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With the German armies in the West

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H. G. De Walterstorff translation

Aboukir, loss of H.M.S., 113

Abstinence from wine, 147

Adlercreutz, Major, 12

Ahrenberg, Duchess of, 208

Aire, the, 93

Aisne, the, 93

retreat of the Germans to, 152

Alaska, 22

Albert, King of the Belgians, 307

Aleppo, 214

Alers, Colonel von, 367

Algermissen, Dr., at Ostend, 278, 279

Algiers, 340

Allies, the, their use of foreign troops, 17, 163, 187, 250, 352–355

All Souls’ Day at Bapaume, 332–347

Almanach de Gotha, the, 27

Alost, 263

Alsace, French claim on, 29, 32

Alt, 36

Altefähr, 4

Altkirch, 186

America, its relations with Japan, 350

American Ambassador in Paris, 307

America, village, 358

Ancerviller, 373

Angers, 33

Anklam, 5

Antwerp, author visits, 216–228, 235–262, 297

forts of, 297, 298

hospital in, 257

neutral consulates in, 255

port of, 224–228, 237

siege of, 204, 213–219, 231 note, 253–255, 270, 295

supposed British ambitions for, 270

Zoological Gardens, 252

Apolda, the, 25

Archer, William, reviews the author’s work, v-vii

Ardenne Canal, the, 145, 146

Argentine Consul in Antwerp, 256, 259

Argonne, the, fighting in, 85, 92, 93, 188, 318, 327

Ariadne, sinking of the, 268–270

Arlon, 127, 128

Armentières, author visits, 309, 311

Arnim, Prince, in Luxemburg, 51

Arnoldi, Dr., Acting Chief of the Automobile Corps, 14, 16, 17

Arras, fighting at, 310, 318

Arrhenius, Professor Svante, 205

Artois, 348, 351

Asquith, Rt. Hon. H. H., at the Guildhall, 354

Attigny, hospital at, 156

Augustovo, 318

Australian troops, the, 250, 354

Austria-Hungary checks Russia, 384

its army, 187

Austrian artillery in Belgium, 236, 295, 313

Automobile Corps, Imperial Volunteer, constitution of, 14–16, 48, 55

Autry, 149, 166

Auxerre, 89

Aventi, s.s., 285

Aye, 204

Bach’s Passion, 335

Baedeker on Belgium, 248, 265, 281

Bagdad Railway, the, 56

Bailer, General, in Brussels, 243, 244

in Antwerp, 245, 252, 258, 297

Balakhani, the, 294

Baltic Sea, the, 4

Banér, Field-Marshal Johan, 27

Bantheville, 75

Bapaume, author visits, 296–309, 315–319, 332–342, 361–367

Bapaumer Zeitung am Mittag, 317–319

Barbas, 374–377

Bar-le-Duc, 89

Bavaria, Rupprecht, Crown Prince of, 344

Bavarian Army, the, warlike spirit of, 47

Landsturm, the, 333, 343

Beaumont, 146

Beelitz, 19

Beethoven, 250

Behr, Captain von, author accompanies, 150, 158, 169, 171, 189, 196

Count-Marshal von, attends the Crown Prince, 61, 62, 103, 104

Belfort, 186

Belgian Army, the, 354

brings loss upon itself, 207, 208, 220, 260

defends Antwerp, 217, 222, 227, 231 note, 251, 254, 271

German tributes to, 234, 260

its wireless stations, 128

uniforms of, 237

Belgian Cabinet leaves Ostend, 285

coast bombarded by the British Navy, 265–283

dogs, 261, 263

hospitals at Malines, 241

hospitals at Ostend, 289

Luxemburg, 125–129

police in Antwerp, 235, 251

prisoners of war, 33, 234, 284

railwaymen, 204

refugees, 225

refugees from Antwerp, 237, 246, 251, 254, 257, 260, 285

refugees in Ostend, 284

Belgium, author’s compassion for, 209, 258, 261

England’s policy with regard to, 247, 270, 284, 355

Belle Alliance, La, 211

Bellevue, Sedan, 136, 137

Bellman, poet, 308

Benares, 62, 353

Benckendorff, Count, his Tibetan policy, 248

Benedetti, Ambassador of the French, 34

Benz and Co., 307

Berchem, 224, 254

Bergen-op-Zoom, 254, 259

Bergues, 368

Berlin, author’s visits to, 6–19, 45, 53, 381

Geological Society, 295

Russian advance on, 284, 303

triumphal entry into, 192

University, 233

Bernhard, Captain, 88

Bernhard, Major-General, questions prisoners, 89

Bernhardi, General, xvi

Bertrix, 128–130, 201

Beseler, General von, 295

Bess, Captain, at Ostend, 268, 271, 275, 277, 281, 286, 288, 293

on the Ariadne, 268–270

Betz, Lieut.-Col., at Dun, 104, 111

Bible, author’s quotations from the, 193, 261

Bierabend, author enjoys a, 231

Bikanir, 62

Bildt, General, 306

Billeting, German methods of, 37

Birkenfeld, 172

Bismarck, Count, at Donchery, 137–139

tower, Apolda, 25

Bitterfeld, 22

Black Sea, Turkish fleet in the, 344

Blamont, author visits, 370, 373

