Chapter I: Front Matter

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1914

THIS BOOK
IS DEDICATED TO
THE RT. HON. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE, M.P.,
TO WHOSE PREVISION, ENERGY
AND TENACITY THE ARMY
AND THE EMPIRE
OWE SO MUCH.

1914

by

FIELD-MARSHAL VISCOUNT FRENCH OF YPRES, K.P., O.M., ETC.

With Maps

London Constable and Company Ltd. 1919

CONTENTS

Page
PREFACE ................................................ xi

Chap.

I--PRELIMINARY ...................................... 1

II--THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE ................. 16

III--THE SAILING OF THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE .......... 31

IV--THE RETREAT FROM MONS ........................... 56

V--FURTHER COURSE OF THE RETREAT ................... 81

VI--THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE ........................ 113

VII--THE BATTLE OF THE AISNE AND ITS PROGRESS
UP TO SEPTEMBER 30TH ........................... 142

VIII--THE SIEGE AND FALL OF ANTWERP .................. 175

IX--THE LAST DAYS OF THE BRITISH OPERATIONS
ON THE AISNE--THE NORTHERN MOVE ................ 193

X--THE BATTLE OF YPRES--FIRST PHASE, OCTOBER
15TH TO OCTOBER 26TH ........................... 214

XI--THE BATTLE OF YPRES--SECOND PHASE,
OCTOBER 27TH TO OCTOBER 31ST ................... 237

XII--THE BATTLE OF YPRES--THIRD PHASE, NOVEMBER
1ST TO NOVEMBER 10TH ........................... 257

XIII--THE BATTLE OF YPRES--FOURTH AND FINAL
PHASE, NOVEMBER 11TH TO THE END OF
THE BATTLE ..................................... 277

XIV--THE ENTRY OF THE TERRITORIAL ARMY .............. 287

XV--A REVIEW OF THE ALLIED PLANS IN THE WEST
AT THE CLOSE OF THE FIRST BATTLE OF YPRES ...... 301

XVI--THE OPERATIONS OF DECEMBER 14TH-19TH, 1914 ..... 320

XVII--THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR 1914 ..................... 332

XVIII--AMMUNITION ..................................... 347

INDEX ................................................. 363

LIST OF MAPS.

1. GENERAL MAP OF NORTHERN FRANCE AND BELGIUM.

2. MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE RETREAT FROM MONS AND
BATTLES OF THE MARNE AND THE AISNE.

3. MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE CAMPAIGN IN BELGIUM, 1914.