INDEX

Adlam, Lieutenant, V.C., [272]

Air Service, [38], [39]

Albert, [66]

Alderson, General Sir Edwin, [21]

Allenby, General Sir Edmund, [11], [34]

Alsace, [3]

Ancre, battle of the: work of the Naval Division, [315-321]; capture of Beaumont Hamel, [320-322]; attack on Grandcourt, [324-326]

Anderson, Colonel, [326]

Arbuthnot, Rear-Admiral Sir Robert, [31]

Armenia, invasion of, by Russians, [3]

Arnim, General von, report on the battle of the Somme, [308]

Ash, Colonel, [246]

Asquith, Lieutenant Raymond, [169]

Asquith, Mr., [330]

Atkinson, Major, [211]

Babington, General, [117]

Bapaume, [66]

Bazentin-le-Grand, [144], [151-152]

Bazentin-le-Petit, [144], [145], [146-149]

Bean, Mr., Australian chronicler, quoted, [201], [202]

Beaucourt-sur-Ancre, [59], [60]

Beaumont Hamel, [46], [47], [52-56], [58], [86], [200], [280], [315], [320-322]

Bécourt, [67], [76]

Becquincourt, [100]

Bernard, Colonel, [62]

Bircham, Colonel, [161]

Bird wood, General Sir William, [190]

Blake, Captain, [284]

British front in France extended, [4], [11]

Brocklehurst, Captain, [183]

Brooke, Rupert, [169]

Brown, Major Hall, [121]

Brusiloff, General, [327]

Bucharest, fall of, [329]

Bukovina, [2], [3]

Bulgaria, joins the Central Powers, [2]; Greece surrenders the port of Kavala to, [329]

Burgh, Lieutenant de, V.C., [284]

Bussu, [100]

Byng, General Sir Julian, [21], [236]

Campbell, Captain (R.F.A.), [108]

Carden, Colonel, [126]

Carr, Colonel, [270]

Cavan, General Lord, [237], [251]

Churchill, Right Hon. W. S., [260]

Clark, Major, [140]

Coates, Major, [199]

Coleridge, Adjutant, [124]

Combles, [237], [256], [259], [281], [294], [295]

Congreve, General, V.C., [34], [86], [165]

Congreve, Brigade-Major, [177]

Constantine, King of Greece, [329]

Contalmaison, [72], [73], [80], [105], [116-124], [131-133]

Cornaby, Lieutenant, [269]

Courcelette, [204]

Craig, Colonel James, M.P., [62]

Curlu, [100]

Curtin, Mr., American journalist, quoted, [132]

Davidson, Captain, [62]

Dawson, Captain, [69]

Delvilie Wood, [145], [153], [155], [159], [165], [171-178], [180-183], [187], [207], [211-214], [218-223], [232], [233], [262]

Derby, Lord, [5], [95]

D'Eyncourt, Commander, R.N., [260]

Diggle, Major, [64]

Dompierre, [100]

Duck's Post, attack on, [11], [12]

East Africa, [3]

Eaucourt, [282], [283], [286]

Edwards, Private, V.C., [270]

Ellis, Colonel, [56]

Erzeroum captured by Russians, [3]

Falfemont, [207], [214], [224]

Falkenhayn, General, [329]

Fanshawe, General E. A., [311], [324]

Fay, [100]

Fayolle, General, [100]

Finch, Colonel, [110]

Flers, [236], [241], [243-247], [259], [261], [262], [282], [283]

Flower, Colonel, [128]

Foch, General, [11], [33], [84], [98], [99], [160]

Forsyth, Colonel, [203]

Franklin, Colonel, [53]

French, Lord, [5]

Freyberg, Commander, [319]

Fricourt, [76], [77-84], [85], [86], [99], [101], [104]

Frise, [100], [101]

Gaffikin, Captain, [62]

Galicia, [2]

Gallipoli, withdrawal of British troops from, [2]

Garvin, Captain Gerard, [169]

General survey, of affairs in winter 1915, [1-7]; of events in 1916, [326-332]

