Chapter XXIX: Appendix: VIII (1)

DIVISIONAL INSTITUTES AND CANTEENS

Canteens were instituted in the Ninth Division during September 1915 because of the exorbitant prices charged to soldiers by the private owners of cafés and estaminets. The difficult work of organisation was carried out by Captain, now Major J. R. King, D.S.O., and he was ably assisted by Padre J. Johnston, Presbyterian Chaplain. Two caravans, kindly sent out by some friends at home, and named “Rob Roy” and “Wee Macgregor,” were well known to all who served with the Ninth; they traversed the front line many times from the sea to the Somme, and “Jock” was always delighted to see them, for they meant hot coffee and a packet of biscuits or cigarettes. When at the beginning of 1918 Major King was transferred to the 46th Reserve Park, the control of the Canteen arrangements devolved principally upon Captain Carmichael. The duties of the O.C. Canteens were by no means light, as the annual overturn amounted to more than a million francs.

Another venture taken up by the Canteen department was the establishment of a Soda-Water Factory. This factory not only swelled the divisional funds but was an inestimable boon to the men, who were provided with an excellent beverage at very small cost.

Some of the profits were devoted to the purchase of a divisional cinema at the beginning of 1916, and all kinds of places behind the lines—a pantechnicon waggon, barns, wall of houses in the open air, sheets under trees by the roadside—were used for performances; it is needless to mention that the film most in request from one end of the line to the other was “Charlie Chaplin.”

During the German offensive in 1918 some of the divisional treasures were lost. The cinema and “Wee Macgregor” had to be abandoned. The soda-water plant was saved by Major King who, moving back with his transport, remembered his old division in its trouble, seized the plant at Péronne, and in spite of all obstacles got it safely away.

The Canteens carried on to the end, and after the Armistice were the only places where the troops could procure supplies.

With the development of the Canteens there arose demands for all sorts of specialists, such as cinema operators, grocers, law assistants, etc., and “Q” often asked brigades to furnish them. On one occasion a brigade which as a rule took no notice of these requests, sent in the following reply: “We regret we have no grocer specialist, soda-water specialist, or law specialist in our ranks, but we have a contortionist, if his services could be made use of.” But “Q” scored (whether consciously or not is a matter of doubt) by wiring, “Please tell contortionist to report at H.Q. at once for duty with the Concert Party.” This unexpected demand nonplussed the brigade, which after deliberation concocted the following reply: “Regret contortionist became a casualty last evening and is being evacuated.”

INDEX

Abeele, 293

Abeelhoek, 365

Abercromby, Lieut.-Colonel Sir George, commanding 8th Black Watch,
63, 162 _note_, 404

Achiet le Grand, 223

Achiet le Petit, 226

Adamson, Captain J. E., commanding “C” Coy. 8th Gordons, 46

Adler Farm captured, 240

“Aerial darts,” trench mortars, 177

Aeroplanes, British, use of, 94;
German, 188, 208, 213;
bomb British troops, 268, 288

Air fights, 79

Aisne, the, 223, 354

Aizecourt le Haut, 280

Albert, 173, 286, 334

Albert, King of the Belgians, reviews the Ninth Division, 383

Allenby, General Sir E., commanding Third Army, 169;
presents decorations, 213;
Campaign in Egypt, 248, 335

Allied Forces, plan of attack, 20, 181-183

Allwright, C.S.M., heroism, 127

Alwyn Farm, 325, 326

American Army, attack in the Woeuvre, 335, 354

Amiens, 334;
failure of the Germans to capture, 292

Ancre, the, 181, 287, 289;
Valley, 153

Anderson, Major P. C., commanding 7th Seaforths, 256 _note_

Andrews, Captain, 377

Angus, Lieut.-Colonel A. W., commanding 5th Camerons, 338, 404

Annequin Fosse, 27

Anzac Redoubt, 227;
Ridge, 336;
captured, 340

Argonne, attack on, 335, 354

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, the 10th, 6, 395, 405;
at the Battle of Loos, 44;
at Fosse Alley, 45;
retire to Dump Trench, 54;
casualties, 67, 208;
failure of a raiding scheme, 78;
at the Battle of Longueval, 109;
attack on the Butte de Warlencourt, 156;
at the Battle of Arras, 191, 197, 206;
raids, 222;
at the Battle of Passchendaele, 239-242;
in the Thirty-second Division, 251

Armagh Wood, 68

Armentières, 13;
evacuated, 299

Armin, General Sixt von, 130, 225

Armistice, 334, 383, 384

Armitage, Brig.-General E. H., C.R.A., 7, 80, 403;
letter from Maj.-General Bulfin, 56

Army, British, the First Hundred Thousand, 5;
use of gas, 21, 28;
strength, 91 _note_;
tactical expedients, 104;
moral, 183, 317;
relations with the French Army, 183;
“Backs to the Wall” Order, 313;
attack on Cambrai, 335

Army, the First, 144, 334;
at the Battle of Arras, 206

Army, the Second, 224, 293, 301;
Parade Service, 329

Army, the Third, 169, 181, 253, 264, 271, 275, 284, 334;
surrenders the Somme, 282

Army, the Fourth, 84 _note_, 150, 334

Army, the Fifth, 181, 225, 253, 271, 275, 284;
at the Battle of Arras, 206

Army, British, I. Corps, 20

II. Corps, 336, 370

III. Corps, 150, 249

IV. Corps, 20, 144;
at Bapaume, 220

V. Corps, 223, 253, 259, 264, 271, 284;
retreat, 272

VII. Corps, 250, 253, 284;
transferred to the Third Army, 285

VIII. Corps, 249

IX. Corps, 297, 301

X. Corps, 249

XIII. Corps, 84, 86;
attack on Longueval, 102

XV. Corps, 249, 336

XVII. Corps, 181;
plan of attack at Arras, 184

XVIII. Corps, 238;
Cyclist Battalion, 245

XIX. Corps, 284

XXII. Corps, 301, 308

Corps Cavalry, at the Battle of the Somme, 96

Army Service Corps, 9th Divisional Train, 7;
104th Company, 7, 399;
105th, 7, 399;
106th, 7, 399;
107th, 7, 399;
work of the, 71, 381, 391;
duties, 137, 290

Arneke, 238

Arras, 92, 172, 334;
Battles of, 22, 193-199, 203-205, 207-211, 214-218, 393;
condition, 173;
gas bombardment, 180;
bombing of, 213

Artillery Division, 281, 407

Athies, 184, 194

Auchy, 21 _note_, 41, 58

Australian Brigades, the 3rd, 293;
the 38th, 282;
the 43rd, 282

Australian Division, the 1st, 293;
captures Germans, 322;
the 2nd, attack on Passchendaele, 228;
the 4th, 289

Austria-Hungary, relations with Serbia, 3;
collapse, 382

Austria, Archduke Francis Ferdinand assassinated, 3

Austrian Army, attack in the Trentino, 88

Bagdad captured, 224

Bailleul, 12, 320;
captured, 306;
evacuated, 334

Bailward, Lieut.-Colonel A. C., commanding 50th Bde. R.F.A., 7, 407

Baizieux, 289

Balkan States, 334

Ballingall, Lieut.-Colonel H. M., commanding the 52nd Bde. R.F.A., 407

Bamford, Lieut.-Colonel H. W. M., commanding South African Composite
Battalion, 307, 406

Bangalore torpedoes, 78

Bapaume, 89, 220;
fall of, 152, 334

Barly, 150

Barnardiston, Lieut.-Colonel E., C.R.E., 403;
wounded, 137

Barrage, “box,” 178;
“creeping,” 107, 186

Bavarian Regiments, the 6th, 10th, and 16th, 102 _note_;
Reserve Divisions, the 1st and 24th, 192 _note_

Bavichove, 370, 375;
captured, 366

Bazentin, 283

Bazentin-le-Grand, 97, 102, 103, 285

Beaucamp Ridge, 254

Beaumetz, 264

Beaumont Hamel, 96

Becelaere, advance on, 341;
captured, 342

Beck House, 228, 234

Becourt Valley, 287

Beet Factory, 273

Belcher, Lieut.-Colonel H. T., commanding 52nd Bde. R.F.A., 407

Belgian Army, attack on Ghent, 336;
captures Moorslede, 345;
St Pieter, 351;
Bavichove, 366;
relieved, 371

Belgians, Queen of the, 383

Belgiek, 371, 374

Belgium, invasion of, 3;
rejoicings at peace, 384

Bellamy, 2nd Lieut., of the 11th Royal Scots, captures a patrol, 17

Bellewarde Ridge, 336;
captured, 340

Bennet, Captain H. E., 312

Benrath, 390

Berchem, 371

Bergwijk, 379

Bernafay Wood, 97, 281;
captured, 98;
bombarded, 99;
attack on, 285

Bertangles, 289

Berthonval, 145

Bethune, 32, 56

Bethune bombs, 14, 46

Beugin, 145

Beveren, 371, 374

Beviss, Lieut., 261

Big and Little Willie Trenches, attack on, 33

Billon Valley, 96, 100;
Wood, 283

Bird, Major T. G., commanding 90th Field Coy. R.E., 408

“Birdcage,” 76;
blown up, 70

Black Cot, 304, 305, 307

Blacklock, Maj.-General C. A., commanding Ninth Division, 253, 402;
on leave, 258;
return to the Front, 283

