INDEX
Reading edition
Abeele, 293
Abeelhoek, 365
Abercromby, Lieut.-Colonel Sir George, commanding 8th Black Watch, 63, 162 note, 404
Achiet le Grand, 223
Achiet le Petit, 226
Adamson, Captain J. E., commanding “C” Coy. 8th Gordons, 46
Adler Farm captured, 240
“Aerial darts,” trench mortars, 177
Aeroplanes, British, use of, 94;
German, 188, 208, 213;
bomb British troops, 268, 288
Air fights, 79
Aisne, the, 223, 354
Aizecourt le Haut, 280
Albert, 173, 286, 334
Albert, King of the Belgians, reviews the Ninth Division, 383
Allenby, General Sir E., commanding Third Army, 169;
presents decorations, 213;
Campaign in Egypt, 248, 335
Allied Forces, plan of attack, 20, 181-183
Allwright, C.S.M., heroism, 127
Alwyn Farm, 325, 326
American Army, attack in the Woeuvre, 335, 354
Amiens, 334;
failure of the Germans to capture, 292
Ancre, the, 181, 287, 289;
Valley, 153
Anderson, Major P. C., commanding 7th Seaforths, 256 note
Andrews, Captain, 377
Angus, Lieut.-Colonel A. W., commanding 5th Camerons, 338, 404
Annequin Fosse, 27
Anzac Redoubt, 227;
Ridge, 336;
captured, 340
Argonne, attack on, 335, 354
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, the 10th, 6, 395, 405;
at the Battle of Loos, 44;
at Fosse Alley, 45;
retire to Dump Trench, 54;
casualties, 67, 208;
failure of a raiding scheme, 78;
at the Battle of Longueval, 109;
attack on the Butte de Warlencourt, 156;
at the Battle of Arras, 191, 197, 206;
raids, 222;
at the Battle of Passchendaele, 239-242;
in the Thirty-second Division, 251
Armagh Wood, 68
Armentières, 13;
evacuated, 299
Armin, General Sixt von, 130, 225
Armistice, 334, 383, 384
Armitage, Brig.-General E. H., C.R.A., 7, 80, 403;
letter from Maj.-General Bulfin, 56
Army, British, the First Hundred Thousand, 5;
use of gas, 21, 28;
strength, 91 note;
tactical expedients, 104;
moral, 183, 317;
relations with the French Army, 183;
“Backs to the Wall” Order, 313;
attack on Cambrai, 335
Army, the First, 144, 334;
at the Battle of Arras, 206
Army, the Second, 224, 293, 301;
Parade Service, 329
Army, the Third, 169, 181, 253, 264, 271, 275, 284, 334;
surrenders the Somme, 282
Army, the Fourth, 84 note, 150, 334
Army, the Fifth, 181, 225, 253, 271, 275, 284;
at the Battle of Arras, 206
Army, British, I. Corps, 20
II. Corps, 336, 370
III. Corps, 150, 249
IV. Corps, 20, 144;
at Bapaume, 220
V. Corps, 223, 253, 259, 264, 271, 284;
retreat, 272
VII. Corps, 250, 253, 284;
transferred to the Third Army, 285
VIII. Corps, 249
IX. Corps, 297, 301
X. Corps, 249
XIII. Corps, 84, 86;
attack on Longueval, 102
XV. Corps, 249, 336
XVII. Corps, 181;
plan of attack at Arras, 184
XVIII. Corps, 238;
Cyclist Battalion, 245
XIX. Corps, 284
XXII. Corps, 301, 308
Corps Cavalry, at the Battle of the Somme, 96
Army Service Corps, 9th Divisional Train, 7;
104th Company, 7, 399;
105th, 7, 399;
106th, 7, 399;
107th, 7, 399;
work of the, 71, 381, 391;
duties, 137, 290
Arneke, 238
Arras, 92, 172, 334;
Battles of, 22, 193-199, 203-205, 207-211, 214-218, 393;
condition, 173;
gas bombardment, 180;
bombing of, 213
Artillery Division, 281, 407
Athies, 184, 194
Auchy, 21 note, 41, 58
Australian Brigades, the 3rd, 293;
the 38th, 282;
the 43rd, 282
Australian Division, the 1st, 293;
captures Germans, 322;
the 2nd, attack on Passchendaele, 228;
the 4th, 289
Austria-Hungary, relations with Serbia, 3;
collapse, 382
Austria, Archduke Francis Ferdinand assassinated, 3
Austrian Army, attack in the Trentino, 88
Bagdad captured, 224
Bailleul, 12, 320;
captured, 306;
evacuated, 334
Bailward, Lieut.-Colonel A. C., commanding 50th Bde. R.F.A., 7, 407
Baizieux, 289
Balkan States, 334
Ballingall, Lieut.-Colonel H. M., commanding the 52nd Bde. R.F.A., 407
Bamford, Lieut.-Colonel H. W. M., commanding South African Composite Battalion, 307, 406
Bangalore torpedoes, 78
Bapaume, 89, 220;
fall of, 152, 334
Barly, 150
Barnardiston, Lieut.-Colonel E., C.R.E., 403;
wounded, 137
Barrage, “box,” 178;
“creeping,” 107, 186
Bavarian Regiments, the 6th, 10th, and 16th, 102 note;
Reserve Divisions, the 1st and 24th, 192 note
Bavichove, 370, 375;
captured, 366
Bazentin, 283
Bazentin-le-Grand, 97, 102, 103, 285
Beaucamp Ridge, 254
Beaumetz, 264
Beaumont Hamel, 96
Becelaere, advance on, 341;
captured, 342
Beck House, 228, 234
Becourt Valley, 287
Beet Factory, 273
Belcher, Lieut.-Colonel H. T., commanding 52nd Bde. R.F.A., 407
Belgian Army, attack on Ghent, 336;
captures Moorslede, 345;
St Pieter, 351;
Bavichove, 366;
relieved, 371
Belgians, Queen of the, 383
Belgiek, 371, 374
Belgium, invasion of, 3;
rejoicings at peace, 384
Bellamy, 2nd Lieut., of the 11th Royal Scots, captures a patrol, 17
Bellewarde Ridge, 336;
captured, 340
Bennet, Captain H. E., 312
Benrath, 390
Berchem, 371
Bergwijk, 379
Bernafay Wood, 97, 281;
captured, 98;
bombarded, 99;
attack on, 285
Bertangles, 289
Berthonval, 145
Bethune, 32, 56
Bethune bombs, 14, 46
Beugin, 145
Beveren, 371, 374
Beviss, Lieut., 261
Big and Little Willie Trenches, attack on, 33
Billon Valley, 96, 100;
Wood, 283
Bird, Major T. G., commanding 90th Field Coy. R.E., 408
“Birdcage,” 76;
blown up, 70
Black Cot, 304, 305, 307
Blacklock, Maj.-General C. A., commanding Ninth Division, 253, 402;
on leave, 258;
return to the Front, 283
Black Watch, the 8th, 6, 63, 398;
at the Battle of Loos, 39, 41;
capture Germans, 42, 310;
check the German advance, 53;
casualties, 62 note;
at the Battle of Longueval, 109, 112;
attack on Snag Trench, 162;
raid, 179;
at the Battle of Arras, 191, 194, 206, 208;
of Passchendaele, 239-242;
retreat, 282;
at Grand Bois, 298;
attack on Meteren, 325;
at Ypres, 337;
capture Rolleghem Cappelle, 349;
attack on Mogg Farm, 359
Blaringhem, 319
Bluff, The, 64, 69
Boer War, results, 3
Bogaert Farm, 301, 304
Bomb, Bethune, 14;
Mills No. 5, 14;
depots, 30
Bombs, phosphorous, 229;
smoke, 27;
use of, 172
Bomy, 84
Bordon, 12
Borry Farm, 228, 234
Boteler, Lieut.-Colonel F. W., commanding 52nd Bde. R.F.A., 7, 407
Bouchavesnes, 273, 274
Bourlon Wood, 221
“Box” barrage, 178
Boyd, Lieut.-Colonel E., commanding 11th Royal Scots, 405
Brahmin Bridge, 326
Brake Camp, 238
Bray, 143, 252
Bremen Redoubt, 235
Briques, Les, 23;
shelled, 51
Briqueterie, 99, 101, 286
Britain, agreement with France and Russia, 3;
war with Germany, 4;
administration arrangements, 85
British Army, 5.
