Board, attitude of, to High-Explosive shell supplies, 348.

Orleans, Indian advance base at, 196.

Orly, 128.

Ormeaux, British advance to, 119.

Ostel Spur gained by 2nd Division, 151.

Ostend, 200;
Belgian Government's withdrawal to, 175;
evacuation of, 183;
and how it might have been saved, 184;
importance of, and possible operations to clear, 221, 308, 311,
318;
French's urgency on, 226.

Ostend-Dixmude-Furnes-Nieuport area, Belgian Army in, 208.

Ostend and Menin, German forces between, strongly reinforced, 227-8.

Oulchy-le-Chateau-Grand Rozoy area, British troops in, 195.

Ourcq River, and the Marne Battle, 115, 116, 117;
doings of the 6th French Army on, 88, 109, 115, 123, 125, 137,
139, 143;
French 75's along, 105-6;
German forces near, 116, 123, 125;
line of, value of, to von Kluck, 139.

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 2nd Batt., 19, 160,
279.

Oxley, Brigadier-General, O.C. Territorials Training Camp, St. Omer,
294.

Pack Artillery v. Machine Guns, 324.

Paris, 188;
French's visit to, on Aug. 15 and meetings with British Ambassador
and French President, 33-4;
German menace to, French anxieties on, and defence of, 90, 91-2,
104;
British share in the defence, Joffre on, 97;
Gallieni on, 102-4;
direct advance on, no longer intended by the enemy, 104 _sqq._;
later alarm concerning, 341, 346;
Kitchener interview at, 95 _sqq._, 112;
full significance of, 100-1;
Military Governor of, _see_ Gallieni;
Popular welcome at, to French and his Staff in 1914, 33;
Rails from, traversing area of retreat from Mons, 52 _sqq._;
War-time aspect of (Aug.), 34.

Paris to Verdun, extent of Marne Battle front, 138.

Pas de Calais, 214.

Peninsular War, the Light Division in, 285;
ranges in, 353.

Peronne, French attack near, 87.

Pertab Singh, Maharajah Sir, acting as personal guard to Lord
Roberts's remains, 282.

Petit Bois, taking of, 322.

Petit Morin River, 117;
the forcing of, 124, 125-6, 128.

Petrograd, unsatisfactory replies from, 335.

Philippeville, French advance on, 38;
Lanrezac's H.Q. at, 56.

Plateau de la Brie, features of, 117.

Pless, Princess Henry of, 2.

Ploegsteert, British Artillery near, 245;
British attack at, 327.

Ploegsteert Wood, violent en