Blankenberghe, author visits, 288

Bleichröder, Baron, in Sedan, 186

Blériot aeroplanes in use, 179

Blois, 110

Blücher, General, English debt to, 211, 212

Boer War, the, 356

Böhlau, Lieut.-Col., 196

Boiry, 310, 319, 330

Bois de Cheppy, 94

Bombay, author in, 214

Bordeaux, 64, 171, 172, 380

Börjeson, Rev., in Antwerp, 259

Bouchain, 300

Bouillon, 131

Boureuilles, 93, 94

Bournemouth, 284

Boussu, 300

Bouveng, Colonel Gustaf, 12, 386

Boy Scouts, motto of, 258

Braine le Comte, 299

Brandenburg, 5

Breitenfeld, 22

Breslau, 70, 200

Brialmont, General, fortifications of, 245

Briey, 370

Brighton, 284

British Army aviators over Ostend, 287

bombards Ostend, 263

foreign troops in, 17, 163, 187, 250, 352–355

in Antwerp, 217, 225, 227, 231 note, 251, 271

its artillery, 314, 359

personal courage of, 36, 360

British Navy bombards the Belgian coast, 265–284, 286–288

sinks the Ariadne, 268–270

Bruges, 285

author in, 264

Germans in, 243, 263

Brussels, author in, 210–216, 230–233, 238, 242–244, 263, 295

refugees from, 284, 288

under the Germans, 243

Bürger, Lieutenant, 176

Busch, Herr von, Minister in Luxemburg, 123

Calais, German advance on, 271

Calcutta, 352

Cambrai, author visits, 300, 310, 368

Cameroons, the, 79

Canadian troops, 250, 354

Cappellen, 260

Carignan, 201, 368

Cernay, 146, 165, 199

Challerange, 165

Chamier-Glisczinski, Captain von, at Vouziers, 173, 181

Champion, Convent of, 209

Charlemagne, Emperor, 51

Charles V., Emperor, 10, 249

Charles XII. of Sweden, vi, 96, 146, 168

Charleville, 125

Château-Salins, 372

Chauvency, 60, 117

Cheppy, 93, 94

Churchill, Winston, in Antwerp, 254, 270

Ciney, 204

Clairvaux, Bernard de, 334

Classen, Lieutenant, 219

Cleving, Herr, at Bapaume, 307, 315, 317, 335, 341, 361

Coal-mines, Belgian, 299

Coblenz, 34

Colmar, 278

Cologne, 117, 150

Colombo, 214

Condé, 149, 165

Constantinople, 91

Turks capture, 120

Cossart, Maître Emile, 302–305, 344, 367

Cousteumont, 127

Cramb, Professor, xvi

Cressy, loss of H.M.S., 113

Croisilles, 310

Crombez, M., 121

Cronstedt, Count, 173

Crown Prince, the German, 380 note

as an author, 78

at Dun, 112

author’s visits to, 46, 55, 61–64, 76, 80, 103, 104, 113, 114

on war, 63

visits the author, 78

Crown Princess, German, entertains the author, 382

Cunel, 74

Curzon, Earl, as Viceroy, 242, 248

his hope, 352

Dagobert, King, 29

Dahlgren, janitor, 248

Daily Telegraph, v

Dannevoux, 69

Danzig, cruiser, 269

Darmstadt, 132

Deffner, chauffeur, 19

Dellmensingen, General Krafft von, at Douai, 346

Demain, 300

Dendre, the, 263

Desserrey, Madame, and family, 76, 77, 115

Détaille, artist, 63, 159

Deutschland in Waffen, 78

Diaries, soldiers’, 90, 376

Dinant, 60, 207

destruction of, 244

Dixmude, 297

Döberitz, 309

author visits, 382–386

Donchery, 137

Donck, 260

Dorpfeld, 297

Douai, author visits, 310, 344–348

Douchy, 300, 333

Dreger, Captain, in Brussels, 214, 231

in Antwerp, 235

Dresden, 186

Dryhoek, 260

Duffel, 218, 298

Dug-outs, German, 75, 175, 180, 199, 322

Dun, author’s day at, 104–116

Germans in, 61, 66, 75, 81

Dunkerque, 265, 271, 275, 284

Düsseldorf, 335

Eastbourne, 284

Eastern front, length of the, 186

East Prussia, German victories in, 200

Eckeren, 260

Eclisfontaine, the author visits, 80–103

Eclo, 264

Eichstedt, Count von, at Vouziers, 158, 161, 169, 196

Eiffel, 172

Eisenach, 27

Eiserne Hand, the, 30

Eitel Friedrich, Prince, at the front, 326

Elbe, the, 20

Elert, Major, 245, 258

Elizabeth Sisters, the, 189

Eller, 35

Ems, the author at, 31–34

Engineers, their work in the Argonne, 188

England, author’s sorrow for, vi, 192

German hatred of, vi, 24, 29, 159, 360

her army and navy. See British

her care for the Belgian refugees, 225, 247, 284

her newspaper press, xv, 17, 31, 55, 354, 380 note, 386

her relations with Russia, 248, 383–385

her rule in India, 352, 384

her supposed hatred of Germany, vi, 187, 270, 344

her supposed hysteria, 271

policy of, vi, 210, 212, 213, 230, 270, 284, 355

English prisoners of war, 33, 47

at Antwerp, 257

at Döberitz, 382–386

at Kruiseik, 359–361

at Namur, 210

at Roubaix, 348–351, 358

Eppeghem, 234

