ii. Sarrail holds the Meuse Salient 175

IX. VICTORY 184

X. THE DEFENCE OF THE EAST 197

XI. SUMMING-UP 214

INDEX 271

NOTES AND REFERENCES

The German Objective (p. 239); The Opposed Forces (p. 240); De Bloch’s Prophecy and French’s Confession (p. 242); Criticisms and Defence of the French Staff (p. 244); The Surprise in the North (p. 247); The Abandonment of Lille (p. 252); M. Hanotaux and the B.E.F. (p. 252); The Fall of Maubeuge (p. 256); Paris and the German Plan (p. 259); Some Books on the Battle (p. 263); General Bonnal and the British Army (p. 265); Scenes at Farthest South (p. 266); The Myth of the 42nd Division (p. 268).

LIST OF MAPS

1. POSITION OF THE ARMIES AND LINES OF APPROACH _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE 2. BATTLE OF CHARLEROI–MONS 38

3. THE OURCQ FRONT, AFTERNOON, SEPT. 6 118

4. THE BRITISH TURN-ABOUT 122

5. OPENING OF ALLIED OFFENSIVE, SEPT. 6 136

6. THE MARNE RE-CROSSED, SEPT. 9, A.M. 142

7. FOCH’S FRONT, SEPT. 6 AND 7 146

8. FOCH’S FRONT, SEPT. 8 AND 9 156

9. FRONT OF FRENCH 4TH ARMY 172

10. THE VERDUN SALIENT 180

11. BATTLE OF THE GRAND COURONNÉ 206

12. CRISIS OF THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE 224

THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE