by John Mosier
Deschanel, Paul, 186, 188, 202
Desertion, 176
Dinant, 51, 59
Douaumont, 15, 58, 209, 210, 212, 244, 254, 255, 260–63, 266, 267, 272, 279, 285–86, 289, 301, 302, 306
Driant, Émile, 183, 186–89, 192, 194, 202, 204, 251–52, 265, 271, 306
Dubail, Auguste, 80, 128, 129, 142, 199–200
Dubois, Cardinal, 325–27
Dugny, 266, 268
Dunkirk, 43, 169
Dupuis, Charles, 306
Dutourd, Jean, 93, 263
Duzy, 211
Envelopment, concept of, 26–27, 94
Étain, 112, 288, 301
Explosives, 68–73, 75, 76, 83–85, 123, 170, 172
Falkenhayn, Erich von, 100, 101, 104, 108, 111, 112, 114, 147, 158, 189, 198–206, 208–10, 216–18, 220–30, 232, 233, 236, 239, 253, 268, 277, 279, 284, 287, 288, 290, 291, 294–95, 300, 303, 304, 308, 312, 333
Falouse, 268
Fayolle, Émile, 25, 80, 82, 87, 156, 159, 171–72, 184–85, 217, 242, 244, 250, 264, 291, 297, 301
Ferry, Abel, 117, 138, 139, 150, 159, 161, 181, 183–87, 216, 271, 297, 298, 307
15-centimeter howitzer, 81, 82, 107, 113–14, 237, 250
Fighter planes, 245, 246
Fille Morte, 110, 149
Finland, 89, 90
Flabas, 250
Flamethrowers, 105, 109, 132, 146, 147, 241, 250, 251, 274
Flanders, 28, 314, 316
Flank attack (aufrollen), 26
Fleury, 289, 290
Foch, Ferdinand, 80, 156, 191, 265, 267, 268, 281, 285, 315–18, 325
Fontaine de Madame, 110
Forbes, Archibald, 18
Foreign Legion, 47, 110, 309
Forges ridge, 274, 276
Fortifications, 16, 40, 43–44, 48–50, 56–59, 63, 66–68, 70, 83, 208–9, 212–14, 243, 258, 331
upgrading, 71–73, 77, 84–90
Forts de rideau, 56, 57, 84
42-centimeter gun, 212, 214
Fosses, 253, 310
Four de Paris, Le, 110, 111
Franco-Prussian War, 18, 37–40, 42–43, 45, 50, 60
Franz Josef I, Emperor of Austria, 203
Frederick the Great, 37
French engineers, 63, 68, 69, 71–73, 83–87, 90
French forces, 47–48
First Army, 138, 140
Second Army, 97, 140, 285, 302
Third Army, 28, 95, 101, 105, 106, 110, 129, 133, 147
Fourth Army, 28
Fifth Army, 95, 129
5th Infantry Division, 286–87
Sixth Army, 28, 95, 136, 140
Seventh Army, 235
Eighth Army, 140
9th Infantry Division, 129
Tenth Army, 28
10th Infantry Division, 126, 127, 129
10th Regiment, 137
Twelfth Army, 140
20th Army, 254, 255, 279
21st Army, 266
23rd Army, 266
29th Infantry Division, 283
30th Army, 260
Thirtieth Army, 234–35
Thirty-first Army, 140
33rd Army, 266
36th Infantry Division, 286–87
37th Infantry Division, 252–53, 290
69th Infantry Division, 178
75th Division, 30, 113, 126
82nd Infantry Regiment, 124–25
208th Infantry Regiment, 260, 261
chasseurs, 48, 136, 187, 251, 260, 306
CSG (Conseil Supérieure de la Guerre), 77, 80, 83
draft, 180
Foreign Legion, 47, 110, 309
internal debate, 77–83
Freycinet, Charle de, 79
Froeschwiller, 39
Froidterre, 59, 267
Fromeréville, 59
Frontiers, Battle of the, 93, 94
Frostbite, 22
Fuller, J. F. C., 159
Galicia, 202, 214, 287, 293, 303
Gallieni, Joseph-Simon, 175, 189–90, 192–93, 196, 216, 269–71, 332
Gallipoli, 153
Gamelin, Maurice, 191, 192
Garibaldi brothers, 110
Gas shells, 146, 147, 289
Gascouin, General, 171–73
Gebsattel, Freiherr von, 146
General Order Number 18, 255, 257, 300
Genevoix, Maurice, 96, 137–39
Génicourt, 96, 97, 99, 268
Gérard, General, 184
German forces
Fourth Army, 95
Fifth Army, 7, 94, 95, 100, 101, 111, 206, 210, 212–14, 235, 237, 249, 268, 280
Sixth Army, 100
