s between friend and foe, 340.

Solesmes, action at, troops engaged, 73, 74, 75, 77.

Solre, the, 51.

Somerset (Prince Albert's) Light Infantry,
1st Batt., 26, 134;
at Ploegsteert Wood, 327.

Somme River, navigable connection of, with the Scheldt, 49;
stand on, considered, 74;
but abandoned, 84;
rolling plains W. of, as observation points, 148.

Sordet, General, commanding French cavalry, 48, 58, 93;
visit to, and impressions on, 67;
support of, asked and given, 68, 78, 80, 84;
attack by, near Peronne, 87.

South African War,
Kitchener's exercise of command in, 330;
and greatness shown in, 333;
Part played in, by the Volunteers, 292;
Pulteney's fine qualities evidenced in, 205;
Warning of, on Munitions unheeded, 348.

South Wales Borderers, 1st Batt., 18, 328.

Special Reserve, British, mobilisation of, 3.

Spiers, Captain, 11th Hussars, liaison officer at Lanrezac's H.Q.,
on the latter's plans and operations, 56, 57, 58, 59, 64;
report by, on Foch's Army, 200;
liaison officer with de Maud'huy on the situation of that Army,
325-6;
character summary of, 326;
courage and endurance shown by, 326-7.

Staden and Zarren, de Mitry's cavalry pushed back towards, 227.

"Staff," the, unfair criticisms on, 69-70.

Staff College "pedants," an example of, 37.

Staff Officers at Work, 69-70.

Staffordshire (North) Regiment, 1st Batt., 28, 160.

Staffordshire (South) Regiment,
1st Batt., 29;
2nd Batt., 19, 244, 284.

Stanton, and McClellan, 111.

Stalemate, situation of, anticipated by War Council on the W. front,
315.

Submarine base, _see_ Zeebrugge.

Submarines, potentialities of, realised by French, 155;
construction of, in section, suggested by French (May 1914),
pronounced impracticable, 214.

Success in Battle, generally dependent on right direction given at
onset, 217.

Suffolk Regiment,
2nd Batt., 21, 22;
4th Batt. (T.), 296.

Supplies, provision of (Aug.), 44.

Surrey (East) Regiment, 1st Batt., 22.

Sykes, Colonel, 33;
second in command R.F.C., sent by plane to Antwerp, 185;
the fall reported by, 201.

Syria, operations in, French's view on, 316.

Tactical employment of Troops, principle, of, 11.

Tamines, fighting at, 58.

Tannenburg, Battle of, Russian strategy and patience after, 230.

Tars