Gibbs, Mr. Philip, quoted, [228]

Gillson, Colonel, [136]

Ginchy, [159], [207], [214], [218], [221], [222-223], [224], [226], [230-231], [250], [251], [252]

Glasgow, Brigadier-General, [83]

Glatz Redoubt, the, [96]

Gommecourt, [39-45], [71], [86], [99]

Gordon, Colonel (Gordons), [168]

Gordon, Lieutenant (Borders), [64]

Gorizia, Italians take, [328]

Gough, General Sir Hubert, [106], [156], [161], [189], [194], [198], [202], [205], [207], [236], [238], [263], [264], [281], [310], [311], [322]

Grandcourt, [322], [324], [325]

Green, Colonel, [53]

Grenfell, Julian, [169]

Guedecourt, [288], [289]

Guillemont, [144], [156], [159], [178], [183-187], [207], [214-218], [223], [224], [226], [227-228], [231]

Haig, General Sir Douglas, [33], [36], [122], [160], [179], [261], [280], [289], [303], [308]

Hamp, Sergeant, [220]

Hankey, Captain Donald, [169]

Hardecourt, [100]

Hay, Colonel, [25]

Heath, Colonel, [108]

Hébuterne, [34], [46]

High Wood, [148], [150], [159], [163], [166-168], [170], [187], [207-213], [232-234], [236], [237], [240-241], [262]

Hohenzollern Redoubt, engagement near, [19]

Hole, Lieutenant, [73]

Hood, Rear-Admiral Hon. Horace, [31]

Hopkinson, Colonel, [53]

Horne, General Sir H., [34], [76], [122], [165], [236], [237], [242], [250]

Howell, Captain, [182]

Hudson, Major, [270]

Hunter-Weston, General Sir Aylmer, [34], [46], [55], [68]

Innes, Colonel, [53]

Ireland, rebellion in, [19]

Jacob, General, [236], [264], [279], [311], [324], [326]

Joffre, General, [33], [331]

Johnson, Colonel (Manchesters), [96]

Johnstone, Captain (Rifles), [211]

Johnstone, Lieutenant (Shropshires), [17]

Jones, Colonel, [137]

Jones, Sergeant, V.C. (King's Liverpool), [229]

Jones, Private, V.C. (Cheshires), [292]

Jutland, battle of, [31]

Kavala, Greek surrender of, to Bulgaria, [329]

Kiggell, General Sir L., [36]

Kitchener, Lord, [5], [331]

Kut, British force surrenders to Turks at, [2]

La Boiselle, [69-75], [76], [77], [86], [104], [105], [107-109]

Laidlaw, Colonel, [65]

Lambton, General, [53]

Landon, General, [150]

Ledwidge, Francis, [169]

Leipzig Redoubt, the, [63], [64], [65], [198]

Le Sars, [284], [285], [286]

Lesboeufs, [281], [291], [292]

Lister, Charles, [169]

Lloyd George, Mr., [331]

Longridge, Colonel, [210]

Longueval, [144], [145], [151], [153-155], [171-180], [213], [217]

Loos, [4], [17-19], [30]

Luard, Colonel, [17]

Lynch, Colonel, [78]

Lyon, Colonel, [212]

Machell, Colonel, [64]

Mack, Major, [252]

Mackensen, General, [329]

McNair, Lieutenant, V.C., [8]

Maddison, Colonel, [69]

Mametz, [76], [84-86], [88], [93], [96], [104]

Mametz Wood, [116], [118], [120], [121], [124-132], [134]

Maricourt, [95], [99]

Markes, Brigade-Major, [176]

Martinpuich, [204], [236], [237-240], [269]

Mason, Lieutenant, [267]

Maxse, General, [139], [272]

Mercer, General, [24]

Mesopotamia, British Expedition in, [2], [3]

Miall-Smith, Lieutenant (Royal Fusiliers), [269]

Military Service Bill, the, [6]

Mobbs, Colonel, [216]

