Lieut.-Colonel Hilliam, D.S.O., was promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General and appointed to the command of the 10th Infantry Brigade, 4th Canadian Division, in January, 1917. The Battalion at having their C.O. selected for a higher command recognized that no promotion in the Allied Forces was more deserved; but regret at the Battalion’s loss was expressed by all ranks. The effects of his soldierly training and administration of the Battalion remained with them throughout the War. In the attack on Vimy Ridge, Easter Monday, April 9, 1917, the 25th Battalion was led by Major J. A. Delancey, M.C., until that brave officer was killed, after which Major (now Colonel) A. O. Blois, of Halifax (who had enlisted as a private in the 40th Battalion, been appointed to a commission in the 64th Battalion, transferred a subaltern to the 25th Battalion and had progressed at that date through the Adjutancy of the Battalion to the rank of Major), took command, and organized and consolidated the objectives which had all been secured by ten o’clock and were extended later in the day. [Illustration: LIEUT. J. HALLISEY.] [Illustration: CAPT. J. H. WALLACE.] Two of the Battalion pipers played the boys over the top that wintry morning, and although the German band and our own artillery drowned the skirling notes of the pibroch, our lads were fired with the spirit which prompted these two noble musicians to volunteer and insist on accompanying the Battalion through the muck and mire, the death and destruction which was let loose on that fateful day. They were awarded Military Medals for their splendid example of self-sacrificing disregard for personal safety. Lieutenant Hallisey, of Truro, was killed while proceeding to the “jumping off” position. Several officers were wounded, and the casualties among the N.C.O.’s and men were very heavy. The death of R.S.M. “Dad” Henchcliffe, M.C., father of all the N.C.O.’s and men in the Battalion, was particularly regrettable; for he was a very efficient warrant officer and a friend to all. [Illustration: LIEUT.-COL. “STAN” BAULD.] Lieut.-Colonel Bauld commanded the Battalion at the taking of Fresnoy and Arleux late in February. While these were only local affairs and confined to a narrow front, they were the cause of some very severe casualties. “D” and “C” Companies suffered very severely at Arleux. Captain Weare, M.C., was severely shell-shocked, Lieutenants Bell and Wallace, two very promising young officers, were killed, and scores of our men caught in the wire, in the darkness, were literally shot to pieces.