Erfurt, 27

Esschem, 254

Essen, Elizabeth sisters of, 189

Faidherbe, statue of, 317, 340, 341

Falkenhausen army, the, 371, 372

Falkenhayn, Lieut.-Gen. von, 168

at Douai, 346

in Brussels, 232

in Luxemburg, 48

Fifth Army, the German, 57, 60, 61, 64, 74, 75, 113, 188

Figaro, Le, 380 note

Finnish armies, 29

Fischer, Colonel, at the front, 175, 178

Flanders, Anglo-Belgian Army in, 271

Counts of, 264

Flushing, 252

Fock. See Wilamovitz

Folkestone, 284

Forrières, 203

Fournaise, Madame, 138

Fourth Army, German, author follows, 145–181

its lines of communication, 140–144

Franco-Prussian War, 1870, Germany’s development after, 10, 34

incidents of, 136–139, 215, 302, 340, 378

Franctireurs, at Louvain, 240

German treatment of, 56–59, 75, 135, 169, 202, 203, 208

Frankfurt-on-Main, 29, 135

French Army, artillery, 70–74, 86, 167, 177, 189

aviation service, 36, 70, 148, 162, 165–167, 173, 179, 181, 312, 316, 328, 330, 343, 359, 363–366

constitution of, 17

foreign troops in, 17, 163, 187, 250, 343

German tributes to, 24, 65, 111, 178, 198, 303, 327

its mobilisation, 120

its use of wooded country, 58, 188

its vigilance and spy system, 321, 325, 327–330

Medical Service, 157, 158

respects the Red Cross, 180

uniform of, 41

French people, the author’s affection for, and sympathy with, 139, 184, 192

their hatred of Germany, 187

the Kaiser’s sympathy and respect for, 53, 54

under the German occupation, 183–186

French prisoners of war, author visits, 70, 98, 109, 111, 150, 171, 187

author visits the wounded, 31–33, 35, 38–41, 89–91, 101, 133

construct a railway, 60

in Belgium, 295, 302, 366

in Germany, 47

their dejection, 89, 110, 112, 117, 288

their diaries, 90

Fretzdorff, Colonel, at Dun, 111

Friederich, Major Hans, 205, 210 Major-General, in Ghent, 264

Fröhlich, Dr., author travels with, 200–202

Fuchs, Lieutenant, 196, 198

Fulda, 28

Funerals, German military, 31

Furnes, 275

Gambetta, General, 340

Geibel, Emanuel, quoted, 79

Gelnhausen, 28

Gembloux, 211

Geneva conventions, 158

Gerhard, Paul, 335

German Army, aerial service, 44, 117, 166, 171, 173, 176, 344, 357, 364–366; see also Taube

admiration of the French, 303

ammunition of, 67, 161, 288

artillery, 71–73, 85–87, 109, 167, 174, 205, 271, 280, 311, 373–375

base hospitals, 115

cavalry corps, 82, 150

chaplains, 192–194, 199, 333, 335, 343, 375

commissariat arrangements, 133, 147, 148, 183, 276

consideration for civilians, 160, 170, 184–186, 208, 246, 255, 329, 330; see also Franctireurs

despatch riders, 149

discipline, xv, 170, 195, 223, 367

equipment of, 66

Field Gendarmes, 145

field hospitals and Medical Service, 37–42, 74, 98, 133, 148, 150, 152–158, 162–165, 200, 210, 241, 257, 290–293, 366

Field postal service, 145, 195–198

Field Telegraph Battalion, 17, 59

Field Telephone Service, 72, 84, 174–176, 178

Headquarters at Luxemburg, 14, 45, 48–50, 115

lines of communication, 140–144, 155, 168, 182

loyalty of, 123

methods of observation, 85, 93, 178, 330, 377

mobilisation of, 44, 172

pay-day in, 195

reinforcements, 66, 69, 74, 148, 163, 180

Service Corps, 66

supposed superiority of, 168, 187, 217

systematic organisation of, 17, 21, 111, 136, 140, 157

transport columns, 67, 71, 75, 80, 108, 118, 162

German treatment of prisoners, 31, 348, 382–386

trenches, 75, 177

wounded of, 88, 133, 151–158, 290

German atrocities denied, 11, 17, 55, 56

culture, war on, vii, 191, 231 note, 250, 270, 350

hatred of England, vi, 24, 29

imperturbability, 113, 174, 318

letters from the front, 24, 197

militarism, 355, 360, 383

German Navy, its losses, 268–270

power of the, 50, 53, 78, 242, 386

German Press, honesty of the, 318

prisoners in France, 33 note, 158, 180

railway system, 22, 46, 118, 126, 129, 130, 172, 182, 202

German Red Cross, the, 28, 30, 35, 36

Countess von Moltke works for, 45

its work in Luxemburg, 47, 48, 124

its work on the battlefields, 40, 83, 93, 102, 153, 180

nurses, 203

German schools continue work, 41

social democrats, 30, 376

unity of feeling, 9, 11, 34, 36, 96, 123, 143, 169, 192, 288, 335, 376, 386

victory, confidence of, vi, 34, 36, 79, 95, 96, 114, 192, 239, 242, 270, 289, 309, 373, 386