Monastir reoccupied by the Serbian Army, [330]

Monro, General Sir Charles, [11]

Montauban, [84], [86-98], [99], [104]

Montenegro overrun by Central Powers, [2]

Moreaucourt, [100]

Morland, General Sir T., [34], [58]

Morval, [281], [291], [292], [293], [294]

Mumford, Captain, [136]

Murray, General Sir A., [328]

Murray, Lieutenant, [185]

Musker, Lieutenant, [186], [187]

Neville, Captain, [92]

Ord, Corporal, [220]

Ovillers, [58], [66], [105], [106], [107], [110-116], [197]

Palk, Colonel the Hon. C. W., [53]

Pears, Colonel, [113]

Phillpotts, General, [233]

Pierce, Colonel, [56]

Piggott, Colonel Royston, [108]

Plumer, General Sir Herbert, [11], [14]

Poland occupied by Central Powers, [2]

Pommiers Redoubt, the, [89], [90]

Portugal declares war against the Central Powers, [328]

Pozières, [144], [156], [159], [189-204], [231]

Price, Brigadier-General, [203]

Primrose, Captain Neil, [169]

Prowse, Brigadier-General, [52], [53]

Pulteney, General Sir W., [34], [58], [66], [74], [76], [236], [241]

Rawlinson, General Sir Henry, [11], [34], [106], [142], [189], [207], [214], [232], [236], [263], [322]

Regiments:

Artillery—

Royal Field Artillery, [93], [108]

Trench Mortar Battery, [269]

Honourable Artillery Company, [318], [319]

Cavalry—

7th Dragoon Guards, [150], [158]

20th Deccan Horse, [150], [158]

Lucknow and Sialkote Cavalry Brigades, [313]

Guards—

Coldstream, [252], [253], [254], [291], [292]

Grenadier, [252], [253], [291], [292]

Irish, [252], [253], [291]

Scots, [253], [254], [255]

Welsh, [291]

Infantry—

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, [153], [164], [175], [209], [238], [293], [321]

Bedford, [88], [89], [95], [137], [186], [187], [251], [255], [271], [273], [292], [318]

Berkshire, [70], [71], [89], [90], [109], [177], [182], [192], [193], [210], [233], [268], [274], [302], [315]

Black Watch, [153], [175], [210], [233], [234], [287], [321]

Border, [8], [64], [85], [106], [114], [117], [123], [147], [272], [275], [279]

Buffs (East Kent), [91], [92], [140], [216], [255], [273], [274], [291], [298]

Cameron Highlanders, [153], [162], [175], [233], [238]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), [70], [134], [164], [166], [167], [170], [238], [302], [303], [304]

Cheshire, [106], [107], [110], [115], [259], [276], [278], [292], [326]

Connaught Rangers, [227], [228], [229]

Devon, [70], [85], [147], [168], [223], [226], [293]

Dorset, [64], [83], [113], [115], [132], [272], [324]

Dublin Fusiliers, [19], [52], [231], [318]

Duke of Cornwall's, [221], [226], [250], [290], [299]

Durham Light Infantry, [49], [51], [77], [78], [80], [81], [221], [247], [250], [255], [284], [285], [289], [291], [292], [301]

East Lancashire, [49], [50], [51], [53], [74], [121], [302], [326]

East Surrey, [11], [12], [91], [92], [180], [215], [226], [273], [274], [293]

East Yorkshire, [77], [83], [121], [132], [151], [304], [305], [312], [313]

Essex, [52], [54], [89], [90], [109], [177], [196], [267], [268], [273]

Gloucester, [28], [108], [116], [156], [157], [162], [180], [192], [193], [197], [198], [211], [226], [233], [293], [325]

Gordon Highlanders, [10], [14], [84], [85], [149], [168], [174], [223], [314], [321]

Hampshire, [51], [53], [55], [244], [279], [280], [302]

Highland Light Infantry, [30], [63], [64], [65], [68], [113], [114], [150], [163], [170], [218], [237], [238], [323], [324]

