is attitude during, 82-3;
continued falling back of, 70, 95;
supersession of, 107.

Laon, rail to, from Maubeuge, 53.

La Quinque Rue, 328.

La Tretoire, Petit Morin forced near, by the Guards, 125, 127.

La Tretoire-Launoy-N. of Ruine-Moulin Neuf line, Worcestershire
Regt. sent to, 127.

Laventie, 210.

Laventie-Lorgies line, 2nd Corps directed on, 203.

Law, Rt. Hon. Andrew Bonar, and the Munitions question, 357, 360.

Lawe, the, line of, at Vieille Chapelle and Estaires, German
cavalry driven back to, 204.

Lawford, Brigadier-General S. T. B., G.O.C. 22nd Infantry Brigade, 29;
in the Battle of Ypres, 272.

Le Cas Rouge, 128.

Le Cateau, chosen as concentration point for B.E.F., 5, 16;
G.H.Q. fixed at, 5, 37, 54, 113;
strategic importance of, 54;
Belgian refugees near, 68-9;
German move on, 77;
Battle of, 78 _sqq._;
effect on 2nd Corps, 210;
losses in, and repercussion of, on the campaign, 78-9, 83-7, 89,
133, 210, 272.

Le Cateau-Cambrai line, 71, 73-4.

Le Catelet, source of the Scheldt near, 49.

Le Gheer, retaken by 4th Division, 233.

Le Gravier, crossing of the Petit Morin at, 127.

Leicestershire Regiment,
1st Batt., 27, 160;
2nd Batt., 28.

Leinster Regiment, 2nd Batt., 28, 160.

Le Mans, new advanced base at, 93.

Le Marchant, Colonel, killed in action, 135.

Lemberg, taken by the Russians, 230.

Le Moncel-Crouy line held by 4th Division, 152.

Le Moulin du Pont, fighting at, 128.

Lens, observation point above, 148.

Lens to Armentieres, nature of the _terrain_, mining works in,
towns and roads, 209.

Le Nouvion, distances from, 48.

Le Pilly, 2nd Batt. Royal Irish Regiment cut up at, 21.

Le Plessis-Belleville, Allied advance from, over the Marne, routes
for, 115.

Le Quesnoy-Avesnes road, 52.

Les Herbieres, railway bridge at, 49.

Leveson, Major, 18th Hussars, at Faujus, 120.

Lewis, Colonel, and the invaluable Lewis gun, 354.

Lichnowski, Prince, anticipations by, of European war, and
_apologia_ of, 2.

Liege, siege of, 41, 48, 176.

Lievin, ground near, and mining works, 209.

Life Guards, The,
1st, 30;
at Messines, 246;
at Gheluvelt, 250, 256;
2nd, 30, 84, 246, 250, 256;
in the Battle of Ypres, 273.

Light Division, The, 285.

Lille, concentration point for