CHAPTER XII.

FINALE.

And so the work is done, the record finished. In all humbleness the pen was taken up to chronicle the deeds of these men; in all humbleness it is laid down again with the closing of the story. In mere bald words it has been impossible to describe the wonderful gallantry, the grand determination and the final success over insuperable difficulties which typified the men of the 33rd Divisional Artillery. The true tale of their heroism, of their suffering and sacrifice can never really be understood by any save those whose privilege it was to be a witness thereof, but the story of the battles in which they took part may perhaps convey a small idea of the glory of their war record.

In December, 1915, they had their first experience of active service; in November, 1918, the last "Cease Firing" sounded and their work was accomplished. In all those ten hundred and fifty days of war the batteries were in the line for over eight hundred days, and these figures offer perhaps the most striking testimonial that can be given of their work. They had been at one time the extreme right-hand unit of the British line, on another occasion at Nieuport they guarded the extreme left. On April 9th, 1917, the guns of one of the brigades were the first of the whole line to follow up the enemy in every successive advance; in November, 1918, they were the first guns to cross the River Sambre. All along the British front they fought, at Nieuport, amid the grim horrors of Passchendaele and Ypres, at Kemmel, Givenchy, Cambrin and Arras; in the ruins of Hebuterne and the wilderness of Gommecourt, High Wood and Delville Wood; in the sea of mud round Bouchavesnes and in the Somme marshes. In the dark days of early 1918 they held with glorious obstinacy and determination the gate of the north; in that wonderful autumn of the same year it was the 33rd Divisional Artillery who took part in that mighty onslaught which flung the enemy back upon his frontiers and ultimately forced him to ask for peace. At this point it would have been gratifying to have been able to record in fuller detail the individual services of various officers and men who were especially connected with the doings of the brigades and batteries during the war, yet to attempt to do such a thing is well-nigh impossible. Each and all contributed their share, each and all played a noble part, and who is to judge as between man and man in the scorching fires of battle? Elsewhere has been described the great work done by Colonel Frederick Hall, whose sheer determination and personal endeavour got all the batteries out to France within eleven months of the date of their first recruitment—a record probably unequalled by any other New Army unit. Already mention has been made of Brig.-General C. F. Blane who took the brigades out to France and initiated them in the rigours of active service; of Lieut.-Colonel Rochfort-Boyd who led the 156th Brigade in the earlier days, and of Lieut.-Colonel O. M. Harris who commanded so gallantly the 162nd; of Colonel A. H. S. Goff and Lieut.-Colonel L. T. Goff, and of Brig.-General C. G. Stewart who succeeded General Blane as C.R.A. of the Division. Already we have spoken of Lieut.-Colonel Butler and Lieut.-Colonel Skinner, the two Brigade Commanders of the latter period of the war, and of Brig.-General G. H. W. Nicholson who controlled the batteries in the final victorious advance in 1918. Yet memory still teems with the names of many others, for who is there from out of all the batteries who is not also worthy of mention? Major Johnston and Major Bennett, both killed on the Somme; Captain Heap and Lieut. Tucker who died at Arras; Majors Studd, Barstow and Fetherston who were never away from the Divisional Artillery for long; Taylor, Sheeres and Heads of the 156th Brigade, Warr the "Mayor of King's Clere"; Benett-Stanford and van Straubenzee of the 162nd Brigade; Cory and Pavitt, Lutyens and Hill, Talbot and Bruce, Turner and Barnes; Gallie who died at Passchendaele, Colonel Johnson and Captain Rhodes of the D.A.C., both killed at Zillebeke. There is no end to the names of those who should be spoken of, since for every name mentioned at least three more immediately present themselves to the mind. One and all did their best, and better than that no man can do.

To follow the movements of the 33rd Divisional Artillery after the Armistice would indeed seem an anti-climax, and yet, just as the story has been told of its first formation, the gradual evolving of a unit of artillery from the original raw mass, so must the final days be recorded until the date when the men cast from them the apparel of war and returned to civilian life once more, men who had for ever deserved from their country the full rights of Citizenship. From November 11th until the 14th the batteries remained in the areas they had been occupying when hostilities ceased, and on the 14th they turned their faces towards the west and began to retrace their steps over the scenes of the late fighting. It was not decreed that they should take part in the occupation of Germany, and accordingly they marched back through Forest, Bertry and Clary to billets in Villers Outreaux (156th) and Lesdain (162nd). Here they remained until December 6th and here, or rather at Crevecoeur near by, was held on November 22nd a thanksgiving service at which officers and men were decorated for gallantry in the fighting now past and done with; here also the men were visited by His Majesty the King who had come over to France to thank in person his victorious troops, and on December 6th began the six-day march to the last rest billets which the men were to occupy in France.

Two routes were followed, one by each brigade, and, as mile after mile rolled by, the batteries turned their backs once and for all upon ground which for them held memories that can never be effaced. Through Tincourt and Manancourt, past Riencourt and Méaulte where they had assembled before moving into the Somme battle of 1916, through Blangy-Tronville and Pont Noyelles, Le Mesge and Picquigny, on beyond Selincourt and St. Maulvis they marched until at last they reached their permanent billets around Brocourt-Liomer, Inval Boiron and Hornoy. Here they stopped and here, for many weeks, they passed the time in educational schemes, in physical training and recreation until such time as authority should permit of their return to civil life once more.

All through the war demobilisation, a return to England, to Peace with no threat of war hanging over their heads, had seemed to these men a wonderful dream which could never come true by any possibility, which was so far removed from the order of things as to be something quite intangible and incredible. It seemed that the war must still be in progress beyond the eastern horizon, that soon they must be flung into the scorching fires of battle again, that this talk of a return to England for ever was fantastic, imaginary—a trick of their brains. Yet even this most wonderful of events did actually occur; in March, 1919, all units were reduced to "Cadre A," the surplus men being sent to the Base for demobilisation, in May a further 25 per cent. of these cadres was dispatched home, and in the second week of June only an equipment guard remained with each battery.