See Army
Brock, Captain S. E., 364
Brogden, Major J. S., D.A.D.O.S., Ninth Division, 8
Broodseinde, 336, 337;
captured, 341
Brooke, Lieut.-Colonel E. W. S., commanding 50th Bde. R.F.A., 407
Brown, Lieut.-Colonel H. R., commanding 5th Camerons, 144, 404
Brown, Padre, 393
Browne, Major A. R. Innes, commanding 6th K.O.S.B., 217 note, 241;
killed, 308 note
Bruay, 144
Bruce, Brig.-General C. D., commanding 27th Infantry Brigade, 8, 403;
decides against attack on Haisnes, 45;
H.Q. in the Quarries, 47;
taken prisoner, 50
Bruce, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. David, commanding 7th Seaforths, 299, 404
Bruce, Lieut.-Colonel J., commanding 2nd/1st East Lancs. Field Ambulance, 408
Brussilov, General, successes, 88
Buchan, Captain, killed, 50
Buchanan Street, 112, 132, 134
Budge, Lieut.-Colonel H. L., commanding 12th Royal Scots, 80, 405;
killed, 111, 114
Budworth, Lieut.-Colonel C. E. D., commanding 50th Bde. R.F.A., 407
Bulfin, Maj.-General, letter from, 56
Bulgar Wood, 294
Bulgaria, treachery, 86;
sues for peace, 335
Burn, Major C. P. M., commanding 7th Seaforths, 63
Burn, Lieut.-Colonel Pelham, commanding 8th Gordons, 80, 404;
10th A. & S.H., 63, 405
Busnes, 15, 18
Buswell, Lieut.-Colonel F. R., commanding 29th Field Ambulance, 7, 408
Butte de Warlencourt, 153;
attack on, 154-157;
Battle of, 394
Buzzard, Lieut.-Colonel F. A., G.S.O.I., 402
Byng, General Sir Julian, 222, 254, 264
Cabaret Rouge, 146
Camblain L’Abbé, 145
Cambrai, 89, 182;
Battle of, 222;
military operations at, 246, 247
Cameron of Lochiel, Lieut.-Colonel D. W., commanding 5th Camerons, 6, 63, 404;
health breaks down, 80
Cameron, Lieut., captures Germans, 270
Cameron, Major, killed, 338
Cameron Highlanders, the 5th, 6, 398, 404;
at the Battle of Loos, 39-41;
casualties, 41, 62 note, 68;
check the German’s advance, 53;
attack on Waterlot Farm, 118;
on Snag Trench, 158;
at the Battle of Arras, 191, 197, 206, 208;
of Passchendaele, 239;
retreat, 281;
in reserve at Vierstraat, 298;
repulse the Germans at Dammstrasse, 304;
attack on Meteren, 325;
advance on Frezenberg Ridge, 340;
on Keiberg Spur, 344;
cross the Lys, 373
Campbell, Major A. C., commanding 11th Royal Scots, 256 note;
death, 288
Campbell, Lieut. C., 328
Campbell, Lieut.-Colonel Sir J. B. S., commanding 11th Royal Scots, 231 note, 405;
attack on Roeux, 204 note;
on leave, 256 note
Campbell, Lieut.-Colonel R., commanding 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers, 378 note, 406;
attack on Ingoyghem Ridge, 379
Canadian Division, the Third, at Arras, 181
Candle Factory, 191
Candles, smoke, 29
Canteens, institution of, 416
Cape, Lieut.-Colonel, G. A. S., commanding 51st Bde. R.F.A., 407
Cappelle St Catherine, 365
Caporetto, defeat of the Italians at, 247
Carency, 22, 145
Carmichael, Captain, in control of the Canteens, 416
Carnoy, 135
Carpenter, Lieut.-Colonel C. M., C.R.E., 64, 403
Carter, Lieut.-Colonel A. H., commanding 51st Bde. R.F.A., 7, 407
Carvin, 21
Caterpillar Valley, 109
Cavalry Trench, 262
Celestins Wood, 96
Cemetery Alley, 43;
shelled, 51, 53
Chalmers, Lieut.-Colonel F. G., commanding 9th Machine-gun Battn., 252, 407
Chamberlain, Lieut.-Colonel, commanding 6th K.O.S.B., 308 note
Chapel Crossing, 249
Chapel Hill, 253, 254;
captured, 263, 266
Château Thierry, 319, 333
Chemin des Dames, 319, 321
Chérisy, 212, 288
Chimney Trench, 98
“Chinese Attack,” 154;
barrages, 193
Chipilly, 288
Christian, Lieut.-Colonel E., commanding 2nd South African Infantry, 144, 256 note, 406;
the 4th, 172, 406
Churchill, Lieut.-Colonel the Right Hon. W., commanding the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers, 63, 75, 405
Cité St Elie, 24, 32
Clarges Street, 103, 113, 117
Clavering, Major N., commanding 64th Field Coy. R.E., 408
Cléry captured, 276
Cochran, Major, in temporary command of the 2nd South African Regiment, 228 note
Cockburn, Captain, rearguard action, 272
Cocks, Captain Somers, killed, 306
Cologne, 386
Combles, 89, 152, 277;
captured, 282
Comines Canal, 64, 296
Compiègne, 334
Congreve, General Sir W. H., commanding XIII. Corps, 85;
tribute to the Ninth Division, 111;
in command of VII. Corps, 250
Connell, Lieut.-Colonel J. C. W., commanding 6th K.O.S.B., 64, 99, 165, 405;
invalided to England, 171
Copse Valley, 96
Corbie, 93
Corons de Marons, 23
Corons de Pekin, 23
Costello, Lieut.-Colonel J. M. A., commanding 27th Field Ambulance, 408
Courtrai, 355
Cowan, Lieut.-Colonel J. de B., commanding 50th Bde. R.F.A., 407
Crawley, Lieut.-Colonel R. P., commanding 9th Divisional Train, 7, 404
Cree, Colonel G., A.D.M.S., 7, 404
“Creeping” barrage, 107, 186
Crichton, Lieut.-Colonel A. G. M. M., commanding 5th Camerons, 239, 404;
leaves, 256 note
Croft, Brig.-General W. D., commanding 11th Royal Scots, 63, 405;
at the Battle of Longueval, 113;
Director of the Divisional School at Givenchy, 174;
Three Years with the Ninth Division, 174 note;
attack on the Germans, 190;
in command of the 27th Infantry Brigade, 231 note, 238, 403;
at Sorel, 261;
reconnoitres the Corps line, 303;
advance on Becelaere, 341;
plans for crossing the Lys, 366;
tribute to, 381
Croisilles, 258
Crowden, Lieut. H. commanding “D” Coy. 12th Royal Scots, 99
Cuerne, 348, 365, 366, 380;
gas-shelled, 366
Cundle, Captain, 310
Cupid Trench, 214, 216
Curly Trench, 216
Cuthbert Trench, 209
“Cuthbert,” the prince of snipers, 148
Cyclist Battalion, at the Battle of the Somme, 96
Dadizeele, 344;
captured, 345
Dadizeelehoek, 350
Dammstrasse, 298, 302, 309;
attack on, 304, 311
Dardanelles expedition, failure, 86
Darling, Captain, commanding 28th Field Ambulance, 408
Daun, Marshal, tactics, 91
Davis, Lieut.-Colonel H. J. W., commanding 9th Machine-gun Battn., 407
Dawson, Brig.-General F. S., 117, 131, 134, 262;
commanding 1st South African Regiment, 82, 406;
attack on the “Nose,” 160;
commanding S.A. Brigade, 171, 403;
at Sorel, 266;
retires to Moislains, 268;
ordered to retreat to Bouchavesnes, 274;
taken prisoner, 280
Deerlyck captured, 374
Delbske Farm, 298
Delville Wood, 97, 102;
attack on, 120, 126, 132, 138;
captured, 121, 125, 140 note;
bombarded, 125, 127, 130
Demobilisation, system of, 389
Denys Wood, 298
Dernancourt, 286
Desinet Farm, 304
Dessart Wood, 256;
shelled, 260, 265
Detail, General, commanding Eighth Belgian Division, 348
Deule Canal, 22
“Devil’s Wood,” 134
Diaz, General, 382
Dickebusch, rest hut, 65, 66
Divisional Artillery, 80, 147;
Tactical School at Givenchy, 174
Doignies, loss of, 264
Dome House, 302, 307
Douai, 89, 173, 354;
plains, 182
Doucet, Captain C., commanding 63rd Field Coy. R.E., 7, 408
Doullens, Conference at, 293
Douvrin, 24
Drew, Major, 109;
adjutant, 5th Camerons, 66
Drocourt, attack on, 334
Duff, Lieut.-Colonel G. B., commanding 8th Black Watch, 63, 404;
5th Camerons, 80, 404;
at the attack on Delville Wood, 132;
wounded, 133
Dugmore, Major, commanding 9th Divisional Supply Column, M.T., 7
Duisans, 174
Duke, Captain, R.N., 303
Duke Street, 103, 114, 117, 123
Dump Trench, 33, 54;
attack on, 23;
captured, 48;
reoccupied, 51
Dundas, Lieut.-Colonel R.C., commanding 11th Royal Scots, 8, 405
Dunkirk bombed by the Germans, 249
Durham Light Infantry, the 19th, at the attack on Longueval, 135
Dutton, Major J. H., commanding 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers, 63
