Unfortunately, we are forbidden to place an example of one of our own operation orders upon these pages. But we may have the opportunity of viewing a German one, which contains the principles of our own. The example given was issued by a regimental commander for a raid. The action actually took place near La Boisselle, April 11, 1916. 110th Reserve Infantry Regiment. In the field, 6th April, 1916. REGIMENTAL ORDERS FOR A RAID ON THE SPION 1. The raid will probably take place at dusk the 11th of April. 2. _Organization of the raiding party_— _In command._—Captain Wagener, assisted by Lieutenant Boening, Assistant-Surgeon Wisser, one bugler and six stretcher bearers. _Patrol commanders._—Lieutenants Stradtmann, Freund, Dumas, and Böhlefeld. _Raiding party._—50 men of the 110th Reserve Infantry Regiment and four Pioneers of the 1st Reserve Company, 13th Pioneer Battalion. 3. Upon the day fixed, _the raiding party_ will be assembled in Dug-outs Nos. 1-10, on the right wing of the left-hand battalion. Dug-out No. 9 will be used as advanced regimental command post. The assaulting party must not exceed three officers and 30 men. The remaining officers and men will be at Captain Wagener’s disposal for use as supports. _Captain Shortly after dusk the assaulting party will leave the Wagener’s Blaue Stellung by Sap No. 3 with the object of breaking Orders— into the enemy’s position in the neighborhood of the Appendix Süd Spion, from which point the enemy’s trenches will 1._ be cleared northwards, if possible, as far as the Spion. Unless prevented by the enemy’s fire, the raiding party will return to our Blaue Stellung by the same way. _Table of 4. For 25 minutes before the commencement of the distrib- raid, _the artillery_ will prepare for the assault by ution of shelling the enemy’s trenches between Besenhecke and artillery the Windmühle, and also the Weisse Steinmauer. During fire— the raid the artillery will control by its fire all the Appendix enemy’s trenches likely to prove a source of danger to 2._ the enterprise.