German South-West Africa, 375

Germany, captures the world’s trade, 257

its preparations for war, 50, 95

Ghent, 285;

author in, 294, 295

fall of, 243, 263

Germans in, 222, 224, 227, 230, 235, 238, 263

Ghistelles, 264, 295

Ghurkas, the, 163, 250, 352

Givet, 60

Gleiwitz, 107

Godfrey the Crusader, 132

Goër, Madame, 316

Goethe, genius of, 26, 250

Goltz, Baron von der, in Brussels, 214–216, 232, 296, 298, 306

Gontard, Lieut.-Gen. von, in Luxemburg, 50, 53, 123

Göppert, Councillor, 348

Gossler, General von, at Dannevoux, 69

Göteborgs Handels, 231 note

Gotha, 27

Göttingen, 316

Goumont, Château de, 212

Gräfenhainischen, 22

Grandpré, 149, 166

Graves, soldiers’, 107, 149, 170, 181, 234, 241, 257, 323, 337, 358, 369

Greifswald, 4

Greiner, Hans, 170

Grevenmacher, 44

Gross, Lieut.-Colonel, commands the Field Telegraph Battalion, 17

Grünewald, 335

Grupont, 202

Guadeloupe, 340

Guildhall War Meeting, 354

Gustaf, King of Sweden, 4

Gustavus Adolphus, in Germany, 21, 22, 24, 27, 29, 54, 191

Gwalior, 62

Gwinner, Hans von, acts as chauffeur, 56–61

Gyldén, Professor, 316

Haaf, Captain, 203

Haak, Lieutenant, in Ostend, 268, 277, 283, 286, 287

Haeseler, Count von, at the front, 85, 92, 97, 306

Hague Conventions, the, 158

Hahnke, Lieutenant-Colonel, 45

Hal, 299

Halle, author at, 22–24

Halske and Siemens, Messrs., 242, 299, 376

Hamburg, 292, 351

Hamelincourt, 319, 342

Hamilton, Count Gilbert, 386

Hamipré, 127

Hanau, 28

Hatrival, 202

Havre, Le, 284

Hayek, Professor Hans von, 348

Heidelberg, author in, 378

Heligoland, 268

Helmholtz, 250

Henry of Prussia, Prince, 48

Herat, 384

Heymann, 62

Heyn, Major, in Sedan, 135

Heyst op den Berg, 218

Hildebrand, Professor, 316

Hildesheim, 189

Hindenburg, Field-Marshal von, victories of, 6, 303, 344, 355, 380 note

Lieut. von, 165

Hirschberg, General von, at Namur, 205, 209

Hirson, 368

Hogne, 204

Hogue, loss of H.M.S., 113

Hohenlohe, Prince, 144

Hohenzollern, Prince Friedrich of, at the front, 307, 309

race, the, shed their blood for Germany, 124

Hoiningen, Baron von, 243

Holland, Belgian refugees in, 225, 246, 254, 259–261

Hollen, Rittmeister von, 342

Hollweg, Herr von Bethmann, in Luxemburg, 48, 124

visits Antwerp, 245

Hongkong, 214

Houyet, 203

Huisne, the, 122

Hünfeld in Hesse, 28

Hussars, German, 233

Hütten, Lieut. Doctor, visits Antwerp, 219, 221, 233, 235, 252

visits Louvain, 239

Idar, 62

Identification discs, 105, 165

Igel, 44

Ilberg, Dr., in Luxemburg, 51

Ilm, the, 25

Ilse, General, 168

India, Crown Prince in, 62

English rule in, 352–354

Lord Curzon, Viceroy of, 242, 384

Indian prisoners of war, 351

troops, the, 39, 351–354

Iron Crosses, the, 42, 326, 358

awarded to Lt.-Col. Schaubode, 258

bestowed by the Crown Prince, 61, 62, 80

chaplains earn, 193

shape used as tombstone, 107

Isolani, in Germany, 24

Ivangorod, 318

Jade Bight, 268

Jagow, Herr von, Foreign Minister, at Headquarters, 14, 48

Jakobson, Captain, 294

Japan, its relations with Russia, 248, 350, 384

Japanese occupy Tsingtau, 160

Jemelle, 201, 203

Jesuits at Vouziers, 187

Joachim, Prince, is wounded, 123

Joan of Arc, statue of, 311, 333, 348

statuette of, 106

