whole country is littered with material.
The brigadier and Staff are by the roadside. They are super-
vising two of our battalions who are taking up a new line of
indifferent-looking trenches. We are to go on another mile
and remain in reserve at L .*
It is hot as midsummer, and the men are heavily laden and
begin to straggle.
L is a small ruined village with a camp of huts on the
east side. As we draw near we see it is being heavily crumped.
Some of our guns have halted there. The German aeroplane
flying very low, and as usual unmolested, has spotted them,
and the enemy heavy artillery is landing shells amongst them
with wonderful accuracy, and his aeroplane is bombing them.
It is one of those moments in which it is so difficult to know
how to act, whether to remain in the open or to try and get
into the huts in spite of the shelling and at all events lie hidden
* Lechelle.
MARCH 23RD, 1918 411
from view. The huts will keep out splinters and perhaps
shrapnel.
I decide on the latter, as I fear we shall be spotted if we
remain in the open, and the guns turned on to us.
Slowly platoon by platoon the battalion reaches the huts.
One feels so utterly helpless. One can do nothing by way of
retaliation ; one just walks along dazed by the noise and prays
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that the next shell will not be any nearer than the last. We
gain the huts, and lie flat in them ; it is the only hope. Terri-
fying as these high explosives are, the actual damage is only
very local. A huge shell — 10-inch, judging by the base plate —
lands and explodes 30 yards from our hut, and with the excep-
tion of one splinter, which makes a hole in the roof, no damage
is caused except a huge crater in the grass.
Stragglers from all units join us. My artillery officer and
his telephonists are still with me, but there is no telephone
wire, and no one knows where the guns are. A machine-gun
officer with one gun, five men and two belt boxes arrives ; we
are becoming a mixed commando.
All over the open grass country parties of men are wandering,
all going towards the west. Why they are retiring they know
not. It begins to look like a panic, and one wonders how the
battalions will ever be collected again. Even the motor
machine guns fall back. The prospect looks more and more
grim.
We send off a report to brigade, and in the report I call
attention to the fact that we have no water, no reserve of ammu-
nition, no rations, and no ambulance.
We find some rations in the huts, luckily. Our major is
suffering from shell shock ; there is not an ambulance within a
mile ; two other officers are missing. There are only seven
officers left. The rest of our brigade are a mile to the east of
us. To the south are supposed to be the N. Division. Their
C.R.E. rides past and tells us that there is a big gap in the
line. The N. Division are not in their place. His information
proves correct, as very soon the Germans are seen advancing
from the south round our right flank. We are in an impossible
place — a hollow with no field of fire.
There is no reserve of ammunition. Our mobile reserve is
with the transport, fifteen miles away. The mobile reserve is
carried about by regiments for miles and miles ; it seems almost
sacred, a sort of household god which must be most carefully
412 ROYAL FUSILIERS IN THE GREAT WAR
guarded and never made use of. At this moment it would
have been invaluable to us.
We have no means of communication by signal or by
telephone.
To fall back towards " R," on to the higher ground .seemed
the only course. No sooner had the companies collected their
men and were about to start over the open from various points
than the Germans started to shell us from the south. It was
too late to alter one's plans : the companies were already in
open formation, crossing the open. The next few minutes
were among the worst in our experience. It had been bad
enough in the morning lying flat in the huts while shells
dropped within a few yards. It was infinitely worse walking
slowly over the grassy plain while black shrapnel burst
overhead and high explosive made great craters in the ground.
In addition the enemy machine guns had been brought up,
and bullets were beginning to fly pretty thickly. One just
walked on with a feeling of utter helplessness.
At last we were through the barrage, but very scattered.
We collected all the men we could, and, standing on the road,
Forster blew his hunting horn, and the stragglers came limping
in from all directions as they heard the familiar sound.