In July these last remnants of the 33rd Divisional Artillery departed from the land of France which owed to them so much. All through the first week of the month the skeletons of the batteries entrained and moved to Havre, and the 9th found them in that port waiting for a ship to carry them home. On Thursday, the 10th, the 156th Brigade embarked for Southampton, on the 12th and 17th the D.A.C. followed, and on Sunday July 27th, 1919, the 162nd Brigade, last remaining unit of the 33rd Divisional Artillery, watched the quays and houses of Havre glide slowly by as the ship gathered way and headed for the coast of England.

Thus the Brigades left France and set foot in England again, their work accomplished, the battle won. Camberwell turned out and gave right royal welcome to its Gunners when, a few days later, they marched as victors through the crowded streets; and well might it be so, for they had returned with such glory as can hardly be believed of mortal man. Several days did the people spend in rejoicing and in welcoming their citizen-soldiers home once more, days in which the pangs and miseries of those dark times of watching and waiting were put aside and forgotten. Yet in all those festivities, beneath all the laughter and song of that week there was for ever present the divine and sacred memory of those whose good fortune it had not been to return from the battle, of those many hundreds who had died in the service of the guns of the 33rd Division and who lay in soldiers' graves along the length and breadth of the far-flung battle line. Their example, their sacrifice must stand for all time as a memorial and a constant reminder to those who come after of the price which has been paid that they may live, and there will ever remain to those who mourn the loss of many whose places can never be filled, the proud memory of their heroism and endurance, the glad knowledge of a man's part nobly played.

"Their seed shall remain for ever and their glory shall not be blotted out. Their bodies are buried in peace; but their name liveth for evermore."

THE END.

APPENDIX I.

CASUALTIES.

33rd Divisional Artillery.

1916.

_Officers:_ _Other Ranks:_ Killed 9 Killed 117 Wounded 43 Wounded 419 Missing 1 Missing 5 ——— ——— Total 53 Total 541

Officer Casualties.

_Killed:_

Baldwin, 2/Lt. H. D. Bennett, Major W. P. Briggs, 2/Lt. H. K. Fell, 2/Lt. D. M. Gardner, 2/Lt. F. G. B. Haylett, 2/Lt. N. Johnston, Major R. G. M. Peerless, 2/Lt. C. S. Prior, 2/Lt. M. S.

_Wounded:_

Barlow, 2/Lt. C. G. Barstow, Capt. W. A. T. Beresford, Lt. F. R. Body, 2/Lt. M. M. I. Collins, 2/Lt. G. R. Cooper, 2/Lt. F. D'A. Fisher, 2/Lt. L. E. Forbes, 2/Lt. W. F. Goff, Col. A. H. S. Goff, Lt.-Col. L. T. Greenwood, 2/Lt. T. A. Hailey, 2/Lt. V. Hancock, 2/Lt. G. E. L. Harvey, 2/Lt. W. E. Henley, 2/Lt. A. W. Hewitt, 2/Lt. H. H. Hill, Capt. L. R. Huddart, 2/Lt. G. H. Jacobs, 2/Lt. P. A. Keable, 2/Lt. A. M. Kernan, Capt. G. E. Kerr, 2/Lt. J. C. Macartney-Filgate, 2/Lt. J. Maxwell, Capt. A. Milne, 2/Lt. K. W. Mocatta, 2/Lt. H. Moore, Lt. C. Murray, Major A. D. Ormond, 2/Lt. E. C. Osborne, 2/Lt. M. Russell, Capt. R. D. Shepherd, Lt. T. D. Swinton, 2/Lt. R. A. Tait, 2/Lt. J. A. Thompson, Major R. H. Turner, 2/Lt. K. F. S. Vick, Lt. D. M. Watson, Lt. W. D. Watson, 2/Lt. J. Irvine White, 2/Lt. L. H. Woodroffe, 2/Lt. F. G. Wreford, 2/Lt. W. J.

_Missing:_

Elliott, 2/Lt. F. W.

CASUALTIES 1917.

156th Brigade, R.F.A.

_Officers:_ _Other Ranks:_ Killed 6 Killed 65[2] Wounded 16 Wounded 281[2] Missing — Missing — ——— ——— Total 22 346

162nd Brigade, R.F.A.

_Officers:_ _Other Ranks:_ Killed.. 7 Killed.. 62 Wounded 22 Wounded 313 Missing.. — Missing.. 2 ——— ——— Total 29 377

GRAND TOTAL Officer Casualties 51

Other Ranks do. 723

Footnote 2:

Not quite complete.

Officer Casualties.

_Killed:_

Barlow, 2/Lt. C. G. (156th). Barton, 2/Lt. V. A. (162nd). Beerbohm, Capt. C. (156th). Bostock, 2/Lt. N. S. (162nd). Dean, 2/Lt. G. F. (162nd). Fitch, 2/Lt. D. (162nd). Grant, 2/Lt. N. (156th). Heape, Capt. B. R. (162nd). Johnson, Lt.-Col. A. G. (D.A.C.). Lutyens, 2/Lt. C. J. (156th). Neate, 2/Lt. A. B. (162nd). Rhodes, Capt. H. (D.A.C.). Tucker, 2/Lt. A. R. (162nd). Vickers, 2/Lt. R. (162nd). Wheatley, 2/Lt. E. R. (156th). Wimbush, 2/Lt. E. T. (D.A.C.).

