INDEX
G. C. (Graeme Chamley) Wynne translation
Albert of Würtemburg, Duke, 6;
see also Army, Fourth.
Antwerp: value of, to Entente, 3;
capture of, 5;
retreat from, 7 (note).
Army, Fourth (German): formation of, 6;
advance of, through Belgium, 19;
dispositions on 20th Oct., 20;
task of, 25, 27;
attack on 3rd Nov., 98;
attack on 10th Nov., 104;
order of battle of, 131.
---- Sixth (German): position of right wing of, 7;
failure of attacks of, 25;
attack on 11th Nov., 112.
Army Group Fabeck: constitution of, 60;
plan for, 60;
assembly of, 63;
artillery of, 63;
attack on 30th Oct., 67;
attack on 31st Oct., 73;
alteration of plan,91;
reinforcement of, 92;
offensive on 11th Nov. of, 111;
order of battle of, 132.
---- —— Linsingen: composition of, 103;
task of, 103;
offensive of, 111;
order of battle of, 133.
Army Headquarters (German), meetings at, 25, 26.
Becelaere: Anglo-French counter-attacks at, 55;
XXVII Res. Corps takes, 41.
Belgian population, patriotism of, 100.
---- force, strength of, 12 (note).
Beseler, General von, 5;
see also Corps, III Reserve.
British Fleet, co-operation of, 22 and note, 51 and note, 28 (note), 125.
British force, strength of, 12 (note).
Calais: concentration about, 6;
German objective, 11.
Cavalry, Army (German): objective of, 3;
relief of, near Lille, 64.
Cavalry, Fourth (German) Army, composition of, xvii (note).
---- Sixth (German) Army: composition of, 56, 57;
capture Kruiseik, 57.
Corps (German), III Reserve: captures Antwerp, 5;
screens Fourth Army, 19;
crosses the Yser, 30.
---- —— XV: attack on Zandvoorde, 63;
attack and capture of Gheluvelt, 72;
captures Hill 60, 119.
---- —— XIX, captures Lille, 7.
---- —— XXII Res.-XXVII Res.: formation of, 4;
transport of, 5.
---- —— XXII Res., attacks on Dixmude, 31, 53.
---- —— XXIII Res.: attack on Houthulst Forest, 34;
attack on Langemarck, 99.
---- —— XXVI Res., takes Passchendaele, 40.
---- —— XXVII Res., takes Becelaere, 41.
---- —— II Bavarian, dispositions of, 64.
---- (French) II, arrival of, 62, 64.
---- —— IX, arrival of, 41, 62, 64.
Deimling, General von, wounded,73;
see Corps (German), XV.
Dixmude: topographical, 15;
attack by French Marine division on, 45;
capture of, 108.
Eastern Front, German units leave for, 125.
Emperor, German: proclamation to Fourth Army, 27;
watches attack on Gheluvelt, 73.
Fabeck, General von, see Army Group Fabeck.
French force, strength of, 12 (note).
Gerok, General von, see Group Gerok.
Gheluvelt: attack on, 72;
capture of, 75;
British force holding, 72 (note).
Gloucestershire Regiment at Langemarck, 37 (note).
Group Gerok: formation of, 93;
order of battle of, 133.
---- Urach: formation of, 90;
attack on Wytschaete Park, 95.
Guard (German) Division (von Winckler): marches to Roubaix, 92;
attack of, 116.
Guards, British Life, cut up, 68 and note.
Kemmel, Mount, topography and importance of, 13, 68, 96, 123.
King’s Liverpool Regiment, counter-attack by, 118 and note 2.
Lille: value to Entente, 3;
capture of, 6.
Linsingen, General Baron von, see Army Group Linsingen.
Messines: importance of, 68;
attack on, 79;
British force holding, 80 (note).
Nieuport: topographical, 15;
attack on 11th Nov., 112.
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., counter-attack German Guard, 118 (note 2).
Plettenberg’s Corps, attack on 11th Nov., 111.
Urach, General von, see Group Urach.
Worcestershire Regiment, counter-attack at Gheluvelt, 75 and note 3.
Wytschaete: importance of, 68;
German attack on, 78;
Anglo-French counter-attack on, 79;
second German attack, 85;
third attack and capture of, 88;
capture of Park of, 123;
gallant defence by French troops, 87 (note).
Yorkshire L.I. retake Herenthage Château, 124 (note).
Ypres: topographical, 15;
historical, 14;
attack from the north against, 38;
attempt to break through south of, 59;
battle of, begins, 113.
Yser, canal: topographical, 16;
flooding the, 51;
crossed by III Res. Corps, 30.
Zandvoorde: importance of, 67;
capture of, 67.
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