INDEX
Abbecourt, 245
Ablainzeville, 289
Abwein, 27
Acheville, 324
Achi Baba, 93
Achi Baba peak, 88
Achiet le Grand, 245, 291, 297 —
298
Aerodrome Trench, 289
Africa, East, fighting in, 22, 269 —
280
Africa, South, troops from, for
East Africa, 271
Aisne, the, 46, 48, 49
Alaunia, S.S., 86, 87
Albert, 116 — 117, 231, 249 — 250,
291
Albert-Bapaume road, 135
Albert-Meaulte road, 292
Aldershot, 9, 22, 24
Alexandria, 87, 105, 108, 261 ;
Jews of, 25 — 26
Aley, Captain, diary quoted, 115;
wounded, 118
Allen, Acting-Sergeant W., D.C.M.,
67, 76, 196
Allenby, General, inspection of
Jewish battalions, 27 ; and the
4th Batt., 75
" Alma " day on the Aisne, 48
Alpine Corps, the, 305, 307 — 308
America, South, recruits from, 8
American Expeditionary Force,
8 ; infantry in Russia, 23 ;
Kemmel Hill, 295
Amiens, 34 ; the withdrawal
towards, 250 — 252 ; battle of,
284—288
Amphlett, Captain, 97 — 98
Anafarta Sagir, 102
Anchor Sap, 221
Ancre, 18, 109, no, 135 ; battle of
the, 144 — 151 ; German cross-
ing, 249 ; British crossing, 289
—291, 302
Anderson, Captain, 131, 133
Andregnies-Witheries road, 335 —
336
Andrews, 100
Annesley, Lieut. -Col., 9, 82 ;
D.S.O., 83 note ; at Ovillers,
116 — 117
Anstice, Lieut., 87 ; killed, 95
Anzac Mounted Division, 27
Archangel, 23
Ardagh, Lieut. -Col., 116, 150
Argentine, Jewish recruits, 26,
27
Arleux, 166, 169
Arleux en Gohelle-Oppy line, 164
Armentieres, 54 — 58
Armistice, news of the, 326, 336
Army of Occupation, 336
Arnim, Lieut, von, capture of, 37
—38
Arras, 158 — 161, 165, 175 ; Ger-
man attack, March 28th, 252 —
254
Arras-Albert railway, 288
Arras-Cambrai road, 158 — 160,
173
Artists' Rifles, the, 225
Ashburner, Captain, 35, 38 — 41,
41 note, 47, 53
Ashstead, 15
Ashwell, Captain, 303
Askari, the, 274
Aston, Lieut. W. V., 136
Atbara, 104
Attewell, Captain, 282
Attwood, Captain, 38 ; killed, 47
Aubepines, Bois des, 172
Aubercourt Ridge, 251
Aubers, 51, 52, 62
Aubers Ridge, 71
Auchy le Bois, 249
Aulnoye, 327
Aunelle River, 330 — 331
Australians, the, 27 ; sector of line
taken over by the Londons, 1 74 ;
July 29th, 1918...284
Authuile bridge, 249
Aveluy, 248 — 249
Avion, 175
Avonmouth, 86
Avre, the, 251
Ayette, 289
Ayrton, Captain, 99, 100
414
INDEX
Babceuf, 248
Bac St. Maur, 54, 71
Bacquerot, Rue du, 56
Badges of the Jewish battalions,
28
Bailleul, 57 — 58, 163
Bainbridge, 2nd Lieut., 150 ;
D.S.O., 224
Baker, Captain P., 285 — 286
Baker, Major, command of the
3rd Batt., 72—74. 79—8o, 265
Balchin, C.S.M., 292
Balding, Lieut. A. F., 267
Baldwin, 1 1 1
Banhout Bosch, 326
Banister, 2nd Lieut., 75
" Bankers' " Battalion (10th), 9 —
10
Banteux, 208
Bapaume, 245 ; battle of, 288 —
292
Bapaume-Albert road, 245
Bapaume-Cambrai road, 218
Barakli-Djuma, 265 — 266
Baralle, 312
Bari, 268
Barker, Private Robert, 25
Barking, recruiting in, 24
Barnes, Major Winnington, com-
mand of the 4th Batt., 190, 193
Barnett-Barker, General R., fare-
well to the 22nd Batt., 18 — 19 ;
Delville Wood, 124 ; killed, 246
and note
Barrett, Captain K. J., 164 —
165
Barrier Trench, 208
Barrow, 2nd Lieut., 82
Bartlett, Mr. Ashmead, reports,
100 note
Barton, Lieut., 46
Basse Boulogne, 309
Bassevillebeek, 184, 194, 317
Bastable, 9th Batt., 117
Batt, Lieut. -Col. R. C, 8
Batten, 2nd Lieut. J., V.C., 80
Battery Valley, 161
Battle Wood, 179 — 181, 183
Bavai, 332
Bavaria, 228
Bayly, 2nd Lieut. H. A., 180
Bayonet Trench, 142 — 144
Bazentin-le-Grand, 119
Bazentin-le-Petit, 244
Beatty Post, 253 — 254
Beaucourt, 146 note, 149, 246
Beaucourt-sur-Ancre, 144
Beaufort, Bois de, 331
Beaugies village, 244
Beaulencourt, 244
Beaumont Hamel, 109 — no, 144
— 146, 249, 289
Beaurain, 332
Beaurains, Captain, 250
Beaurevoir line, 321
Beazley, Lieut., 46
Becelaere road, 316
Beck, Lieut. E. W. T., 84
Beckett, Private A., 75
Becordel, 144
Bedfords, the, at Thiepval, 141 —
142; Oppy, 170; Babceuf,
248 ; Bucquoy, 256 ; Amiens,
284 — 285 ; Bapaume, 291 ;
Epehy, 308—310; Vendhuile,
315; Le Cateau, 328; Preux
au Bois, 334
Beetle Alley, 114
Behagnies, 296, 298 — 299
Behericourt, 248
Behobeho, 275 — 277
Bel Aise Farm, 321
Belica brook, 267
Bell, Captain, D.S.O., 1st Batt.,
132
Bell, 2nd Lieut., 20th Batt., 119
Bellevue Farm, 292
Bellewarde Ridge, 72 — 74 ; first
attack on, 74 — 76
Bellicourt Farm, 308
Ben Mychree tank, 207
Benin, 325
Bennett, Lieut. -Col. C. H., 15,
119
Benzecry, Lieut., 217
Berceaux, Rue des, 67
Beresford, Lieut.-Col. P. W., 174,
201
Berks, the, 81, 153
Bermeries, 42
Bernefay Wood, 121, 123, 131
Bernes, 236
Berry, Sergeant, 155, 187
Bertincourt-Velu road, 240
Bescoby, 2nd Lieut., 180
Bethcncourt, 321
Beugnies, forest of, 336
Beuvry, 77 — 78, 80
Bevan, 2nd Lieut. H. C, 195
" Big Willie," 80, 82, 83
Bihucourt, 245
Bilhen Chapel, 306
Billon Wood, 300
Bindett, 9th Batt., 117
Birchall, Lieut.-Col. A. P., 68—69
Bird, Colonel S. G., 13
Bishop, 2nd Lieut., 203
Bisley, marksmen of, 14
Black Alley, 114
Black Watch, 78
INDEX
415
Black Wood, 292
Blagny, 161
Bleaden, Lieut., 116
Bleak House, 208
Bleu, 257
Bliss, Captain, 116
Blood, General Sir Bindon, 13
Boag, C.S.M., 234
Boddy, 2nd Lieut., 85
Bodmin Copse, 184, 189, 195
Bois den Haut, 301
Bois, Rue du, 71
Bolsheviks, 26
Bonavis Farm, 208
Boom Ravine, 154 — 157
Boon, H. J., 14—15
Border Regiment, the, Gallipoli,
101
Borre, 258
Borrowdale, Brig. -Gen., 76
Bott, Captain W. E., 308
Bouchier, 2nd Lieut., 148
Bouillancy, 45
Boult, Lieut. P. T. O., 111
Bourbon Wood, 313
Bourlon, 209 — 210, 216 — 219
Boursies, 303
Bousies Wood Farm, 329
Bouzincourt, 129
Bouzincourt-Aveluy, 249 — 250
Bo water, Lord Mayor Sir W., 10
Bowden, Major G. Harland, 14
Bowden-Smith, Captain, 39
Bowen, Lieut. R. G. B., 71
Bower, Captain F. W., 222
Bowes, 2nd Lieut. S. W., 80
Boyelles, 293
Boyton, Lieut. H. J., 71
Brain, 2nd Lieut., 215
Braisnes, 49
Brandenburgers, the, 122
Brandreth, Major L., Gallipoli, 87,
89. 92, 97. 99
Brasher, Lieut., 4th Batt., 164,
