The history of the 9th (Scottish) Division, 1914-1919

by M.C. John Ewing

INDEX

• 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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MAPS

[ 1.]	Loos.
[ 2.]	The Somme, Longueval, and Delville Wood.
[ 3.]	The Butte de Warlencourt, October 1916.
[ 4.]	Arras: Action of 9th April 1917.
[ 5.]	Arras: Actions of 12th April to 5th June 1917.
[ 6.]	Passchendaele: Action near Frezenberg, 20th September 1917.
[ 7.]	Passchendaele: Action near St Julien, 12th October 1917.
[ 8.]	The Retreat on the Somme, March 1918.
[ 9.]	Wytschaete and Kemmel, April 1918.
[10.]	Meteren and Hoegenacker, July to August 1918.
[11.]	The Final Advance, September to October 1918.

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