Ninth Army, 214
Eleventh Army, 202
Sixteenth Army, 105, 109, 146, 203
21st Infantry Division, 251, 330
24th Brandenburg Regiment, 261–63
87th Infantry Regiment, 251
89th Infantry Regiment, 251
organizational structure, 141, 157–59, 274–75
Pioniere, 104, 105, 109, 112
Gettysburg, Battle of, 5, 26, 331
Gillet, Louis, 299
Ginisty, Monsignor, 325
Gironville, 96
Givet, 51
Gladstone, William Ewart, 36
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 323
Goiran, François Louis, 77
Gorchakov, Prince, 38
Gouraud, Henri, 110
GQG (Grand Quartier Général), 7, 9, 11, 98, 117, 122, 128, 131, 140, 142, 154, 155, 157, 160, 161, 165, 175, 181, 184, 185, 187, 189–91, 196, 198, 206, 208, 215, 218, 220, 234, 236, 238, 255, 259, 262, 264–66, 269, 274, 280, 281, 283, 285, 287, 296, 301, 302, 306, 310, 316
Grant, U. S., 60, 91, 100, 176, 227, 324
Gravelotte, 39
Graves, Robert, 139
Greece, 24, 124, 153, 154, 157, 161, 166, 174, 188–89
Grignotage, 146
Guedalla, Phillip, 197–98, 226
Haesler, Marshal von, 203–4
Haguenau, 35
Haig, Sir Douglas, 161, 163, 164, 197–98, 204, 268, 291, 308, 315, 316, 318
Halleck, Henry, 324
Hand grenades, 109, 146, 147
Hankey, Maurice, 151–52, 156, 221
Hannibal, 26, 39
Hartmannswillerkopf, 9, 40, 158, 198, 218, 220
Hastings, Battle of, 331
Hattonchâtel, 113, 143
Haudainville, 268
Haudimont, 316
Haupt, Hauptmann, 261–62, 287
Haute-Chavauchée, 110
Haxo, François-Nicolas, 49
Hedin, Sven, 179
Herbebois, 251, 253
Herbillon, Colonel, 194–96, 214, 236, 238, 252, 278
Herr, Frederick, 97, 129, 138, 215, 266
Heym, Captain, 98–99, 101, 114
Hill 213, 149
Hill 304, 267, 273, 274, 277, 280, 309–10
Hill 344, 253
Hill 378, 254, 260
Hindenburg und Beinecke, Paul von, 20, 100, 157, 158, 200–4, 284, 295, 303, 304, 309, 311, 314, 318, 320–21, 333
Hitler, Adolf, 35, 40, 89
Horne, Alistair, 1, 2, 11, 31
Hötzendorf, Conrad von, 202, 205
Houdainville, 57
Howitzers, 76–77, 81–82, 98, 104, 106–7, 113–14, 120, 141, 147, 161, 168, 237, 250, 266
Huber, Michel, 178, 300, 326
Hungary, 166, 303
Indirect fire, 66, 74, 103, 108, 123, 125, 242
Infanterie coloniale, 47, 48
Intelligence, 29, 111, 159, 160, 165, 284, 303
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Isonzo, Battles of the, 2
Italy, 24, 36, 124, 153, 154, 164, 166, 174, 184, 188, 194, 202, 203, 221, 303
Japanese military, 199
Jarny, 137
Joffre, Joseph, 79–81, 101, 107, 114, 115, 117–22, 128–29, 131, 140, 146–48, 154, 156, 158, 159, 161–68, 174, 175, 187, 189–201, 203, 204, 206, 208, 213, 216, 217, 224, 225, 234, 236, 239, 255–57, 266, 269–71, 279–81, 284–85, 287, 290, 291, 294–95, 301, 302, 305, 307, 312, 318, 332
Journalists, 17–22
Jouy, 96
Jünger, Ernst, 139
Kampfgeschwader der Deutsche General Stabs Staff (Kagohl), 247
Kitchener, Lord, 156
Knights of St. John, 91
Knives, 63
Krupp firm, 67
La Chaume, 268
La Rochelle, 43
Ladoué, Pierre, 139
Landrecourt, 268
Laon, 68
Latimer, Elizabeth, 18
Lauffé, 267
Law of Unintended Consequences, 37, 333
Le Vaillant, 14
Lee, Robert E., 26, 100
Lefebvre, Georges, 255
Les Éparges, 6, 16, 31, 118, 119, 134–39, 143, 151, 158, 175, 185, 198, 206, 207, 218, 220, 258, 273, 315, 332
Liddell Hart, Basil, 26
Liège, 51, 53, 59, 100, 207
Lille, 4, 49, 259
Lincoln, Abraham, 154
Lingekopf, 40