283
Brawn Trench, 138
Bray Plage, 182
Bray Wood, 285
Bremen Redoubt, 193 — 194
Brenelle, 46
Breslau, cruiser, 98 and note
Bretherton, Stapleton, 59
Brickland, Lieut. M., 92
Bright, Sergeant, 148
Brisby, Sergeant W., 242
Briseux Wood, 321
" British Empire Committee
(The)," 13—14
Brockworth, Lieut. R. C, 175 —
176
Brodie, Lieut., 166
Broken Mill, 162
" Brompton Road," 132
Bronfay Farm, 300
Broodseinde, battle of, 195 — 196
Brooke, 2nd Lieut., 119
Brooking, Captain, 242
Brown, 9th Batt., 117
Brown, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Batt., 294
Brown Support, 233
Browne, Captain Lathom, 215
Bruce, Captain, 102
Brule, Bois, 35
Buchanan, Captain, 25th Batt.,
278
Buchanan, Captain Angus, " Three
Years of War in East Africa,"
275 and note
Buck, 2nd Lieut. E. M., 172 — 173
Bucquoy, 254 — 256, 289
Buffs, the, Bellewarde Ridge, 72 —
73 ; Loos, 79 — 80
Buiko, 272
Bukoba, 269 — 270
Bulbeck, 100
Buliin, General, 70
Bulgarian Army, 263 — 264
Bull, 2nd Lieut. J. E., 80
Bulldog Trench, 210
Bullecourt, 174, 209 — 210, 292 —
294
Buluwayo II., tank, 207
Bund Trench, 114
Bungay, 9th Batt., 129
Burch, 2nd Lieut., 12th Batt., 226
Burch, Sergeant, nth Batt., 187
Burne, Colonel N. A. K., 25
Burr, 2nd Lieut., 165
Burton, 2nd Lieut., 206
Bus, 239 — 240
Bus-Lechelle road, 239
Bus-Rocquigny road, 244
Bussus, 132
Butkova, crossing the, 264 — 268
Butterworth, 2nd Lieut. E. C, 208
Byng, Captain, at Mons, 35 — 36 ;
retires, 40 — 42 ; on the Aisne,
47
Cachy-Hangard road, 259
Cachy Switch Line, 259
Caillouel, 235, 243
Caix, 251
Cakli station, 267
Caledonia, S.S., 108
Calvary Trench, 165
Calwell, 9th Batt., 129
Cambrai, 18, 204, 230, 315
Cambrai, battle of, 205 — 219
416
INDEX
Cambrai sector, raids, 221 ; ad-
vance from, 318
Cambridge, 49
Cambridge Road Trench, 74
Cameron House, 200
Camerons, the, Ypres, 183
Camies, 2nd Lieut., 107
Campbell, Lieut. -Col., 64
Camping, Lance-Corpl., 127
Canada, Jewish recruits, 26, 27
Canada Tunnels, 317
Canadians, the, at Gravenstafel,
68 ; Arras, 158 ; Monchy le Preux,
163 ; Arleux, 169 ; Passchen-
daele, 203 ; Marquion, 312 ;
battle of the Sambre, 330
Cannes, 268
Cannon, Major F., 24
Cape Town, 276
Carey, Captain, 36, 39, 51, 53
Carlton Trench, 133
Carnoy, 115, 119, 249, 300
Carnoy-Suzanne road, 300
Carr, Lieut. -Col. C. C, II, 139, 156
Carre Wood, 300
Carrickfergus, 8
Castel, 251
Cat Post, 309
Catelet Valley, 307
Caterpillar Valley, 133
Caudry, 321 — 322
Cavalry Farm, 173 — 174
Cazalet, Captain G. L., 128 — 129
Cecil, Hotel, 20
Celestine Wood, 288
Cemetery Wood, 312
Cerlongo, 227
Chadwick, Captain, R.T.T.C, 319
Chambers, Lieut. A. E., 327
Chard, Captain, 83, 117
Charleroi, 327
Chart, Lieut. -Col., 259
Chassemy, 50
Chateau Redoubt, 138, 139
Chateau, the, Noyelles, 206
Chatres, 45
Chaulnes, 244, 247, 251
Chauny, 243, 245
Chavonne, 49
Chell, Lieut., 76
Cherisy, 173
Chesterton, Lieut. A. K., 307
Chichester, Major the Hon. A. C.
