es entrenched about, 182;
and advance from, 202.

Valenciennes-Douai line, uncrossed by enemy (Aug. 25), 77.

Valenciennes-Hirson Railway, the wooded area traversed by, 52.

Valenciennes--Maubeuge line through, dividing two portions of
Conde-Binche area, 51;
enemy strength S. of (Aug. 25), 77.

Varreddes, on the Marne, enemy artillery at, 124.

Vaudoy, British advance to, 119.

Vaughan, Brigadier-General, G.O.C. 3rd Cavalry Brigade, 25.

Vaughan, Colonel, views of (Aug. 23), 64.

Vendresse, success of the 1st Division at (Sept. 14), 151.

Venizel, bridge thrown over at, by 3rd Corps, 150;
the Aisne crossed by, 151;
19th Brigade in reserve at (Sept. 14), 152.

Verbranden Molen, French fighting at, 246, 279.

Verbranden Molen-Zillebeke-Halte-Polijze line, orders given to
hold to the last, 253.

Verdun, 89, 248;
German entrenchments reaching from, to Nieuport, 268.

Vermelles-Richebourg-Vieille-Chapelle line, German cavalry pushed
back to, 204.

Vertus, French move from, 143.

Vervins, French Reserve Divisions at, 37, 39.

Vesle River, Valley of, 147;
railway in, 148.

Victoria, Queen, statue unveiled by William II, 9.

Vidal, General, support given to, 279;
and promised by Foch, 281.

Vieille Chapelle, German cavalry driven back to, 204.

Vieux Berquin, 207.

Villers-Cotterets, rearguard action at, 101;
route suggested from, to Lille for British cavalry, 172.

Villers-sur-Morin-Fontenay line, British forces halted on
(Sept. 4-5), 109.

Villers-sur-Morin-Rozoy-La Chapelle d'Iger, French advance
_via_, 115;
British line from, 116.

Villers-St. Ghislain, 2nd Corps near, 60.

Virton-Spincourt line, 4th French Army fallen back to, 72.

Vistula, the, Russian withdrawal over, considered, but not thought
probable, 334, 336.

Vitry-le-Francois, Joffre's H.Q., officers met, and topics
discussed at, 34-5, 39.

Viviani, Rene, French Prime Minister (1914), 33;
present at the interview between French and Kitchener, 96.

Vladivostock, remoteness of, 315.

Vlamertinghe, consultation at, with Foch and d'Urbal (Nov. 1), 260.

Volunteers, the, origin and evolution of, 291;
true value slowly realised, 292;
zeal of, 296.

von Hindenburg, _see_ Hindenburg.

von Kluck, _see_ Kluck.

von Moltke, _see_ Moltke.

Wake, Major Sir H., 81.

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