Black Watch, the 8th, 6, 63, 398;
at the Battle of Loos, 39, 41;
capture Germans, 42, 310;
check the German advance, 53;
casualties, 62 _note_;
at the Battle of Longueval, 109, 112;
attack on Snag Trench, 162;
raid, 179;
at the Battle of Arras, 191, 194, 206, 208;
of Passchendaele, 239-242;
retreat, 282;
at Grand Bois, 298;
attack on Meteren, 325;
at Ypres, 337;
capture Rolleghem Cappelle, 349;
attack on Mogg Farm, 359

Blaringhem, 319

Bluff, The, 64, 69

Boer War, results, 3

Bogaert Farm, 301, 304

Bomb, Bethune, 14;
Mills No. 5, 14;
depots, 30

Bombs, phosphorous, 229;
smoke, 27;
use of, 172

Bomy, 84

Bordon, 12

Borry Farm, 228, 234

Boteler, Lieut.-Colonel F. W., commanding 52nd Bde. R.F.A., 7, 407

Bouchavesnes, 273, 274

Bourlon Wood, 221

“Box” barrage, 178

Boyd, Lieut.-Colonel E., commanding 11th Royal Scots, 405

Brahmin Bridge, 326

Brake Camp, 238

Bray, 143, 252

Bremen Redoubt, 235

Briques, Les, 23;
shelled, 51

Briqueterie, 99, 101, 286

Britain, agreement with France and Russia, 3;
war with Germany, 4;
administration arrangements, 85

British Army, 5.
_See_ Army

Brock, Captain S. E., 364

Brogden, Major J. S., D.A.D.O.S., Ninth Division, 8

Broodseinde, 336, 337;
captured, 341

Brooke, Lieut.-Colonel E. W. S., commanding 50th Bde. R.F.A., 407

Brown, Lieut.-Colonel H. R., commanding 5th Camerons, 144, 404

Brown, Padre, 393

Browne, Major A. R. Innes, commanding 6th K.O.S.B., 217 _note_, 241;
killed, 308 _note_

Bruay, 144

Bruce, Brig.-General C. D., commanding 27th Infantry Brigade, 8, 403;
decides against attack on Haisnes, 45;
H.Q. in the Quarries, 47;
taken prisoner, 50

Bruce, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. David, commanding 7th Seaforths, 299,
404

Bruce, Lieut.-Colonel J., commanding 2nd/1st East Lancs. Field
Ambulance, 408

Brussilov, General, successes, 88

Buchan, Captain, killed, 50

Buchanan Street, 112, 132, 134

Budge, Lieut.-Colonel H. L., commanding 12th Royal Scots, 80, 405;
killed, 111, 114

Budworth, Lieut.-Colonel C. E. D., commanding 50th Bde. R.F.A., 407

Bulfin, Maj.-General, letter from, 56

Bulgar Wood, 294

Bulgaria, treachery, 86;
sues for peace, 335

Burn, Major C. P. M., commanding 7th Seaforths, 63

Burn, Lieut.-Colonel Pelham, commanding 8th Gordons, 80, 404;
10th A. & S.H., 63, 405

Busnes, 15, 18

Buswell, Lieut.-Colonel F. R., commanding 29th Field Ambulance, 7, 408

Butte de Warlencourt, 153;
attack on, 154-157;
Battle of, 394

Buzzard, Lieut.-Colonel F. A., G.S.O.I., 402

Byng, General Sir Julian, 222, 254, 264

Cabaret Rouge, 146

Camblain L’Abbé, 145

Cambrai, 89, 182;
Battle of, 222;
military operations at, 246, 247

Cameron of Lochiel, Lieut.-Colonel D. W., commanding 5th Camerons, 6,
63, 404;
health breaks down, 80

Cameron, Lieut., captures Germans, 270

Cameron, Major, killed, 338

Cameron Highlanders, the 5th, 6, 398, 404;
at the Battle of Loos, 39-41;
casualties, 41, 62 _note_, 68;
check the German’s advance, 53;
attack on Waterlot Farm, 118;
on Snag Trench, 158;
at the Battle of Arras, 191, 197, 206, 208;
of Passchendaele, 239;
retreat, 281;
in reserve at Vierstraat, 298;
repulse the Germans at Dammstrasse, 304;
attack on Meteren, 325;
advance on Frezenberg Ridge, 340;
on Keiberg Spur, 344;
cross the Lys, 373

Campbell, Major A. C., commanding 11th Royal Scots, 256 _note_;
death, 288

Campbell, Lieut. C., 328

Campbell, Lieut.-Colonel Sir J. B. S., commanding 11th Royal Scots,
231 _note_, 405;
attack on Roeux, 204 _note_;
on leave, 256 _note_

Campbell, Lieut.-Colonel R., commanding 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers,
378 _note_, 406;
attack on Ingoyghem Ridge, 379

Canadian Division, the Third, at Arras, 181

Candle Factory, 191

Candles, smoke, 29

Canteens, institution of, 416

Cape, Lieut.-Colonel, G. A. S., commanding 51st Bde. R.F.A., 407

Cappelle St Catherine, 365

Caporetto, defeat of the Italians at, 247

Carency, 22, 145

Carmichael, Captain, in control of the Canteens, 416

Carnoy, 135

Carpenter, Lieut.-Colonel C. M., C.R.E., 64, 403

Carter, Lieut.-Colonel A. H., commanding 51st Bde. R.F.A., 7, 407

Carvin, 21

Caterpillar Valley, 109

Cavalry Trench, 262

Celestins Wood, 96

Cemetery Alley, 43;
shelled, 51, 53

Chalmers, Lieut.-Colonel F. G., commanding 9th Machine-gun Battn.,
252, 407

Chamberlain, Lieut.-Colonel, commanding 6th K.O.S.B., 308 _note_

Chapel Crossing, 249

Chapel Hill, 253, 254;
captured, 263, 266

Château Thierry, 319, 333

Chemin des Dames, 319, 321

Chérisy, 212, 288

Chimney Trench, 98

“Chinese Attack,” 154;
barrages, 193

Chipilly, 288

Christian, Lieut.-Colonel E., commanding 2nd South African Infantry,
144, 256 _note_, 406;
the 4th, 172, 406

Churchill, Lieut.-Colonel the Right Hon. W., commanding the 6th Royal
Scots Fusiliers, 63, 75, 405

Cité St Elie, 24, 32

Clarges Street, 103, 113, 117

Clavering, Major N., commanding 64th Field Coy. R.E., 408

Cléry captured, 276

Cochran, Major, in temporary command of the 2nd South African
Regiment, 228 _note_

Cockburn, Captain, rearguard action, 272

Cocks, Captain Somers, killed, 306

Cologne, 386

Combles, 89, 152, 277;
captured, 282

Comines Canal, 64, 296

Compiègne, 334

Congreve, General Sir W. H., commanding XIII. Corps, 85;
tribute to the Ninth Division, 111;
in command of VII. Corps, 250

Connell, Lieut.-Colonel J. C. W., commanding 6th K.O.S.B., 64, 99,
165, 405;
invalided to England, 171

Copse Valley, 96

Corbie, 93

Corons de Marons, 23

Corons de Pekin, 23

Costello, Lieut.-Colonel J. M. A., commanding 27th Field Ambulance,
408

Courtrai, 355

Cowan, Lieut.-Colonel J. de B., commanding 50th Bde. R.F.A., 407

Crawley, Lieut.-Colonel R. P., commanding 9th Divisional Train, 7, 404

Cree, Colonel G., A.D.M.S., 7, 404

“Creeping” barrage, 107, 186

Crichton, Lieut.-Colonel A. G. M. M., commanding 5th Camerons, 239,
404;
leaves, 256 _note_

Croft, Brig.-General W. D., commanding 11th Royal Scots, 63, 405;
at the Battle of Longueval, 113;
Director of the Divisional School at Givenchy, 174;
_Three Years with the Ninth Division_, 174 _note_;
attack on the Germans, 190;
in command of the 27th Infantry Brigade, 231 _note_, 238, 403;
at Sorel, 261;
reconnoitres the Corps line, 303;
advance on Becelaere, 341;
plans for crossing the Lys, 366;
tribute to, 381

Croisilles, 258

Crowden, Lieut. H. commanding “D” Coy. 12th Royal Scots, 99

Cuerne, 348, 365, 366, 380;
gas-shelled, 366

Cundle, Captain, 310

Cupid Trench, 214, 216

Curly Trench, 216

Cuthbert Trench, 209

“Cuthbert,” the prince of snipers, 148

Cyclist Battalion, at the Battle of the Somme, 96

Dadizeele, 344;
captured, 345

Dadizeelehoek, 350

Dammstrasse, 298, 302, 309;
attack on, 304, 311

Dardanelles expedition, failure, 86

Darling, Captain, commanding 28th Field Ambulance, 408

Daun, Marshal, tactics, 91

Davis, Lieut.-Colonel H. J. W., commanding 9th Machine-gun Battn., 407

Dawson, Brig.-General F. S., 117, 131, 134, 262;
commanding 1st South African Regiment, 82, 406;
attack on the “Nose,” 160;
commanding S.A. Brigade, 171, 403;
at Sorel, 266;
retires to Moislains, 268;
ordered to retreat to Bouchavesnes, 274;
taken prisoner, 280

