INDEX

• Albert of Würtemburg, Duke, 6;
• see also Army, Fourth.
• Antwerp: value of, to Entente, 3;
• capture of, 5;
• retreat from, 7 (note).
• Army, Fourth (German): formation of, 6;
• advance of, through Belgium, 19;
• dispositions on 20th Oct., 20;
• task of, 25, 27;
• attack on 3rd Nov., 98;
• attack on 10th Nov., 104;
• order of battle of, 131.
• ---- Sixth (German): position of right wing of, 7;
• failure of attacks of, 25;
• attack on 11th Nov., 112.
• Army Group Fabeck: constitution of, 60;
• plan for, 60;
• assembly of, 63;
• artillery of, 63;
• attack on 30th Oct., 67;
• attack on 31st Oct., 73;
• alteration of plan,91;
• reinforcement of, 92;
• offensive on 11th Nov. of, 111;
• order of battle of, 132.
• ---- —— Linsingen: composition of, 103;
• task of, 103;
• offensive of, 111;
• order of battle of, 133.
• Army Headquarters (German), meetings at, 25, 26.
• Becelaere: Anglo-French counter-attacks at, 55;
• XXVII Res. Corps takes, 41.
• Belgian population, patriotism of, 100.
• ---- force, strength of, 12 (note).
• Beseler, General von, 5;
• see also Corps, III Reserve.
• British Fleet, co-operation of, 22 and note, 51 and note, 28 (note), 125.
• British force, strength of, 12 (note).
• Calais: concentration about, 6;
• German objective, 11.
• Cavalry, Army (German): objective of, 3;
• relief of, near Lille, 64.
• Cavalry, Fourth (German) Army, composition of, xvii (note).
• ---- Sixth (German) Army: composition of, 56, 57;
• capture Kruiseik, 57.
• Corps (German), III Reserve: captures Antwerp, 5;
• screens Fourth Army, 19;
• crosses the Yser, 30.
• ---- —— XV: attack on Zandvoorde, 63;
• attack and capture of Gheluvelt, 72;
• captures Hill 60, 119.
• ---- —— XIX, captures Lille, 7.
• ---- —— XXII Res.-XXVII Res.: formation of, 4;
• transport of, 5.
• ---- —— XXII Res., attacks on Dixmude, 31, 53.
• ---- —— XXIII Res.: attack on Houthulst Forest, 34;
• attack on Langemarck, 99.
• ---- —— XXVI Res., takes Passchendaele, 40.
• ---- —— XXVII Res., takes Becelaere, 41.
• ---- —— II Bavarian, dispositions of, 64.
• ---- (French) II, arrival of, 62, 64.
• ---- —— IX, arrival of, 41, 62, 64.
• Deimling, General von, wounded,73;
• see Corps (German), XV.
• Dixmude: topographical, 15;
• attack by French Marine division on, 45;
• capture of, 108.
• Eastern Front, German units leave for, 125.
• Emperor, German: proclamation to Fourth Army, 27;
• watches attack on Gheluvelt, 73.
• Fabeck, General von, see Army Group Fabeck.
• French force, strength of, 12 (note).
• Gerok, General von, see Group Gerok.
• Gheluvelt: attack on, 72;
• capture of, 75;
• British force holding, 72 (note).
• Gloucestershire Regiment at Langemarck, 37 (note).
• Group Gerok: formation of, 93;
• order of battle of, 133.
• ---- Urach: formation of, 90;
• attack on Wytschaete Park, 95.
• Guard (German) Division (von Winckler): marches to Roubaix, 92;
• attack of, 116.
• Guards, British Life, cut up, 68 and note.
• Kemmel, Mount, topography and importance of, 13, 68, 96, 123.
• King’s Liverpool Regiment, counter-attack by, 118 and note 2.
• Lille: value to Entente, 3;
• capture of, 6.
• Linsingen, General Baron von, see Army Group Linsingen.
• Messines: importance of, 68;
• attack on, 79;
• British force holding, 80 (note).
• Nieuport: topographical, 15;
• attack on 11th Nov., 112.
• Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., counter-attack German Guard, 118 (note 2).
• Plettenberg’s Corps, attack on 11th Nov., 111.
• Urach, General von, see Group Urach.
• Worcestershire Regiment, counter-attack at Gheluvelt, 75 and note 3.
• Wytschaete: importance of, 68;
• German attack on, 78;
• Anglo-French counter-attack on, 79;
• second German attack, 85;
• third attack and capture of, 88;
• capture of Park of, 123;
• gallant defence by French troops, 87 (note).
• Yorkshire L.I. retake Herenthage Château, 124 (note).
• Ypres: topographical, 15;
• historical, 14;
• attack from the north against, 38;
• attempt to break through south of, 59;
• battle of, begins, 113.
• Yser, canal: topographical, 16;
• flooding the, 51;
• crossed by III Res. Corps, 30.
• Zandvoorde: importance of, 67;
• capture of, 67.

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