346;
Effective British action impossible in, 315;
German Declaration of War against, 2, 3;
Military situation in Dec, 334-5, 336, 337, 341-2;
Partial Mobilisation by, against Austria, 2;
Relaxation of pressure on, in the Caucasus by British action
against Turkey, French's view on, 316;
Treachery of the Governing classes in, 195;
Unpreparedness of, for war, 229.

Russian Generals, wisdom shown by, 230.

Russian Loan of 40 millions under negotiation (Dec. 26), 335.

Russian Troops, fine qualities of, 194, 231.

Russo-Japanese War, improvement after, in the Russian Army, 231.

Sablonnieres, 126.

Sailly-sur-la-Lys, 3rd Corps directed on, 207, 219, 220.

Sailly-Nieppe line, 207.

St. Eloi, German advance on, 246;
French attack from, 247.

St. Eloi-Wyschaete line, French concentration on, 255.

St. Ghislain, passage at, across the Haine Valley, 49;
railway bridge E. of, 49.

St. Gond marshes, French troops S. of, 116.

St. Laurent, French gain of ground at (Dec. 18), 326.

St. Legers, Scheldt crossing at, 50.

St. Mihiel, French Armies engaged at, 167-8.

St. Nazaire-Nantes line established, 93.

St. Omer, as concentration camp, troops at and near, 199, 201, 202,
211, 223, 228, 280;
funeral service at, for Lord Roberts, 282;
G.H.Q. at, 205, 207, 329;
heavily bombed by aircraft, 207;
Territorials' special Training Camp at, 294, 296;
the Yeomanry at, 295.

St. Omer-Hazebrouck, as detraining spot, 188;
advance from, to the Lys, rendered possible by enemy
miscalculation, 267.

St. Pol, talk at, with de Maud'huy (Oct. 10), 202.

St. Quentin, 81, 158;
rail to, from Douai junction of, at Cambrai, 54;
British retirement on, 74;
French's G.H.Q. at, 76, 80;
German cavalry attempts on, 83-4;
repulsed, 87.

St. Quentin Canal, and the Scheldt, joint channel of, and navigable
connection of, with the Somme, 49.

St. Simeon, advance from, 127.

St. Yves, British line broken and re-established at, 245.

Salonika, as theatre for British operations, French's view on, 316.

Sambre Canal, details on, 50-1.

Sambre River, French forces on, 38, 41;
British intended position N. of (Aug. 18), 42;
German crossing of, 57.
Rise and course, country along, canalised course and tributaries
of, 48, 50-1;
canal connected with, 5