[34] Aviation ground with hangars or sheds in which aeroplanes are stored.
[35] German for "God punish England"—the common curse of the Germans at that time.
[36] Military cyclists are known at the front as Gaspipe Cavalry.
[37] Native captain in the Indian army.
[38] Loce, about a mile to the north-west of Lens.
[39] According to the old classical story, there was in Crete a building constructed for King Minos, in which dwelt the terrible beast known as the Minotaur. This building, which was known as the Labyrinth, contained many winding passages, arranged in such a fashion that a way out was most difficult to find.
[40] See Vol. III., p. 61.
[41] See Chap. XXX.
[42] City and district of the Punjab ("land of five rivers"), North-West India.
[43] Born 1853. He had for forty years served with distinction in every British war, and had been present with the Japanese in Manchuria. He was an excellent writer and something of a poet. Since 1910 he had been Inspector of Oversea Forces.