russels -- Anxiety
during the retreat from Mons -- The work of the Topographical
Section at that time -- Arrival of refugee officers and other
ranks at the War Office -- One of the Royal Irish affords
valuable information -- Candidates for the appointment of
"Intelligence Officer" -- How one dealt with recommendations in
regard to jobs -- Linguists -- The discoverer of interpreters,
fifty produced as if by magic -- The Boy Scouts in the War Office
-- An Admirable Crichton -- The scouts' effective method of
handling troublesome visitors -- Army chaplains in embryo -- A
famous cricketer doing his bit -- A beauty competition outside my
door -- The Eminent K.C. -- An impressive personality -- How he
benefits the community -- The Self-Appointed Spy-Catcher -- Gun
platforms concealed everywhere -- The hidden dangers in disused
coal mines in Kent -- Procuring officers for the New Armies --
"Bill" Elliot's unorthodox methods -- The Military Secretary's
branch meets with a set-back -- Visits from Lord Roberts -- His
suggestion as to the commander-in-chiefship in China -- His last
visit -- The Antwerp business -- The strategical situation with
regard to the Belgian field army -- The project of our Government
-- The despatch of the Seventh Division and the Third Cavalry
Division to Belgian Flanders -- Organization of base and line of
communications overlooked -- A couple of transports "on their
own" come to a halt on the Goodwins -- Difficulty of the
strategical situation -- Death of Sir C. Douglas.

It will be remembered that although our troops were not engaged during
the first fortnight of the war, and were indeed never likely to be
engaged so early, events moved quickly on the Western Front, and that
the set-back encountered by the Germans when they tried to smother
Liege without bringing up heavy artillery aroused a certain enthusiasm
in this country. On taking stock of my duties, it had appeared to me
that one of these would be the issue of reasoned _communiques_ to the
Press from time to time, and I actually drafted one, designed to
convey a warning as to excessive jubilation over incidents such as the
momentary success of the defending side in the struggle for the
stronghold on the Meuse, which appeared in all the newspapers. The
following passage occurred in it: "The exaggeration into important
triump