, G.O.C. 4th Army Corps, 25; 161;
in command of 7th Division at Ostend, 177, 179, 181;
Joffre's view of the plan for, 178;
French's action, and Rawlinson's reply, 178-9;
news sent by, from Ostend, 200, 201, 203-4;
placed under French's command, directed to hold the Lys line, 201,
219;
effect of this, 221-2;
position of, 223, 226;
at Ypres, 233;
troops under, formed into 4th Corps;
changes in composition of forces, 201;
sent home to supervise preparation of 8th Division, 239.

Rebais, German evacuation of, 129, 131.

Regular Army, the, contrasted with the Territorials, 293.

Regular Troops, British, mobilisation of, 3.

Reinforcements, progress of (Sept. 3 _sqq._), 104, 109, 110, 228;
_see also_ Territorial Forces.

Repington, Colonel C. a Court, Military Correspondent of _The
Times_, furnished by French with full proofs of the deadly need
for Munitions, 357.

Rennenkampf, General, 230.

Reserves, French's anxieties concerning, 153, 158, 160, 265;
Joffre's anxiety on, 317-18.

Rethel, 39, 93;
Lanrezac's H.Q. at, 36-7.

Rethel-Thuin line, French troops on, 41.

Retirement, general indications for, 62-3.

Retiring Troops, atmosphere engendered by, 56-7.

Retreat from Mons, the, _see_ Mons, Retreat from.

Reutel and Poezelhoek, line W. of, held by 1st Corps, 242.

"Revenge," H.M.S., 304.

Reynolds, Capt. G. F., Adjutant 9th Lancers, wounded at Moncel, 120.

Rheims, 39;
cultivation near, 36;
French dispositions near, 143, 152;
falling back from, on Amiens, proposed by Joffre, 86;
Joffre's plan to break through S. of, 342.

Rheims Cathedral, destruction of, 159.

Rhonelle stream, 50.

Ribecourt-Bray-sur-Somme line, held by de Castelnau, 162.

Riez de l'Erelle, Haig's H.Q. at, 66.

Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own),
1st Batt., 26, 134, at Ploegsteert Wood, 327;
3rd Batt., 28, 160.

Rifles, Modern, change brought about by, 12.

Rifles, 57th (Wilde's), 238.

"Right impulse" given to a Battle, that which ensures success, 217-18.

Rivierette stream, 51.

Roads, assigned to French and British forces for advance on Oct. 13,
203;
in the area of the Retreat from Mons, 52, 53, 54, 65;
crossing the Marne battlefield area, 117-18;
nature of, between Lens and Armentieres, and elsewhere, 209.

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