Dyson, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. B., commanding 11th Royal Scots, 6, 405
East Yorks Regiment, the 1st, 310
Eastern Question, 2
Eaucourt L’Abbaye, 150, 153;
trenches at, 164
Ecluses, Les, 79
Egypt, military operations in, 248
Eighteenth Division, 86;
at Bernafay Wood, 106;
capture Trones Wood, 119;
at the Battle of Passchendaele, 242
Eikhof Farm, 302, 306, 307
Elcock, Corporal Roland Edward, awarded the V.C., 364, 412
Elsner, Lieut.-Colonel O. W. A., commanding 27th Field Ambulance, 7, 408;
appointed A.D.M.S., 206, 404;
retreat, 289
Epernay, 333
Epine de Malassise, 274
Epinette Wood, 255, 272
Equancourt, 255, 271, 273
Espercy, General Franchet d’, 334
Esquelbec, 336
Essex Regiment, the 2nd, at the Battle of Arras, 208
Estaires occupied, 299
Etinehem, 93, 284
Etricourt, 269
Etrun, 205 note
European War, outbreak, 1
Falkenhayn, General Von, 152
Fampoux, 184, 202
Fanshawe, Lieut.-General Sir E. A., commanding V. Corps, 223 note
Fargus, Lieut.-Colonel H. N. S., commanding 12th Royal Scots, 144, 405;
return to England, 172
Faulds, Private William Frederick, awarded the V.C., 127, 410
Favière Wood, 284, 286
Ferguson, Captain K. P., Brigade-Major, R.F.A., 7
Fergusson, Major-General Sir Charles, commanding Ninth Division, 8, 402;
II. Corps, 8;
XVII. Corps, 181;
takes the salute, 386
Fergusson, Lieut.-Colonel H. C., commanding 11th H.L.I., 6, 63, 406
Festubert, engagement at, 15
Fetherstonhaugh, Lieut.-Colonel T., commanding 9th Seaforths, 7, 407
Feuchy, 184
Field Service Regulations, 9, 176
Fielding, Major R. E. Bruce, commanding 63rd Field Coy. R.E., 408
Fifteen Ravine, 254, 256
Fifteenth (Scottish) Division, 82, 154;
capture the Railway Triangle, 197, 199
Fifth Division, 135
Fiftieth Division, attack on the Butte, 167 note
Fifty-first Division at Arras, 181;
relieved, 213
Fifty-fifth Division, attack on Hill 37, 235
Fins, 255, 267, 269
“Fish-tails,” trench mortars, 177
Flammenwerfer, use of, 162
Flanders, condition, 65;
result of the military operations, 370
Flander I. Stellung, 344, 345
Fleming, Lieut., 113
Flers, 102, 153, 281
Flesquières, 223, 259
Flêtre-Roukloshille Ridge, 320
Flying Corps, 95
“Flying Pig” mortar, 81
Foch, Marshal, appointed Generalissimo, 293;
tribute to the Ninth Division, 314 note;
tactics, 333;
arranges four attacks, 335
Fontaine Hoek, 320
Football Matches, 75
Forbes, Lieut.-Colonel R. F., commanding 11th H.L.I., 64, 406
Forsyth, Major M. N., 178
Forty-first Division, 83, 377, 378;
relieved, 249
Forty-seventh Division, 153, 262, 264, 271, 282
Forty-eighth Division, 238
Forty-ninth Division, 312
Fosse 8, 32;
captured, 41;
Alley, 46, 47, 49;
Trench, 33;
attack on, 23
Fountain Alley, 44
Four Huns Farm, 300
Fourteenth Division, 251
Fourth Division, attack on Greenland Hill, 201;
at the Battle of Arras, 206
France, agreement with Britain and Russia, 3
Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria, 3
Francis, Captain W. E., commanding 64th Field Coy. R.E., 7, 408
Fraser, Captain, killed, 338
French, Field-Marshal Sir J. D. P., inspects the 27th and 28th Brigades, 15
French, Lieut.-Colonel W., commanding 8th Black Watch, 337, 351, 404;
defensive flank, 351
French Army, advance on Valenciennes, 20;
relations with the British Army, 183;
attack on Spanbroekmolen, 305;
relieve the Nineteenth Division, 306;
recapture Soissons, 334;
attack on Argonne, 335, 354
French Cavalry Brigade, the 3rd, 350
French Corps, XXXVI., 249
Fresnoy, 212
Frevillers, 148
Freyburg, Brig.-General, 370
Frezenberg Ridge, 227, 336, 339 note;
captured, 340
Fricourt, 285;
Wood, 151
Fruges, 249
Fulton, Lieut.-Colonel H. A., commanding 9th Scottish Rifles, 113, 405;
at the Battle of Arras, 210
Furse, General Sir W. T., commanding Ninth Division, 62, 402;
“Retaliation Tariff,” 70;
efforts to develop the offensive spirit, 77;
tribute to the Division, 111 note;
at Montauban, 131;
plans for a counter-attack, 134;
appointed Master-General of the Ordnance, 170;
K.C.B. conferred, 170 note;
characteristics, 171
Gaisford, Lieut.-Colonel W. T., commanding 7th Seaforths, 6, 404;
killed, 42
Gas, use of, 21, 28;
discharged, 28;
result, 38, 59;
attacks of the Germans, 73, 180, 258, 260, 366, 376, 377
Gauche Wood, 249, 254;
attack on, 261
Gaverbeek, 375
Gavrelle, 210
Gaza, 224, 248;
Cross Roads, 326
Gemeenhof, 364
Genin Well Copse, 263
George V., King, exhortation to the Ninth Division, 11, 395;
at Frevillers, 148;
La Brearde, 329
German Army, at Festubert, 15;
“Minnies,” or Trench Mortars, 16;
gas attacks, 28 note, 73, 180, 258, 260, 366, 376, 377;
at the Battle of Loos, 33-56;
reinforcements, 46 note;
counter-attacks, 48, 60, 129, 139, 351;
capture the Quarries, 50;
losses, 57;
sniping, 78;
at the Battle of the Somme, 92;
occupy Montauban Alley, 97;
taken prisoners, 113, 318, 380, 383;
position at Delville Wood, 121;
bombardment of it, 130;
casualties, 142, 281, 287;
defeated at Snag Trench, 159;
assault on the “Nose,” 162;
use of flammenwerfer, 162;
defeated at Arras, 189, 197, 207, 217;
moral, 200;
the 16th Division, 240 note;
attack at Gouzeaucourt, 250;
training, 251;
18th Division, relieved, 257 note;
107th Division, at Villers, 257 note;
preparations for an attack on Gonnelieu, 257-259;
attack on Gauche Wood, 261;
capture Chapel Hill, 266;
advance on Heudecourt, 268;
attack on the South Africans, 277-280;
on Bernafay Wood, 285;
Trones Wood, 285;
capture Lamotte, 288;
at the Battle of Wytschaete, 297, 308-313;
beaten back, 300;
flight, 313;
defeated at Meteren, 324-327;
raids, 328;
defeated at Hoegenacker Ridge, 331;
retreat, 331, 334, 383;
characteristics, 338;
the “War-prolongers,” 349 note;
reverses, 353;
withdraw to the Selle, 354;
loss of moral, 359;
retreat from Laaga Cappelle Wood, 360;
evacuate Cuerne, 365
German Fleet, creation, 3;
blockade, 335
Germany, hostile policy, 3;
invasion of Belgium, 3;
military operations in Roumania, 152;
submarine warfare, 247
Gheluvelt captured, 341
Gheluwe, attack on, 343
Ghent, 370
Gibson, 2nd Lieut., 162
Ginchy, 102, 285
Gird Trench, 159
Givenchy captured, 21 note;
Divisional Tactical School at, 174
Glasfurd, Captain A. I. R., Brig.-Major, of the 27th Infantry Brigade, 6
Glasgow Spur, 336
Glass, Captain J. S., commanding Royal Scots Fusiliers, 375 note
Gonnelieu, 247, 253, 256
Gordon, Lieut.-Colonel G. W. E., commanding 8th Black Watch, 63, 404;
personality, 132;
attack on Delville Wood, 132;
promotion, 162 note
Gordon Highlanders, the 8th, 6, 63, 398;
at the Battle of Loos, 39, 41, 46;
advance on Haisnes, 42;
retire to Fosse Alley, 46;
casualties, 62 note;
join the Fifteenth Division, 82
Gorle, Lieut. Robert Vaughan, heroism, 352;
awarded the V.C., 352, 411
Gough, General, Commander of I. Corps, tribute to the Ninth Division, 61, 245 note;
forces, 253;
criticisms on, 292
Gouzeaucourt, 247, 250, 254;
shelled, 269
Grahame, Lieut.-Colonel J. C., commanding 10th H.L.I., 6, 64, 406;
gassed at the Battle of Loos, 37
Grand Bois, 298, 310
Grant, Captain, 328
Green, Captain, commanding 2nd South African Regiment at Gauche Wood, 261
Greenhill-Gardyne, Lieut.-Colonel A. D., commanding 8th Gordons, 63, 404
Greenland Hill, 207;
attack on, 201
Grenadier Regiment, the 89th, 222
Grogan, Brig.-General E. St G., commanding 26th (Highland) Brigade, 8, 403;
return to England, 15
Grovetown, 93, 95
Guedezeune Farm, 298
Guillemont, 102, 103, 277
Guyencourt, 267
H.E. shell, use of, 106, 229, 237;
barrage, 139, 154
Haan, 386
Hadow, Lieut.-Colonel R. W., commanding 8th Black Watch, 239 note, 404;
force, 282
Haig, Sir Douglas, inspects the South African Brigade, 83;
Commander-in-Chief, 88;
result of his policy of attrition, 89-92;
message from, 179 note;
plan of a great offensive, 181;
plan of attack, 223;
tributes to the Ninth Division, 291, 314 note, 316;
“Backs to the Wall” Order, 313
Haisnes, 20, 21 note, 24;
attack on, 42, 44
Hamilton, Major S. W. S., commanding 90th Field Coy. R.E., 408;
at the Battle of Arras, 210
Hampshire Regiment, the 2nd, 368
Hanebeek, the, 227, 336, 340;
Wood, 227, 234
Happy Valley, 135
Hardecourt, 283, 285
Hardy, Lieut.-Colonel W. E., commanding 28th Field Ambulance, 7, 408
Harlebeke, 348, 380, 383;
attack, 367
“Harp, The,” 180
Harty, Lieut.-Colonel T. E., commanding 28th Field Ambulance, 408
Havrincourt, 221, 264;
Wood, 220
Hawthorn, Sergeant C., 210
Hay, Captain C. J. B., Brig.-Major, 28th Brigade, 6;
at the Battle of Arras, 194
Hay, Ian, 333;
The First Hundred Thousand, 8 note, 16 note
Hazebrouck, 320
Heal, Lieut.-Colonel F. H., commanding 1st South African Regiment, 172, 406
Heal, Major, in temporary command of the 2nd South African Regiment, 144
Hearn, Lieut.-Colonel G. R., commanding 64th Field Coy. R.E., 8, 137, 243, 403
Heetje, 365, 373
Hell Farm, 301
“Hell-fire” Corner, 336
Helmet, the steel, 79
Hennois Wood, 273
Henry, Captain, 77
Hermaville, 205
Hermies, 264
Heudecourt, 255, 256, 268;
shelled, 260
Heule Wood, 364;
captured, 366
Hewitt, Lance-Corporal W. H., awarded the V.C., 236, 411
Hickling, Lieut.-Colonel H. C. B., commanding Royal Engineers, 371, 403
High Wood, 102, 115, 163
Highland Brigade, the 26th, 6, 63, 398;
at Bailleul, 12;
Nieppe, 13;
Festubert, 15;
inspection of, 18;
objectives of attack, 23;
attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt, 26;
on Big and Little Willie Trenches, 33;
at the Battle of Loos, 37, 43, 47;
capture the Dump, 48;
relieved, 49;
reorganised, 49;
attack on Fosse 8, 55;
at Bethune, 56;
at the Battle of the Somme, 96;
attack on Longueval, 103;
at Caterpillar Valley, 109;
attack on Waterlot Farm, 120, 124;
capture it, 129;
attack on Delville Wood, 132-134, 139;
at Vimy Ridge, 145;
in the trenches at Arras, 174;
Battle of Arras, 195, 206-210;
capture Mount Pleasant, 202;
raids, 221;
Battle of Passchendaele, 239, 244;
at Nieuport, 249;
Gonnelieu, 256;
retreat, 267, 269, 273, 281;
attack on, 274;
at Saillisel, 276;
Montauban, 284;
march to Dernancourt, 286;
strength, 288;
defence of Dammstrasse, 311;
form a defensive flank, 315;
attack on Meteren, 324;
at Ypres, 336;
attack on Broodseinde, 337, 339-341;
assist the Belgians to capture Moorslede, 345;
withdraw to Menin, 351;
attack on Ooteghem, 378;
Colours presented to, 390
Highland Light Infantry, the 10th, 6, 64, 398;
at the Battle of Loos, 35, 36;
casualties, 37, 62 note;
join the Fifteenth Division, 82
the 11th, 6, 64, 398;
at the Battle of Loos, 38;
casualties, 62 note;
join the Fifteenth Division, 82
the 12th, at Hardecourt, 283, 285
the 18th, at Favière Wood, 284
Highland Division. See Fifty-first Division
Hill 40, attack on, 363;
41, attack on, 347, 350, 352;
50, attack on, 376;
captured, 377; 60, 64;
battles at, 20
Hindenburg Line, 182
Hine, Lieut.-Colonel H. C. R., commanding 28th Field Ambulance, 408
Hinges, 18
Hoegenacker Ridge, 329;
attack on, 330;
captured, 331
Hoggart, Major, 362
Hohenzollern Redoubt, attack on, 21 note, 23, 26, 33, 40;
captured, 41
Hollebeke, 293, 295, 296
Hollond, Lieut.-Colonel S. E., G.S.O.I., of the Ninth Division, 31, 402
Hoogebrug, 370, 371;
Bridge, 367
Hooggraaf, 64
Hopoutre, 293, 308
Horn, Lieut.-Colonel R., commanding 7th Seaforths, 144, 404;
the Army Musketry Camp, 256 note;
killed, 305
Horses, artillery, number killed, 356
Hosley, Major, at Loos, 35;
wounded, 35
Hulluch, 21
Hulste captured, 366
Hunt, Lieut.-Colonel D. R., 283;
commanding 4th South African Regiment, 144, 406
Hutcheson, Captain C. de M., A.S.C., 7
Indirect Fire, practice of, 79
Infantry, relations with the Sappers, 69
Infantry Brigade, the 27th.
See Lowland Brigade
Infantry Brigade, the 28th, 6, 64, 398;
at Outtersteene, 12;
objectives of attack, 23;
attack on Madagascar Trench, 26;
at the Battle of Loos, 37;
casualties, 38;
moral, 56;
at Bethune, 56;
broken up, 82;
attack on Broodseinde, 337, 339-341;
advance on Keiberg Spur, 344;
cross the Lys, 373;
attack on Ooteghem, 378;
Colours presented to, 390
Ingelmunster, 364, 365
Inglis, Lieut.-Colonel J., commanding 5th Camerons, 256 note, 404;
wounded, 338
Ingoyghem, 371;
attack on, 376
Inniskilling Fusiliers, the 1st, attack on Hill 41, 352
Ireland, conscription in, 318
Italian Army, defeated at Caporetto, 247;
cross the Piave, 382
Italy, entry into the War, 87;
military operations, 224
Jack, Brig.-General J. L., commanding 28th Brigade, 333, 344, 403;
attack on Ingoyghem Ridge, 379;
tribute to, 381
Jacobs, General C. W., tribute to the Ninth Division, 353 note;
presents Colours, 390
Jacobs, Captain, 2nd South African Regiment, 294 note
Jameson Raid, 3
Jeffcoat, Lieut.-Colonel A. C., A.A. & Q.M.G., 343, 380, 391, 402
Jeffries, Sergeant, captures Germans, 300, 305
Jerusalem, 248
Johnson, 2nd Lieut, 166
Johnston, Padre J., 393, 416
Jones, Lieut.-Colonel F. A., commanding 4th South African Regiment, 83, 406;
killed, 101
Joostens, General, commanding 3rd Belgian Division, 362
Judge Cross Roads, 342
Jutland, Battle of, 247
Keen, Lieut., 322
Keiberg Spur, advance on, 343;
captured, 344
Keith, Captain, killed, 35
Kelham, Brig.-General H. R., commanding 26th Brigade, 6, 403
Kelso, Lieut.-Colonel J. Utterson, commanding 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers, 406;
blown up, 346;
wounded, 355
Kemmel, Mount, 304, 308;
evacuated, 334
Kennedy, Brig.-General J., commanding 7th Seaforths, 63, 118, 404;
at the attack on Delville Wood, 132;
commanding 10th A. & S.H., 144, 405;
the 26th (Highland) Brigade, 170, 403;
policy, 197;
notes on the Battle of Arras, 212;
retreat, 273, 275;
horse shot under, 281;
return to England, 327
Ker, Lieut.-Colonel R. F., commanding 6th K.O.S.B., 367, 377, 405
King, Major A., commanding Royal Scots Fusiliers, 355;
wounded, 375 note
King, Captain J. R., 105th Coy. A.S.C., 7;
organisation of Canteens, 416
King’s Own Scottish Borderers, the 6th, 6, 64, 398;
at the Battle of Loos, 35;
casualties, 36, 62 note, 99, 101;
at the Battle of the Somme, 97;
capture Bernafay Wood, 98;
at the Battle of Longueval, 105;
march in the mud, 164;
raid, 180;
at the Battle of Arras, 191, 195, 209;
attack on Passchendaele, 228, 232, 241;
at Sorel, 256;
capture Germans, 310;
surrounded and captured, 310;
march past the King, 329;
attack on Hoegenacker Ridge, 330;
on Ledeghem, 349;
cross the Lys, 367;
attack on Hill 50, 376
Kitchener, Lord, personality, 4;
appeal for troops, 5;
inspects the 26th (Highland) Brigade, 18
Klein Ronsse Hill, 378
Klein Zillebeke, 296, 303
Kleinberg, attack on, 379
Klephoek, 348;
Cross Roads, 347
Klijtberg, 377
Klooster Hoek, 379
Knapp, Lieut.-Colonel K. K., commanding 53rd Bde. R.F.A., 8, 407