S., 9 and note
Childs, C, Q.M.S.. 24
Chipilly Spur, 288
Choate, Sergeant, 155
Chocolate Hill, 102 — 103
Chord, the, attack on, 82 — 84
Christie, 2nd Lieut., 191
Christmas, 19 14, 63
Ciply, 31, 41 note
Cit6 de l'Abattoir, 166
Clapham Junction, 187
Claridge's, the meeting at, 14
Clark, Sergeant A., 13th Batt., 222
Clarke, Captain, 7th Batt., 148
Clarke, Captain C. A., 2/4th Lon-
dons, 201
Clarke, Captain S. H., 8th Batt.,
125, 129
Clipstone Camp, 17
Cloncurry Trench, 285 — 286
Clonmel Copse, 183
Coates, Lieut., 70
Cockerill, Lieut. -Col., 9 and note
Cohen, 2nd Lieut. E., 184
Cojeul Switch Line, 161
Colchester Camp, 9 — 11
Cole, Brig. -Gen. Lowry, 71
Cole, Captain, 36, 47
Coley, Captain J. A., 237
Colincamps, 249
Collings, 2nd Lieut., 92
Collins, Corporal G., 224
Combles, 158, 302
Combles Trench, 134, 137
Comines, 317
Commissions supply, controversy
on, 15 — 16
Compton, Major H. W., 12th Batt.
12, 78 — 79, 178
Conde" bridge, 50
Conde House- (or Houlthulst-)
Poelcapelle road, 197 — 199
Connaught Rangers, 70 ; Gomme-
court, 112 — 13; Ginchy, 134;
Bullecourt, 209
Contalmaison, 115
Cook, 9th Batt., 117
Cook, 2nd Lieut., 4th Batt., 120
Cooke, 2nd Lieut., 20th Batt.,
119
Cookson, Sergeant, 148
Cooper, Lieut., 1st Batt., 55
Cooper, Lieut., 4th Batt., 52
Cooper, 2nd Lieut. H., 2nd Batt.,
86, 96, 99
Cooper, 2nd Lieut. W. F., 12th
Batt., 184
Cope, Colonel, 125
Cope, Lieut. T. G., 9
Cope, Major, D.S.O., 83
Cornaby, Captain G. E., nth
Batt., 139, 309
Couillet, Bois, 216
Coulommiers, 45
Courcelette. 153—154. x 57. 244,
246 — 247
Courcellcs, 49
INDEX
417
Courtrai, 325
Courtrai-Bossuyt Canal, 325 — 327
Coventry, 2nd Lieut., 119
Cowen, Mr. Jos., 25
Cox, Captain H. J., 184
Coxhead, Major, 144 ; Diary, 171
and note
Crater Lane Trench, 146
Crepigny Ridge, 244—245
Crepy, 44
Crevecceur, 213
Crichton, Lieut., 66
Cripps, Major, 94, 100, 104, no
Crissoles, 44, 247 note
Croisilles, 293
Croix, 241
Crompton, 2nd Lieut. Douglas, 177
Cronyn, Sergeant, 83, 84
Crook, 2nd Lieut. W. G., 223
Cross, Lance-Corpl. Cyril, 128
Cross, Lieut. C. E. P., 319
Crow, Private Tom, 128
Croydon Trench, 286
Crozat Canal, 232, 235 — 237, 241
Cuba Trench, 167
Cumberledge, Captain, 139, 156
Cunliffe-Owen, Mrs., and Sports-
man's Battalions, 19 — 20
Dadizeele, 316
Dakawa, 274, 276
Daly, Maj.-Gen. A. C, 226
Dammstrasse, 176 — 178
Daniell, Major W. A. B., 90
Dann, Lieut.-Col. R. H., 248
