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Lebrun, Gen.,
240
,
249
,
257
Lebrun, President,
339
Lefebvre-Dibon, Maj.,
238-40
Léger, Sgt.,
79-80
Les Eparges,
48
Lewal, Gen.,
4
Leyrand, Lt.-Col.,
298
Liddell Hart, Capt. B. H.,
33
,
53
,
330
Liebknecht, Karl,
191-2
,
214
limogeage,
23
,
129
‘Line of Panic’,
145
Lloyd George, David,
199
,
231
,
280
,
321
Lochow, Gen. von,
59
,
219
,
303
; and see
III (Brandenburger) Corps
Loos,
25
Lotterer, Gen.,
151
Louis Napoleon,
3
Louvemont,
101
,
102
,
317
Ludendorff, Gen. Erich,
1
,
15
,
25
,
35
,
279
,
280
,
304
; Ludendorff Offensive (1918),
325
Lufbery, Raoul,
199
,
210-11
Lusitania,
27
Luttwitz, Gen. von,
303
Luxeuil,
209
,
211
Lyautey, Marshal,
233

 

McConnell, James,
173-4
,
210
,
211
Mackensen, Gen. von,
163
,
280-1
Macker, Lt.-Col.,
158-9
MacMahon, Marshal,
3
Madelin, Louis,
271
Maginot, ex-Sgt.,
274-5
,
338
Maginot Line,
2
Malancourt,
75
,
162
,
165
Mallcray, Lt.-Col. de,
164
Malvy (ex-Minister of Interior),
196
Mangin, Gen. Charles: character and career,
232-4
;
235
,
238-41
,
292-3
,
304
,
308
,
310
,
316-18
,
320
,
322
,
332-3
Manstein, F.M. Erich von,
5
,
165
,
342
Marc, Franz,
44
,
150
Marne, First Battle of the,
1
,
18-19
marraines de guerre,
64
,
197
Mata Hari,
196
Matin, Le
,
18
,
126
Maud’huy, Col. de,
136
Max of Baden, Prince,
328
,
331
‘May Cup’,
246-66
Mazenod, Lt. Pierre de,
286-7
,
340
medical services, see
French Army
Méléra, Sgt.-Maj. César,
178
,
265-6
,
334
Mellenthin, H.H. von,
252
,
295
Metz,
3
,
333
Meuse, River,
5
,
154-6
Meusien,
146
Meyer, Pte.,
301
Michel, General,
12
Millaud, Ensign,
271-2
Miribel, Gen.,
4
Mistinguett,
194
Moltke, F.M. Baron von,
14
Moltke, Gen. H. J. L. von,
14-15
,
31
,
33
,
282
Mons,
105
Montenegro,
279
,
280-1
Montgomery, F.M. Viscount,
21
,
130
Montherlant, Henri de,
339
Morimont,
43
Mormont,
74
Morocco,
10
Mort Homme, Le
,
156-8
,
161-72
,
324
,
343
,
350
motor transport, French,
146-8
Moulainville, Fort,
48
,
145
,
236
,
247-8
,
287
Mudra, Gen. von,
165
,
218
,
219
Muenier, Pierre-Alexis,
102-4
Müller, Lt. Werner,
263-4
Mutinies, French,
322-5
Nancy,
127
Navarre, W.O. Jean,
202
,
204
,
205
New York Times
,
245
Nicolai, Maj.,
315
,
317
n
Nikolai Nikolaievich, Grand Duke,
29
Nivelle, Gen. Robert: character and career,
9
,
230-1
; the triumvirate,
213-4
; commands Second Army,
234-5
,
236
,
241
,
243
,
265
,
271
; relations with Pétain,
273
,
289
,
292
,
308-9
; triumph,
318
,
320-1
; downfall,
322
,
332
Noailles, Anna de,
339
Noailles,
132
Nordhoff, Charles,
210
Noria
system,
228
,
235
,
269
Nungesser, Lt. Charles,
203-4
,
205

 

Operation
Gericht,
38-9
,
41-55
,
218
,
336
Ornes,
59
; Jumelles d’,
247

 

Palat, Gen.,
124
,
163
Pan-German faction,
223
Paris,
193-5
Passaga, Gen.,
316
Pastre, Lt. Gaston,
180
Paulus,
Oberleutnant
(later F.M.) Friedrich,
288
,
342
Pénélon, Gen.,
24
,
122
Pepper Hill,
98
,
101
,
122
Percin, Gen.,
12
n,
99
n
Pericard, J.,
119
Perreau, Cpl. Robert,
326
Pétain, Marshal Philippe: character and career,
132-41
; opposes de Grandmaison’s doctrine,
12
,
131
; at Arras,
24-5
; transfer to Verdun,
125
,
129
; takes over at Verdun,
142-9
; moved to Army Group Centre,
227-30
,
234-5
,
240-1
,
242-3
,
266
; the Joffre-Nivelle nutcracker,
272-4
,
275-6
,
288-9
,
293
; Prepares counter-attack,
304-5
,
308-9
,
318
; passed over,
320-1
;
le Médécin de l’Armiée,
324-5
; subsequent career,
337-8
,
341
,
343-6
,
352
Philadelphia Enquirer,
244-5

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