps Foch, 139, 142, 156;

a determining factor in the victory, 189–91;

on the Aisne, 193

Fère Champènoise lost, 157;

reoccupied, 167

Foch, General, his teaching, 22, 24, 50, 160, 202;

at head of 20th Corps, 30, 62;

of 9th Army, 61, 69–70, 101, 138;

battle of St. Gond, 142–54;

the centre broken, 155–64;

projected manœuvre and German retreat, 161–2, 165–8, 190, 193, 268

Forces, German and Allied, compared, 15–16, 30, 32–3, 41, 65;

on eve of the battle of the Marne, 97–105, 137, 144–5, 169, 171–2, 176, 177–8, 198–201, 215–6, 240–1, 255

Fortifications, modern, function of, 21, 229, 245

French, Sir John, 18, 32, 35, 36, 39–43, 66–7, 69, 72, 73;

communications with Gallieni and Joffre, 93–4, 121–3;

battle order, 111;

farthest south, 119, 121;

the pursuit, 188;

criticisms of, 253–6, 258, 265–6

Gallieni, General, 47, 49, 77–9, 81, 83, 90, 133;

order to 6th Army on September 4, 92–3;

communications with Joffre and French, 93–4;

battle of the Ourcq;

his precipitancy, 116–7, 121–3, 134, 224;

Generals Cherfils and Bonnal on, 262

Gaps in German and Allied lines, 69, 85, 111, 136–7, 145, 166, 189, 192–3, 225–6

Generals removed, French, 20, 49, 52, 245;

German, 83, 233

Gond, St., marshes of, 143 et seq., 191, 226

Guise, battle of, 68–9

Haig, General Sir D., 37, 64, 66, 99, 141, 193

Hanotaux, M., controverted, 41–3, 252–5

Hausen, General von, and the Saxon Corps, 32–3, 35, 38–41, 69, 71, 101, 135, 145, 155–9, 165–6, 171, 172, 175, 191, 193

Heeringen, General von, 30, 61–3, 192, 197, 199, 200, 203–4

Humbert, General, at Mondemont, 149, 152–4

Italian Frontier, 15, 25, 28

Joffre, General, moves 5th Army and B.E.F. to Sambre (August 16), 35–6, 42;

“most unexpected” news, 41;

career and character, 46–53;

second new plan of campaign, 54–61;

tactical lessons, 58;

watches eastern frontier, 62, 64, 197;

forms 6th Army, 65;

helps the B.E.F., 65–8;

forms 9th Army, 70;

extends the retreat, 73–5;

orders for general offensive, 74–5, 93–7, 111, 121;

M. Millerand on, 77;

gains and superiority of forces, 104–5;

and Gallieni’s precipitancy, 116, 119, 121–3;

and the decisive movement between Kluck and Bülow, 135, 189;

on the victory, 195–6;

the author of the victory, 218–29, 233;

before Commission of Inquiry, 249;

General Lanrezac on, 256;

M. Messimy on, 257

Kitchener, Lord, and Field-Marshal French, 69, 258, 259

Kluck, General von, 32, 38–44, 66–9, 72–3, 79 et seq., 97;

withdraws Corps across Marne against Maunoury, 118, 122–4;

his farthest south positions, 119–120;

results of retreat, 135–7, 141, 185;

reaches the Aisne, 187;

his two fatal movements, 220–2;

Kluck and Bülow, 261

Landwehr and Ersatz employed on front, 15–16, 128, 199

Langle de Cary, General de, 28, 32–3, 48, 70, 102, 169–75, 193

Lanrezac, General, 27, 32, 35–43, 49, 67–8, 250, 255–6, 258

Launois, battle of, 70

Lille, fortress of, 34, 249, 252

Longwy, siege of, 33–4, 44

Lorraine, first French offensive in, 29–31

Machine guns, 18, 58, 115, 117, 253

Maud’huy, General, 30, 100, 138, 140, 193

Mangin, General, 37, 100, 138

Maps, German, evidence of the, 240

Maubeuge, 34, 44, 87, 105, 252, 256–7

Maunoury, General, 32, 63–5, 72–3, 77, 80–1, 85, 93, 97, 116, 122, 124, 126–30, 132–4, 184–8, 248

Michel, General, and the French Staff, 47, 49, 248

Mondemont, 143–4, 148–54

Mons, battle of, 37–43, 253–6

Montmirail reoccupied, 140

Morhange–Sarrebourg, battle of, 30–1

Namur, siege and fall of, 27, 38, 40

Nancy bombarded, 211

Nivelle, Colonel, 127

Offences, German, against rules of war, 80, 117, 124, 192, 194–5, 211, 212–3, 267

Offensive, French doctrine of the, 21–24, 58, 201–2, 216, 218, 245–7, 251

— from the Somme–Laon–Craonne, proposed, 58–60, 65, 71

Ourcq, battle of the, 114–8, 126–35, 184–7

Paris, the defence of, 55, 73, 76–9, 259–60;

the German dilemma, 82–8, 109, 221

Pau, General, 29, 47, 48, 198, 248

Percin, General, 248, 252

Petain, General, 100, 138

Plans of campaign:

the German, 10–14;

disturbed after Guise, 68–9;

the dilemma of Paris–Verdun, 84–91, 109–10, 214 et seq., 239–40;

the French, 28–9, 31, 36, 49–50, 54–61, 73–5, 88–9, 105, 110, 216 et seq.

Proyart, action at, 68

Railways, efficiency of French, 15, 57, 241

Reserves, German and Allied, 16, 21, 198–9, 245

Retreat, the long, scenes on, 1–9, 72–3, 78, 237–8;

necessity of, 54–5;

advantages of, 57;

prolonged, 72–4;

end of, 81, 109, 119;

general German, ordered September 9, 185

Revigny lost, 179;

recovered, 194

Rheims reoccupied and bombarded, 192

Russian victories, influence of, 44, 75, 87

Sambre, German victory on the, 36–43

Sarrail, General, 48, 89, 103, 169–72, 175–82, 195

Sermaize, destruction of, 194

Smith-Dorrien, General, 38, 64, 66, 99, 141

Taxi-cabs and the battle of the Ourcq, 130–1

Toul, German advance toward, 208

Trenches:

German superiority, 18, 31, 33, 35, 58, 114, 217, 253;

Field-Marshal French on, 18, 244;

Castelnau’s defences, 201–2

Troyon, Fort, defence of, 180–3

Verdun, 32, 56, 71, 74, 89, 108, 169–71, 176–82, 195, 221

Vosges, fighting in the, 203–4

War Council, French Higher, 47–51

“Wireless,” German, picked up, 134

Würtemberg, Duke Albrecht of, 32, 70, 102, 169–75, 193

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