_Wounded:_

Barstow, Major W. A. T. (156th). Beadle, 2/Lt. F. W. (156th). Beal, 2/Lt. S. N. (162nd). Benett-Stanford, Major V. (162nd). Body, Capt. M. M. I. (162nd). Bloor, 2/Lt. C. A. (156th). Bunbury, Capt. T. St. P. (162nd). Chapman, 2/Lt. J. G. J. (162nd). Colfox, Major W. P. (162nd). Cunis, Lt. V. W. (162nd). Donovan, 2/Lt. E. T. G. (162nd). Edwards, 2/Lt. H. R. (162nd). Escott, 2/Lt. H. J. (162nd). Hanna, 2/Lt. P. R. (156th). Hannaford, 2/Lt. W. (162nd). Harrison, 2/Lt. W. E. (162nd). Howard, 2/Lt. L. M. (162nd). Kitchin, 2/Lt. E. J. H. (162nd). Lee, Major F. L. (162nd). Leigh, 2/Lt. R. (156th). MacDonald, 2/Lt. A. (156th). McEwan, 2/Lt. A. (156th). McLeod, 2/Lt. D. (156th). Molyneux, 2/Lt. H. P. (156th). Mousley, 2/Lt. (156th). Odhams, 2/Lt. R. C. (162nd). Oxley, Lt. B. L. (156th). Phipps, 2/Lt. H. E. (156th). Revels, 2/Lt. D. (156th). Sall, 2/Lt. B. (156th). Thompson, 2/Lt. H. A. (162nd). van Straubenzee, Capt. A. (162nd). Walker, Major C. H. (162nd). Whiting, 2/Lt. A. H. (D.A.C.) Willett, 2/Lt. S. W. (156th). Wingfield, 2/Lt. R. M. (156th). Two others—unknown.

CASUALTIES 1918.

156th Brigade, R.F.A.

_Officers:_ _Other Ranks:_ Killed 3[3] Killed } Lists Wounded 7[3] Wounded } unobtainable Missing 2 Missing }

162nd Brigade, R.F.A.

_Officers:_ _Other Ranks:_ Killed 2 Killed 49 Wounded 21 Wounded.. 266 ——— ——— Total 23 Total 315

Footnote 3:

Lists incomplete.

Officer Casualties.

_Killed:_

Bruce, Lt. W. G. (156th). Bruce, 2/Lt. A. P. (156th). Butler, Lt.-Col. B. A. B. (156th). Essex, Lt. E. C. (162nd). Squire, 2/Lt. C. A. (162nd).

_Missing:_

Blackwell, 2/Lt. K. R. (156th). Clow, 2/Lt. O. W. (156th).

_Wounded:_

Barker, Major A. (156th). Bedford-Pim, Lt.-Col. G. (162nd). Coleman, Capt. G. (162nd). Cory, Major H. C. (162nd). Escott, 2/Lt. H. J. (162nd). Evans, 2/Lt. A. J. (162nd). Fetherston, Major G. (162nd). Garrod, Lt. R. G. (162nd). Gough, Lt. H. L. R. (162nd). Greig, 2/Lt. J. G. (156th). Groves, 2/Lt. F. E. S. (156th). Hadley, 2/Lt. P. A. S. (162nd). Herlihy, 2/Lt. W. (162nd). Lawson, 2/Lt. E. B. (156th). McNabb, 2/Lt. I. B. (162nd). Mitcheson, 2/Lt. J. C. (162nd). Paterson, Lt. B. S. McC. (162nd). Pavitt, Capt. and Adjt. R. H. (162nd). Phipps, 2/Lt. H. E. (156th). Rollason, 2/Lt. M. H. (162nd). Saunders, 2/Lt. G. (162nd). Skinner, Lt.-Col. E. J. (162nd). Tetlow, 2/Lt. (156th). Warren, Lt. F. D. (162nd). Williamson, Lt. G. W. (156th). Wimshurst, 2/Lt. T. E. (162nd). Two others—unknown.

APPENDIX II.

A LIST OF THE VARIOUS DIVISIONS THE INFANTRY OF WHICH WERE COVERED BY THE GUNS OF THE 33RD DIVISIONAL ARTILLERY IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS.

_La Bassée._

February—July, 1916 33rd Division. 39th Division.

_Battle of the Somme._

July—September, 1916 1st Division. 5th Division. 7th Division. 14th Division. 24th Division. 33rd Division. 51st Division.

_Dainville, Hebuterne and the Battle of the Ancre._

September—November, 1916 12th Division. 31st Division. 33rd Division. 35th Division. 49th Division.

_The Somme._

November, 1916—March, 1917 4th Division. 8th Division. 33rd Division. 40th Division.

_Battle of Arras._

April—June, 1917 Cavalry Division. 3rd Division. 4th Division. 9th Division. 12th Division. 15th Division. 17th Division. 29th Division. 37th Division.

_Hindenburg Line and the Coast._

June—August, 1917 49th Division. 50th Division. 66th Division.

_Battles of Ypres and Passchendaele._

September—November, 1917 5th Division. 7th Division. 17th Division. 23rd Division. 24th Division. 33rd Division.

_Passchendaele._

December, 1917—April, 1918 33rd Division. 50th Division.

_German Flanders Offensive, Kemmel._

April—August, 1918 6th Division. 9th Division. 19th Division. 33rd Division. 49th Division. 28th French Division. 44th French Regiment. 46th French Regiment. 30th American Division.

_British Final Offensive, 3rd Army._

September—November, 1918 17th Division. 21st Division. 33rd Division. 38th Division.

APPENDIX III.

THE VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE BATTLE-LINE IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS.

Together with the Official Names of the Battles in which the 33rd Divisional Artillery took part.

Period. Sector. Battles.

Dec. 1915—July La Bassée. (Holding the line.) 1916,

Givenchy-Cuinchy.

July—Sept. 1916. The Somme. The Battles of the Somme 1916:

High Wood-Delville (i.) Battle of Bazentin Wood. Ridge.

(ii.) Battle of Delville Wood.

(iii.) Attacks on High Wood.

(iv.) Battle of Guillemont.

Sept.—Nov. 1916. Dainville. (Holding the line.)

Hebuterne-Gommecourt. The Battle of the Ancre 1916.

Dec. 1916—Mar. Bouchavesnes-Clery- (Holding the line.) 1917. sur-Somme.

April—June 1917. Arras. The Battles of Arras 1917:

Feuchy-Monchy. (i.) First Battle of the Scarpe 1917.

(ii.) Second Battle of the Scarpe 1917.

(iii.) Battle of Arleux.

(iv.) Third Battle of the Scarpe 1917.

(_a_) Capture of Roeux.

June—July 1917. Cherisy-Bullecourt. (Holding the line.)

July—August Nieuport. (Preparation for an offensive.) 1917.

Sept.—Nov. 1917. Ypres Salient. (i.) Battle of the Menin Road Ridge.

Reutel-Gheluvelt. (ii.) Battle of Polygon Wood.

(iii.) Battle of Broodseinde.

(iv.) Battle of Poelcappelle.

(v.) First Battle of Passchendaele.

(vi.) Second Battle of Passchendaele.

Dec. 1917—April Ypres Salient. 1918.

Passchendaele. (Holding the line.)

April—August Ypres Salient. The Battles of the Lys: 1918.

Mt. Kemmel. (i.) Battle of Messines 1918.

(ii.) Battle of Bailleul.

(iii.) First Battle of Kemmel Ridge.

(iv.) Second Battle of Kemmel Ridge.

(v.) Battle of the Scherpenberg.

Sept.—Nov. 1918. Third Army. The Battles of the Hindenburg Line:

Peizière—Bertry— (i.) Battle of Epehy.

Englefontaine— (ii.) Battle of the St. Quentin Canal.

Forêt de Mormal— (iii.) Battle of the Beaurevoir Line.

Wattignies. (iv.) Battle of Cambrai 1918.

The Battle of the Selle.

The Battle of Valenciennes.

The Battle of the Sambre.

INDEX.

Abraham Heights, 129, 144, 145.

Adinfer Wood, 105.

Adinkerke, 106, 109.

Aiguille Ravine, 68.

Ailly-sur-Somme, 24, 62.

Airaines, 61, 62, 65, 68.

Aire, 6, 7.

Air Service, German, 16.

Albert, 174, 176.

Aldershot, 183.

Allaines, 71.

Alquines, 135.

Amerval, 184.

Amesbury, 4, 6.

Amiens, 24.

Ammunition supply, 15.

Amplier, 106.

Ancre, The, 56, 57, 60, 61, 174.

Anderlu Wood, 65.

Annequin, 8, 10, 15.

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (2nd), 75.

Arleux-en-Gohelle, 91.

Armagh Wood, 129, 134.

Armentières, 147.

Arouves, 24.

Arras, 37, 53-56, 77, 78, 80-82, 85-87, 89, 98-100, 194, 195.

Asylum (Ypres), 143.

Athies, 82.

Aubencheul, 180, 181.

Auchy, 10-13, 18.

Authieule, 106.

Avesnes, 192.

Avesnes-le-Comte, 176.

Avre, River, 174.

Bailleul, 147.

Baird, Brig.-General, 72.

Bapaume, 99, 100.

Barker, Major, 157-159.

Barkworth, Major, 11.

Barnes, Major, 195.

Barstow, Captain, 11; Major, 69, 70, 131, 195.

Bartholomew, Lieut., 148.

Basket Wood, 180, 181.

Bas Loquin, 135.

Bass Wood, 119.

Bathurst, Lady, 3.

Battery Valley, 89, 98.

Baudimont Gate, 81.

Bavai, 188.

Bavinchove, 135.

Bayonet Trench, 90, 91.

Bazentin, 26, 28, 30-32, 35, 40, 43.

Beaumont-Hamel, 61.

Beaurains, 99-100, 103.

Beaurevoir, 180, 181.

Becordel, 25.

Bedford House, 125, 131.

Belgian Battery Corner, 138.

Belgrave, Major, 57, 70, 74.

Belloy-sur-Somme, 69.

Benett-Stanford, Lieut. V., 43; Major, 70, 90, 195.

Bennet, Lieut. C. H., 153, 161.

Bennett, Major W. P., 10, 26, 195.

Bergues, 106.

Berguette, 7.

Bertry, 182, 183, 188, 196.

Béthune, 10, 13.

Beugnies, Bois de, 192.

Beuvry, 10, 16.

Black Watch Corner, 119.

Blackwell, Lieut., 159.

Blane, Brig.-General C. F., 11, 62, 65, 68, 70, 77, 195.

Blangy, 80, 81, 83, 85, 86.

Blangy-Tronville, 196.

Bluff, The, 13.

Body, Lieut. M. M. I., 46; Captain, 90; Major, 152, 160.

Boeschepe, 125.

Boiry St. Martin, 105.

Boiry St. Rictrude, 100.

Bois du Sars, 89.

Bois Grenier, 147.

Bonnay, 50, 52.

Bostin Farm, 145.

Bostock, Lieut., 90.

Bouchavesnes, 62, 65, 68-70, 194.

Boulogne, 55, 138.

Bouquemaison, 176.

Bout de la Ville, 142.

Bouvelinghem, 135.

Boyce, Lieut.-Colonel, C. E., 189.

Boyelles, 100.

Braddell Castle, 12.

Bray-sur-Somme, 64.

Brickstacks, The, 13, 14.

Bridges, Major, 61.

Brocourt-Liomer, 196.

Bruce, Lieut., 152, 195.

Brynhild Line, 191.

Bulford, 3, 7, 26.

Bullecourt, 88, 91, 93, 102, 103.

Bunbury, Captain, 37.

Burgomaster Farm, 121.

Bury Cottages, 132, 133.

Bus, 176.

Buscourt, 70.

Busseboom, 140, 154.

Butler, Lieut.-Colonel, 81, 114, 127, 130, 138, 141, 148, 153-155, 157- 159, 163, 187, 195.

Byng, General, 174, 181, 185.

Byron Farm, 152.

Camberwell, 11, 197.

Camberwell, Mayor of, 3.

Cambrai, 61, 80, 84, 87.

Cambrin, 8, 10, 12, 51, 194.

Cameron Covert, 128, 130.

Cameron Highlanders, 48.

Cameron House, 119.

Camp 14, 62, 64.

Camp 21, 64, 65, 69.

Canada Corner, 154.

Canal de l'Escaut, 179.

Canteleux, 12.

Cardonette, 24.

Carlisle Farm, 119.

Carrell, Major, 143, 153.

Cassel, 111, 135.

Caterpillar Valley, 26, 33, 39, 41.

Caterpillar Wood, 26, 28, 31, 33, 35, 38, 40, 41.

Chapter Wood, 72.

Cheapside, 153, 164.

Chemical Works, 89, 93, 95.

Cherisy, 93, 104.

Chocques, 23.

Clapham Junction, 115.

Clary, 182, 183, 196.

Clery-sur-Somme, 65, 70, 72, 74, 174.

Clifford Rest Camp, 168.

Coast, The, 104, 106, 146.

Coffin, Captain, 10, 17.

Colfox, Major, 96, 105.

Comines, 170.

Compiègne, Forest of, 192.

Contalmaison, 28.

Corbie, 24, 62.

Corons de Maron, 12.

Cory, Major, 125, 143, 152, 161, 195.

Couin, 58, 61.

Coxyde Bains, 106, 107, 109, 110.

Crawford Crater, 178.

Crest Farm, 139, 142.

Crevecoeur, 196.

Croix, 186, 187.

Cuinchy, 11, 18, 21, 51.

Dainville, 54-56.

Daours, 24.

Dead Man's House, 12.

Debeney, General, 178, 181.

De Drie Goen Farm, 164.

Delville Wood, 28-30, 36-40, 44, 46, 48, 49, 194.

Denain, 185.

Dernancourt, 40.

De St. Paule, Commandant, 70.

Desinet Farm, 155, 157.

Deverell, Major-General, 98.

Devil's Trench, 93, 94, 96, 97.

Dickebusch, 111, 120, 121, 133-135, 158, 165.

Divisional Ammunition Column, 8, 46, 62, 111, 114, 125, 195.

Dormy House, 125.

Doullens, 54, 106, 176.

Dourlers, 192.

Douvrin, 13.

Drake, General, 3.

Dranoutre, 148, 150.

Duck's Bill, 20, 21.

Duisans, 81, 82.

Dumbarton Lakes, 115.

Dumbarton Wood, 119.

Dump, The, 12.

Duncan, Major, 1, 11.

Dunkirk, 106, 109.

Durie, Major, 106.

Dust, Captain, 69.

East Yorks. Regiment (15th), 103.

Eclusier, 69.

Ecuelin, 192.

Elliott, Lieut., 31.

Elnes, 143.

Englefontaine, 187-190.

Equancourt, 177.

Escott, Lieut., 161.

Estrée-Blanche, 10.

Evett Copse, 178.

Falfemont Farm, 47.

Fampoux, 82.

Fetherston, Captain, 38, 40; Major, 70, 81, 143, 152, 160, 172, 177, 195.

Feuchy, 82, 84, 87, 88, 95.

Feuchy Chapel, 87.

Feuillaucourt, 71, 74.

Feuillières, 70, 72.

Fitzclarence Farm, 119.

Flatiron Copse, 30, 31.

Flers, 32, 44.

Foch, Maréchal, 174.

Fonquevillers, 56, 57.

Fontaine-lez-Croisilles, 102-104.

Forest, 185, 186, 196.

Fosse 8, 8, 12.

Fosse Wood, 112, 115, 129.

Fouquereuil, 23.

Four Hundred, The, 12.

Franque Wood, 180, 181.

Freckles Wood, 71.

Fred's Wood, 83.

French, Field-Marshal Lord, 8.

Fresnoy, 93.

Frevent, 176.

Frezenburg, 141, 143, 146.

Fricourt, 26, 28.

Frise, 69.

Gallie, Captain, 139, 141, 195.

Gallipoli, 111.

Garrod, Lieut., 153, 161.

Gauche Wood, 176.

Gaudiempré, 55, 56.

Geleide Post, 110.

Gheluvelt, 115, 119, 122, 123, 125-128, 130-133.

G.H.Q. Reserve, 68.

Ghyvelde, 106, 111.

Ginchy, 28, 44-48.

Givenchy, 8, 10-12, 18, 20, 147, 194.

Godewaersvelde, 145.

Godizonne Farm, 157.

Goed Moet Mill, 164.

Goff, Colonel A. H. S., 11, 31, 195.

Goff, Lieut.-Colonel L. T., 40, 195.

Goldfish Château, 138, 143, 145, 170-172.

Gommecourt, 55-57, 194.

Gordon's Brewery, 3.

Gorre, 8.

Gough, Lieut.-General Sir Hubert, 8.

Gouzeaucourt, 174, 176.

Grand Dune, 107.

Gravenstafel, 129, 139-141, 143.

Greenland Hill, 89, 93, 97.

Groenendyk, 108.

Groenen Jager, 170.

Groves, Lieut.-Colonel, 114, 125.

Guarbecque, 7, 23.

Guards Grenadier Regiment, German, 75.

Guillemont, 28, 44, 47.

Haandehote, 173.

Haig, Field-Marshal Sir Douglas, 98, 167.

Haisnes, 13, 17.

Hall, Major Frederick, 1; Lieut.-Colonel, 11, 195.