Knock, 374
Krote, 376
Kruisstraat Cabaret, 301
Kut, surrender of a British force at, 87
Laaga Cappelle Wood, 360, 362, 370
La Bassée, 32
La Brearde, 329
La Clytte, 297, 310
La Gache Farm, 305, 307, 309
La Motte, 280 note;
captured, 288
Landon, Maj.-General H. J. S., commanding Ninth Division, 8, 402;
conference, 23;
return to England, 31
Langestraat, 379
La Polka, 304
Lavièville, 151
“Leap Frog” system, 228
Le Cateau, 280 note
Le Chat, 365
Ledeghem, attack on, 348;
captured, 349
Legard, General, 283
Lekkerboterbeek stream, 239, 241
L’Enfer, 298, 300
Lens, 22, 89, 173, 182;
evacuated, 334
Le Sars, 154
Les Bœufs, 281;
captured, 282
Le Transloy, 276
Leuze Wood, 281
Lewis, Major R. P., commanding 29th Field Ambulance, 408
Lewis Guns, 72, 93, 113, 188, 252, 313;
carriage of, 150
Lieramont, 267
Lille, 354;
withdrawal of the Germans, 370
Livingstone, Lieut.-Colonel H. A. A., C.R.E., 7, 403;
wounded, 64
Loch, Lieut.-Colonel G. G., commanding 12th Royal Scots, 6, 63, 405;
commands 27th Brigade, 50;
Commandant of the School at Poperinghe, 66;
promotion, 80
Locon, 18
London Division, casualties, 161
Lone Farm, 43;
shelled, 53
Longueval, 97, 100, 102;
attack on, 125, 128, 130, 138, 140 note
Loos, Battle of, plan of attack, 20;
preparations, 20-31;
preliminary bombardment, 33;
Battle, 33-56, 393;
results, 59
Lowland Brigade, the 27th, 6, 63, 238, 398;
at Noote Boom, 12;
Festubert, 15;
in reserve, 24;
at the Battle of Loos, 43;
hold Fosse Alley, 48;
withdrawal, 50;
reoccupy Dump Trench, 51;
repulse attack on Fosse Alley, 54;
at Bethune, 56;
reputation, 57;
at the Battle of the Somme, 96;
at Montauban, 97;
Billon Valley, 100;
attack on Longueval, 103, 110, 120;
casualties, 138;
at Bruay, 144;
Vimy Ridge, 145;
march to Mametz, 151;
at High Wood, 163;
in the trenches at Arras, 174;
at the Battle of Arras, 195, 196, 208-210;
of Roeux, 202, 205;
attack on Passchendaele, 228, 275, 277;
at the Battle of Passchendaele, 239;
retreat, 277, 303;
relieved, 284;
strength, 288;
casualties, 288;
relieves the 26th at Hollebeke, 295;
at the Battle of Wytschaete, 298;
beat back the Germans, 300;
advance on Becelaere, 341;
attack on Ledeghem, 349;
at Keiberg Spur, 358;
Colours presented to, 390
Ludendorff, General, 201, 251, 309;
Meine Kriegserinnerungen, 258;
plans to secure the Channel Ports, 306;
operations against Rheims, 333;
resignation, 383
Lukin, General Sir H. T., commanding South African Brigade, 82, 403;
plan of attack, 154;
commanding Ninth Division, 171, 402;
appointed to a command in England, 252;
awarded the K.C.B., 252 note
Lumbres, 319
Lumm Farm, 300
Lumsden, Lieut.-Colonel W., commanding 9th Scottish Rifles, 228 note, 244, 337, 405, 406
Lys, the, 299, 355, 363, 365;
crossing, 367-371
MacDougal, Major H., 104th Coy., Army Service Corps, 7
MacEwen, Lieut.-Colonel St C. M. G., commanding 5th Camerons, 404
Machine-Gun Battalion, the 9th, 252, 315, 337, 368;
at Ridge Wood, 297;
attack on Ooteghem, 378
the 104th reorganised, 355;
attack on Ooteghem, 378
Machine-Gun Companies, the 26th and 27th,
at the Battle of Passchendaele, 242;
the 28th, at the Battle of the Somme, 96;
the 197th, 188
Machine-Guns, bombardment, 27;
value of, 72
Machine-Gunners, gallantry, 311
Macintosh, Padre Smith, 393
Mackensen, General von, 86, 152
Mackenzie, Lieut.-Colonel A. F., commanding 10th A. & S.H., 6, 405;
wounded, 55
Mackenzie, Maj.-General C. J., commanding Ninth Division, 6, 402;
in France, 8
Maclean, Lieut.-Colonel H. D. N., commanding 6th K.O.S.B., 6, 35, 228 note, 405;
leaves, 256 note
MacLear, Lieut.-Colonel R., commanding 9th Divisional Train, 404
MacLeod, Lieut.-Colonel D. M., commanding 4th South African Regiment, 101, 406;
wounded, 144
MacNamara, Major, 130
MacPherson, Major J. E., 12th Royal Scots, 111, 204 note;
wounded, 214 note
Madagascar Trench, attack on, 26, 34;
shelled, 51, 53
Mad Point shelled, 53
Maedelstede, 305;
Farm, 302
Magdeburg Corps, the 7th and 8th Divisions, bombardment of Delville Wood, 130
Maison Blanche Wood, 196, 198
Maltz Horn Ridge, 100
Mametz Wood, 151, 153, 286
Manancourt, 271, 273
Mangin, General, defeats the Germans, 334
Manhattan Farm, 351
Mariecourt, 277
Marne, the, 319;
victory of, 86
Marrières Wood, 276, 277
Marshall, Lieut.-Colonel F. J. commanding 7th Seaforths, 63, 404
Marshall, General, Campaign in Mesopotamia, 248, 335
Martinpuich, 282
Matthews, Lieut., 190;
missing, 191
Matthias, Lieut.-Colonel T. G., commanding Newfoundland Regiment, 333, 406
Maubeuge, 20
Maude, General, 224
Maurepas, 277
Maxse, General Sir Ivor, commanding XVIII. Corps, 238
Maxwell, Brig.-General F. A., V.C., commanding 27th Brigade, 170, 203, 403;
killed, 236;
characteristics, 236
McDiarmid, Major, 369
M’Fadyen, Private, gallantry, 55
McHardy, Lieut.-Colonel A. A.; A.A. & Q.M.G., Ninth Division, 31, 391, 402
McHardy, Sergeant J., kilt blows away, 17
McKinley, Captain S., killed, 376
McLean, Lieut.-Colonel C. W. W., commanding 50th Bde. R.F.A., 407;
at the Battle of Loos, 43
Meaulte, 135, 286, 289
Medical Aid Posts, 30
Meister, Rev. C. G., killed, 306
Menin, 348
Mericourt L’Abbé, 287
Merris, 74;
captured, 328
Mesnil-en-Arrouaise, 275
Mesopotamia, military operations in, 87, 248
Messines Ridge, 299;
captured, 224, 301
Meteren, 320; captured, 306;
attack on, 323-326
Meulewijk, 379
Meurchin, 21
Meuse, the, 354, 382
Middle Farm, 300
Middlesex Regiment, 218 note
Military Service Act, extension, 318
Mill Cot, 336
Mills No. 5 Bomb, 14
Mines, explosion of, 67, 148
Mining, method of, 71
“Minnies,” or German Trench Mortars, 16
Mitchell’s Farm, 235
Moeuvres, 258
Mogg Farm, 356;
attack on, 359
Moislains, 268, 270, 272
Molenhoek Ridge captured, 342
Monastir recaptured, 152
Monchy Breton, 189, 213
Moncrieff, Brig.-General W. Scott, commanding 27th Brigade, 6, 403
Monro, General Sir C., commanding First Army, 144 note
Montauban, 284;
captured, 96
Mont des Cats, 306, 320
Montefiore, Major C. S., commanding 90th Field Coy. R.E., 7, 408
Moorslede, 344;
captured, 345
Morchies, 264
Morrison, Corporal, 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers, 17
Morval, 153, 281, 282;
captured, 282
Mosscrop, 2nd Lieut., 222
Motor Machine-Gun Battery, the 11th, 364;
the 19th, 96
Motor Machine-Gun Brigade, the 7th, 374
Moulin du Vivier, 287
Mount Pleasant Wood captured, 202
Mountain Battery, No. 7, action at Fosse 8, 47
Mudie, Lieut.-Colonel T. C., G.S.O.I., Ninth Division, 253, 380, 402
Muirhead, Lieut.-Colonel M., commanding 51st Bde. R.F.A., 407
Mulheim, 386
Munro, Major C. D., commanding 90th Field Coy. R.E., 408
Murray, Lieut.-Colonel J., commanding 12th Royal Scots, 321 note, 405;
captures Steenbeek village, 364
Murray, 2nd Lieut., 12th Royal Scots, stalks a patrol, 17
Nairne, Lieut.-Colonel C. S., commanding 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers, 406
Napoleon, Emperor, defeat of, 1
National Review, article in, 271 note
Nationalism, development of, 2
Neerhof captured, 359
Neuve Eglise, 297;
captured, 306
“Never-ending Road,” 146
Newfoundland Regiment, the, join the Ninth Division, 333;
advance on Keiberg Spur, 344;
repulse the Germans, 355;
capture Vichte, 375
New Zealand Division, at the Battle of Passchendaele, 239, 242
Nicol, Major W. H., A.D.V.S., Ninth Division, 8
Nieppe, 75;