Lintier, Paul, 241
Liouville, 96, 114
Lloyd George, David, 10–12, 21, 156, 161, 319
Lorraine, 13–15, 33–35, 38
Lothringen, 60
Louis-Philippe, 271–72
Louis XIV, King of France, 13, 45
Louis XVI, King of France, 143
Louvemont, 253, 254, 255
Ludendorff, Erich, 200, 202, 318
Lusitania, sinking of, 124
Luxembourg, 13, 16, 33, 39, 43, 51, 54
Lyons, 49
Maas River, 51
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 21
Machine guns, 64, 88, 103, 161, 250
Mackesen, August von, 201–4, 214
Magdeburg, 43
Maginot, André, 25, 293, 297–98
Maginot Line, 44, 89, 90, 331
Malancourt, 272, 274, 277–78
Malmaison, 68, 69, 71
Malmaison trials, 101
Malta, 90, 91
Mamluks, 26
Mangiennes, 55, 211, 299
Mangin, Charles, 286–87, 290
Marchéville, 99, 185
Marguerre, Hans, 210
Marie-Thérèse, 110, 149
Marlborough, John Churchill, Duke of, 324
Marne, Battles of the, 6, 31, 93–94, 114, 151, 189, 191–92, 204, 320
Marre, 57, 59, 267
Mars-la-Tour, 39
Marshal-Cornwell, James, 60
Marxist theory, 230
Maubeuge, 60
Maugham, Somerset, 198
Meade, George, 26
Melinite, 69–71, 75, 83, 85
Mercy-le-Haut, 98
Merton, Robert, 37, 333
Messimy, Adolphe, 77–79, 83, 189
Metz, 14, 35, 39, 44, 49, 51, 55, 60, 89, 109, 113, 288
Meurthe, 193
Meuse-Argonne, 314, 319–21
Meuse River, 4, 5, 13, 14, 16, 30, 49, 51–56, 59, 60, 94, 105, 112, 164, 235
course and width of, 51
heights of, 54–55, 81, 84–85, 97, 111, 115, 119, 120, 128, 143, 214, 238, 257–58, 267, 272, 290, 318, 324, 332
Mexico, 36
Michel, General, 77, 81, 83
Micheler, General, 129
Millerand, Alexandre, 161, 176, 189, 195
Minenwerfer, 104, 109, 114, 147
Mines, 133, 136
Missing category, 176, 177, 262, 298, 299, 326
Mobilization, 45–46, 48, 83
Moltke the Elder, Helmuth von, 33, 37–40, 45, 55, 100, 201, 230
Moltke the Younger, Helmuth von, 100, 101, 201, 205
Mont Sec, 134, 259
Montalembert, Marc-René de, 49
Montfaucon, 15, 105, 124, 126, 130, 134
Moral, 90–91, 205
Mort Homme, 16, 267, 273, 274, 277, 279, 280, 308
Mortars, 70, 76, 104, 105, 109, 110, 120, 146, 169, 250, 274
Moselle River, 5, 35, 40, 54, 60, 112
Moulainville, 58, 59, 113, 267
Mudra, Karl Bruno Julius von, 104–7, 109–10, 146–50, 203, 207, 208, 210, 213, 214, 278, 290, 319
Mulhouse, 35
Muzzle-loaded rifled muskets, 65, 66
Nachrichtendienst, 284
Namur, 51, 53, 59
Nancy, 4, 14, 51, 95, 96, 112
Napoleon I, 26, 45, 78, 90, 91, 197, 205, 227, 229, 239, 275, 324
Napoleon III, 36–38, 78, 229
Netherlands, 51
New York Times, 17, 19, 21, 155–56, 160, 297
Newton, Sir Isaac, 73
Nice, 49
1984 (Orwell), 296
90-millimeter field gun, 121, 169
95-millimeter field gun, 122, 169
Nivelle, Robert, 285–87, 289, 290, 301–3, 305–8, 310, 311, 333
Nixéville, 94
Normandy, 320
North Africa, 47
North German Federation, 18, 36
Norton Cru, Jean, 22, 64, 139, 254, 283
Notre-Dame de Lorette cemetery,
327
Observation balloons, 132, 210, 245, 286
On the Principles of War (Foch), 191
105-millimeter howitzer, 81–82, 86, 98, 106, 147, 168, 169
120-millimeter gun, 99, 106, 107, 121, 123, 127, 137, 170
155-millimeter Rimailho gun, 81, 82, 87, 106, 107, 121, 137, 168–71, 237, 261
Operation Market Garden, 239
Ornain River, 94
Orwell, George, 296
Ouvrages, 50, 57–59, 331
Paris, 3, 49, 94, 153, 222, 247, 314
Paroches, 97, 99, 113–14