Halle, 71.

Hallebast Corner, 125, 152, 154, 155, 165.

Hamblain, 94.

Hamelincourt, 100, 102.

Harfleur, 7.

Harley Street, 16, 17.

Harpur, Lieut.-Colonel, 11.

Harris, Lieut.-Colonel, 11, 41, 43, 44, 48, 54, 70, 74, 77, 81, 98, 195.

Hatchet Wood, 89.

Haute Planque, 135.

Havrincourt Wood, 174.

Hazebrouck, 6, 106.

Heads, Captain, 191, 195.

Heape, Captain, 95, 195.

Hebuterne, 56-59, 194.

Heidebeke, 173.

Heninel, 102, 104.

Henin-sur-Cojeul, 102, 104.

Herenthage Château, 119.

Herold's Institute, 3.

Hersfeld Trench, 74.

Heudecourt, 176.

Highland Light Infantry (9th), 20, 72.

High Wood, 26, 28-32, 34, 36-38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 49, 194.

Hill 44 (Ypres), 157, 158, 163.

Hill, Major, 121, 131, 143, 145, 195.

Hindenburg Line, 61, 74, 75, 99, 100, 102, 103, 174.

Hohenzollern Redoubt, 15.

Honnecourt, 177, 180, 181.

Hornoy, 196.

Horse Show, 105.

Hospital Wood, 65, 66.

Houtkerque, 168, 173.

Howitzer Wood, 70.

Hulluch, 15.

Indian Well House, 13.

Infantry Hill, 97.

Inval Boiron, 196.

Jean, P. C., 70.

Jervis, Major, 141.

Jigsaw Wood, 89.

Joffre, General, 8.

John Copse, 57, 60.

Johnson, Colonel, 195.

Johnston, Major, 37, 41, 45, 195.

Joist Farm, 123, 130.

Jones, Major, 141, 153.

Juniper Cottages, 126.

Jut Farm, 123.

Kansas Cross, 139, 145.

Keeling Copse, 92.

Kemmel, 148, 150-155, 157, 158, 160, 163, 194.

Kemmel Beek, 152, 155, 157.

King's Clere, 10, 12, 195.

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (9th), 157-160, 163.

Kruisstraathoek, 165.

La Bassée, 8, 13, 18, 21, 22, 30, 98.

La Bassée Canal, 10, 11.

La Bassée Road, 12.

La Clytte, 134, 158, 159, 163, 164.

La Fayte, 182.

La Grande Pature, 191.

La Louverie Farm, 60.

La Lovie, 172.

Langemarck, 139, 143.

La Nieppe, 135, 143.

Lankhof Château, 169.

La Panne, 109.

La Pannerie Wood, 181.

Larkhill, 3.

La Terrière, 180, 181.

Le Bas, 142.

Le Buisson, 135.

Le Cateau, 183, 185.

Lee, Major, 131, 143, 152, 160, 161, 169.

Le Forest, 65.

Le Gros, Commandant, 70.

Le Havre, 6, 7, 196, 197.

Le Mesge, 24, 196.

Le Quesnoy, 189.

Les Briques, 12.

Lesdain, 196.

Les Tranchées, 180.

Le Transloy, 176.

Lewis House, 128, 132, 133.

Lille, 71.

Lille Gate, 112.

Lillers, 6, 23.

Limberlost Wood, 71, 76.

Lindenhoek, 151.

Littlejohn, Captain, 69.

Lloyd, Major-General Sir Francis, 3.

Locre, 154.

Lombardzyde, 109, 110.

Lomer, Captain, 30, 70.

Lone Farm, 12, 13.

Longueau, 24.

Longueval, 28-30, 33, 35-38, 44, 45.

Loos, 8, 13.

Lutyens, Captain, 30; Major, 81, 195.

Lys, 165.

MacCullock, Lieut.-Colonel, 157, 163, 164.

Mad Point, 11, 20.

Maison Rouge, 12.

Malincourt, 181, 182.

Mametz, 26, 33, 35, 39.

Manancourt, 196.

Manchester Regiment, 96.

Maple Copse, 112, 115, 129, 131, 134.

Maricourt, 64, 65, 69.

Marrières, 65, 72.

Marriott, Lieut.-Colonel, 132.

Martinpuich, 29, 30, 36.

Maubeuge, 192.

Maurepas, 44, 62, 65.

Mazinghem, 7.

McDonald, Lieut., 152.

Méaulte, 25, 196.

Meetcheele, 139, 142.

Menin Gate, 112, 136, 143.

Menin Road, 121-123, 125.

Merck St. Lievin, 142.

Messines, 147.

Meteren, 150.

Middlesex (1st), 169, 170, 178, 186.

Millekruisse, 152, 154, 155, 164.

Moislains, 68.

Monchy-le-Preux, 87-90, 102.

Montauban, 26, 29, 33, 35, 39, 41, 43.

Montay, 183, 184, 186.

Mont Bernanchon, 7, 23.

Montbrehain, 180.

Montenescourt, 53.

Mont St. Quentin, 70, 71.

Moorslede, 140, 143.

Mormal Forest, 189-191.

Mortho Wood, 181.

Mountain House, 10, 12.

Murray, Lieut.-Colonel, 47.

Namur, 192.

Naval Division, 186.

Neate, Lieut., 90.

Neuve Église, 147, 148.

Neuville, 50, 52.

Neuvilly, 183.

Nevinson, Colonel, 70.

New Zealand Field Artillery, 50.

Nicholson, Brig.-General G. H. W., 172, 188, 195.

Nieuport, 70, 106, 108-110, 194.

Norton, Lieut., 154.

Nurlu, 71.

Observatory Ridge, 84.

Oppy, 93.

Orange Hill, 85, 87, 89, 90.

Order of Battle, 9, 19, 27, 54, 63, 73, 79, 101, 113, 137, 149, 175.