factory blown up, 14;
Château le, 12
Nieuport, 224, 249
Nieuwe Kruiseecke Cross Roads, 342
Nineteenth Division, at Wytschaete, 297, 298;
relieved, 306
Ninety-ninth Brigade, the, 271, 274;
attack on, 274;
at Rocquigny, 276
Ninth Division, composition, 6-8;
changes in Command, 8;
training, 8-11, 18, 74, 84, 172, 219, 251;
message from King George V., 11, 395;
at St Omer, 12, 319;
instruction in bombing, 13;
at Busnes, 15, 18;
Vermelles, 19, 24;
preparations for the Battle of Loos, 21-31;
frontage, 23;
equipment for battle, 31;
mistakes, 58;
at Bethune, 61;
casualties, 61, 62, 125, 136, 138, 139, 218, 302, 380, 396, 409;
tributes to, 61, 111 note, 140, 245 note, 280 note, 291, 314 note, 316, 353 note, 370 note;
reorganisation, 62, 81, 251;
esprit de corps, 62;
ordered to the Salient, 64;
School at Poperinghe, 66;
at Zillebeke, 67;
relieved, 73, 74, 135, 166, 213, 218, 223, 238, 251, 289, 312, 380;
at Merris, 74;
football matches, 75;
at Ploegsteert Wood, 75;
development of the offensive spirit, 77;
sniping, 78;
at Bomy, 84;
at the Battle of the Somme, 95;
of Longueval, 103, 105;
night attack, 104, 109-111;
artillery arrangements, 106-108;
use of the “creeping” barrage, 107;
position, 119;
at Pont Remy, 144;
transferred to the IV. Corps, 144, 220;
join the III. Corps, 150;
transferred to the Third Army, 169;
at St Pol, 169;
Arras, 172;
transferred to the XVII. Corps, 181;
plan of attack on Arras, 184;
at the Battles of Arras, 193-199, 202-205, 207-211, 214-218;
at Hermaville, 205;
Ruellecourt, 213, 218;
Canal du Nord, 220;
attack on Passchendaele, 228, 239-243;
at Arneke, 238;
Brake Camp, 238;
Ypres, 245;
spirit of the men, 246, 314, 380, 394-396;
at Nieuport, 249;
Péronne, 249;
transferred to the VII. Corps, 250;
at Villers, 253;
Chapel Hill, 264;
retreat, 267;
reinforcements, 283, 294;
at Meaulte, 286;
strength, 288;
disciplined valour of the retreat, 290;
at Wytschaete, 293;
the Comines Canal, 296;
attack on Wytschaete, 297, 304;
dispositions, 307;
defence of Wytschaete, 308-314;
at Meteren, 320;
raids, 321-323, 328;
outbreak of trench fever, 322;
preparations for the attack on Meteren, 323-325;
Parade Service, 329;
white metal thistle, 329;
attack on Hoegenacker Ridge, 329-331;
at Wardrecques, 332;
in the Flanders camp, 336;
transferred to the II. Corps, 336;
ordered to attack Keiberg Spur, 343;
attack on Ledeghem, 348;
on Courtrai, 355;
reorganises at Harlebeke, 383;
reviewed by King Albert, 383;
march to Cologne, 384-386;
bridgehead duties, 387;
Colours presented to, 390;
demobilised, 390;
work of the various Branches, 391;
Ordnance Department, 392;
the Padres, 393;
record of Battles, 393;
Canteens, 416
Nivelle, General, in command of the French armies, 182;
failure in the Aisne, 223
Noble, 2nd Lieut. A., 115
Noordemdhoek, 336
Noote Boom, 12
Nord, Canal du, 220, 273
Norman, Captain F. K., commanding 106th A.S.C., 7
North House, 304, 305, 307
North Street, 103, 117
Northamptons, the, at the defence of the Fosse, 49
Northey, Lieut.-Colonel A. C., commanding 9th Scottish Rifles, 6, 63
Northey, Lieut.-Colonel H. H., commanding 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers, 6, 405
“Nose,” the, 157; attack on, 160, 163, 165;
captured, 166
Nurlu, 255, 267, 269, 273;
shelled, 260
Obermayer Trench, 185
Oddie, Padre, 393
Ohligs, 386;
Ninth Divisional College at, 390
Oise, the, 258, 282, 354
Okkerwijk, 379
“Old German Line” trench, 16
Oldham, Major L. W. S., commanding 63rd Field Coy. R.E., 8, 408
Onraet, 299
Oosthoek, 64
Oosttaverne Wood, 299, 301
Ooteghem, attack on, 378;
captured, 379
Oppy, 210
“Orchard,” the, 16
Ordnance Department, work of the, 392, 415
Ormiston, Major, 163, 279
Ostend harbour blocked, 319
Ouderdom, 310, 312
Outtersteene, 12, 330
Oxford Copse, 99
Pall Mall Road, 102 note
Pardy, 2nd Lieut., 179
Paris, Conference in, 224
Passchendaele, 336, 353;
Battles of, 223, 231-235, 239-243, 393;
preparations for the attack on, 224-231;
criticisms on, 243
Patrolling, 17
Payne, Colonel A. V., A.A. & Q.M.G., Ninth Division, 6, 402
Peart, Sergeant, death, 393
Peirson, Captain, taken prisoner, 280
Pekin Trench, attack on, 23, 26, 42;
evacuated, 46
Péronne, 249;
fall of, 334
Perreau, Lieut.-Colonel A. M., commanding 52nd Bde. R.F.A., 8, 407;
at Loos, 47
Pétain, General, 88
Petit Bois, 305
Petty, Lieut.-Colonel W., commanding 9th Seaforths, 407
Pheasant Wood, 304
Phineboom, 320
Phosphorous Bombs, 229
Piave, the, 382
Picardy, 88, 143
Piccadilly, 103, 114, 117;
Farm, 312
Pick House, 299, 301;
Wood, 304
“Pill-boxes,” 225;
attack on, 232
“Pimple,” the, captured, 157
“Pine-apples” trench mortars, 177
Pioneers, the, 7, 399;
work of the, 137, 381, 391, 413
Plaatsbeek, 371
Ploegsteert Wood, 75, 76;
occupied, 299;
evacuated, 334
Plumer, General, presents Colours, 390
Poelcapelle, 238
Poezelhoek, 342
Point du Jour, 184, 199
Pollard, Prof., A Short History of the Great War, 200
Pollock, Corporal James Dalgleish, awarded the V.C., 53, 410
Polygone de Zonnebeke, 337;
captured, 341
Pont Levis No. 2, 376
Pont Remy, 144
Pont Street, 103
Pont à Vendin, 21
Poperinghe, 64, 223, 308;
School at, 66
Portuguese Corps, attack on, 295
Potijze, the, 340
Potsdam, 228;
attack on, 233, 235
Potterijebrug, 346
Princes Street, 103, 120
Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland) Highlanders, the 10th, 6, 398
Pringle, Lieut.-Colonel R. N., commanding South African Field Ambulance, 408
Prisoners, German, captured, 149, 177, 179, 195, 233, 237, 305, 310, 322, 327, 331
Proudfoot, 2nd Lieut., 179
Pulteney, Lieut.-General Sir W., commanding III. Corps, 150
Quarries, the, captured, 50;
attack on, 51;
repulsed, 52
Quentin Ridge, 254
Raids, number of, 177-180
Railton, 255, 265
Railway Alley, 43
Railway Triangle, 196, 197
Rancourt, 277
Ravine Wood, 298
Rawlinson, General Sir H., commanding Fourth Army, 84 note, 292;
orders from, 128;
tribute to the Ninth Division, 140
“Red Belly” aeroplane, 188
Reid, Major A. W., commanding 63rd Field Coy. R.E., 408
Reid, Captain, 4th South African Regiment, 294 note;
captures Germans, 305
Reninghelst, 308
Respirator, the “box,” 172
Rest huts, 65
“Retaliation Tariff,” 70
Revelon Farm, 262;
Ridge, 255
Reynolds, Captain Henry, 233;
awarded the V.C., 235, 411
Rheims, 333
Rhine, the, 384
Ribemont sur L’Ancre, 286
Richtofen’s, Von, “Circus,” 188
Ricketts, Private Thomas, awarded the V.C., 361, 412
Ridge Wood, 294, 297, 302
Rifle-grenades, use of, 217, 219
Rifles, practice in the use of, 172, 174
Ritchie, Brig.-General A. B., commanding 26th (Highland) Brigade, 15, 403;
at Loos, 39;
uses divisional mounted troops, 53;
at Longueval, 105;
plan of attack, 154;
commanding Sixteenth Division, 170
Ritson, Lieut.-Colonel J. A. S., commanding 12th Royal Scots, 214 note, 232, 405;
leaves for England, 321 note
Roclincourt, 174, 175
Rocquigny, 276
Roeux, 201;
Chemical Works of, 202;
Battle of, 202-204;
captured, 212
Rolleghem Cappelle, 356;
captured, 349, 359
Rose, Major, killed, 305
Roubaix, withdrawal of the Germans, 371
Rougemont, Lieut.-Colonel C. H. de, G.S.O.I., Ninth Division, 6, 402
Roumania, entry into the war, 151;
position, 224
Royal Army Medical Corps, the 27th, 28th and 29th Field Ambulances, 7, 399;
work of the, 136, 167, 237, 244, 289, 290, 381, 391
Royal Army Service Corps, 399.
