Belgium, welcome and hospitality of villages, 27, 28, 29 —— re-entered by French, 96 —— departure from, 140 Biesmérée, bivouac at, 38 Billancourt, infantry action near, 87 Bonneuil-en-Valois, surprise attack by Germans at, 51, 52 Bülow, Count von, 60 C Calonne-sur-la-Lys, 96 Cary, General Langle de, 44, 71 Cavalry, French, equipment of, 23 Chapin, Major, 106 Charleroi, 39 Chasseurs-à-cheval, charge of, 45 Chatelin, Lieut., 39, 67, 82, 127, 129 Chauvenet, Lieut., killed, 35 Chocques, enemy sighted at, 90 —— artillery action at, 91 Clarques, return of French troops to, 112 Clère, Lieut., 18, 123 Compiègne, forest of, 63 —— ambushed in, 63-5 —— adventures in, 65-9 Coxyde, 112 D Dangel, Sergeant-Major, death of, 64 Desonney, Lieut., 106 Dinant, siege of, by Germans, 36 —— arrival of French wounded from, 37 Dragoon, funeral of a, 124-5 E Epehy, arrival at, 41 —— burning of, by Germans, 41 Estaires, evacuation of, 93 —— attack at, 95 —— cemetery of, 94 Estrée-Saint-Denis, 84, 87 d’Estrey, General, 71 F Florennes, arrival at, 37 Foch, General, 60, 71 —— address by, 141-3 —— army of, 44 Folies, 90 Franchet, General, 71 French, General Lord John, 71 Fuéminville, 35 G Gembloux, retreat from, 31 —— triumphal entry into, 39 Germans, atrocities of, 32-4, 76-7, 83-4 —— cavalry of, 31, 34, 87 —— flight of, 34 —— retreat of, 43 Gilocourt, 82, 86 Gorgue, La, 95 Grossain killed, 157 H Hausen, 60 Hill 70, 145 Hougled, entry of, by French, 97 —— infantry and artillery attacks at, 98-101 J Johannes Father, quotation from, 150 Jouillié, Major, 49, 56, 83 L Lametz, Captain, 139 Landelies, arrival at, 40 Laperrade, 18 Lens road, French advance towards, 146 —— German lines carried near, 154 —— redan blown up, 149 Liége, arrival of French dragoons at, 31 Lille-Arras, front of, 145 Lombaertzyde, bombardment of, 128 Loos, French attack at, 150-5 —— German counter-attack at, 159 —— preparations for attack at, 144-7 Lubeké, 35 Lys, bridge of, evacuated, 93 M Magrin, Lieut., 18, 102, 104, 105 Mahot, Captain, 113, 116 Maindreville, M. de, German atrocities at château of, 83 Marne, battle of, 43 Maugenot, 139, 160 —— report to, 149 Maunoury, General, army of, 44, 47, 71 Mazingarbe, relieved trenches at, 144 —— divisional dressing station at, 162 Montcalm killed, 36 Muno, arrival of French cavalry at, 26 N Nesle, infantry action near, 87 Nieuport-Ville, road to, 113 —— bombardment of, 114-17, 119 —— billeted at, 116-18 —— scenes at, 114-19 Nœux-les-Mines, wounded sent to, 144, 163