WAR MEMOIRS OF DAVID LLOYD GEORGE 1917

Caillaux, M., charged with high treason,
200.
Callwell, Gen., quoted on Wilson, 347,
348.
Cambon, Jules, 232; interviews Sixte,
241; manoeuvres Sixte negotiations
into futility, 256, 257; explains Foreign
Office policy to Si::tc, 258.
Cambon, Paul, suspicious of Italy, 254,
255; manoeuvres Sixte negotiations
into futility, 256, 257.
Cambrai, substituted for St. Quentin,
437; success of tanks at, 438; counterattack
at, 438, 439; causes of defeat
at, 442-445; as a demonstration of
possibilities of the tank, 574, 575.
Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry, sets
up Imperial Conference Secretariat,
12.
Canada, plans for mobilisation, 4; takes
a valiant part, 6.
Caporetto, collapse of 2nd Army at,
200, 240; a disaster that might have
been avoided, 434; the offensive begins
well, 462, 463; "the same old
story", 463; goes wrong, 487; the
climax of narrow strategy, 572.
Carson, Sir Edward, 111; denounces
electoral reform, 211.
Cecil, Lord Robert, on limitation of
armaments, 23, 24; on question of a
League of Nations, 25, 26; and the
Russian passports, 144, 145.
Central Powers, at their best, 3; concludes
armistices with Russia and Roumania,
66; should have been crushed
on Balkan Front, 82; labour unrest
among, 264; a favourable moment for,
298, 299; have balance of man
power, 428; their method of pooling
resources, 470; in position to withdraw
best divisions from East, 481;
their estimated losses at Ypres, 534;
make deadly effort to destroy British
shipping, 566; succeed in land
fighting (1917), 567; balance of man
power transferred to, 570; claims victory
on all European Fronts, 572;
general conditions of, 579, 580. See
also Austria; Germany.
Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Austen, Secretary
of State for India, 21; against
restrictions on armaments, 28, 29.
Chantilly, failure at, shows need of
change in strategy, 516; bitter legacies
of, 569, 570.
Chantilly Conference of Generals (Nov
15, 1916), 321, 325.
Charteris, Brig. Gen., biographer of
INDEX 593
Haig, 346, 400 n., 402 n.; glows with
victory, 412; describes shattered condition
of Germans, 415, 416.
Chetwode, Gen., 95.
Churchill, Winston, sees possibility of
aircraft, 104; in charge of Home Air
Defence, 105; heads Ministry of Munitions,
196.
Clemenceau, Georges, opposed to Flanders
offensive, 345.
Committee on Industrial Unrest, favours
Whitley proposals, 198.
Conference of Allied Generals, 466-468.
Conscription, problems of, 171-173.
Cowdray, Lord, heads Air Board, 111;
reports to Lloyd George, 112, 115;
placed in humiliating position, 124—
127; resigns, 127.
Crowe, Sir Eyre, Memorandum of, 24,
27, 58-62.
Curzon, Earl, at Imperial War Cabinet,
21; heads Committee dealing with
territorial questions, 22, 23; urges establishment
of Air Ministry, 107;
chairman of Air Board, 108; his proposals,
109-111; obliged to resign,
111; on War Policy Committee, 354;
agrees with Smuts, 380; criticises
Italians, 395.
Czernin, Count, Minute of, 225, 226;
his note on the peace discussions, 251.
DARDANELLES, 576.
Delme-Radcliffe, Gen., Military representative
at Italian Front, 373 n.,
395; implores Britain to send help,
475.
Derby, Lord, presides over War Air
Committee, 106, 107; asked to communicate
with Haig, 454.
Diaz, Gen., 491, 493; to replace Cadorna,
501, 502.
Disarmament, 121.
Dogger Bank, 576.
Dominions, come to the aid of the
Empire, 3-6; accession of their leaders
to War Council, 6-11.
Doullens, the second step towards
Unity of Command, 564.
Duma, Russian, and Henderson, 135;
fails to revive the Russian Army, 570.
Dutch-Scandinavian Committee, 136.
EGYPT, British Protectorate in, 71; defensive
policy in, 73; important to
Great Britain, 81; Allenbv sent to,
94, 95; Smuts in, 100, 101.
El Arish, plans for advance upon, 82-
84.