in, 225;
Allied and opponent forces engaged in, positions, actions,
and movements, 231-2;
summary of results, 233-4, 235-6;
2nd Phase (Oct. 27-31), operations and endurance during,
French's estimate of, 237;
crisis of, 238-9, 277;
Allied and enemy forces engaged, 240;
3rd Phase, 257 _sqq._;
crisis of, 277;
4th and Final Phase, 277-85;
Allied dispositions during, 277 _sqq._;
crisis of, 277;
part played in, by 1st Corps emphasised, 285-6;
weather during, effect on the men in the trenches, 287-8
_sqq._;
Strategic alternatives and problems arising to be dealt with
after, 301-18;
Territorial troops taking part in, 297;
Second (1915), 342-3;
German use of poisoned gas at, and fierce attempt to break
through, 356.

Ypres Canal, the, the fighting along, 235, 246, 272-3, 279, 280.

Ypres Salient, the, the defence of, 238, 241-2;
honour to forces sharing in, 239, 280;
the great feature of the last phase of the battle, 277 _sqq._;
latest and nearly successful enemy attack on, 283;
Evacuation of, by the British, 285.

Ypres-Armentieres, Battle of, the more correct name for the 1st
Battle of Ypres, 218.

Ypres-Menin road, British forces holding, 242;
driven back, 250.

Ypres-Messines line, question of a stand on, 252.

Ypres-Roulers line, 1st Corps' right directed on (Oct. 19), 226.

Yser Canal, British forces on, 232.

Yser, River, Belgian retreat on, 183, 192, 208, 217, 224, 262;
French forces on, 221, 224;
German menace to, 225;
heavy fighting on, 244;
German attack held, 278;
inundation, possibilities of, 242-3;
improved situation on, 336.

Zandvoorde, German counter-attack from, repulsed by the French, 322.

Zeebrugge, landing facilities at, 180-1;
evacuation of, 183;
how it might have been saved, 184;
proposed advance to, objects of, 303-4 _sqq._;
French attitude to, 305, 307;
Grey's telegram on, 305 _sqq._;
Kitchener's memorandum on, 308;
the objections to the plan, stated, 311-12;
and met, 312-13;
Joffre's final opinion on, 317-18;
increasing strength at and development as submarine base, as
affecting Naval Co-operation, 308, 320 _sqq._

Zillebeke, 250.

Zonnebeke, Cavalry Corps hard pressed at, 233;
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