Robertson, General Sir William, 5, 308 Rolls, Major, 186 Romani, battle near, 328 Roumania declares war against the Central Powers, 329 Rushton, Lieutenant, 90 Ryder, Private, V.C., 270 St. Eloi, 12-16 St. Pierre Divion, 316 Salonica, 3; operations round, 329 Sarrail, General, 329, 330 Sawyer, Major, V.C., 284 Saye, Lieutenant, 90 Schwaben Redoubt, the, 61, 263, 266, 268, 272-275, 276 Serbia overrun by Central Powers, 2 Serre, 46, 49-53, 86, 311, 313 Shute, Major, 64 Sinai peninsula, operations in, 328 Smith, General Douglas, 227 Smith, Colonel, 134 Smuts, General Right Hon. Jan, 3 Snow, General Sir T., 34, 39, 45 Somerset, Lieutenant, 110 Somme, battle of the: disposition of the British Armies, 34-36; preparations preceding the battle, 36, 37; German anticipation of Allied attack, 37; work of the Royal Flying Corps, 38, 39; attack of the Seventh and Eighth Corps at Gommecourt, Serre, and Beaumont Hamel, 39-56; general failure of attack, 56; attack of the Tenth and Third Corps at Beaucourt, Thiepval, Ovillers, and La Boiselle, fails, 58-75; attack of the Fifteenth and Thirteenth Corps at Fricourt, Mametz, and Montauban, 76-101; capture of Fricourt, 77-84; of Mametz village, 84-86; of Montauban, 86-98; operations of the French Army, 98-100; review of the first day's fighting, 100, 101; its decisive importance, 101; capture of La Boiselle, 107-109; siege and reduction of Ovillers, 109-116; operations at Contalmaison, 116-124, 131-133; capture of Mametz Wood, 124-131; capture of Trones Wood, 134-143; assault on and capture of villages of Bazentin-le-Petit, 145-149; and Bazentin-le-Grand, 151-153; operations at Longueval, 153-155; cavalry advance, 150, 157; fighting at High Wood, 166-168; South Africans in Delville Wood, 171-176; capture of Delville Wood, 180-183; capture of Longueval, 171-180; operations before Guillemont, 183-187; capture of Pozières village and ridge, 189-202; advance towards Thiepval, 197-201; capture of Courcelette, 204; further fighting at High Wood, 207-213, 231-234; operations on fringe of Delville Wood, 212-213, 218-223, 231-234; attack on and capture of Guillemont, 214, 217, 227-231; attack on Ginchy, 222-223; storming of Ginchy by Irish Division, 230-231; assault on and capture of Martinpuich village, 237-240; capture of High Wood, 240-241; advance of the New Zealanders, 242-243; capture of the village of Flers, 243-247; debut of the Tanks, 241, 244, 245, 247, 249, 259-261; assault on and capture of Thiepval, 264-272; fall of Schwaben Redoubt, 272-275; taking of Stuff Redoubt, 275-279; Germans driven finally from Thiepval Ridge, 279; capture of the villages of Eaucourt and Le Sars, 282-285; capture of Guedecourt, 288, 289; capture of Morval and Lesboeufs, 291-294; fall of Combles, 295; general observations on the fighting in the Somme valley, 306-309 Stern, Colonel, 260 Stokes, Lieutenant, 211 Stuff Redoubt, the fighting for, 275-279 Swinton, Colonel, 260