Deerlyck captured, 374

Delbske Farm, 298

Delville Wood, 97, 102;
attack on, 120, 126, 132, 138;
captured, 121, 125, 140 _note_;
bombarded, 125, 127, 130

Demobilisation, system of, 389

Denys Wood, 298

Dernancourt, 286

Desinet Farm, 304

Dessart Wood, 256;
shelled, 260, 265

Detail, General, commanding Eighth Belgian Division, 348

Deule Canal, 22

“Devil’s Wood,” 134

Diaz, General, 382

Dickebusch, rest hut, 65, 66

Divisional Artillery, 80, 147;
Tactical School at Givenchy, 174

Doignies, loss of, 264

Dome House, 302, 307

Douai, 89, 173, 354;
plains, 182

Doucet, Captain C., commanding 63rd Field Coy. R.E., 7, 408

Doullens, Conference at, 293

Douvrin, 24

Drew, Major, 109;
adjutant, 5th Camerons, 66

Drocourt, attack on, 334

Duff, Lieut.-Colonel G. B., commanding 8th Black Watch, 63, 404;
5th Camerons, 80, 404;
at the attack on Delville Wood, 132;
wounded, 133

Dugmore, Major, commanding 9th Divisional Supply Column, M.T., 7

Duisans, 174

Duke, Captain, R.N., 303

Duke Street, 103, 114, 117, 123

Dump Trench, 33, 54;
attack on, 23;
captured, 48;
reoccupied, 51

Dundas, Lieut.-Colonel R.C., commanding 11th Royal Scots, 8, 405

Dunkirk bombed by the Germans, 249

Durham Light Infantry, the 19th, at the attack on Longueval, 135

Dutton, Major J. H., commanding 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers, 63

Dyson, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. B., commanding 11th Royal Scots, 6, 405

East Yorks Regiment, the 1st, 310

Eastern Question, 2

Eaucourt L’Abbaye, 150, 153;
trenches at, 164

Ecluses, Les, 79

Egypt, military operations in, 248

Eighteenth Division, 86;
at Bernafay Wood, 106;
capture Trones Wood, 119;
at the Battle of Passchendaele, 242

Eikhof Farm, 302, 306, 307

Elcock, Corporal Roland Edward, awarded the V.C., 364, 412

Elsner, Lieut.-Colonel O. W. A., commanding 27th Field Ambulance, 7,
408;
appointed A.D.M.S., 206, 404;
retreat, 289

Epernay, 333

Epine de Malassise, 274

Epinette Wood, 255, 272

Equancourt, 255, 271, 273

Espercy, General Franchet d’, 334

Esquelbec, 336

Essex Regiment, the 2nd, at the Battle of Arras, 208

Estaires occupied, 299

Etinehem, 93, 284

Etricourt, 269

Etrun, 205 _note_

European War, outbreak, 1

Falkenhayn, General Von, 152

Fampoux, 184, 202

Fanshawe, Lieut.-General Sir E. A., commanding V. Corps, 223 _note_

Fargus, Lieut.-Colonel H. N. S., commanding 12th Royal Scots, 144,
405;
return to England, 172

Faulds, Private William Frederick, awarded the V.C., 127, 410

Favière Wood, 284, 286

Ferguson, Captain K. P., Brigade-Major, R.F.A., 7

Fergusson, Major-General Sir Charles, commanding Ninth Division, 8,
402;
II. Corps, 8;
XVII. Corps, 181;
takes the salute, 386

Fergusson, Lieut.-Colonel H. C., commanding 11th H.L.I., 6, 63, 406

Festubert, engagement at, 15

Fetherstonhaugh, Lieut.-Colonel T., commanding 9th Seaforths, 7, 407

Feuchy, 184

_Field Service Regulations_, 9, 176

Fielding, Major R. E. Bruce, commanding 63rd Field Coy. R.E., 408

Fifteen Ravine, 254, 256

Fifteenth (Scottish) Division, 82, 154;
capture the Railway Triangle, 197, 199

Fifth Division, 135

Fiftieth Division, attack on the Butte, 167 _note_

Fifty-first Division at Arras, 181;
relieved, 213

Fifty-fifth Division, attack on Hill 37, 235

Fins, 255, 267, 269

“Fish-tails,” trench mortars, 177

Flammenwerfer, use of, 162

Flanders, condition, 65;
result of the military operations, 370

Flander I. Stellung, 344, 345

Fleming, Lieut., 113

Flers, 102, 153, 281

Flesquières, 223, 259

Flêtre-Roukloshille Ridge, 320

Flying Corps, 95

“Flying Pig” mortar, 81

Foch, Marshal, appointed Generalissimo, 293;
tribute to the Ninth Division, 314 _note_;
tactics, 333;
arranges four attacks, 335

Fontaine Hoek, 320

Football Matches, 75

Forbes, Lieut.-Colonel R. F., commanding 11th H.L.I., 64, 406

Forsyth, Major M. N., 178

Forty-first Division, 83, 377, 378;
relieved, 249

Forty-seventh Division, 153, 262, 264, 271, 282

Forty-eighth Division, 238

Forty-ninth Division, 312

Fosse 8, 32;
captured, 41;
Alley, 46, 47, 49;
Trench, 33;
attack on, 23

Fountain Alley, 44

Four Huns Farm, 300

Fourteenth Division, 251

Fourth Division, attack on Greenland Hill, 201;
at the Battle of Arras, 206

France, agreement with Britain and Russia, 3

Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria, 3

Francis, Captain W. E., commanding 64th Field Coy. R.E., 7, 408

Fraser, Captain, killed, 338

French, Field-Marshal Sir J. D. P., inspects the 27th and 28th
Brigades, 15

French, Lieut.-Colonel W., commanding 8th Black Watch, 337, 351, 404;
defensive flank, 351

French Army, advance on Valenciennes, 20;
relations with the British Army, 183;
attack on Spanbroekmolen, 305;
relieve the Nineteenth Division, 306;
recapture Soissons, 334;
attack on Argonne, 335, 354

French Cavalry Brigade, the 3rd, 350

French Corps, XXXVI., 249

Fresnoy, 212

Frevillers, 148

Freyburg, Brig.-General, 370

Frezenberg Ridge, 227, 336, 339 _note_;
captured, 340

Fricourt, 285;
Wood, 151

Fruges, 249

Fulton, Lieut.-Colonel H. A., commanding 9th Scottish Rifles, 113,
405;
at the Battle of Arras, 210

Furse, General Sir W. T., commanding Ninth Division, 62, 402;
“Retaliation Tariff,” 70;
efforts to develop the offensive spirit, 77;
tribute to the Division, 111 _note_;
at Montauban, 131;
plans for a counter-attack, 134;
appointed Master-General of the Ordnance, 170;
K.C.B. conferred, 170 _note_;
characteristics, 171

Gaisford, Lieut.-Colonel W. T., commanding 7th Seaforths, 6, 404;
killed, 42

Gas, use of, 21, 28;
discharged, 28;
result, 38, 59;
attacks of the Germans, 73, 180, 258, 260, 366, 376, 377

Gauche Wood, 249, 254;
attack on, 261

Gaverbeek, 375

Gavrelle, 210

Gaza, 224, 248;
Cross Roads, 326

Gemeenhof, 364

Genin Well Copse, 263

George V., King, exhortation to the Ninth Division, 11, 395;
at Frevillers, 148;
La Brearde, 329

German Army, at Festubert, 15;
“Minnies,” or Trench Mortars, 16;
gas attacks, 28 _note_, 73, 180, 258, 260, 366, 376, 377;
at the Battle of Loos, 33-56;
reinforcements, 46 _note_;
counter-attacks, 48, 60, 129, 139, 351;
capture the Quarries, 50;
losses, 57;
sniping, 78;
at the Battle of the Somme, 92;
occupy Montauban Alley, 97;
taken prisoners, 113, 318, 380, 383;
position at Delville Wood, 121;
bombardment of it, 130;
casualties, 142, 281, 287;
defeated at Snag Trench, 159;
assault on the “Nose,” 162;
use of flammenwerfer, 162;
defeated at Arras, 189, 197, 207, 217;
moral, 200;
the 16th Division, 240 _note_;
attack at Gouzeaucourt, 250;
training, 251;
18th Division, relieved, 257 _note_;
107th Division, at Villers, 257 _note_;
preparations for an attack on Gonnelieu, 257-259;
attack on Gauche Wood, 261;
capture Chapel Hill, 266;
advance on Heudecourt, 268;
attack on the South Africans, 277-280;
on Bernafay Wood, 285;
Trones Wood, 285;
capture Lamotte, 288;
at the Battle of Wytschaete, 297, 308-313;
beaten back, 300;
flight, 313;
defeated at Meteren, 324-327;
raids, 328;
defeated at Hoegenacker Ridge, 331;
retreat, 331, 334, 383;
characteristics, 338;
the “War-prolongers,” 349 _note_;
reverses, 353;
withdraw to the Selle, 354;
loss of moral, 359;
retreat from Laaga Cappelle Wood, 360;
evacuate Cuerne, 365

