-June 15), held, thanks to
the Territorials, 294;
British Expeditionary Force for (_q.v._), Command of, 2, 8;
Victory of, share in, of the Women and Children, 36.

Franchet d'Esperey, General, G.O.C. 5th Army, _vice_ Lanrezac
superseded (Sept. 4), 107;
at the Marne, 115, 123, 125.

Francis Ferdinand, Archduke, murder of, 1.

Franco-Belgian frontier, _terrain_ near, 49.

Franco-British consultations in Aug. 1914, 6, 9;
Military relations during 1914, 108, 112 _passim_;
Understanding as to Co-operation in event of German attack on
France, 5, 6, 9.

Franco-German war of 1870, fame in, of the Brandenburg Corps, 285.

Franiere, German advance near, 57.

Frederick Charles of Prussia, Prince, and the Brandenburg Corps, 285.

Frederick the Great, German military following of, 346.

French, Field Marshal Sir J. P., G.C.B., &c. (now Viscount
French of Ypres), and the Great War;
Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914,
2, 3, 8, 17;
the command "entirely independent," 15 (_cf._ 94 _sqq._,
177, and 329-30,
_see also_ Ammunition, Channel Ports, Move Northward,
Offensive);
anticipation by, of European War, 1, 8;
the first idea received of the coming in 1914, 2;
the violation of Belgian neutrality expected, 10-11;
at the Council of War of Aug. 5, 1914, 3;
views of, on landing of B.E.F., 6-7;
advance studies of, on problems of a B.E.F., 8-9;
all plans concentrated on a war of movement and manoeuvre, 11;
at German manoeuvres of 1911, and the Kaiser's remarks on his
forces, 9-10;
instructions to, before leaving for France, 13-5, 94;
arrival in France, official visits, 33;
first meeting with Joffre and his staff, 34 _sqq._;
visits of, to Corps Commanders, &c., and conferences with them,
40, 43, 47, 60, 62, 130, 154, 159, 202, 209, 210, 219, 243-4,
246, 249, 255, 337 _et alibi_;
visit of, to Lanrezac, 56;
and message sent to, later, 57;
interviews with Commander of French Reserve Divisions, 37;
letter to Kitchener on French dispositions W. of the Meuse,
request in, for Plumer to succeed Grierson, 38-40;
appreciation of the situation on Aug. 18, 40-2;
observations on the physique of the British troops, 42;
invitation to Louvain from the King of the Belgians, 42-3;
message from Belgian Government on ev