See Army
Royal Engineers, the 63rd Field Coy., 7, 370, 371, 397;
at the Battle of Loos, 35;
the 64th, 7, 371, 397;
at the Battle of the Somme, 96;
the 90th, 7, 397;
endurance, 47;
at the Battle of the Somme, 96;
bridge over the Lys, 367
Royal Field Artillery, the 17th Brigade, attack on Ooteghem, 378
the 50th Brigade, 7, 297, 347, 397;
attack on Cuerne, 366;
cross the Lys, 375
the 51st Brigade, 7, 297, 397;
at Heule, 366
the 52nd Brigade, 7, 397;
at the Battle of Loos, 47
the 53rd Brigade, 7, 80, 397
A.F.A. Brigades, 28th at Cuerne, 367;
65th and 130th near Gonnelieu, 257;
150th at Sorel, 267;
153rd, 343
Royal Flying Corps, air photographs, 189, 227
Royal Scots, The, 11th Battalion, 6, 63, 398;
at the Battle of Loos, 44;
retire to Fosse Alley, 47;
casualties, 62 note, 77;
expel the Germans, 77;
at Montauban, 97;
at the Battle of Longueval, 105, 111, 114;
attack on Delville Wood, 126;
reconnaissance, 190;
at the Battle of Arras, 191, 214;
attack on Roeux, 204;
at Ypres, 231;
at the Battle of Passchendaele, 239;
quartered at Heudecourt, 256;
at Chapel Hill, 265;
at the Battle of Wytschaete, 298;
advance on Becelaere, 341;
capture the Molenhoek Ridge, 342;
advance on Hill 40, 363;
cross the Lys, 367;
attack on Vichte, 376
12th Battalion, 6, 398;
at the Battle of Loos, 44;
retire to Fosse Alley, 47;
casualties, 62 note;
at the Battle of the Somme, 96;
capture Bernafay Wood, 98;
at the Battle of Longueval, 105, 111, 114, 123;
capture Germans, 149, 323;
march in the mud, 164;
at the Battle of Arras, 191, 214, 216;
attack on Roeux, 204;
on Passchendaele, 228, 239;
on the “Pill-boxes,” 232;
at Dessart Wood, 256;
Nurlu, 267;
at the Battle of Wytschaete, 298;
attack on, 309;
surrounded, 310;
establish posts, 330;
advance on Becelaere, 341;
capture it, 342;
attack on Ledeghem, 349;
capture Steenbeek, 364;
Cuerne, 366;
cross the Lys, 369
Royal Scots Fusiliers, the 2nd, 307, 312, 398;
attack on Meteren, 324;
on Broodseinde, 337;
advance on Keiberg Spur, 344;
cross the Lys, 373;
action at Beveren, 374
the 6th, 6, 63, 398;
at the Battle of Loos, 44;
attack on Fosse Alley, 51, 52;
bomb fight, 54;
retire to Dump Trench, 54;
casualties, 62 note;
join the Fifteenth Division, 82
Royal West Kent Regiment, 218 note
Royal West Surrey Regiment, 218 note
Roye, 182
Ruellecourt, 213, 218
“Rum-jar” shell, 147
Rupprecht, Prince, 320
Russia, agreement with Britain and France, 3;
policy, 151;
revolution, 183, 224
Russian Army, retreat, 19;
defeated in Poland, 86;
collapse, 246
Ruthven, Brig.-General Hon. A. G. A. Hore, V.C., commanding 26th (Highland) Brigade, 327, 403;
advance on Moorslede, 345;
defensive flank, 350;
attack on Ooteghem, 379;
tribute to, 381
S.S. 135 pamphlet, 10, 175, 176, 185;
S.S. 143 pamphlet, 10, 175, 176
Saillisel, 274, 276
Sailly Saillisel Ridge, 281
St Jans Cappel, 320
St Julien recaptured by the Germans, 225;
Battle of, 394
St Laurent-Blangy, 185
St Louis, 371, 374, 376
St Nicholas, 205 note
St Omer, 12, 319, 320
St Pierre Vaast Wood, 274, 276, 281
St Pieter, 345, 346;
captured, 351
St Pol, 169
Salisbury Plain, training camps, 6
Salonica, 224, 247;
expedition, 86
Sambre, the, 383
Sanctuary Wood, 68, 69, 337
Sappers, the, bomb factories, 14;
invaluable aid, 47;
relations with the Infantry, 69;
work of the, 137, 244, 381, 391, 412
Sarrail, General, 152
Sawder, Major, 263
Scarpe River, 173, 181, 196, 202
Scheldt, the, 371, 379, 380, 396
Scherpenberg, 293, 297
Scott, Major, 12th Royal Scots, 239
Scottish Rifles, the 9th, 6, 307, 398;
at the Battle of Loos, 35, 38;
casualties, 62 note, 346;
operations against the Germans, 78;
at Montauban, 97;
at the Battle of Longueval, 105, 111;
raid, 178;
at the Battle of Arras, 191, 208;
attack on Roeux, 204;
on Passchendaele, 228, 232, 242;
in the Fourteenth Division, 251;
at Meteren, 320;
attack on Broodseinde, 337;
Keiberg Spur, 344;
cross the Lys, 373
Scrase-Dickins, Brig.-General S. W., commanding 28th Infantry Brigade, 6, 82, 165, 403;
at the Battle of Loos, 35;
of Longueval, 105, 115, 116;
commanding Thirty-seventh Division, 169;
characteristics, 169;
invalided to England, 170 note
Seaforth Highlanders, the 7th, 6, 63, 398;
attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt, 21 note, 40;
at the Battle of Loos, 39;
casualties, 62 note;
attack on Waterlot Farm, 118;
on the Butte de Warlencourt, 155;
at the Battle of Arras, 191;
attack on Wytschaete, 304;
at Ypres, 337;
cross the Lys, 373
Seaforth Highlanders, the 9th (Pioneers), 7, 399;
at the Battle of Loos, 35;
heroism, 48;
at the Battle of the Somme, 96;
of Arras, 216;
barrage, 216;
at the Battle of Passchendaele, 239-242;
reorganised, 251;
at Sorel, 256
Selle, the, 354;
Battles of, 382
Sempill, Lieut.-Colonel Lord, commanding 8th Black Watch, 6, 404;
wounded, 41
Serajevo murder, 3
Serbia, relations with Austria, 3
Serbs, the, defeat of, 86
Serre, 96
Seven Years’ War, 91
Seventeenth Division, 213, 281, 285
Sharp, Lieut.-Colonel S. F., commanding 9th Seaforth Highlanders, 407
Shiels, Captain Drummond, 297
Shrapnel shell, use of, 107 note, 229
Siege Farm, 309
Simpson, Lieut.-Colonel C. N. commanding 53rd Bde. R.F.A., 7, 407
Sixty-first Division, at Péronne, 249
Sixty-third (Naval) Division, at Passchendaele, 245, 282;
at Péronne, 250
Slag Alley, 51
Slypshoek, 347
Slypskappelle, 347
Smith, Sergeant, 322, 328
Smoke-bombs, 27;
candles, 29;
screen, 186, 197;
shells, 187
Smuggling, repression of, 388
Smyth, Lieut.-Colonel G. B. F., commanding 6th K.O.S.B., 171, 256 note, 329, 405;
at the Battle of Arras, 209;
murdered, 209 note;
wounded, 210, 276;
attempt to clear Hill 41, 350;
commanding 90th Field Coy. R.E., 408
Snag Trench, 154, 156, 158
Snephoek, 364
Sniping, 78, 148
Soda-Water Factory, 416
Soissons, 333;
recaptured, 334
Solingen, 386, 390
Somer Farm, 301, 302, 305
Somme, 85, 89, 282;
preparations for the Battle of, 92-94;
preliminary bombardment, 94;
Battle, 95, 107 note, 393
Sorel, 255, 256, 267;
shelled, 260
Sotheby, Lieut.-Colonel H. G., commanding 10th A. & S.H., 171, 405
Souchez, 22, 145
Source Farm, 242;
Trench, 241, 242
South African Brigade, 82, 398;
at the Battle of the Somme, 96;
at Montauban, 99;
occupy Bernafay Wood, 101;
casualties, 131;
in the trenches at Arras, 174;
raids, 180;
at the Battle of Roeux, 202-204;
lack of reinforcements, 206;
fresh battalions, 218;
attack on Passchendaele, 228, 234;
at Gonnelieu, 256;
ordered to retreat, 267-269;
attacks on, 277-279, 301;
survivors taken prisoners, 280;
strength, 294;
attack on Messines, 299;
on Meteren, 324;
leave the Ninth Division, 332;
tribute to, 333 note
South African Regiment, the 1st, at the Battle of Longueval, 117, 123;
attack on Delville Wood, 126;
on Snag Trench, 158;
expelled by flammenwerfer, 163;
at the Battle of Arras, 191;
attack on Wytschaete, 305
the 2nd, attack on Delville Wood, 121;
casualties, 122;
capture Germans, 149;
attack on the Butte de Warlencourt, 155;
at the Battle of Arras, 191;
at Gauche Wood, 261
the 3rd, attack on the “Nose,” 161;
at the Battle of Arras, 191;
broken up, 251
the 4th, attack on Waterlot Farm, 124;
at the Battle of Arras, 191;
recapture Chapel Hill, 263;