German Fleet, creation, 3;
blockade, 335

Germany, hostile policy, 3;
invasion of Belgium, 3;
military operations in Roumania, 152;
submarine warfare, 247

Gheluvelt captured, 341

Gheluwe, attack on, 343

Ghent, 370

Gibson, 2nd Lieut., 162

Ginchy, 102, 285

Gird Trench, 159

Givenchy captured, 21 _note_;
Divisional Tactical School at, 174

Glasfurd, Captain A. I. R., Brig.-Major, of the 27th Infantry
Brigade, 6

Glasgow Spur, 336

Glass, Captain J. S., commanding Royal Scots Fusiliers, 375 _note_

Gonnelieu, 247, 253, 256

Gordon, Lieut.-Colonel G. W. E., commanding 8th Black Watch, 63, 404;
personality, 132;
attack on Delville Wood, 132;
promotion, 162 _note_

Gordon Highlanders, the 8th, 6, 63, 398;
at the Battle of Loos, 39, 41, 46;
advance on Haisnes, 42;
retire to Fosse Alley, 46;
casualties, 62 _note_;
join the Fifteenth Division, 82

Gorle, Lieut. Robert Vaughan, heroism, 352;
awarded the V.C., 352, 411

Gough, General, Commander of I. Corps, tribute to the Ninth Division,
61, 245 _note_;
forces, 253;
criticisms on, 292

Gouzeaucourt, 247, 250, 254;
shelled, 269

Grahame, Lieut.-Colonel J. C., commanding 10th H.L.I., 6, 64, 406;
gassed at the Battle of Loos, 37

Grand Bois, 298, 310

Grant, Captain, 328

Green, Captain, commanding 2nd South African Regiment at Gauche Wood,
261

Greenhill-Gardyne, Lieut.-Colonel A. D., commanding 8th Gordons, 63,
404

Greenland Hill, 207;
attack on, 201

Grenadier Regiment, the 89th, 222

Grogan, Brig.-General E. St G., commanding 26th (Highland) Brigade,
8, 403;
return to England, 15

Grovetown, 93, 95

Guedezeune Farm, 298

Guillemont, 102, 103, 277

Guyencourt, 267

H.E. shell, use of, 106, 229, 237;
barrage, 139, 154

Haan, 386

Hadow, Lieut.-Colonel R. W., commanding 8th Black Watch, 239 _note_,
404;
force, 282

Haig, Sir Douglas, inspects the South African Brigade, 83;
Commander-in-Chief, 88;
result of his policy of attrition, 89-92;
message from, 179 _note_;
plan of a great offensive, 181;
plan of attack, 223;
tributes to the Ninth Division, 291, 314 _note_, 316;
“Backs to the Wall” Order, 313

Haisnes, 20, 21 _note_, 24;
attack on, 42, 44

Hamilton, Major S. W. S., commanding 90th Field Coy. R.E., 408;
at the Battle of Arras, 210

Hampshire Regiment, the 2nd, 368

Hanebeek, the, 227, 336, 340;
Wood, 227, 234

Happy Valley, 135

Hardecourt, 283, 285

Hardy, Lieut.-Colonel W. E., commanding 28th Field Ambulance, 7, 408

Harlebeke, 348, 380, 383;
attack, 367

“Harp, The,” 180

Harty, Lieut.-Colonel T. E., commanding 28th Field Ambulance, 408

Havrincourt, 221, 264;
Wood, 220

Hawthorn, Sergeant C., 210

Hay, Captain C. J. B., Brig.-Major, 28th Brigade, 6;
at the Battle of Arras, 194

Hay, Ian, 333;
_The First Hundred Thousand_, 8 _note_, 16 _note_

Hazebrouck, 320

Heal, Lieut.-Colonel F. H., commanding 1st South African Regiment,
172, 406

Heal, Major, in temporary command of the 2nd South African Regiment,
144

Hearn, Lieut.-Colonel G. R., commanding 64th Field Coy. R.E., 8, 137,
243, 403

Heetje, 365, 373

Hell Farm, 301

“Hell-fire” Corner, 336

Helmet, the steel, 79

Hennois Wood, 273

Henry, Captain, 77

Hermaville, 205

Hermies, 264

Heudecourt, 255, 256, 268;
shelled, 260

Heule Wood, 364;
captured, 366

Hewitt, Lance-Corporal W. H., awarded the V.C., 236, 411

Hickling, Lieut.-Colonel H. C. B., commanding Royal Engineers, 371,
403

High Wood, 102, 115, 163

Highland Brigade, the 26th, 6, 63, 398;
at Bailleul, 12;
Nieppe, 13;
Festubert, 15;
inspection of, 18;
objectives of attack, 23;
attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt, 26;
on Big and Little Willie Trenches, 33;
at the Battle of Loos, 37, 43, 47;
capture the Dump, 48;
relieved, 49;
reorganised, 49;
attack on Fosse 8, 55;
at Bethune, 56;
at the Battle of the Somme, 96;
attack on Longueval, 103;
at Caterpillar Valley, 109;
attack on Waterlot Farm, 120, 124;
capture it, 129;
attack on Delville Wood, 132-134, 139;
at Vimy Ridge, 145;
in the trenches at Arras, 174;
Battle of Arras, 195, 206-210;
capture Mount Pleasant, 202;
raids, 221;
Battle of Passchendaele, 239, 244;
at Nieuport, 249;
Gonnelieu, 256;
retreat, 267, 269, 273, 281;
attack on, 274;
at Saillisel, 276;
Montauban, 284;
march to Dernancourt, 286;
strength, 288;
defence of Dammstrasse, 311;
form a defensive flank, 315;
attack on Meteren, 324;
at Ypres, 336;
attack on Broodseinde, 337, 339-341;
assist the Belgians to capture Moorslede, 345;
withdraw to Menin, 351;
attack on Ooteghem, 378;
Colours presented to, 390

Highland Light Infantry, the 10th, 6, 64, 398;
at the Battle of Loos, 35, 36;
casualties, 37, 62 _note_;
join the Fifteenth Division, 82

the 11th, 6, 64, 398;
at the Battle of Loos, 38;
casualties, 62 _note_;
join the Fifteenth Division, 82

the 12th, at Hardecourt, 283, 285

the 18th, at Favière Wood, 284

Highland Division. _See_ Fifty-first Division

Hill 40, attack on, 363;
41, attack on, 347, 350, 352;
50, attack on, 376;
captured, 377; 60, 64;
battles at, 20

Hindenburg Line, 182

Hine, Lieut.-Colonel H. C. R., commanding 28th Field Ambulance, 408

Hinges, 18

Hoegenacker Ridge, 329;
attack on, 330;
captured, 331

Hoggart, Major, 362

Hohenzollern Redoubt, attack on, 21 _note_, 23, 26, 33, 40;
captured, 41

Hollebeke, 293, 295, 296

Hollond, Lieut.-Colonel S. E., G.S.O.I., of the Ninth Division, 31,
402

Hoogebrug, 370, 371;
Bridge, 367

Hooggraaf, 64

Hopoutre, 293, 308

Horn, Lieut.-Colonel R., commanding 7th Seaforths, 144, 404;
the Army Musketry Camp, 256 _note_;
killed, 305

Horses, artillery, number killed, 356

Hosley, Major, at Loos, 35;
wounded, 35

Hulluch, 21

Hulste captured, 366

Hunt, Lieut.-Colonel D. R., 283;
commanding 4th South African Regiment, 144, 406

Hutcheson, Captain C. de M., A.S.C., 7

Indirect Fire, practice of, 79

Infantry, relations with the Sappers, 69

Infantry Brigade, the 27th.
_See_ Lowland Brigade

Infantry Brigade, the 28th, 6, 64, 398;
at Outtersteene, 12;
objectives of attack, 23;
attack on Madagascar Trench, 26;
at the Battle of Loos, 37;
casualties, 38;
moral, 56;
at Bethune, 56;
broken up, 82;
attack on Broodseinde, 337, 339-341;
advance on Keiberg Spur, 344;
cross the Lys, 373;
attack on Ooteghem, 378;
Colours presented to, 390

Ingelmunster, 364, 365

Inglis, Lieut.-Colonel J., commanding 5th Camerons, 256 _note_, 404;
wounded, 338

Ingoyghem, 371;
attack on, 376

Inniskilling Fusiliers, the 1st, attack on Hill 41, 352

Ireland, conscription in, 318

Italian Army, defeated at Caporetto, 247;
cross the Piave, 382

Italy, entry into the War, 87;
military operations, 224

Jack, Brig.-General J. L., commanding 28th Brigade, 333, 344, 403;
attack on Ingoyghem Ridge, 379;
tribute to, 381

Jacobs, General C. W., tribute to the Ninth Division, 353 _note_;
presents Colours, 390