Patton, George, 90
Pau, Paul Marie, 79
Pauli, Wolfgang, 32
Pearl Harbor, 199, 239
Pemberton, John C., 91
Percée, La, 162
Percin, Alexandre, 125
Pershing, John J., 316–17, 319
Pétain, Philippe, 33, 51, 80, 91, 95, 149–50, 220, 229, 236–38, 257, 264–69, 271, 272, 274–81, 285, 290, 301, 303, 305–12, 315–18, 325, 332, 333
Pézard, André, 130, 131, 139
Phenol, 123
Picardy, 5
Pierrefeu, Jean de, 23
Pillon, 55
Pioniere, 104, 105, 109, 112
Poincaré, Raymond, 23, 114–15, 117, 183–84, 189, 190, 194–96, 198, 214, 217, 265, 269–71, 279, 284, 285, 296, 306, 325
Point C, 134, 138
Point X, 16, 134, 137, 138
Poirier, Jules, 5
Polybius, 151
Polygon, 71–72
Pont à Mousson, 35, 316
Poste à Bruyères, 15
Price of Glory, The (Horne), 1, 2
Prisoners, 92, 110, 137, 148, 176, 270, 271, 299, 305, 310
Propaganda, 160, 182, 225, 230–31, 233
Prussian forces, 97, 141
Raffécourt mill, 274, 276
Railroads, 45, 46, 54, 97, 105–6, 108, 112, 114, 117–19, 125, 131, 132, 136, 214, 268, 288, 301–2, 321
Ravin de Dieusson, 110, 148
Ravin de Meurissons, 110
Raynal, Commandant, 289, 301
Recoil phenomenon, 73–74, 86, 99, 173, 242
Redoutes, 50
Regret, 255, 260, 268
Reims, 4, 55, 149
Reinforced concrete, 72
Rembercourt, 94
Renault, Louis, 152
Repington, Charles, 21, 24–25, 156, 174, 184, 219
Revigny, 94–96, 98, 101, 106, 112, 137
Rhine River, 33, 43, 51
Ribot, Alexandre, 195
Richelieu, Cardinal, 45
Rifles, 63–66, 250
Rimailho, Émile, 171
Riviera (Côte d’Azur), 13
Robertson, Sir William, 24–25, 161, 225
“Role of the Forts in the Battle of Verdun, The” (Bichet), 57
Romagne-sur-Montfaucon cemetery, 15–16, 319–20
Romania, 89, 153, 166, 174, 293–95, 303, 304
Romans, 26, 52, 54
Roques, Pierre Auguste, 129–31, 135–37, 139–42, 162, 270
Rotating turret, 88
Rouquerol, General, 139
Royal Air Force, 227
Rozelier, 58, 267
Ruffey, General, 95
Russia, 89, 90, 124, 152–53, 158, 166, 175, 184, 187, 189, 198, 201–4, 213, 221, 228, 287–88, 293, 294, 303, 309, 331
Saint Hubert, 104, 110
Saint Michel, 84, 267
Saint-Mihiel, 13, 20, 51, 53–56, 59, 84, 96–98, 112–14, 117, 118, 134, 140, 142, 143, 195, 198, 206, 207, 213, 314–20
Saint Privat, 39
Saint-Symphorien, 268
Sainte-Claire Deville, General, 171
Salonika, 154, 157
Samogneux, 253
Sarrail, Maurice, 79, 95, 106, 108, 129–31, 133, 135, 136, 147, 148, 162, 189, 199–200, 208, 278, 285, 315
Sarreguemines, 39, 43
Sartelles, 59, 268
Schlieffen, Alfred von, 94
Schmitz, André, 139
Schneider firm, 81, 106
Schneider howitzer, 82
Schoenenbourg, 44
Second World War, 43–44, 90, 91, 183, 199, 227, 239, 247, 329, 331–33
Sedan, 51, 330
Serbia, 184, 188, 189, 198, 202, 204
Séré de Rivières, Adolfe, 6, 48–49, 56, 63, 65, 71, 89, 100, 114
Serrigny, Colonel, 149, 280
7.7-centimeter field gun, 76, 82, 141, 237
17-centimeter mortar, 249
75-millimeter French field gun, 75–76, 80–81, 83, 86–88, 106, 107, 112, 120–22, 127, 168–72, 237, 302
Shells, 66–73, 75, 76, 83–88, 90, 102–3, 104, 122–23, 170–73, 211, 212, 242–45
Shiloh, Battle of, 324
Shrapnel shells, 172, 173
Siege artillery, 68, 70
Singapore, 199
Sivry-la-Perche, 59
65-millimeter mountain gun, 112
Skoda, 67
Smoothbore muskets, 65
Soissons, 14
Somme, Battles of the, 2, 24, 25, 28, 149, 163, 164, 167, 198, 287, 288, 291, 293, 294, 296, 302, 304, 312, 323