t Le Cateau, 76, 78;
Difficulties in September, 105-6;
Emperor, _see_ William II;
First Army of the Meuse, operations of, 46 _sqq._;
offensive abandoned by, 114, 115, 116, 121, 122;
Troops composing, at the Battle of the Marne, 118 _sqq._;
Higher Command (Great General Staff), plans of, changes in, errors
made by, 91, 104-6, 107, 176, 345-6;
Instructions on treatment of Indian prisoners, 196;
Invasion, possibilities of, 215;
rumour on, 329;
Line in Flanders, possibility of breaking through, French on
(Jan. 1917) essentials to, 316;
Points at which a break-through was planned by Joffre (Dec. 27),
this idea the basis of the general strategic idea for 1915,
342;
its results, 342-3;
Mobilisation proceedings, 2, 7;
Naval flag driven from the sea (Dec. 1914), 345;
Northern flanks, efforts to turn, 145, 155, 158-9, 182, 198, 198,
214 _sqq._;
Offensive on W. Front, French anticipations of (Jan. 19, 1915),
as affecting the Zeebrugge scheme, 317-18;
Home anxieties over (Dec. 17), 329 _sqq._;
French's view on, 336;
Proclamation of "Kriegsgefahrszustand," 2;
Strategic scheme for invasion of France crushed at the Battle of
the Marne, 138-9;
Submarine Base, developing at Zeebrugge, 308, 311;
Campaign, how it might have been frustrated, 304, 308, 311, 312;
Tactics, flanking and outflanking manoeuvres, 154;
Violation of,
Belgian neutrality, 45, 46, 47;
Franco-British prevision on, 9, 10-11;
French territory, 2;
War menace, 1, 2, 5, 9, 10-11.

Germany, Declarations of War by, 2, 3;
and previous preparations, 2, 140;
Paris railways to, route of, 53;
_The_ decisive spot in the war in French's view (Jan. 1915),
316.

Gheluvelt, fighting at, for Ypres salient, 241-2, 245, 258;
the 1st Division broken at, 251, 252;
position retrieved by counterattack, 253;
fresh German menace to, 260.

Ghent, Belgian Army to withdraw to (Oct. 3), 175;
French troops holding, and British sent to, 201, 203;
retirement from, 208;
operations designed in regard to, 220-1, 226;
failure of, 233.

Ghistelle-Roulers line, German advance to, 209.

Gibbon, Co.-Sergt.-Major, 5th (Northumberland) Fusiliers, gallant
piece of work by (Nov. 15), 284.

Givenchy, lost and retaken, 327.

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