Jacobs, Captain, 2nd South African Regiment, 294 _note_

Jameson Raid, 3

Jeffcoat, Lieut.-Colonel A. C., A.A. & Q.M.G., 343, 380, 391, 402

Jeffries, Sergeant, captures Germans, 300, 305

Jerusalem, 248

Johnson, 2nd Lieut, 166

Johnston, Padre J., 393, 416

Jones, Lieut.-Colonel F. A., commanding 4th South African Regiment,
83, 406;
killed, 101

Joostens, General, commanding 3rd Belgian Division, 362

Judge Cross Roads, 342

Jutland, Battle of, 247

Keen, Lieut., 322

Keiberg Spur, advance on, 343;
captured, 344

Keith, Captain, killed, 35

Kelham, Brig.-General H. R., commanding 26th Brigade, 6, 403

Kelso, Lieut.-Colonel J. Utterson, commanding 2nd Royal Scots
Fusiliers, 406;
blown up, 346;
wounded, 355

Kemmel, Mount, 304, 308;
evacuated, 334

Kennedy, Brig.-General J., commanding 7th Seaforths, 63, 118, 404;
at the attack on Delville Wood, 132;
commanding 10th A. & S.H., 144, 405;
the 26th (Highland) Brigade, 170, 403;
policy, 197;
notes on the Battle of Arras, 212;
retreat, 273, 275;
horse shot under, 281;
return to England, 327

Ker, Lieut.-Colonel R. F., commanding 6th K.O.S.B., 367, 377, 405

King, Major A., commanding Royal Scots Fusiliers, 355;
wounded, 375 _note_

King, Captain J. R., 105th Coy. A.S.C., 7;
organisation of Canteens, 416

King’s Own Scottish Borderers, the 6th, 6, 64, 398;
at the Battle of Loos, 35;
casualties, 36, 62 _note_, 99, 101;
at the Battle of the Somme, 97;
capture Bernafay Wood, 98;
at the Battle of Longueval, 105;
march in the mud, 164;
raid, 180;
at the Battle of Arras, 191, 195, 209;
attack on Passchendaele, 228, 232, 241;
at Sorel, 256;
capture Germans, 310;
surrounded and captured, 310;
march past the King, 329;
attack on Hoegenacker Ridge, 330;
on Ledeghem, 349;
cross the Lys, 367;
attack on Hill 50, 376

Kitchener, Lord, personality, 4;
appeal for troops, 5;
inspects the 26th (Highland) Brigade, 18

Klein Ronsse Hill, 378

Klein Zillebeke, 296, 303

Kleinberg, attack on, 379

Klephoek, 348;
Cross Roads, 347

Klijtberg, 377

Klooster Hoek, 379

Knapp, Lieut.-Colonel K. K., commanding 53rd Bde. R.F.A., 8, 407

Knock, 374

Krote, 376

Kruisstraat Cabaret, 301

Kut, surrender of a British force at, 87

Laaga Cappelle Wood, 360, 362, 370

La Bassée, 32

La Brearde, 329

La Clytte, 297, 310

La Gache Farm, 305, 307, 309

La Motte, 280 _note_;
captured, 288

Landon, Maj.-General H. J. S., commanding Ninth Division, 8, 402;
conference, 23;
return to England, 31

Langestraat, 379

La Polka, 304

Lavièville, 151

“Leap Frog” system, 228

Le Cateau, 280 _note_

Le Chat, 365

Ledeghem, attack on, 348;
captured, 349

Legard, General, 283

Lekkerboterbeek stream, 239, 241

L’Enfer, 298, 300

Lens, 22, 89, 173, 182;
evacuated, 334

Le Sars, 154

Les Bœufs, 281;
captured, 282

Le Transloy, 276

Leuze Wood, 281

Lewis, Major R. P., commanding 29th Field Ambulance, 408

Lewis Guns, 72, 93, 113, 188, 252, 313;
carriage of, 150

Lieramont, 267

Lille, 354;
withdrawal of the Germans, 370

Livingstone, Lieut.-Colonel H. A. A., C.R.E., 7, 403;
wounded, 64

Loch, Lieut.-Colonel G. G., commanding 12th Royal Scots, 6, 63, 405;
commands 27th Brigade, 50;
Commandant of the School at Poperinghe, 66;
promotion, 80

Locon, 18

London Division, casualties, 161

Lone Farm, 43;
shelled, 53

Longueval, 97, 100, 102;
attack on, 125, 128, 130, 138, 140 _note_

Loos, Battle of, plan of attack, 20;
preparations, 20-31;
preliminary bombardment, 33;
Battle, 33-56, 393;
results, 59

Lowland Brigade, the 27th, 6, 63, 238, 398;
at Noote Boom, 12;
Festubert, 15;
in reserve, 24;
at the Battle of Loos, 43;
hold Fosse Alley, 48;
withdrawal, 50;
reoccupy Dump Trench, 51;
repulse attack on Fosse Alley, 54;
at Bethune, 56;
reputation, 57;
at the Battle of the Somme, 96;
at Montauban, 97;
Billon Valley, 100;
attack on Longueval, 103, 110, 120;
casualties, 138;
at Bruay, 144;
Vimy Ridge, 145;
march to Mametz, 151;
at High Wood, 163;
in the trenches at Arras, 174;
at the Battle of Arras, 195, 196, 208-210;
of Roeux, 202, 205;
attack on Passchendaele, 228, 275, 277;
at the Battle of Passchendaele, 239;
retreat, 277, 303;
relieved, 284;
strength, 288;
casualties, 288;
relieves the 26th at Hollebeke, 295;
at the Battle of Wytschaete, 298;
beat back the Germans, 300;
advance on Becelaere, 341;
attack on Ledeghem, 349;
at Keiberg Spur, 358;
Colours presented to, 390

Ludendorff, General, 201, 251, 309;
_Meine Kriegserinnerungen_, 258;
plans to secure the Channel Ports, 306;
operations against Rheims, 333;
resignation, 383

Lukin, General Sir H. T., commanding South African Brigade, 82, 403;
plan of attack, 154;
commanding Ninth Division, 171, 402;
appointed to a command in England, 252;
awarded the K.C.B., 252 _note_

Lumbres, 319

Lumm Farm, 300

Lumsden, Lieut.-Colonel W., commanding 9th Scottish Rifles, 228
_note_, 244, 337, 405, 406

Lys, the, 299, 355, 363, 365;
crossing, 367-371

MacDougal, Major H., 104th Coy., Army Service Corps, 7

MacEwen, Lieut.-Colonel St C. M. G., commanding 5th Camerons, 404

Machine-Gun Battalion, the 9th, 252, 315, 337, 368;
at Ridge Wood, 297;
attack on Ooteghem, 378

the 104th reorganised, 355;
attack on Ooteghem, 378

Machine-Gun Companies, the 26th and 27th,
at the Battle of Passchendaele, 242;
the 28th, at the Battle of the Somme, 96;
the 197th, 188

Machine-Guns, bombardment, 27;
value of, 72

Machine-Gunners, gallantry, 311

Macintosh, Padre Smith, 393

Mackensen, General von, 86, 152

Mackenzie, Lieut.-Colonel A. F., commanding 10th A. & S.H., 6, 405;
wounded, 55

Mackenzie, Maj.-General C. J., commanding Ninth Division, 6, 402;
in France, 8

Maclean, Lieut.-Colonel H. D. N., commanding 6th K.O.S.B., 6, 35, 228
_note_, 405;
leaves, 256 _note_

MacLear, Lieut.-Colonel R., commanding 9th Divisional Train, 404

MacLeod, Lieut.-Colonel D. M., commanding 4th South African Regiment,
101, 406;
wounded, 144

MacNamara, Major, 130

MacPherson, Major J. E., 12th Royal Scots, 111, 204 _note_;
wounded, 214 _note_

Madagascar Trench, attack on, 26, 34;
shelled, 51, 53

Mad Point shelled, 53

Maedelstede, 305;
Farm, 302

Magdeburg Corps, the 7th and 8th Divisions, bombardment of Delville
Wood, 130

Maison Blanche Wood, 196, 198

Maltz Horn Ridge, 100

Mametz Wood, 151, 153, 286

Manancourt, 271, 273

Mangin, General, defeats the Germans, 334

Manhattan Farm, 351

Mariecourt, 277

Marne, the, 319;
victory of, 86

Marrières Wood, 276, 277

Marshall, Lieut.-Colonel F. J. commanding 7th Seaforths, 63, 404

Marshall, General, Campaign in Mesopotamia, 248, 335

Martinpuich, 282

Matthews, Lieut., 190;
missing, 191

Matthias, Lieut.-Colonel T. G., commanding Newfoundland Regiment,
333, 406

Maubeuge, 20

Maude, General, 224

Maurepas, 277

Maxse, General Sir Ivor, commanding XVIII. Corps, 238

Maxwell, Brig.-General F. A., V.C., commanding 27th Brigade, 170,
203, 403;
killed, 236;
characteristics, 236

McDiarmid, Major, 369

M’Fadyen, Private, gallantry, 55

McHardy, Lieut.-Colonel A. A.; A.A. & Q.M.G., Ninth Division, 31,
391, 402

McHardy, Sergeant J., kilt blows away, 17

McKinley, Captain S., killed, 376

McLean, Lieut.-Colonel C. W. W., commanding 50th Bde. R.F.A., 407;
at the Battle of Loos, 43

