WAR MEMOIRS OF DAVID LLOYD GEORGE 1917

G.H.Q., and the Flanders offensive,
329-332; discredits French Army revolt,
339, 340; distills synthetic victories,
412; substitutes policy of
"wearing down the enemy", 420; issues
document on Passchendaele, 426,
427; objects to Cambrai idea, 437.
Giardino, Gen., appointed assistant to
Diaz, 501.
Gibbs, Sir Philip, on the difficulties of a
war correspondent, 418, 419.
Giolitti, Giovanni, Italy's most formidable
statesman, 485.
Giolitti Party, 248.
Gough, Sir Hubert, Flanders operations
in charge of, 397; foresees consequences,
398; advises Haig to discontinue,
403; presses on, 405.
Great Britain, supported by the Dominions,
3-6; fight with Turkey of
special importance to, 66, 67; comes
to the aid of Arabia, 74; in three
campaigns against the Turk, 74; captures
Baghdad, 79; importance of
Egypt to, 81; secures booty in Murray's
campaigns, 85; cheered by fall
of Jerusalem, 97; disturbed at success
of German airships, 106; suffers
from inter-Departmental strife, 113;
and the Miliukoff invitation, 138;
importance of Russian cooperation
to, 141; industrial unrest in, 170-199;
and conscription, 171-173, 176; Government
control in, 172-174; emergency
organisation of labour in, 174—
176; effect of Russian Revolution on,
176, 177; and the Shop Steward
Movement, 177-184; puts an end to
strikes, 184; influence of King
George on, 200-202; party conflicts
in, 203, 204; electoral troubles in,
203-217; feels no antipathy towards
Austria, 221; entirely in the hands of
France, 257; at the end of 1916, 262,
263; peace demonstrations in, 264;
stands firm, 266; chief war aim of,
317; its public completely deceived,
408-411; wastage of man power and
material in, 429-431; dispatches guns
to Italy, 462; still fighting with full
strength, 481, 482; reorganises its
resources, 566; on land and sea. 568;
importance of its Navy in ultimate
success, 575-577; success of antisubmarine
measures in, 579, 580.
See also Allies.
Greece, and the Anglo-French Conference,
254. See also Italy.
Grey, Sir Edward, 86.
INDEX 595
HAIG, SIR DOUCLAS, complains of aircraft
shortage, 113, 114; asked to arrange
reprisal raid, 117; has 1500 planes,
123; reports on German offensives,
130; gives assurance that German
Army is crumbling, 295; his views on
elimination of Russia, 313, 314; obsessed
with Passchendaele offensive,
314, 315; conceives idea of offensive,
321, 322; in Paris with Lloyd George.,
335; and the French Army revolt,
341; insists on launching his campaign,
348; and Wilson, 351, 352;
undertakes Messines offensive, 352;
lays detailed plans before War Policy
Committee, 354-359; considerations
governing his policy, 360-362;
reads statement in reply to Lloyd
George, 376-379; misleads the Committee,
383, 384; describes Flanders
conditions, 402; stubbornly continues
attack, 403-406; optimistic of victory,
413—415; and the Cambrai muddle,
440, 441; estimate of, 447-449; estimate
of, 447-449; only interested in
his own Front, 507; abnormally stubborn,
508, 509; his views on conduct
of the War, 524-529; incapable of
changing plans, 531; fails to grasp
change in military situation, 571; his
Memorandum on the strategical situation,
586-590.
Hankey,Sir Maurice, prepares Agenda for
Imperial Conference, 16; sent to Front
by Lloyd George 449; at Rapallo, 552.
Harrington, Gen., 353.
Hart, Liddell, his "Lawrence of Arabia"
quoted, 76; confirms Baker-Carr's
account, 401, 402.
Hejaz, revolt in (1916), 72; situation
uncertain in, 74.
Henderson, Rt. Hon. Arthur, 21; against
annexations, 23; holds strong views
on disarmament, 28; becomes a
war casualty, 134; reports to Duma,
135; not-to go to Russia, 137; question
of his going to Petrograd, 140;
sent to Russia, 141, 142; not fitted
for Russian post, 143; returns from
Russia, 146, 147; and the Soviet
members, 147; and Kerensky, 147,
148; in an abnormal frame of mind,
148, 149; in Paris, 150, 151; returns
to England, 151; and the War Cabinet,
151-155; and the Stockholm Conference,
157-161; at the Labour Conference,
160; his letter to Lloyd
George, 160, 161; resigns, 162; reasons
for his blunder, 166-168.