attack on Wytschaete, 305
South African Composite Battalion, 283, 287, 302, 304, 307, 398;
strength, 288
South Street, 112
Spanbroekmolen, 302, 304, 308
Sparrow, W. S., “Epic of the Ninth (Scottish) Division,” 271 note, 290 note
Sprenger, Captain L. F., 235;
wounded, 157
Spriethoek, 347
Springfield, 243
Square Wood, 210
Staenyzer Cabaret, 304
Staff Officer, duties, 22;
A. Branch, 22;
G. Branch, 23
Staunton, Lieut.-Colonel G., commanding 8th Gordons, 6, 404
Steenbeek, 361;
captured, 364
Steenen Stampkot, 360, 363
Steenwerck, 75, 83;
occupied, 299
Stevenson, Private J., plucky exploit, 100
Stewart, Lieut.-Colonel P. A. V., G.S.O.I., 253, 402
Stirling Castle, 336, 337
Stokerij, 365, 373
Stokes Mortars, 27, 81
Storey, 2nd Lieut., 191
Straate, 375
Straubenzee, Lieut.-Colonel C. C. Van, commanding 50th Bde. R.F.A., 8, 407
Strooiboomhoek, 344, 347
Stuart, Lieut.-Colonel H. C., commanding 10th H.L.I., 64, 406
Submarine warfare, 247
Sussex Regiment, at the defence of the Fosse, 49
Symons, Colonel F. A., A.D.M.S., 404;
killed, 206
Tail Trench, 154;
bombardment of, 165
Tait, Sergeant, 300
Talus Boise, 129, 135, 284
Tank Brigade, the 4th, 306, 309
Tanks, the, 191, 196, 222, 247
Tanner, Brig.-General W. E. C., commanding 2nd South African Regiment, 82, 172, 406;
attack on Delville Wood, 120;
wounded, 129;
commands 8th Brigade (Third Division), 256 note;
commands South African Brigade, 294, 403;
letter from Brig.-General Tudor, 333 note
Taylor, Captain G. P., 162;
commanding 28th Field Ambulance, 408
Teacher, Brig.-Major, at Longueval, 110
Terdeghem, Parade Service at, 329
Terhand, advance on, 343;
captured, 345
Terrapin House, 329, 331
Thackeray, Lieut.-Colonel E. F., commanding 3rd South African Regiment, 83, 406;
at Waterlot Farm, 129, 131, 139;
at Happy Valley, 135;
wounded, 144
Thesiger, Maj.-General G. H., commanding Ninth Division, 31, 402;
at Loos, 37, 44;
killed, 53
Thiepval, 89, 96, 152
Third Division, 76th Brigade, relieved, 106;
attack on Longueval, 129, 130
Thirtieth Division, 86, 154, 158;
relieved 99
Thirty-first Division, at the Battle of Arras, 206, 210;
relieved, 320
Thirty-second Division, 251
Thirty-fourth Division, at Arras, 181
Thirty-fifth Division, 176, 283, 284
Thirty-sixth Division, 228, 371, 375, 378;
ordered to advance on Terhand, 343;
capture it, 345;
capture Hill 41, 347
Thirty-seventh Division, relieved, 206
Thirty-ninth Division, 251;
relieved, 253
“Thistles, The,” concert troupe, 393
Thomson, Lieut.-Colonel, commanding 1/1st Yorks Cyclists, 364
Thomson, 2nd Lieut. K. D., killed, 138
Thorne, Lieut.-Colonel H. U. H., commanding 12th Royal Scots, 172, 405;
killed, 194
Thorp, Captain H. W. B., Brigade-Major of the 26th Highland Brigade, 6
Three Cabarets, 23;
attack on, 39, 40
Times, The, article in, 316
Torpedo, the Bangalore, 78
Torreken Corner, 298
Tourcoing, 370
Train Alley, 23
Transylvania, invasion of, 151
Trappelstraat, 371
Trench feet, 68;
cases of, 167;
remedy for, 176;
fever, outbreak, 322
Trench Mortar Brigade, 81, 311;
work of the, 315
Trench Mortars, 14, 27, 81, 147;
warfare, 18
Trenches, 146, 174;
siting of, 10;
for the wounded, 25, 30;
condition, 68
Trentino, attack in the, 88
Triangle Post, 97
Trigger Wood Valley, 96
Trones Wood, 97;
attack on, 100, 101, 285;
captured, 119
Trotter, Brig.-General G. F., commanding 27th Brigade, 63, 403;
accident, 82
Tudor, Maj.-General H. H., C.R.A. Ninth Division, 80, 106, 139, 205 note;
and General Furse, 154 note, 403;
Police Adviser in Ireland, 209 note;
plan of attack, 222;
commands Ninth Division, 258, 293, 402;
at Nurlu, 260;
ordered to withdraw, 264;
at Moislains, 270;
trouble with the 47th Division, 270;
coolness and foresight, 290;
tribute to the South African Brigade, 333 note;
Orders to Brigadiers, 343;
Conference at Waterdamhoek, 346;
characteristics, 381
Tulip Cottages, 235
Turkey, reverses, 335
Turner, 2nd Lieut., 113;
heroism, 127
Tweedie, Lieut.-Colonel W. J. B., commanding 10th A. & S.H., 80, 405;
wounded, 143
Twelfth Division, 285;
retreat across the Ancre, 287
Twenty-first Division, 253, 306;
at Péronne, 249;
hold Cavalry Trench, 262;
retreat, 274, 276
Twenty-fourth Division, the 72nd Brigade, at Zillebeke, 67;
the 73rd Brigade, at the defence of the Fosse, 49;
inexperience, 50, 53 note;
unsteadiness, 52;
withdraws from the Fosse, 54
Twenty-eighth Division, the 85th Brigade, attack on Fosse, 8, 55
Twenty-ninth Division, 337, 342, 370, 376;
ordered to advance on Gheluwe, 343;
captures Heule, 366;
relieved, 377
Uniacke, Lieut.-Colonel R. F., A.A. and Q.M.G., 402;
killed, 14
United States, entry into the war, 248;
transportation of soldiers, 318
Usmar, Lieut.-Colonel G. H., commanding the South African Field Ambulance, 408
Vaarneuykbeek, the, 370, 372
Valenciennes, 20
Vandamme Hill, 308
Vandenberghe, 311
Vaucellette Farm, 262
Vaux Woods, 270, 272
Vaux-en-Amienois, 85
Verdun, Battle of, 87
Vermelles, 19, 24, 32
Vesle River, 334
Vichte, 371;
captured, 375
Vickers Guns, 72, 188
Vienna Congress, result, 1
Vierstraat, 294, 297, 298
Villers, 253, 256, 334
Villers-Plouich, attack on, 272
Vimy Ridge, 145, 149, 182;
captured, 200
W.A.A.C., the, 388
Waermaerde, 379
Wainwright, Brig.-General H. R., appointed C.R.A., 293, 361, 403
Wald, 386, 390
Wales, H.R.H. Edward, Prince of, at Festubert, 17
Wallemolen, 241
Walshe, Brig.-General W. H., commanding 27th Brigade, 63, 403
War, European, outbreak, 1
Wardrecques, 332, 336
Warsaw captured, 19
Waterdamhoek, 344;
Conference of Brigadiers at, 346
Waterend House, 235
Waterlot Farm, 102, 103;
attack on, 108, 113, 115, 118, 124;
captured, 129
Watten, Artillery Training Camp at, 74
Webber, Major, 213
Weed and Weak Trenches, 207
Weller, Lieut. W. R., killed, 138
Wemyss, Lieut.-Colonel J. Colchester, commanding 6th K.O.S.B., 321 note
Westhoek, 336;
recaptured, 225
Westroosebeke, 238, 239
West Spring Gun, 14
White, Captain, 369
Wijfwegen, 345
Wilkie, Major H. J., commanding 6th K.O.S.B., 308 note
William II., Emperor of Germany, tribute to the Ninth Division, 280 note;
flight to Holland, 384
Wilson, Lieut.-General Sir H., commanding IV. Corps, 144 note
Winchester, Lieut., 113
Winkel St Eloi captured, 360
Wish Trench, 210
Wit Trench, 210;
attack on, 211
Woeuvre, attack on, 335, 354
Wolfsberg, 375
Woolner, Major C. G., commanding 64th Field Coy. R.E., 408
Wormhoudt, 249
Wounded, the, trenches for, 25, 30;
breakdown of the arrangements, 59;
rescue of, 136, 289
Wright, Lieut.-Colonel H., commanding 8th Gordons, 8, 404
Wright, Lieut., killed, 99
Wulfdambeek stream, 356;
captured, 359
Wulverghem, 301;
captured, 306
Wytschaete, Battle of, 297;
evacuated, 299;
captured, 304, 306;
attack on, 309
Yorks Cyclists, the 1/1st, 364, 374
Young, Lieut.-Colonel, commanding 1st South African Regiment, 283, 294 note
Young, Captain T. F., commanding 64th Field Coy. R.E., 408
Ypres, 20, 64, 223, 225, 227, 248, 336;
ruins of, 67;
bombed by aeroplanes, 238
Yser, the, 224
Zandvoorde Ridge, 296
Zeebrugge harbour blocked, 319
Zevencote, 235
Zillebeke, 64, 67, 70
Zonnebeke, 227, 228, 235, 342;
attack on, 234
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