Meaulte, 135, 286, 289

Medical Aid Posts, 30

Meister, Rev. C. G., killed, 306

Menin, 348

Mericourt L’Abbé, 287

Merris, 74;
captured, 328

Mesnil-en-Arrouaise, 275

Mesopotamia, military operations in, 87, 248

Messines Ridge, 299;
captured, 224, 301

Meteren, 320; captured, 306;
attack on, 323-326

Meulewijk, 379

Meurchin, 21

Meuse, the, 354, 382

Middle Farm, 300

Middlesex Regiment, 218 _note_

Military Service Act, extension, 318

Mill Cot, 336

Mills No. 5 Bomb, 14

Mines, explosion of, 67, 148

Mining, method of, 71

“Minnies,” or German Trench Mortars, 16

Mitchell’s Farm, 235

Moeuvres, 258

Mogg Farm, 356;
attack on, 359

Moislains, 268, 270, 272

Molenhoek Ridge captured, 342

Monastir recaptured, 152

Monchy Breton, 189, 213

Moncrieff, Brig.-General W. Scott, commanding 27th Brigade, 6, 403

Monro, General Sir C., commanding First Army, 144 _note_

Montauban, 284;
captured, 96

Mont des Cats, 306, 320

Montefiore, Major C. S., commanding 90th Field Coy. R.E., 7, 408

Moorslede, 344;
captured, 345

Morchies, 264

Morrison, Corporal, 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers, 17

Morval, 153, 281, 282;
captured, 282

Mosscrop, 2nd Lieut., 222

Motor Machine-Gun Battery, the 11th, 364;
the 19th, 96

Motor Machine-Gun Brigade, the 7th, 374

Moulin du Vivier, 287

Mount Pleasant Wood captured, 202

Mountain Battery, No. 7, action at Fosse 8, 47

Mudie, Lieut.-Colonel T. C., G.S.O.I., Ninth Division, 253, 380, 402

Muirhead, Lieut.-Colonel M., commanding 51st Bde. R.F.A., 407

Mulheim, 386

Munro, Major C. D., commanding 90th Field Coy. R.E., 408

Murray, Lieut.-Colonel J., commanding 12th Royal Scots, 321 _note_,
405;
captures Steenbeek village, 364

Murray, 2nd Lieut., 12th Royal Scots, stalks a patrol, 17

Nairne, Lieut.-Colonel C. S., commanding 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers,
406

Napoleon, Emperor, defeat of, 1

_National Review_, article in, 271 _note_

Nationalism, development of, 2

Neerhof captured, 359

Neuve Eglise, 297;
captured, 306

“Never-ending Road,” 146

Newfoundland Regiment, the, join the Ninth Division, 333;
advance on Keiberg Spur, 344;
repulse the Germans, 355;
capture Vichte, 375

New Zealand Division, at the Battle of Passchendaele, 239, 242

Nicol, Major W. H., A.D.V.S., Ninth Division, 8

Nieppe, 75;
factory blown up, 14;
Château le, 12

Nieuport, 224, 249

Nieuwe Kruiseecke Cross Roads, 342

Nineteenth Division, at Wytschaete, 297, 298;
relieved, 306

Ninety-ninth Brigade, the, 271, 274;
attack on, 274;
at Rocquigny, 276

Ninth Division, composition, 6-8;
changes in Command, 8;
training, 8-11, 18, 74, 84, 172, 219, 251;
message from King George V., 11, 395;
at St Omer, 12, 319;
instruction in bombing, 13;
at Busnes, 15, 18;
Vermelles, 19, 24;
preparations for the Battle of Loos, 21-31;
frontage, 23;
equipment for battle, 31;
mistakes, 58;
at Bethune, 61;
casualties, 61, 62, 125, 136, 138, 139, 218, 302, 380, 396, 409;
tributes to, 61, 111 _note_, 140, 245 _note_, 280 _note_, 291, 314
_note_, 316, 353 _note_, 370 _note_;
reorganisation, 62, 81, 251;
_esprit de corps_, 62;
ordered to the Salient, 64;
School at Poperinghe, 66;
at Zillebeke, 67;
relieved, 73, 74, 135, 166, 213, 218, 223, 238, 251, 289, 312, 380;
at Merris, 74;
football matches, 75;
at Ploegsteert Wood, 75;
development of the offensive spirit, 77;
sniping, 78;
at Bomy, 84;
at the Battle of the Somme, 95;
of Longueval, 103, 105;
night attack, 104, 109-111;
artillery arrangements, 106-108;
use of the “creeping” barrage, 107;
position, 119;
at Pont Remy, 144;
transferred to the IV. Corps, 144, 220;
join the III. Corps, 150;
transferred to the Third Army, 169;
at St Pol, 169;
Arras, 172;
transferred to the XVII. Corps, 181;
plan of attack on Arras, 184;
at the Battles of Arras, 193-199, 202-205, 207-211, 214-218;
at Hermaville, 205;
Ruellecourt, 213, 218;
Canal du Nord, 220;
attack on Passchendaele, 228, 239-243;
at Arneke, 238;
Brake Camp, 238;
Ypres, 245;
spirit of the men, 246, 314, 380, 394-396;
at Nieuport, 249;
Péronne, 249;
transferred to the VII. Corps, 250;
at Villers, 253;
Chapel Hill, 264;
retreat, 267;
reinforcements, 283, 294;
at Meaulte, 286;
strength, 288;
disciplined valour of the retreat, 290;
at Wytschaete, 293;
the Comines Canal, 296;
attack on Wytschaete, 297, 304;
dispositions, 307;
defence of Wytschaete, 308-314;
at Meteren, 320;
raids, 321-323, 328;
outbreak of trench fever, 322;
preparations for the attack on Meteren, 323-325;
Parade Service, 329;
white metal thistle, 329;
attack on Hoegenacker Ridge, 329-331;
at Wardrecques, 332;
in the Flanders camp, 336;
transferred to the II. Corps, 336;
ordered to attack Keiberg Spur, 343;
attack on Ledeghem, 348;
on Courtrai, 355;
reorganises at Harlebeke, 383;
reviewed by King Albert, 383;
march to Cologne, 384-386;
bridgehead duties, 387;
Colours presented to, 390;
demobilised, 390;
work of the various Branches, 391;
Ordnance Department, 392;
the Padres, 393;
record of Battles, 393;
Canteens, 416

Nivelle, General, in command of the French armies, 182;
failure in the Aisne, 223

Noble, 2nd Lieut. A., 115

Noordemdhoek, 336

Noote Boom, 12

Nord, Canal du, 220, 273

Norman, Captain F. K., commanding 106th A.S.C., 7

North House, 304, 305, 307

North Street, 103, 117

Northamptons, the, at the defence of the Fosse, 49

Northey, Lieut.-Colonel A. C., commanding 9th Scottish Rifles, 6, 63

Northey, Lieut.-Colonel H. H., commanding 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers,
6, 405

“Nose,” the, 157; attack on, 160, 163, 165;
captured, 166

Nurlu, 255, 267, 269, 273;
shelled, 260

Obermayer Trench, 185

Oddie, Padre, 393

Ohligs, 386;
Ninth Divisional College at, 390

Oise, the, 258, 282, 354

Okkerwijk, 379

“Old German Line” trench, 16

Oldham, Major L. W. S., commanding 63rd Field Coy. R.E., 8, 408

Onraet, 299

Oosthoek, 64

Oosttaverne Wood, 299, 301

Ooteghem, attack on, 378;
captured, 379

Oppy, 210

“Orchard,” the, 16

Ordnance Department, work of the, 392, 415

Ormiston, Major, 163, 279

Ostend harbour blocked, 319

Ouderdom, 310, 312

Outtersteene, 12, 330

Oxford Copse, 99

Pall Mall Road, 102 _note_

Pardy, 2nd Lieut., 179

Paris, Conference in, 224

Passchendaele, 336, 353;
Battles of, 223, 231-235, 239-243, 393;
preparations for the attack on, 224-231;
criticisms on, 243

Patrolling, 17

Payne, Colonel A. V., A.A. & Q.M.G., Ninth Division, 6, 402

Peart, Sergeant, death, 393

Peirson, Captain, taken prisoner, 280

Pekin Trench, attack on, 23, 26, 42;
evacuated, 46

Péronne, 249;
fall of, 334

Perreau, Lieut.-Colonel A. M., commanding 52nd Bde. R.F.A., 8, 407;
at Loos, 47

Pétain, General, 88

Petit Bois, 305

Petty, Lieut.-Colonel W., commanding 9th Seaforths, 407

Pheasant Wood, 304

Phineboom, 320

Phosphorous Bombs, 229

Piave, the, 382

Picardy, 88, 143

Piccadilly, 103, 114, 117;
Farm, 312

Pick House, 299, 301;
Wood, 304

“Pill-boxes,” 225;
attack on, 232

“Pimple,” the, captured, 157

“Pine-apples” trench mortars, 177

Pioneers, the, 7, 399;
work of the, 137, 381, 391, 413

Plaatsbeek, 371

Ploegsteert Wood, 75, 76;
occupied, 299;
evacuated, 334

Plumer, General, presents Colours, 390

Poelcapelle, 238

Poezelhoek, 342

Point du Jour, 184, 199

Pollard, Prof., _A Short History of the Great War_, 200

Pollock, Corporal James Dalgleish, awarded the V.C., 53, 410

Polygone de Zonnebeke, 337;
captured, 341

Pont Levis No. 2, 376

Pont Remy, 144

Pont Street, 103

Pont à Vendin, 21

Poperinghe, 64, 223, 308;
School at, 66

Portuguese Corps, attack on, 295

Potijze, the, 340

Potsdam, 228;
attack on, 233, 235

Potterijebrug, 346

Princes Street, 103, 120

Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland) Highlanders, the 10th, 6,
398