Dar-es-Salaam, 275
Dartnell, Lieut. Wilbur, 22, 270 —
271
Davidson, Captain, 225
Davies, Lieut. R. A. L., 319
Davis, C.S.M., 113
Davis, 2nd Lieut. J., 255
Davison, Alderman W. H., 17
Davison, 2nd Lieut. R., 146
Day, Captain F. C, 184
Day, Lance-Corpl. G., 218
Dead Man's Corner, 205
Deakin, Major, 242
Deakin, 2nd Lieut., 166
Dearden, 2nd Batt., Ill
Dease, Lieut. Maurice, 39
De Beart Farm, 330
Defu, The, 272
Dehrbend Pass, 261
Delville Wood, 18, 120 — 125 ;
Delville Wood to Trones Wood
trenches, 130 ; to Mouquet
Farm, 135
Demicourt, 303
Denners, Private, 40
F.
Dernancourt, 288
Desire Trench, 154
Destremont Farm, 143
Des Vceux, Colonel, 13
De Trafford, Lieut. R. E. G. A., 92
Dexter, 2nd Lieut., 223
Dhuizel, 49, 50
Diaries, remarks on, 29 — 31 ;
discrepancies in officers', 45 note
Dickebusch, 72, 187
Digby, Private W., 195
Dirty Bucket Camp, 199
Disbandment of battalions, 229
Disney, 2nd Lieut., 212
Doignies, 303—304
Doiran sector, 264
Douai, 171
Doudney, Captain H. D., 184
Doulieu, 57, 257
Dover defences, 8
Downing, 2nd Lieut., 148
Doyle, Conan, " The British Cam-
paign in France and Flanders,"
69 note, 71 note
Drake Battalion, 283
Dreslincourt, 247
Drie Masten, 323
Driscoll, Colonel, 21 — 22, 274 —
280
" Driscoll's Scouts," 21 — 22
Dublin Castle Post, Su via, 1 07 — 108
Dublins, the, in Gallipoli, 103 —
104 ; Ypres, 316 ; Ledeghem,
323 ; Courtrai, 325 — 326
Dudley, 2nd Lieut., 75
Dumbarton Wood, 317
Dummy Trench, 131
Duncan Post, 309
Dunchurch, 86
Dunkirk, 182
Dunnington-Jeflerson, 2nd Lieut.
W., 69
Dunthorn, 2nd Lieut. S. W., 203
Durham Light Infantry, 73, 179
Dutch, Lieut., 276
Duthie, Captain A. M., 209
Eagar, 2nd Lieut. R. T., 287
Eagle Hut, Strand, 21
East Ham, brigade raised, 24
East Surrey Crater, 220
East Surreys at Ypres, 70 ; on
Bellewarde Ridge, 72 — 73 ;
Loos, 80 ; Amiens, 285
East Yorks at Zonnebeke, 194 ;
Noreuil, 226
Eaucourt l'Abbaye, 247 — 248
Ecaillon, crossing the, 328 — 329
Ecourt St. Quentin, 303
Ecoust, 302
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INDEX
Eder, Dr., 25
Edington, 2nd Lieut., 224
Edwards, Private F. J., 141 —
142
Edwards, C.S.M. J., 195
Egypt, Jewish battalions in, 27
" Eight Unattached," the, 14
Eighteenth Battalion Royal
Fusiliers, 14 — 17
Eighteenth Hussars, Noyelles, 207
Eighth Battalion Royal Fusiliers,
9, 16; Loos, 76, 81 — 84;
Ovillers, 116 — 118; Pozieres,
125 — 127; October 7th, 1915. .