Joffre, General, German admiration of, 303

Johannes, Lieutenant, 181

Journal des Débats, 380 note

Jung, General, 295

Jüterbog, 302

Kabylia, 340

Kamerun, 363

Kapellen, 136

Karlsruhe, 243, 380

Kashmir, 28, 62, 351

Kaufmann, Captain, 377

Kemnitz, Colonel von, 140

Kes, Dr. Walter, 219, 230

Khorasan, 384

Kilima Njaro, Mount, 114

Kioto, 202

Kipling, Rudyard, author quotes, 289, 308, 353, 356

Kirchhoff, Professor, 23

Kirn, 172

Kitchener, Earl, Crown Prince on, 62

Klefberg, Dr., 234 note

Kleinbettingen, 126

Kobe, 257

Koch, Frau Martha, her Red Cross work, 214, 215, 239

Kodak, author’s Eastman, 123

Kollmann, Lieutenant, 182

Kondratenko, General, 205

Königsberg, troops from, 200

Korte, private, 290

Kösen, 25

Kreidel, Privy Councillor, at Brussels, 243

Kreuznach, 172

Kriebel, Captain, 372

Kroeber, Dr. Hans, 26

Kruiseik, author visits, 358–361

Krum, Rittmeister von, acts as the author’s chauffeur, 15–55

Krupp’s factory, engineers from, 294

workmen at Namur, 206

42-cm. mortars, 214

Kübler, Doctor, in Ostend, 268, 275, 277, 281, 289, 294

Kummer, Herr, 315

Kuropatkin, General, 384

Kutch Behar, 62

La Chiers, 60, 117, 119

La Dormoise, 166

La Ferté, letter from, 35

Lahn, the, 31, 34

La Hulpe, 211

La Lys Canal, 357

Lamprecht, Captain, 258

Landsturm, German, at Vouziers, 169

drill the volunteers, 243

characteristics, 5

guards the railways, 22, 126, 129, 203

in Bapaume, 317, 333, 343

march-past of, 149, 222

Landwehr, German, 162, 176, 222, 264

Langen Schwalbach, 30

Lavaux, 127

Lawrence, Sir Walter, 242

Le Cateau, author visits, 368

Le Chesne, 146, 182

Leclerc, Alfred, 165

Leffinghe, 271

Leipzig, 115

battle of, 21

Leman, General, at Liège, 206

Le Mans, 121

Lemberg, battle of, 7

Lengagne, Mesdemoiselles, 302, 344, 367

Le Nouvion, 368

Leo XIII., Pope, 334

Lepsius, Doctor, 205, 210

Lewenhaupt, Count, 173

Libramont, 128, 200–202

Liebesgaben for German troops, 74, 186

Liebrecht, 64

Liège, Krupp’s men at, 206

siege of, 61, 206

Lierre, 218, 298

Lille, author visits, 309–311, 315

author visits, 348, 351

Linder, Fru, 380

Linselles, 357

Liny, 67

Lippe, Doctor, 282, 289

Livland wars, the, 29

Lomme, 311

London, refugees in, 285

Guildhall meeting, 354

London, Jack, his dogs, 22

Longlaville, 57

Longlier, 127

Longuyon, author visits, 59, 119, 129, 369

Longwy, bombardment of, 48, 57, 119–122

Looting, instances of, 170, 195, 223, 367

Lopnor, sea of, 244

Lorraine, the author in, 57

Louis XIV., King, 121

Louis XVI. at Varennes, 93

Lou-lan, 121, 244

Louvain, author visits, 239, 240

destruction of, 55, 240, 244

Löwenstein, Prince, at Douai, 346

Lübke, Captain, escorts the author, 347, 348, 357

Ludwigshafen, 378

Luise, Dowager Grand Duchess, in Karlsruhe, 380

Lumm, Councillor von, 297

Lunéville, 56

Luther, 250

at Wittenberg, 20, 21

Lützen, 24, 27

Luxemburg, author at, 36, 44–56

German Headquarters in, 48–50, 122–124

prisoners in, 40

treatment of wounded in, 47, 48

Grand Duchess of, 45

Lwow. See Lemberg

Machenhauer, Lieut.-Col., 88

MacMahon, Marshal, at Sedan, 146

Madras, 351

Magdeburgische Zeitung, author on the Kaiser in, 49

Main, the, 28

Malancourt, 73

Malines, 218, 234, 263;