Ostend, 107, 108, 110.

Otto Farm, 139, 141, 143.

Ouderdom, 154, 158, 162, 164.

Oudezeele, 142.

Ovillers, 184, 186.

Packham, Captain, 10.

Paris, 71.

Parrot Camp, 150.

Passchendaele, 37, 111, 115, 136, 139, 140, 143, 150, 165, 194, 195.

Paterson, Lieut.-Colonel, 150.

Paul Jacques Farm, 187.

Pavitt, Captain, 148, 162, 195.

Paynter, Lieut.-Colonel, 146.

Peake, Colonel, 3.

Peckham Tramway Depôt, 3.

Peizière, 176, 177, 179.

Pekly Bulge, 74, 75.

Pelican Ridge, 110.

Pelves, 89, 91, 92, 94.

Péronne, 71, 77, 174.

Perrott, Major-General Sir T., 3.

Peselhoek, 146.

Petit Houvain, 176.

Phipps, Lieut., 157.

Picquigny, 24, 62, 196.

Pigeon Trench, 177, 179.

Pim, Lieut.-Colonel, 189.

Plateau Siding, 68.

Ploegsteert Wood, 147.

Plumer, General Sir Herbert, 169.

Poezelhoek, 128.

Point, The, 57, 59.

Poix-du-Nord, 185, 187-189.

Polderhoek Château, 115, 123, 124, 126, 128-130.

Polygon Beek, 126, 129.

Polygon de Zonnebeke, 122.

Pont Fixe, 10.

Pont Noyelles, 196.

Poperinghe, 140, 141, 146, 148, 164, 168, 169.

Pot de Vin, 191.

Potijze Château, 138, 141, 144.

Pozières, 28.

Pringle, Major, 104.

Proven, 168, 173.

Puisieux, 57, 58, 60.

Railway Triangle, 12, 17, 83-89.

Rancourt, 72, 74.

Rawlinson, General Sir H., 174, 181.

Rebreuviette, 176.

Reigate Farm, 132.

Renescure, 143.

Reninghelst, 111, 121, 134, 154, 162, 164.

Reorganisation of Divisional Artillery, 17, 53, 69.

Reutel, 120, 126, 128, 129.

Reutelbeek, 120, 122, 128, 130.

Rhodes, Captain, 195.

Ribaumet, 190.

Richards, Major, 104.

Richemont, 186, 187.

Ridge View, 12.

Ridge Wood, 153, 157, 165, 169, 170.

Riencourt, 88, 196.

Rietveld, 143.

Rifle Trench, 90, 91.

Rochfort-Boyd, Lieut.-Colonel, 11, 43, 61, 195.

Roeux, 89, 90, 93, 95-97.

Rossignol Wood (Arras), 56.

Rossignol Wood (Kemmel), 150, 155, 161.

Rouziers, Commandant, 70.

Royal Sussex Regiment (17th), 92.

Royal Welsh Fusiliers (2nd), 20, 21.

Royal Welsh Fusiliers (17th), 188.

Roziere, 176.

Ruin, The, 12.

Running-out Springs, 35.

Russell, Captain, 30.

Ryan's Keep, 17.

Sailly-au-Bois, 55-59.

Sailly-le-Sec, 72, 76.

Sailly-Saillisel, 62.

Sallieux, 24.

Salvation Corner, 168.

Sambre, River, 186, 189, 191, 194.

Sanctuary Wood, 131, 134.

Sarbaras, 190, 191.

Sassegnies, 190.

Scabbard Trench, 92.

Scarpe, River, 80, 81, 83, 85, 87-91, 93, 95.

Scheldt, River, 186.

Scherpenberg, 154.

Scherriabeek, 128, 130.

Scottish Rifles (5th), 180.

Scottish Wood, 169.

Seine, River, 144.

Selincourt, 196.

Selle, River, 183-186.

Serain, 181.

Serre, 57, 60.

Sheeres, Major, 187, 195.

Shoeburyness, 3.

Shrapnel Corner, 111, 125.

Siege Farm, 153, 154, 157, 163.

Siegfried Line, 174, 179, 181, 182, 191.

Skindles, 141.

Skinner, Lieut.-Colonel, 125, 128, 130, 138, 141, 148, 154, 155, 157, 161, 163, 164, 195.

Slaughter House, 186.

Somme, River, 18, 20, 22, 23, 28, 38, 44, 47, 61, 66, 69-72, 76, 78, 174, 194-196.

Soues, 24.

Southampton, 6, 197.

Spanbroekmolen, 148, 155.

Spanish Influenza, 188.

Spotted Dog, 17.

Squire, Lieut., 160.

Stanley-Clarke, Lieut., 161.

Steenvoorde, 121.

Stewart, Lieut.-Colonel C. G., 43, 47, 53, 54, 69, 70; Brig.-General, 77, 98, 102, 106, 121, 125, 136, 150, 165, 172, 195.

Stewart, Major D., 33, 40.

Stewart, Brig.-Gen. D. B., 108.

St. Hubertshoek, 125.

St. Idesbalde, 109.

St. Jean, 144.

St. John's Wood, 3.

St. Leger, 58, 61.

St. Martin-sur-Cojeul, 104.

St. Maulvis, 196.

St. Nicholas, 81, 83.

St. Pierre Vaast Wood, 68.

Stuart, Brig.-General, 3.

Studd, Captain, 11, 16, 30, 40; Major, 70, 81, 106, 141, 153, 158-160, 195.

Suffolk Regiment (4th), 74.

Suzanne, 64, 65.

Switch Trench, 26, 29-31, 34, 35, 38, 48, 49.

Talbot, Captain, 40; Major, 70, 195.

Targelle Ravine, 177, 179.

Taylor, Captain, 160; Major, 191, 195.