143 ; Arras, 159 ; Roeux, 171 —
172 ; Noyelles, 207 — 208 ;
battle of Cambrai, 210 — 213 ;
disbanded, 229
Eighth Buffs, Trones Wood, 131 ;
Guillemont, 133 ; raids, 153 ;
Battle Wood, 179
Eighth Middlesex, 161
Eighth Queen's (72nd Brigade),
132
Eighth Somerset Light Infantry,
333
Eighth South African Infantry,
279
Eleventh Battalion Royal Fusi-
liers, 11 — 12 ; Montauban, 113
— 115; Trones Wood, 118;
Carnoy, 119; Thiepval, 138 —
141; Petit Miraumont planned,
142 ; raids, 153 ; Boom Ravine,
154 ; Cherisy, 173 ; a minor
operation, 186 — 187 ; Poelca-
pelle, 199 ; Passchendaele, 203
— 204 ; position for the German
offensive, 230 ; across the canal,
235 — 238, 241 — 243 ; Beaugies,
244 — 245 ; Montagne de
Grandru, 247 — 248 ; Auber-
court Ridge, 251 ; Amiens, 284
— 285, 287 ; crossing the Ancre,
291 — 292 ; Montauban, 300 —
301 ; Priez Farm, 301 — 302 ;
Epehy, 308 — 310; Vendhuile,
315 ; Ecaillon, 328—329 ;
Preux au Bois, 334
Eleventh Middlesex, Arras, 160
Elisan-Dolap, 266
Elliott-Cooper, Lieut. -Col. N. B.,
83 — 84, 172, 211 — 212
Empire Battalion Royal Fusiliers
(17th Batt.), 13—M
Emtsa, 24
Engelbelmer, 249
Epehy, battle of, 305 — 310
Epehy-Pezieres, 305, 307
Epinette Farm, 328
Epsom, 15
Epstein, Jacob, 28
Equancourt, 205
Ereclin River, 322
Es Salt (Ramoth Gilead), 27
Esscher, 325
Essex Fusiliers, the, at Loos,
81—82 ; Gallipoli, 97 ; Delville
Wood, 120 ; Aubercourt Ridge,
252 ; Mormal Forest, 332 — 333
Estaires, 257
Estaires-La Bass6e road, 65
Estaires-Neuve Chapelle, 51
Estill, Lieut. D. E., 9
Etang de Dickebusch, 177
Etchells, Major, 136, 245
Eugies-Sars La Bruyere road,
336
Eustace, Lieut., 99, 100
Evans, Lieut., 4th Batt., 290
Evans, gth Batt., 117
Even, Colonel G. E., 25
Everitt, Lieut. H. W., in — 112
Fabricius, 2nd Lieut., 119 — 120
Falmer, 25
Falmouth, 9
Farbus line, 163
Fargniers, 234—235
Farm Labis, 257
Farme Rouge, 234
Favreuil, 298 — 300
Featherstonehaugh, Captain, 117
Ferdie sector, 265
Ferret Trench, m — 112
Festubert, 71
Fetter (German) trench, 113
Feuchy-Feuchy Chapel, 162
Field, 2nd Lieut., 177
Fifoot, 9th Batt., 129
Fifteenth Battalion, Royal Fusi-
liers, 13
Fifth Battalion Royal Fusiliers,
Gallipoli, 101
Fifth Connaught Rangers,
Salonika, 266
Fifth Durham Light Infantry,
257
Fifth Gordons, Bailleul, 163
Fifth Reserve Battalion, 8, 9
Fifth Royal Berks, 250
Fifth Royal West Rents, 287
Fifth Scots, 95
Filter, Lance-Corpl., 75
Fins, 205
Finsbury Barracks, 9
Fir Trench, 112
Firm Trench, 112
First Artists Rifles, Ypres, 238
INDEX
419
First Battalion Royal Fusiliers, on
the Aisne, 49 ; Flanders, 51 ;
Armentieres, 54 ; the march
south, 62 ; at Ploegsteert, 63 ;
Ypres, 77 ; Guillemont, 129 —
132 ; Oosttaverne Line, 176 —
178 ; Ypres, 183—185 ; Bod-
min Copse, 189 ; Vadencourt,
225 ; Vendelles, 226, 230, 235 —
236 ; Monchy Lagache, 241 ;
withdrawal from the Somme
front, 244 ; Chaulnes, 247,
250 — 252 ; sickness, 281 ; Rieux,
322 ; Jenlain, 331— 33 2 -
First Border Regiment, 91 — 92.