author visits, 220, 221, 230, 234, 240, 245, 297, 298

Maltzahn, Baron von, 61

injured in a motor accident, 114, 115, 382

Mamer, 126

Manchuria, war in, 11

Mannheim, 378

Brewery, 136

Manuel of Portugal, ex-King, 307

Marche-les-Dames, 208

Margaret of Austria, statue of, 221

Marguth, Pastor, 191, 199

Mariakerke, author at, 286, 287

Marines, German, at Antwerp, 233–235, 241, 251, 257

at Ostend, 276

Marksuhl, 28

Marloie, 203

Marne, the, 152

Battle of the, vi

Marschall, Lieut.-Gen. von, at Douai, 346

in Luxemburg, 51

Marseilles, 70

Mars-la-Tour, 146

Martha, Sister (Frau Koch), 239, 257

Marville, 59, 119, 368

Massebus, Lieutenant, in Brussels, 214

Matthiasz, Major, accompanies the author under fire, 64, 68, 70–73, 80, 84, 97

Maubeuge, 286

Max, Prince of Württemberg, 168

Mayence Ammunition Park Depot, 125

Elector of, 29

Mecklenburg, Duke Adolf Friedrich of, as a chauffeur, 367–370

at Brussels and Bapaume, 296, 301, 306–320, 332, 344, 362, 367, 371, 372

at Douai, 346

at Roubaix, 350

Meiningen, Duke Georg of, 297

Meinze, Herr, 35

Melle, 263

Memel, 125

Menin, 358

Merseburg, 23, 24

Merwart, 202

Merxem, 259

Messempré-Messincourt, 132

Metz, 44, 56

author visits, 367, 376, 378

fortifications of, 217

Meuse, the, 60, 67, 105, 207

Mézières, 368

Middelkerke, 186, 285

artillery at, 265, 271, 275, 283

author at, 271–273, 275

Militarism, German, 356, 357

Mine-field off the Belgian coast, 293

Miraumont, sports at, 362

Mohammed Isa, 351

Moltke, Colonel-General von, in Luxemburg, 45, 55, 122

Chief of the General Staff, smooths the author’s road, 14, 45, 56, 76, 116, 144, 248, 379

Countess von, in Luxemburg, 45, 47, 55

General von, at Donchery, 1870, 137

Mönch, Commander, 289

Monchy-au-Bois, trenches at, 320–331

Mons, author at, 299

Montblainville, 94

Montenegrin troops, the, 354, 355

Montmédy, 60, 105, 118, 129

Mont St. Jean, 211, 212

Moroccan troops, 39

Moscow, 190

Moselle, the, 34–36, 44

Mudra, General von, at the front, 85, 92, 97

Mulde, 22

Müller, Admiral von, in Luxemburg, 51, 53, 122

Colonel, in Antwerp, 245, 258

Lieutenant, 196, 198

Major von, 62, 187

Münch, Franz Xaver, chaplain, 335–340, 366

Munich, 345

Mutius, Colonel von, in Luxemburg, 51

Namur, 60

author visits, 199, 201–210

Nancy, 104

Naninnes, 204

Napoleon I., at Leipzig, 21

at Waterloo, 211, 212

picture of, 138

bust of, 159

Napoleon III., Emperor, capitulation of, 136–139

Narbonne, 171, 172

Narva, 191

Nassau, 30

Naumburg, 24

Nethe, Major, 299

the, 218, 223, 242

Neufchâteau, 127

Neuville, artist, 63

Newcastle Chronicle, the, 380 note

New Guinea, 32

New Zealand, troops from, 250

Ney, Marshal, 211

Nicolai, Major, in Luxemburg, 122

Nieuport, 239, 265, 271, 275

Allies in, 272, 273

bombardment of, 284

Nietzsche, xvi

Nobel prize winners, 355

Noërs, 59, 368

Norway, William II. in, 50

Novoye Vremya, 384

Oetinger, General von, 380

Ohain, 212

Okuniev, 168

Oldershausen, Colonel von, 358

Omdurman, 62

Ooms, Karel, widow of, 227

Oskar, Prince, illness of, 123, 124

Ostend, author visits, 263–294

bombardment of, 268–283, 317, 346

Ostend, Churchill in, 255

Germans in, 243, 263, 265, 285, 289

Osterith, Mrs., 258

Overyssche, 211

Pappenheim in Germany, 24

Paris, fortifications of, 217

Parsohen, Captain, 170

Pasteur, statue of, 311, 348

Pawel, Lieut.-Gen. von, 362

Peene, the, 5

Peihmann, Baron von, 372

Pekin, 375

Pelkmann, General von, 370

Penang, 214

Peronne, 302

Persia and the Persian Question, Curzon’s, 384 note

Perthes, 179

Justus, 27

Peter the Great, Tsar, 146

Petri, Harald, Swedish Consul in Antwerp, 253–255, 259, 260, 263, 265

Petrograd, Poincaré in, 50

Pfeil, Count von, at the front, 85, 90

Photography, author’s, 123, 165, 210, 235, 317

Pius IX., Pope, 334

Pius X., Pope, 223

Planchenois, 212

Planitz, Major von der, 62

Plato, Major von, at Sedan, 132–135, 199, 200

Pless, Prince, in Luxemburg, 51

Plessen, Col.-Gen. von, at Douai, 346

in Luxemburg, 51, 123

Plettenberg, General von, 306, 316

Poincaré, President, at Petrograd, 50

Poland, Germans in, 344, 355

Polish roads, 16, 18

Pomerania, 5

Pompeii, destruction of, 121

Port Arthur, siege of, 205

Portuguese troops, the, 354–356

Posen, author in, 295

Potsdam, 35

author at, 19

Pousette, Herr, 239

Prenzlau, 5

Press, honesty of the German, 318, 355

methods of the English, 354–356

Prisoners of war, dismal fate of, 89

German, treatment of, 31–33, 40, 89–91; see also under British, French, etc.