Inniskilling Fusiliers, [18], [53], [56], [61], [64], [114]

King's Liverpool, [95], [96], [97], [98], [137], [151], [152], [164], [174], [179], [208], [220], [229], [234], [298], [304]

King's Own Royal Lancaster, [52]

King's Own Scottish Borderers, [134], [172], [238], [286], [292]

King's Royal Rifles, [170], [227], [244], [245], [248], [249], [290], [304]

Lancashire Fusiliers, [7], [8], [20], [53], [63], [64], [110], [113], [114], [118], [120], [272], [302]

Leicester, [146], [148], [255], [256], [288], [289]

Leinster, [215], [227]

Lincoln, [8], [10], [42], [70], [72], [77], [81], [82], [116], [117], [122], [275], [288], [302], [303], [304]

Liverpool, [136]

London Rifle Brigade, [43], [300]

London Scottish, [43], [44], [258], [299]

1st London, [259]

2nd London, [43], [259]

3rd London, [44], [300]

4th London, [43], [256], [299]

6th London, [241]

8th London, [259]

9th London (Queen Victoria Rifles), [43], [256], [300]

12th London (Rangers), [43], [258]

13th London (Kensington), [43]

15th London (Civil Service), [241]

15th London (Queen's Westminsters), [43]

Manchester, [65], [84], [85], [95], [96], [97], [113], [114], [120], [136], [137], [149], [178], [185], [186], [222], [323], [324] [326]

Middlesex, [43], [70], [77], [82], [88], [111], [112], [140], [142], [164], [168], [182], [207], [215], [218], [232], [246], [258], [269], [299], [304]

Munster Fusiliers, [156], [212], [230], [234]

Norfolk, [89], [90], [176], [180], [196], [267], [273], [292]

Northampton, [88], [89], [121], [140], [142], [161], [209], [210], [211], [215], [234], [269], [271]

North Lancashire, [20], [110], [146], [200], [210], [234], [278]

North Staffordshire, [41], [108], [325], [326]

Northumberland Fusiliers, [13], [63], [70], [72], [73], [74], [75], [113], [117], [118], [120], [148], [152], [179], [272], [285]

Oxford and Bucks, [192], [219], [220], [221], [227], [248], [249], [250], [298], [299]

Queen's (West Surrey), [84], [91], [93], [109], [139], [142], [150], [163], [170], [196], [218], [219], [221], [223], [233], [244], [246], [273]

Rifle Brigade, [8], [51], [52], [53], [213], [216], [227], [228], [248], [249], [290], [298], [302], [316], [319]

Rifles, [30], [162], [163], [182], [211], [218], [219], [220], [227], [228], [234], [248], [278], [279], [282], [290], [299], [315], [319], [320]

Royal Fusiliers, [13], [53], [54], [88], [89], [111], [164], [167], [170], [177], [182], [186], [196], [207], [209], [269], [270], [298], [304], [318], [319]

Royal Irish, [18], [86], [148], [149], [222], [227], [230]

Royal Irish Fusiliers, [53], [60], [230]

Royal Irish Rifles, [60], [61], [62], [71], [110], [230]

Royal Lancaster, [10], [14], [314]

Royal Scots, [72], [73], [74], [77], [80], [152], [172], [173], [178], [179], [238], [321]

Royal Scots Fusiliers, [13], [97], [136], [152], [172], [185], [186], [238]

Royal West Kent, [91], [92], [109], [139], [140], [142], [196]

Seaforth Highlanders, [52], [53], [153], [175], [285], [321]

Sherwood Foresters, [7], [8], [40], [42], [68], [117], [121], [251], [272], [278], [316]

Shropshire, [17], [151], [219], [248], [249], [250], [256], [290], [299]

Somerset Light Infantry, [51], [52], [53], [82], [221], [229], [250], [299]

South Lancashire, [106], [108], [114], [169], [202], [325]

South Staffordshire, [7], [8], [41], [84], [85], [116], [117], [123], [150], [221], [275]

