s (South) Borderers, 18, 328.

Wallingcourt, German move on, 77.

Wallon-Cappel, Lahore Division concentrating at (Oct. 21), 228.

Wallon-Cappel and Merville, British cavalry between (Oct. 11),
sweep made from (Oct. 12 _sqq._), 264.

Walmer Castle, meeting at, of the War Cabinet, 329 _sqq._

War, Science of, instinctive application of, essential, 11.

War, European, French's anticipation of, and advance studies on, 8-9.

War, the Great, First British War Council held, 3 _sqq._;
Enormous wastage of, 293;
First period of, most critical stage in, opening of (Oct. 29),
241 _sqq._;
Protracted by the British deficiencies in Armament and Ammunition,
163 _et alibi_.

War of Positions not anticipated by French, 11;
but settled down to, 13.

War Cabinet, Walmer meeting, 329 _sqq._;
anxieties, 303 _sqq._;
discussions with, on the Eastern front, German reinforcements in
the W., &c., 332 _sqq._

War Council, view of, on attack on Zeebrugge, 308 _sqq._;
Memorandum of (Jan. 9, 1915), on possible use of British Forces
in a different theatre to that in which then used, 313-14;
French's views given in reply, 315-17.

Waremme, German advance by, 41.

War Office, the, attitude of, to new and unfamiliar weapons, and
H.E. shells, 348, 353;
failure of, to speed up manufacture of Munitions, effect of, 343;
French's correspondence with on need for Heavy Artillery, 163;
French official appeals to, for Munitions, 347, 348-9;
the refusal, low estimate from, of supplies to be expected up to
May, 1915, actual supplies less still, effect of this shortage
on the Army's _morale_, 350;
French's yet more vigorous insistence on the matter, and the
reply suggesting waste by the Army, 351.

Warfare, Modern, change in, failure to foresee lessons of, 11, 12,
13, 144, 194;
Principles established by, as to Command of Ground, 149;
and as to Trench Defensive, 143.

Warneton, 1st Cavalry Division's advanced detachments at, 205;
Cavalry fighting near, for passage of the Lys (Oct. 16), 220.

Warsaw, second attack on, of Central Powers, failure of, 229;
strategy of the first battle of, 230;
loss of, envisaged, 334.

Warta, the masterly Russian retirement from, 230.

Waterloo Campaign, ranges in, 353.

Waterloo, Field of, author's dreams regarding, 33, 331.

Watkins, G