First Buffs, Noyelles, 207
First Essex, Caudry, 321
First Guard Grenadier Regiment,
308
First Hants, 69
First Herts, 304 ; Briseux Wood,
321
First King's R.R. Corps, Delville
Wood, 122 — 124 ; Ancre, 146
— 147 ; Boom Ravine, 157 ;
Bourlon, 216 ; North of Bus,
240 ; Gomiecourt, 297
First Londons, 71, 200 ; Cojeul
Switch Line, 161 ; Cavalry
Farm, 173 — 174 ; Tadpole
Copse, 209
First Northumberland Fusiliers,
St. Eloi, 84 — 85 ; Gu£mappe,
165 ; Bullecourt, 209 ; Pudsey
support trench, 227 ; Highland
Ridge, 233 ; Arras, 252 ; the
Ancre, 290 ; Ecoust, 302 ;
Ribecourt, 313
First Royal Berks, Delville Wood,
122; the Ancre, 146 — 147;
Bourlon, 216, 218
First Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers,
Gallipoli, 92
First Seaforths, 65
Firth, Lieut. S. H., 192
Fish, 2nd Lieut., 221
Fisher, Captain W. L. T., 55,
236
Fisher, Major Julian, 99 — 101
Fisher's Keep, 307 — 308
Fitterer, Sergeant, 155
FitzClarence, Brig. -Gen., 100
note
FitzClarence, Captain A. A. C,
100, and note
Fitzclarence Farm, 186
Flack, Lieut., 183 — 184
Flagnies, 325
Flammenwerfers, 127 — 128, 194 —
195
Flanders, the advance in, 315 —
318, 322—324
Flers, 134—137, 244
Flesquieres Ridge, 209
Fletcher, Lieut., 17th Battalion,
124
Fletcher, Lieut., at Suvla, 104
Fleurbaix, 62
Fleurbaix-Neuve Chapelle road,
56
Floyd, Corporal, 197
Foggia, 268
Fontaine au Bois, 334 — 335
Fontaine les Croisilles, 168, 293
Fontaine Trench, 1 73
Fonteyn, 2nd Lieut., 180
Fooley Post, 293
Fooley Trench, 293
Ford, Major, 204
Ford, 2nd Lieut. A., 70
Ford, 2nd Lieut. W., 148
Forster, Captain J., 7th Batt.,
148, 232, 238—239
Fort de Metz, 50
Fortieth Battalion, Royal Fusi-
liers, 26 — 28
" Forty Days in 19 14," General
Maurice, 40 note
Forty-fifth Battalion, Royal Fusi-
liers, in Russia, 23 — 24
Forty-first Battalion, Royal
Fusiliers, 26, 28
Forty-second Battalion, Royal
Fusiliers, 26, 28
Forty-sixth Battalion, Royal
Fusiliers, in Russia, 23
Fosenville, 320
Fosse, 8, 78, 79
Foster, Captain Fred., 35, 39
Fourth Avenue, 125 — 126
Fourteenth Battalion, Royal Fusi-
liers, 13
Fourth Battalion, Royal Fusiliers,
8; Mons, 31, 33—4°; the
retreat, 41 — 46 ; the Aisne,
46 — 49 ; Flanders, 51 ; Armen-
tieres, 56 ; Aubers, 62 ; the
King's visit, 63 ; gas attacks
on, 72 ; Bellewarde, 74 — 75 ;
Hooge, 77 ; St. Eloi, 84 — 85 ;
officers at Montauban, 115;
Bazentins, 119 ; Delville Wood,
120 — 121 ; Guillemont, 129 —
131 ; the Ancre, 144 — 145 ;
147 ; Arras, 159 — 160 ; Gue-