Prussian-Hessian State Railways, 125

Przemysl, 318

Putten, 254, 260

Quaterecht, 263

Quesnoy, 313, 371

Quiévrain, 300

Rambaldi, Lieut. Count, 176

Rath, Colonel von, at Dannevoux, 70

Rathgen, General, at Namur, 209

Rawalpindi, 28

Rechberg, Adjutant, 91

Rehnsköld, Field-Marshal Count, 24

Reichard, Dr., 320

Reichenau, von, German Minister in Stockholm, 13

Reischach, Baron von, in Luxemburg, 123

Rennenkampf, General, 303

Requisitions, German, 133, 147, 183, 184

Rheims, 146

bombardment of, 129, 200, 239

Germans in, 307, 315

Rhine, the, 34

Richthofen, Professor, 233

Rixingen, 372

Rodingen, 57

Romagne, Germans in, 74, 81, 83, 98–103, 104, 109

Romans at Igel, the, 44

Röntgen, 250

Rosebery, Lord, quoted, xvi

Rosendaal, 254

Rossignol, battle at, 32, 38, 187

Roubaix, English prisoners in 348–351

Roumania, King of, 307

Rouvroy, 147

Rubens, P. P., his house, 258

pictures of, 249

statue of, 250

Rügen, 4

Rupprecht, Crown Prince, of Bavaria, at the front, 344–347, 357

Russia, effect of victory for, 304, 354

its relations with England, 159, 248, 384

Russian Army, its advance on Berlin, 284, 303

possible depression of, 309

prisoners of war, 382

roads, 16

Russo-Japanese War, the, 11, 248

Saale, the, 24, 25

Saarbrücken, 44, 378

Salvius, Adler, 29

Sambre, the, 207

Sans Souci, 352

Sarthe, the, 122

Sassnitz, 4, 386

Sauer, the, 44

Sautier, Frau, 380

Savolaks, 29

Saxony, King of, 298, 373

Schaubode, Lieut.-Col., in Antwerp, 258

Scheerenberg, Lieut.-Col., in Brussels, 231

Scheldt, the, 224, 227, 236, 255

Schiller, 339

Schleswig-Holstein, Duke Ernst Günther of, 297

Schlüchtern, 28

Schlüter, Captain, 362

Schmidt, soldier, 64

Schmidt von Knobelsdorff, Lieut.-Gen., 62–64

Schoelvinck, Herr, 307

Scholander, Sven, 308

Schönfelder, Dr., at Ostend, 268, 282, 284, 288–290

Schröder, Admiral von, at Antwerp, 245

at Middelkerke, 275

at Ostend, 278

Schulenburg, Count von der, 342

Schumann, 159

Séchault, 146, 161

Seckendorff, Baron von, controls the Fourth Army, 140–145, 196

Secundinius Aventinus, 44

Sedan, author visits, 122, 125–144, 182–186, 196, 200, 204, 368

memories of 1870 in, 60, 134–136, 146

Semois, the, 130

Senegal, 340

Senegalese troops, the, 39, 250

Senegambia, 355

Septsarges, 64–71

Serajevo, assassination of the Archduke at, 50

Serbian troops, the, 354, 355

Sevron, 168

Shanghai, 214

Shaw, G. B., quoted, 354

Sick, Professor, 115

Simla, 353

Singapore, 214

Siemens, Herr K. F. von, 242, 299–301, 376

Skobeleff, General, 384

Slype, 271

Social democrats, German, 376

Soden, General von, 362

Soignies, 299

Somme Py, 147, 173, 181

Souain, burning of, 174, 177, 179, 180

Spy, profession of the, 23, 167, 327–330

Stålhandske, 29

Standard, The, 367 note

St. André, 103, 313

Stecho, Doctor, in Brussels, 231

Steffen, Professor Gustaf F., on Antwerp, 231 note

quoted, 352, 354, 367 note

Steglitz, 219

Stenay, 60, 97, 102, 117, 119

Sterpenich, 126

St. Étienne, 119

Stettin, 219

St. Francis, Day of, 189–194

St. Hubertus, Day of, 362

St. Kilian, statue of, 223

Stockholm, 3, 33, 44, 123, 248, 380, 386

German Minister in, 13

Poincaré in, 50

St. Privat, 370

Stralsund, 4

Stralsund, cruiser, 269

Strassburg, von Wedel, governor of, 9

Strauss, Richard, 159

St. Vincent, Sisters of, 189

Suhlmann, Captain, 97, 102

Sweden, danger from Russia to, 304, 384

its military attachés in Germany, 12

Landsturm of, 3

Swedish Army in Germany, vi, 21, 22, 24, 27, 29, 54, 146

its lines of communication, 141, 162

Consul in Antwerp, 253–255, 259

granite in Belgium, 263

letter of credit, author’s, 122, 239

Tacitus on the Germans, 20

Tägert, Captain, at Ostend, 266, 271, 278, 294

Tahure, 181

Taine, statue of, 194

Takla-makan, 202

Tannay, 146

Tannenberg, 7

Tappen, Colonel, at Douai, 346

Tasmania, s.s., 238

Taubes, German, author inspects, 44, 171, 275

damaged by French, 330

