, 211-12;
Oct. 23, 229;
Nov. 1, 257;
Nov. 3, 260-9;
Nov. 3, 269-70;
Position desired for, for Sept. 6, by Joffre, 107;
Positions held by (_see also_ Concentration, _above_),
and movements of, before and during the:
(_a_) Retreat from Mons, 47 _sqq._;
(_b_) Battle of the Marne, 117 _sqq._;
(_c_) Battle of the Aisne, 145 _sqq._;
(_d_) Movement N., after that Battle, 193 _sqq._;
(_e_) 1st Battle of Ypres, 214 _sqq._;
(_f_) Operations of Dec. 14-19, 1914, 326 _sqq._;
Qualities shown by all ranks in the 1st Battle of Ypres, 238, 239;
Reserves and reinforcements available, 113, 228;
continued lack of both, 265;
War Council's view on (Jan. 7, 1915), 309;
Roads and Supply Railheads allotted to, for the Battle of the
Marne, 132-3;
Services of, acknowledgments of, by,
Joffre, 85, 98;
Poincare, 198;
Spirit animating, 55, 78, 88-9, 98, 110, 111, 113, 238, 239, 266,
269, 270, 271;
Strain endured by, in the 1st Battle of Ypres, 237;
Successive instead of united action by, envisaged by Joffre
(Oct. 4), 189 _sqq._;
Wilson's share in preparation of, 108.

British Force for Relief of Antwerp, 177, 179, 181;
what befell it, and what might have been done with it, 183;
Poincare's view on, 198.

British Forces, _see_ British Army.

British Government, _see also_ War Cabinet;
offensive action urged by, on Aug. 31, 95;
objective unattainable without adequate Munitions, insistence on
by French, 351 _sqq._, 357 _sqq._;
_see also_ 347, 358 _sqq._;
Guarantee of Belgian neutrality, 9, 14.

British Imperial General Staff, French's resignation from, 1;
and French's appointment to Command of B.E.F., 2;
conferences of, with French General Staff, 5, 9.

British Losses at Le Cateau, 78-9, 83-7, 89, 153;
in the Battle of the Aisne, 152-3, 159, 160;
on the Marne, 137, 138;
in the Battle of Ypres, 251, 279, 285-6.

British Naval co-operation arranged for, 226-7;
Detachments for relief of Antwerp, and their Commander, 179, 181;
difficulty of withdrawing, 201;
Transport Service line, efficiency of, 40.

British Navy (_see also_ Naval co-operation)
Combined action with plans for, 157, 164 _sqq._, 302
_sqq._;
French objections to, 305, 307, 342, 343;
Position of in Aug. 1914, 4;