Pringle, Lieut.-Colonel R. N., commanding South African Field
Ambulance, 408

Prisoners, German, captured, 149, 177, 179, 195, 233, 237, 305, 310,
322, 327, 331

Proudfoot, 2nd Lieut., 179

Pulteney, Lieut.-General Sir W., commanding III. Corps, 150

Quarries, the, captured, 50;
attack on, 51;
repulsed, 52

Quentin Ridge, 254

Raids, number of, 177-180

Railton, 255, 265

Railway Alley, 43

Railway Triangle, 196, 197

Rancourt, 277

Ravine Wood, 298

Rawlinson, General Sir H., commanding Fourth Army, 84 _note_, 292;
orders from, 128;
tribute to the Ninth Division, 140

“Red Belly” aeroplane, 188

Reid, Major A. W., commanding 63rd Field Coy. R.E., 408

Reid, Captain, 4th South African Regiment, 294 _note_;
captures Germans, 305

Reninghelst, 308

Respirator, the “box,” 172

Rest huts, 65

“Retaliation Tariff,” 70

Revelon Farm, 262;
Ridge, 255

Reynolds, Captain Henry, 233;
awarded the V.C., 235, 411

Rheims, 333

Rhine, the, 384

Ribemont sur L’Ancre, 286

Richtofen’s, Von, “Circus,” 188

Ricketts, Private Thomas, awarded the V.C., 361, 412

Ridge Wood, 294, 297, 302

Rifle-grenades, use of, 217, 219

Rifles, practice in the use of, 172, 174

Ritchie, Brig.-General A. B., commanding 26th (Highland) Brigade, 15,
403;
at Loos, 39;
uses divisional mounted troops, 53;
at Longueval, 105;
plan of attack, 154;
commanding Sixteenth Division, 170

Ritson, Lieut.-Colonel J. A. S., commanding 12th Royal Scots, 214
_note_, 232, 405;
leaves for England, 321 _note_

Roclincourt, 174, 175

Rocquigny, 276

Roeux, 201;
Chemical Works of, 202;
Battle of, 202-204;
captured, 212

Rolleghem Cappelle, 356;
captured, 349, 359

Rose, Major, killed, 305

Roubaix, withdrawal of the Germans, 371

Rougemont, Lieut.-Colonel C. H. de, G.S.O.I., Ninth Division, 6, 402

Roumania, entry into the war, 151;
position, 224

Royal Army Medical Corps, the 27th, 28th and 29th Field Ambulances,
7, 399;
work of the, 136, 167, 237, 244, 289, 290, 381, 391

Royal Army Service Corps, 399.
_See_ Army

Royal Engineers, the 63rd Field Coy., 7, 370, 371, 397;
at the Battle of Loos, 35;
the 64th, 7, 371, 397;
at the Battle of the Somme, 96;
the 90th, 7, 397;
endurance, 47;
at the Battle of the Somme, 96;
bridge over the Lys, 367

Royal Field Artillery, the 17th Brigade, attack on Ooteghem, 378

the 50th Brigade, 7, 297, 347, 397;
attack on Cuerne, 366;
cross the Lys, 375

the 51st Brigade, 7, 297, 397;
at Heule, 366

the 52nd Brigade, 7, 397;
at the Battle of Loos, 47

the 53rd Brigade, 7, 80, 397

A.F.A. Brigades, 28th at Cuerne, 367;
65th and 130th near Gonnelieu, 257;
150th at Sorel, 267;
153rd, 343

Royal Flying Corps, air photographs, 189, 227

Royal Scots, The, 11th Battalion, 6, 63, 398;
at the Battle of Loos, 44;
retire to Fosse Alley, 47;
casualties, 62 _note_, 77;
expel the Germans, 77;
at Montauban, 97;
at the Battle of Longueval, 105, 111, 114;
attack on Delville Wood, 126;
reconnaissance, 190;
at the Battle of Arras, 191, 214;
attack on Roeux, 204;
at Ypres, 231;
at the Battle of Passchendaele, 239;
quartered at Heudecourt, 256;
at Chapel Hill, 265;
at the Battle of Wytschaete, 298;
advance on Becelaere, 341;
capture the Molenhoek Ridge, 342;
advance on Hill 40, 363;
cross the Lys, 367;
attack on Vichte, 376

12th Battalion, 6, 398;
at the Battle of Loos, 44;
retire to Fosse Alley, 47;
casualties, 62 _note_;
at the Battle of the Somme, 96;
capture Bernafay Wood, 98;
at the Battle of Longueval, 105, 111, 114, 123;
capture Germans, 149, 323;
march in the mud, 164;
at the Battle of Arras, 191, 214, 216;
attack on Roeux, 204;
on Passchendaele, 228, 239;
on the “Pill-boxes,” 232;
at Dessart Wood, 256;
Nurlu, 267;
at the Battle of Wytschaete, 298;
attack on, 309;
surrounded, 310;
establish posts, 330;
advance on Becelaere, 341;
capture it, 342;
attack on Ledeghem, 349;
capture Steenbeek, 364;
Cuerne, 366;
cross the Lys, 369

Royal Scots Fusiliers, the 2nd, 307, 312, 398;
attack on Meteren, 324;
on Broodseinde, 337;
advance on Keiberg Spur, 344;
cross the Lys, 373;
action at Beveren, 374

the 6th, 6, 63, 398;
at the Battle of Loos, 44;
attack on Fosse Alley, 51, 52;
bomb fight, 54;
retire to Dump Trench, 54;
casualties, 62 _note_;
join the Fifteenth Division, 82

Royal West Kent Regiment, 218 _note_

Royal West Surrey Regiment, 218 _note_

Roye, 182

Ruellecourt, 213, 218

“Rum-jar” shell, 147

Rupprecht, Prince, 320

Russia, agreement with Britain and France, 3;
policy, 151;
revolution, 183, 224

Russian Army, retreat, 19;
defeated in Poland, 86;
collapse, 246

Ruthven, Brig.-General Hon. A. G. A. Hore, V.C., commanding 26th
(Highland) Brigade, 327, 403;
advance on Moorslede, 345;
defensive flank, 350;
attack on Ooteghem, 379;
tribute to, 381

S.S. 135 pamphlet, 10, 175, 176, 185;
S.S. 143 pamphlet, 10, 175, 176

Saillisel, 274, 276

Sailly Saillisel Ridge, 281

St Jans Cappel, 320

St Julien recaptured by the Germans, 225;
Battle of, 394

St Laurent-Blangy, 185

St Louis, 371, 374, 376

St Nicholas, 205 _note_

St Omer, 12, 319, 320

St Pierre Vaast Wood, 274, 276, 281

St Pieter, 345, 346;
captured, 351

St Pol, 169

Salisbury Plain, training camps, 6

Salonica, 224, 247;
expedition, 86

Sambre, the, 383

Sanctuary Wood, 68, 69, 337

Sappers, the, bomb factories, 14;
invaluable aid, 47;
relations with the Infantry, 69;
work of the, 137, 244, 381, 391, 412

Sarrail, General, 152

Sawder, Major, 263

Scarpe River, 173, 181, 196, 202

Scheldt, the, 371, 379, 380, 396

Scherpenberg, 293, 297

Scott, Major, 12th Royal Scots, 239

Scottish Rifles, the 9th, 6, 307, 398;
at the Battle of Loos, 35, 38;
casualties, 62 _note_, 346;
operations against the Germans, 78;
at Montauban, 97;
at the Battle of Longueval, 105, 111;
raid, 178;
at the Battle of Arras, 191, 208;
attack on Roeux, 204;
on Passchendaele, 228, 232, 242;
in the Fourteenth Division, 251;
at Meteren, 320;
attack on Broodseinde, 337;
Keiberg Spur, 344;
cross the Lys, 373

Scrase-Dickins, Brig.-General S. W., commanding 28th Infantry
Brigade, 6, 82, 165, 403;
at the Battle of Loos, 35;
of Longueval, 105, 115, 116;
commanding Thirty-seventh Division, 169;
characteristics, 169;
invalided to England, 170 _note_

Seaforth Highlanders, the 7th, 6, 63, 398;
attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt, 21 _note_, 40;
at the Battle of Loos, 39;
casualties, 62 _note_;
attack on Waterlot Farm, 118;
on the Butte de Warlencourt, 155;
at the Battle of Arras, 191;
attack on Wytschaete, 304;
at Ypres, 337;
cross the Lys, 373