over Ostend, 280

Taube, Count, Swedish Minister in Berlin, 9

Tauchnitz, Baron von, in Metz, 370, 372

Taunus, the, 30

Telephone Service, Army, 328–330

Tellancourt, 119

Termonde, 252, 285

Tetanus, cases of, 152, 210

Tête de Flandre, Germans at, 236, 237

Tettenborn, Lieut.-Gen. von, 373, 377

Theft, German punishment of, 170, 195, 223, 367

Thiébaut, M., of Nancy. 104

Thüringer, Wald, the, 27

Tibet, the author in, 53, 62, 190, 248, 351

Times, The, quoted, 231 note, 367

Tirpitz, Admiral von, 50

in Brussels, 242

Togoland, German Governor of, 296

Trade, Germany captures the world’s, 257, 270

Treis, 35

Treitschke, xvi

Trelleborg, 3

Trenches, life in the, 75, 177, 188, 320–327

Treutler, Herr von, in Antwerp, 245

in Luxemburg, 51

Trèves, 145

the author at, 36–44

Trèves Gazette, 130

Trutz, Captain, 301

Tschammer, Baron von, at Vouziers, 158, 169, 196

Tsingtau, fall of, 79, 160

Tuaregs, the, 39

Tubize, 299

Turcos, the, 354

Turenne, statue of, 139, 185, 368

Turkey, von der Goltz in, 215

Turkish fleet, the, 344

Uhlans of the Guard, the, 17, 35, 74, 93, 112

in Belgium, 224, 230, 233, 236

Ukraine, 191

Vabitj, 191

Vacha, 28

Valenciennes, 300

Vandervelde, M., at Ostend, 285

Van Dyck, birthplace of, 235

pictures by, 220

Varennes, 107, 146

engagement at, 84–103, 113

Vauban, memorials at Longwy, 119, 121

Vauquois, 94

Vélu, château of, 316

Venduyne, 288

Verdun, fortress of, 46, 61, 65, 105, 127, 200, 239

Verhaghen, pictures by, 220

Verlinghem, 313

Vernier, Madame du, 64, 103, 115

Verrier, Lieutenant, 31–33, 38

Very, 94

Vienna, the author in, 9

Vilosnes, 68

Vionville, 146

Visby, 248

Vitry, battle of, 48

Voort, van der, carving by, 249, 250

Vosges, the, 239

Vouziers, the author at, 142, 144–146, 150, 169, 173, 182, 186–196, 200

Wacht am Rhein, Die, 235, 341

Wachtmeister, Count, 367

Waelhem, 221, 225, 230

Wagner, Richard, 159

Waldemar, Prince, in Brussels, 231

in Luxemburg, 48, 122

War and Culture, Steffen’s, 231, 352, 354, 367 note

War, its psychology, 11

of 1870, Franco-Prussian, 10, 34, 57, 136–139, 146

of 1914–15, probable outcome of, 10

Russo-Japanese, 11

Warsaw, 168

Wartha, the, 79

Wasserbillig, 44

Waterloo, the author at, 210–214

Wavre, 297

Wedel, Prince von, 9

Weddigen, sinks the Cressy, Aboukir and Hogue, 113, 129

Wegener, Professor Georg, 233

Weimar, 125

author in, 26

Weller, Major von, 299

Wellington, 1st Duke of, at Waterloo, 211, 212, 230

on Antwerp, 270

Werder, General von, 272

Anton von, his pictures of the capitulation of 1870, 137, 138, 158

Werra, the, 28

Wervicq, 357

Wessling, Swedish officer, 146

Western front, length of the, 186, 239, 289

Widenmann, Professor, 62, 114

Wiesbaden, 30

Wilamovitz, Countess, 17

William I., King of Prussia, at Ems, 31–34

at Sedan, 136

statue of, 34

William II., Kaiser, at Douai, 345–347

author’s interviews with, in Luxemburg, 49–54, 123

creates a Navy, 50, 53, 242

grants the author leave to visit the front, 46

his efforts to avert war, 24, 49, 53, 192, 336

his health, 54

his jubilee, 49

his piety, 53

in Metz, 370

visits French prisoners, 32

William III., of England, King, 213

Wimpffen, General, at Donchery, 1870, 137

Winckler, Lieut.-Gen. von, 319, 323, 327

Wine, Germans do not practise abstinence from, 147, 183

Wittenberg, 20

Wittisch, Lieut.-Col., 272, 273

Wittlich, 36

Woevre, 211

Wounded, uniform treatment of, 35, 38–42, 47, 48, 69, 98–102, 133, 151–158, 257, 291

Württemberg, 15, 19

Duke Albrecht of, victory of, 127;

author meets, 165, 168

Landwehr, 74

troops, 93, 127, 196

Xivry, 369

Ypres, xv, 79, 317, 357

English prisoners from, 359–361

Yser Canal, the, 271, 284

fighting on, 290, 295, 317

Zeppelins over Antwerp, 251

Zimmermann, Herr von, Under Secretary of State, 14

Zinsser, Dr., at Vouziers, 150–152, 186

Zobeltitz, Lieut. von, 62

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