ns, 146, 161;
During the Move North and the Battle of Ypres,
_role_ assigned to, and finely carried out by, 200-1,
202 _sqq._, 233;
the stand on the Wytschaete-Messines ridge, 204, 233, 238, 244,
246, 247, 277;
consummate skill shown by, 261;
later work, 278, 280;
On the services of the London Scottish on Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 262-3.

Allied Commanders,
views of, before the Retreat from Mons, 47, 55, 56, 57;
wishes ignored in London (Oct. 4, &c), in reference to Antwerp,
180 _et proevi_.

Allied Forces (_see also_ Belgian, British, _and_ French);
support of, to Belgium inadequate to prevent retreat, 46;
positions of, on Aug. 29, 91;
offensive planned for, for Sept. 6, 107, 109-10;
and the end of the Great Retreat, 110;
situation of, on Oct. 6, 181-3;
object of, on Oct. 6, 182;
combined eastward advance of, planned for Oct. 13, 203;
condition, if the enemy had driven a wedge between, 225;
position of, and enemy forces opposing, on the night of Oct. 21,
231-2;
enormous enemy superiority to (Oct. 30), 240;
dispositions of, at the 1st Battle of Ypres (Oct. 29 p.m.), 242;
loyalty and fine feeling between, as evidenced in the 1st Battle
of Ypres, 256;
augmentation of, in the West, some resources of, 301-2;
plans for, in the West, at close of 1st Battle of Ypres, bases of,
301;
needs and alternatives, 301-2;
combined attack by (Dec. 14), on the Hollebeke-Wytschaete ridge
line, 322;
ability of, to keep the line inviolate, proven, 345.

Allied Nations, spirit of, at close of 1914, 345.

Alost-Termonde-Lokeren line, German move on (Oct. 11), 203.

Alsace, French offensive in, 48.

Alston, General, G.O.C. Naval Detachments for Antwerp, 181.

Alternatives in Campaigns, the faculty of choice of, 217.

America, entry of, into the War, 346.

American Civil War, lesson of, as to interference by Home
Government with Commanders in the Field, 111, 178.

Amiens,
British concentration point, 6, 14, 32;
aircraft at, 33;
6th French Army forming at, 89;
German forces operating through, 105.

Ammunition
(_see also_ Artillery, Guns, High Explosive, Machine-Guns,
Royal Artillery, _&c._), 44;
British lack of, and the consequences, French's constant
representations on, before and during the war, 162-3, 241;