South Wales Borderers, [53], [56], [121], [129], [130], [156], [157], [162], [212], [234]

Suffolk, [9], [10], [72], [74], [89], [92], [109], [164], [177], [178], [208], [252], [267], [268], [273], [274], [314]

Sussex, [8], [28], [30], [93], [111], [112], [162], [192], [194], [195], [209], [211], [215], [216], [232], [234], [266], [279]

Tyneside Irish (Northumberland Fusiliers), [72], [75]

Tyneside Scottish (Northumberland Fusiliers), [70], [72], [73], [75]

Warwick, [46], [49], [51], [52], [53], [85], [108], [115], [148], [149], [170], [192], [193], [197], [222], [302]

Welsh, [121], [124], [125], [126], [128], [129], [156], [162], [234]

Welsh Fusiliers, [10], [30], [86], [108], [118], [125], [126], [128], [129], [149], [167], [177], [221], [222], [292], [314]

West Riding, [10], [120], [203], [302]

West Yorkshire, [10], [13], [49], [50], [51], [70], [77], [83], [96], [151], [152], [179], [203], [255], [273], [274], [275], [292], [301]

Wiltshire, [108], [112], [136], [198]

Worcester, [55], [108], [112], [114], [120], [121], [163], [166], [169], [192], [218], [302]

York and Lancaster, [49], [50], [51], [68], [82], [255], [284], [293], [301]

Yorkshire, [81], [83], [117], [135], [178], [203], [275], [284], [285], [304]

Yorkshire Light Infantry, [68], [77], [78], [81], [82], [219], [221], [247], [250], [298], [323]

Royal Engineers, [92], [117], [149], [168], [183], [218], [220], [231], [245], [293]

Royal Naval Division, [315], [316], [317], [318], [319], [320]

Overseas Forces—

Australians, [116], [161], [187], [188], [189], [190], [191], [192], [193], [194], [195], [196], [197], [198], [199], [200], [201], [202], [203], [231], [305]

New Zealanders, [202], [234], [241], [242], [243], [244], [245], [287], [288], [289]

1st Canadians (Ontario), [278]

2nd Canadians, [14]

3rd Canadians (Toronto), [27]

7th Canadians (British Columbia), [26], [27], [278]

10th Canadians, [26]

13th Canadians (Royal Highlanders), [16], [27], [202]

14th Canadians (Montreal), [25]

15th Canadians (48th Highlanders), [25], [202]

16th Canadian Scottish, [16], [27]

22nd Canadians, [15], [204]

27th Canadians (Winnipeg), [15], [278]

29th Canadians (Vancouver), [15]

31st Canadians (Alberta), [15], [278]

49th Canadians, [22]

52nd Canadians (New Ontario), [25], [205]

60th Canadians (Montreal), [205]

60th Canadians (New Brunswick), [16]

60th Canadians (Nova Scotia), [16]

Princess Patricia's, [22], [24]

Royal Canadian Regiment, [22]

Canadian Mounted Rifles, [23]

Newfoundland Regiment, [46], [54], [55], [301]

South Africans, [137], [153], [155], [171], [172], [173], [175], [176], [286]

Richebourg, [28-30]

Rickets, Colonel, [128]

Ripley, Colonel, [271]

Robertson, General Sir William, [5], [308]

Rolls, Major, [186]

Romani, battle near, [328]

Roumania declares war against the Central Powers, [329]

Rushton, Lieutenant, [90]

Ryder, Private, V.C., [270]

St. Eloi, [12-16]

St. Pierre Divion, [316]

Salonica, [3]; operations round, [329]

Sarrail, General, [329], [330]

Sawyer, Major, V.C., [284]

Saye, Lieutenant, [90]

Schwaben Redoubt, the, [61], [263], [266], [268], [272-275], [276]

Serbia overrun by Central Powers, [2]

Serre, [46], [49-53], [86], [311], [313]

Shute, Major, [64]

Sinai peninsula, operations in, [328]

Smith, General Douglas, [227]