Seaforth Highlanders, the 9th (Pioneers), 7, 399;
at the Battle of Loos, 35;
heroism, 48;
at the Battle of the Somme, 96;
of Arras, 216;
barrage, 216;
at the Battle of Passchendaele, 239-242;
reorganised, 251;
at Sorel, 256

Selle, the, 354;
Battles of, 382

Sempill, Lieut.-Colonel Lord, commanding 8th Black Watch, 6, 404;
wounded, 41

Serajevo murder, 3

Serbia, relations with Austria, 3

Serbs, the, defeat of, 86

Serre, 96

Seven Years’ War, 91

Seventeenth Division, 213, 281, 285

Sharp, Lieut.-Colonel S. F., commanding 9th Seaforth Highlanders, 407

Shiels, Captain Drummond, 297

Shrapnel shell, use of, 107 _note_, 229

Siege Farm, 309

Simpson, Lieut.-Colonel C. N. commanding 53rd Bde. R.F.A., 7, 407

Sixty-first Division, at Péronne, 249

Sixty-third (Naval) Division, at Passchendaele, 245, 282;
at Péronne, 250

Slag Alley, 51

Slypshoek, 347

Slypskappelle, 347

Smith, Sergeant, 322, 328

Smoke-bombs, 27;
candles, 29;
screen, 186, 197;
shells, 187

Smuggling, repression of, 388

Smyth, Lieut.-Colonel G. B. F., commanding 6th K.O.S.B., 171, 256
_note_, 329, 405;
at the Battle of Arras, 209;
murdered, 209 _note_;
wounded, 210, 276;
attempt to clear Hill 41, 350;
commanding 90th Field Coy. R.E., 408

Snag Trench, 154, 156, 158

Snephoek, 364

Sniping, 78, 148

Soda-Water Factory, 416

Soissons, 333;
recaptured, 334

Solingen, 386, 390

Somer Farm, 301, 302, 305

Somme, 85, 89, 282;
preparations for the Battle of, 92-94;
preliminary bombardment, 94;
Battle, 95, 107 _note_, 393

Sorel, 255, 256, 267;
shelled, 260

Sotheby, Lieut.-Colonel H. G., commanding 10th A. & S.H., 171, 405

Souchez, 22, 145

Source Farm, 242;
Trench, 241, 242

South African Brigade, 82, 398;
at the Battle of the Somme, 96;
at Montauban, 99;
occupy Bernafay Wood, 101;
casualties, 131;
in the trenches at Arras, 174;
raids, 180;
at the Battle of Roeux, 202-204;
lack of reinforcements, 206;
fresh battalions, 218;
attack on Passchendaele, 228, 234;
at Gonnelieu, 256;
ordered to retreat, 267-269;
attacks on, 277-279, 301;
survivors taken prisoners, 280;
strength, 294;
attack on Messines, 299;
on Meteren, 324;
leave the Ninth Division, 332;
tribute to, 333 _note_

South African Regiment, the 1st, at the Battle of Longueval, 117, 123;
attack on Delville Wood, 126;
on Snag Trench, 158;
expelled by flammenwerfer, 163;
at the Battle of Arras, 191;
attack on Wytschaete, 305

the 2nd, attack on Delville Wood, 121;
casualties, 122;
capture Germans, 149;
attack on the Butte de Warlencourt, 155;
at the Battle of Arras, 191;
at Gauche Wood, 261

the 3rd, attack on the “Nose,” 161;
at the Battle of Arras, 191;
broken up, 251

the 4th, attack on Waterlot Farm, 124;
at the Battle of Arras, 191;
recapture Chapel Hill, 263;
attack on Wytschaete, 305

South African Composite Battalion, 283, 287, 302, 304, 307, 398;
strength, 288

South Street, 112

Spanbroekmolen, 302, 304, 308

Sparrow, W. S., “Epic of the Ninth (Scottish) Division,” 271 _note_,
290 _note_

Sprenger, Captain L. F., 235;
wounded, 157

Spriethoek, 347

Springfield, 243

Square Wood, 210

Staenyzer Cabaret, 304

Staff Officer, duties, 22;
A. Branch, 22;
G. Branch, 23

Staunton, Lieut.-Colonel G., commanding 8th Gordons, 6, 404

Steenbeek, 361;
captured, 364

Steenen Stampkot, 360, 363

Steenwerck, 75, 83;
occupied, 299

Stevenson, Private J., plucky exploit, 100

Stewart, Lieut.-Colonel P. A. V., G.S.O.I., 253, 402

Stirling Castle, 336, 337

Stokerij, 365, 373

Stokes Mortars, 27, 81

Storey, 2nd Lieut., 191

Straate, 375

Straubenzee, Lieut.-Colonel C. C. Van, commanding 50th Bde. R.F.A.,
8, 407

Strooiboomhoek, 344, 347

Stuart, Lieut.-Colonel H. C., commanding 10th H.L.I., 64, 406

Submarine warfare, 247

Sussex Regiment, at the defence of the Fosse, 49

Symons, Colonel F. A., A.D.M.S., 404;
killed, 206

Tail Trench, 154;
bombardment of, 165

Tait, Sergeant, 300

Talus Boise, 129, 135, 284

Tank Brigade, the 4th, 306, 309

Tanks, the, 191, 196, 222, 247

Tanner, Brig.-General W. E. C., commanding 2nd South African
Regiment, 82, 172, 406;
attack on Delville Wood, 120;
wounded, 129;
commands 8th Brigade (Third Division), 256 _note_;
commands South African Brigade, 294, 403;
letter from Brig.-General Tudor, 333 _note_

Taylor, Captain G. P., 162;
commanding 28th Field Ambulance, 408

Teacher, Brig.-Major, at Longueval, 110

Terdeghem, Parade Service at, 329

Terhand, advance on, 343;
captured, 345

Terrapin House, 329, 331

Thackeray, Lieut.-Colonel E. F., commanding 3rd South African
Regiment, 83, 406;
at Waterlot Farm, 129, 131, 139;
at Happy Valley, 135;
wounded, 144

Thesiger, Maj.-General G. H., commanding Ninth Division, 31, 402;
at Loos, 37, 44;
killed, 53

Thiepval, 89, 96, 152

Third Division, 76th Brigade, relieved, 106;
attack on Longueval, 129, 130

Thirtieth Division, 86, 154, 158;
relieved 99

Thirty-first Division, at the Battle of Arras, 206, 210;
relieved, 320

Thirty-second Division, 251

Thirty-fourth Division, at Arras, 181

Thirty-fifth Division, 176, 283, 284

Thirty-sixth Division, 228, 371, 375, 378;
ordered to advance on Terhand, 343;
capture it, 345;
capture Hill 41, 347

Thirty-seventh Division, relieved, 206

Thirty-ninth Division, 251;
relieved, 253

“Thistles, The,” concert troupe, 393

Thomson, Lieut.-Colonel, commanding 1/1st Yorks Cyclists, 364

Thomson, 2nd Lieut. K. D., killed, 138

Thorne, Lieut.-Colonel H. U. H., commanding 12th Royal Scots, 172,
405;
killed, 194

Thorp, Captain H. W. B., Brigade-Major of the 26th Highland Brigade, 6

Three Cabarets, 23;
attack on, 39, 40

_Times, The_, article in, 316

Torpedo, the Bangalore, 78

Torreken Corner, 298

Tourcoing, 370

Train Alley, 23

Transylvania, invasion of, 151

Trappelstraat, 371

Trench feet, 68;
cases of, 167;
remedy for, 176;
fever, outbreak, 322

Trench Mortar Brigade, 81, 311;
work of the, 315

Trench Mortars, 14, 27, 81, 147;
warfare, 18

Trenches, 146, 174;
siting of, 10;
for the wounded, 25, 30;
condition, 68

Trentino, attack in the, 88

Triangle Post, 97

Trigger Wood Valley, 96

Trones Wood, 97;
attack on, 100, 101, 285;
captured, 119

Trotter, Brig.-General G. F., commanding 27th Brigade, 63, 403;
accident, 82

Tudor, Maj.-General H. H., C.R.A. Ninth Division, 80, 106, 139, 205
_note_;
and General Furse, 154 _note_, 403;
Police Adviser in Ireland, 209 _note_;
plan of attack, 222;
commands Ninth Division, 258, 293, 402;
at Nurlu, 260;
ordered to withdraw, 264;
at Moislains, 270;
trouble with the 47th Division, 270;
coolness and foresight, 290;
tribute to the South African Brigade, 333 _note_;
Orders to Brigadiers, 343;
Conference at Waterdamhoek, 346;
characteristics, 381

Tulip Cottages, 235

Turkey, reverses, 335

Turner, 2nd Lieut., 113;
heroism, 127

Tweedie, Lieut.-Colonel W. J. B., commanding 10th A. & S.H., 80, 405;
wounded, 143

Twelfth Division, 285;
retreat across the Ancre, 287

Twenty-first Division, 253, 306;
at Péronne, 249;
hold Cavalry Trench, 262;
retreat, 274, 276