241.

Mery, Marne crossed at, by part of 2nd Corps, 133.

Messines, 278, 324;
shelling of, 227;
fierce fighting at 244-8, 258-9,
_see also_ Wytschaete-Messines ridge.

Meteren, capture of, by 3rd Corps, 207.

Meuse River, 50;
defence along, 38, 41;
lowness of, results of, 65;
the German crossing of, 72.

Mezieres-Longwy line, French forces holding, 47, 48.

Mezieres and Stenai, 3rd French Army fallen back to, 72.

Middlesex Regiment, 1st Batt., 23;
in the Battle of Ypres, 243;
4th Batt., 21, 66.

Millerand, Alexandre, French Minister for War in 1914, 33, 92;
French's views on the situation laid by, before Joffre, and the
replies, 95 _sqq._;
a tribute to, 96.

Military Governor of Paris, _see_ Gallieni.

Mining district operated in by 2nd Corps, 209.

Missy, Cave near, as observation point, 149;
the Aisne crossed at, by the 1st Corps, 150, 151;
British troops around, 195.

Mitry, General de, Commanding French cavalry, 233;
Enemy cavalry driven back by, 204;
operations in the Battle of Ypres, 227, 232.

Mobilisation, Speed, relative French and German, 7.

Moltke, Count von (the great), German military following of, 345.

Moncel, taken by the 9th Lancers, 119.

Moncey, General, reverse to, 272.

Monitors, increasing fleet of, 304.

Monmouthshire Regiment, 2nd Batt., 296, 297.

Monro, Major-General C. C., G.O.C. 2nd Division, 19;
disabled, 251.

Mons, Belgian flight from, 68-9;
Country near, features of Strategical and Topographical, 48-9,
51-2 _sqq._;
Battle of, opening phases of, crushing German superiority, 43;
Cavalry and Aircraft Reconnaissance employed, 43-4;
Retreat from, 56-112;
some causes, 12;
value in, of British "moral," 55;
French's preparations for, 60-1;
decided on, 63;
Salient, the, importance of, 61;
given up, 62.

Mons-Binche road, 54.

Mons-Conde Canal details on, 48, 49, 50.

Mons-Dinant line, 42.

Mons-Givet line, 42.

Montagne de Paris, German artillery activity at, 146.

Mont Arden, German cavalry driven back to, 41.

Mont des Cats position, captured by Gough and the 2nd Cavalry
Division, strategic value of, and great opposition at, 204.

Montgivrault, heights about, reached by British cavalry, 133.

Mont Kemmel as observation point, 148, 243;
the Battle of