as to coastal advance, with Naval co-operation,
342;
plan of, to work the N. section with the Belgian and British
Armies, 343;
why it failed, 343, 345;
state of mind of, at close of 1914;
the results of the year justifying, 345;
experiments conducted by, in the field, on new weapons for trench
warfare, 354-5;
constant efforts of, to secure adequate supplies of Munitions of
War and considered action by, of May 1915, with full knowledge
of all entailed thereby, 347 _sqq._;
earlier urgency, when chief of I.G.S., on the Munitions question;
financial opposition met by, 348;
visits to, of Members of both Houses of Parliament on whom the
need of Guns and Munitions was urged, 355;
interviews given by, to the Press, on the question of
Munitions, 355;
ordered to surrender part of his Munition reserves for the
Dardanelles, 357;
Secretary and A.D.C. sent by, to lay proofs of the urgent need
of Munitions before Lloyd George, as well as before Balfour
and Bonar Law, 357;
text of the Memorandum sent at the same time, 357 _sqq._;
the results, 360-1;
unprecedented action taken by, on the Munition question
(May 9, 1915), and the results, 357 _sqq._;
Offices held by, at various times,
Chief of Imperial General Staff, 1, 2;
I.G. of Forces, 8, 296;
I.Y., experiences as, fully borne out in the War, 295;
On his alleged call on Maunoury for assistance on Sept. 8, 135;
On the effect on the campaign of the shortage of Ammunition
(_q.v._), 350-1;
on his lack of reserves, 265;
on the lesson learnt from the failure at the Lys River, 145;
On his position as C.-in-C. in France, 94, 99-100, 329-30;
On the possibility of "bending" but not of "breaking" the enemy's
trench line, 145;
Orders of the Day, issued by, _see under_ British
Expeditionary Force;
Submarine construction in sections suggested by (May 1914), 214.

French,
Armies or Corps, _see also_ Allied Forces, Names of
Commanders, _and_ French Forces _infra_,
Artillery, prevision and provision, 352-3;
the 75's, 341;
activity along the Ourcq (Sept.), 106;
Cavalry Divisions, 182;
French's request concerning, on Aug. 16, 35;
dispositions of, 38 _sqq._;
operations of, in Be