Valley campaign, the, 4, 7, 12, 117 Vanguard, the, 105-106 Varus, defeat of, 156-157 Vedettes, 137 Verdun, defence of, 16 Verneville, battle of, 63 View, in close country, 155 Village fighting, 157-159, 162-163 Balan, 159 Bazeilles, 159 Bourlon, 42 Givenchy, 43 Noisseville, 159 Villers-Guislain, 160 Villers-Bretonneux, 149 Villages, attack on, 162 defence of, 163 Vimy Ridge, 149 Visibility from air, 100 Vittoria, battle of, 47, 83 von Below, General, 127 von Bredow's "Todtenritt," 96 von Kluck, General, 28 Wallace, Gen. Lew, U.S.A., 7 Warfare, art of, 1-5 savage, 156-157 Warren, Gen., U.S.A., 128 Watchword at night, 153 Waterloo, battle of, 8, 47-48, 76, 78-79, 90-91 Wauchope, Brig-Gen. A. G., 152 Wavre, battle of, 8, 91 Weather, 13 Wellington, Field-Marshal Duke of, K.G., 5, 10, 46, 47, 78-79, 82-83, 127 Wilderness, battle of the, 93-94, 117, 149-150, 158 William the Conqueror, 12 Wire, 80 Wolfe, Gen. James, 38 Wolseley, Field-Marshal Viscount, K.P., 151-152 Wood fighting, 155-161 Bois de Vaux, 158 Elsasshausen Copse, 158 Gauche, 160 Gifert, 158 Niederwald, 158-159 Pfaffen, 158 Polygon, 42-43 Tadpole Copse, 75 Trones, 42 Woods, attack on, 159-161 defence of, 161 Worcestershire Regiment, 42 Worth, battle of, 109, 158-159 Wytschaete Ridge, 20, 149 Yalu, battle of the, 118 Ypres, first battle of, 19, 20, 41-42, 88 second battle of, 19, 20, 42, 176 third battle of, 39, 139 Zero hour, 74 Zulu War, 77-78