Smith, Colonel, [134]

Smuts, General Right Hon. Jan, [3]

Snow, General Sir T., [34], [39], [45]

Somerset, Lieutenant, [110]

Somme, battle of the: disposition of the British Armies, [34-36]; preparations preceding the battle, [36], [37]; German anticipation of Allied attack, [37]; work of the Royal Flying Corps, [38], [39]; attack of the Seventh and Eighth Corps at Gommecourt, Serre, and Beaumont Hamel, [39-56]; general failure of attack, [56]; attack of the Tenth and Third Corps at Beaucourt, Thiepval, Ovillers, and La Boiselle, fails, [58-75]; attack of the Fifteenth and Thirteenth Corps at Fricourt, Mametz, and Montauban, [76-101]; capture of Fricourt, [77-84]; of Mametz village, [84-86]; of Montauban, [86-98]; operations of the French Army, [98-100]; review of the first day's fighting, [100], [101]; its decisive importance, [101]; capture of La Boiselle, [107-109]; siege and reduction of Ovillers, [109-116]; operations at Contalmaison, [116-124], [131-133]; capture of Mametz Wood, [124-131]; capture of Trones Wood, [134-143]; assault on and capture of villages of Bazentin-le-Petit, [145-149]; and Bazentin-le-Grand, [151-153]; operations at Longueval, [153-155]; cavalry advance, [150], [157]; fighting at High Wood, [166-168]; South Africans in Delville Wood, [171-176]; capture of Delville Wood, [180-183]; capture of Longueval, [171-180]; operations before Guillemont, [183-187]; capture of Pozières village and ridge, [189-202]; advance towards Thiepval, [197-201]; capture of Courcelette, [204]; further fighting at High Wood, [207-213], [231-234]; operations on fringe of Delville Wood, [212-213], [218-223], [231-234]; attack on and capture of Guillemont, [214], [217], [227-231]; attack on Ginchy, [222-223]; storming of Ginchy by Irish Division, [230-231]; assault on and capture of Martinpuich village, [237-240]; capture of High Wood, [240-241]; advance of the New Zealanders, [242-243]; capture of the village of Flers, [243-247]; debut of the Tanks, [241], [244], [245], [247], [249], [259-261]; assault on and capture of Thiepval, [264-272]; fall of Schwaben Redoubt, [272-275]; taking of Stuff Redoubt, [275-279]; Germans driven finally from Thiepval Ridge, [279]; capture of the villages of Eaucourt and Le Sars, [282-285]; capture of Guedecourt, [288], [289]; capture of Morval and Lesboeufs, [291-294]; fall of Combles, [295]; general observations on the fighting in the Somme valley, [306-309]

Stern, Colonel, [260]

Stokes, Lieutenant, [211]

Stuff Redoubt, the fighting for, [275-279]

Swinton, Colonel, [260]

Tanks, the, first appearance of, [241], [244], [245], [247], [249]; commendation by Sir Douglas Haig, [261]; [264], [269], [272], [283], [285], [288], [293], [320]

Tempest, Colonel, [254]

Thicknesse, Colonel, [53]

Thiepval, [58-68], [86], [156], [197-201], [202], [203], [204], [205], [237], [263], [264-272], [276]

Thompson, Captain, [269]

Torrie, Colonel, [326]

Tovey, Corporal, [270]

Townshend, General Sir Charles, [2]

Trenchard, General, [38]

Trentino, Austrian attack in, [328]

Trones Wood, [135-143]

Trotter, Colonel, [134]

Usher, Colonel, [24]

Venezelos, [330]

Verdun, [1], [3], [11], [23], [33], [37], [99], [327]

Vimy Ridge, [19]

Webber, Lieutenant, [169]

Wedgwood, Colonel, [108]

White, Captain, V.C., [275]

Williams, Brigadier-General Victor, [24]

Wood, Colonel, [53]

Wulverghem, [20]

Wynne-Finch, Adjutant, [254]

Ypres, [4], [7-11], [16-17], [21-28]

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