Therouane, 10.

Thiembronne, 142.

Thiennes, 7.

Thiepval, 47.

Tilloy, 82, 83.

Tilques, 142, 143, 145, 169.

Tincourt, 196.

Tor Top, 114.

Tourbière Loop, 16.

Touvert Farm, 60.

Tower Hamlets, 119, 132.

Trench Mortars, 71, 114, 125.

Trescault, 174.

Treux, 25.

Trois Rois, 135.

Troisvilles, 182-184.

Tucker, Lieut., 95, 195.

Tunnelling Company, 21.

Turner, Lieut. J. R. B., 151, 195.

United States Army, 171, 172, 183.

Valenciennes, 185.

Valley Cottages, 120.

Van Issacker's Farm, 141.

van Straubenzee, Captain, 41, 46; Major, 70, 195.

Vaughan-Hughes, Major, 189.

Vauxhall Bridge, 10.

Vaux-sur-Somme, 62, 72, 76.

Vaux Wood, 69.

Vecquemont, 24, 62.

Veldhoek, 119.

Vendegies, 186, 187.

Vendhuille, 181.

Verbrandenmolen, 120.

Verdun, 13.

Vermelles 8, 11.

Vierstraat, 148, 151, 153-155, 157, 158, 160, 163, 165.

Villers Guislain, 178, 179.

Villers Outreaux, 181, 182, 196.

Vimy Ridge, 77, 80, 88.

Violaines, 10, 12.

Vlamertinghe, 138, 143, 146, 169-172.

Voormezeele, 169, 170.

Waayenburg, 173.

Wagnonville, 185, 187-189.

Wanquetin, 53, 55, 56.

Warr, Captain, 195.

Warren, Lieut.-Colonel, 189.

Watery Wood, 83.

Wattignies, 192, 193.

Westende, 108.

Wieltje, 139, 140, 144.

Wilmot, Army Schoolmaster, 3.

Wilson's House, 12.

Windmill Cabaret, 139, 141-144.

Wingfield, Lieut., 94.

Winnezeele, 164-166.

Wood Lane, 41-44, 47, 49.

Woolwich, 3.

Worcestershire Regiment (2nd), 21, 75, 169.

Wytschaete, 148, 150-153, 155, 157.

Ypres, 13, 18, 110-112, 115, 125, 134-136, 138, 141, 144, 169, 170, 172, 173, 194.

Yser, River, 108.

Zandvoorde, 132.

Zermezeele, 136, 143.

Zevecoten, 164.

Zillebeke, 111, 114, 115, 169, 170, 195.

Zonnebeke, 139, 142-144.

Zouave Wood, 131.

Z, The, 57.

Zuytpanne, 135.

1st Army, 10, 93, 189.

1st Corps, 7, 8, 10.

1st Division, 41, 47, 48, 106, 111.

1st French Army, 189.

1st Indian Cavalry Division, 61.

2nd Army Artillery School, 143.

2nd Australian Division, 117.

2nd Corps, 168.

2nd Division, 8, 37.

3rd Army, 54, 174, 178, 185, 189.

3rd Corps, 34, 42, 44, 47.

3rd Division, 28, 60, 83, 90, 93, 98.

4th Army, 54, 174, 178, 185, 189.

4th Corps, 174.

4th Division, 70, 93.

5th Army, 93.

5th Australian Division, 123, 124.

5th Corps, 174, 176, 186.

5th Division, 34, 37, 126, 127, 129, 130.

6th Corps, 83, 91.

6th Division, 169, 170.

7th Corps, 55-57, 83, 100.

7th Division, 28, 44, 46, 131, 133.

8th Division, 72, 74, 75.

8th German Division, 172.

9th Division, 28, 83, 88, 97, 154, 164, 165.

11th German Division, 83.

12th Division, 8, 10, 15, 54, 55, 83, 90, 91, 93, 178.

13th Corps, 34, 38, 42, 57.

14th Corps, 44, 47.

14th Division, 41-46.

15th Corps, 32, 34, 36, 38, 41, 42, 44, 47, 54, 106.

15th Division, 78, 80, 83, 84, 90.

16th Division, 15.

17th Corps, 54, 56, 83.

17th Division, 39, 55, 89, 90, 129, 130, 176, 177, 184.

17th French Division, 70.

19th Division, 34, 148, 150.

20th French Corps, 62.

21st Division, 32, 102, 106, 126-128, 176-178.

23rd Division, 28, 114, 117, 119-121, 125, 126.

24th Division, 46-48, 114.

28th French Division, 154.

29th Division, 88, 90, 168.

29th French Regiment of Artillery, 70.

30th Division, 165.

30th French Regiment of Artillery, 70.

30th U.S.A. Division, 171, 172.

31st Division, 57, 60.

33rd Division, 11, 15, 18, 23, 28, 29, 32, 33, 41, 42, 44-46, 62, 67, 68, 75, 76, 102, 121-123, 125, 136, 139, 142, 143, 150, 169-172, 177, 181, 185, 186, 188, 191, 197.

34th Division, 90.

35th Division, 54.

37th Division, 54, 87, 88, 102, 127.

38th Division, 176, 181, 185, 186, 188, 190-192.

39th Division, 18, 122.

40th Division, 62, 65, 68, 76.

41st Division, 117, 119, 168.

44th French Regiment, 168.

46th Division, 55.

46th French Regiment, 169, 170.

47th French Regiment of Artillery, 168.

48th Division, 57.

49th Division, 57, 109, 164, 165, 168, 169.

49th French Regiment of Artillery, 70.

50th Division, 102, 103, 141-143.

51st Division, 33, 34, 36, 40, 90.

66th Division, 108, 109, 173.

127th French Regiment of Artillery, 62, 64.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

1. Silently corrected simple spelling, grammar, and typographical errors. 2. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed. 3. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.