_Minutes. 3. _Time table._—_The artillery_ will open fire with gas O′ The time shells on the enemy’s trenches on both sides of the point of starting of entry and on the objectives opposite the southwest will be corner of La Boisselle, where the feint attack is to communi- take place. cated, in good time, For a quarter of an hour, all the enemy’s trenches likely on the day to prove of importance to the raiding party will be of the brought under fire. At the same time, the _close-range raid._ weapons of the 1st Reserve Company, 13th Pioneer Battalion_, with the two medium and the light Minenwerfer of the _228th Minenwerfer Company_, will fire with maximum rapidity on the enemy’s trenches opposite the southwest corner of La Boisselle. 7′ The one heavy and two medium Minenwerfer of the _228th Minenwerfer Company_ will open fire with the object of cutting the wire in front of the point of entry. 14′45″ On the right flank of the minefield _a shallow gallery will be fired_. 15′ _The artillery_, which was firing on the southwest corner of La Boiselle, will increase its range and shell the trenches in rear. _The close-range weapons_ will cease fire. _The machine guns_ will sweep communication trenches in this sector and in the Galgen. 15′30″ In the Blinddarm and just south of the same, isolated groups of _dummies_ will be exposed in order to make the enemy think an attack is pending. From now on, _artillery and Minenwerfer_ fire will increase to its maximum intensity on the real objective. The “Albrecht-Mörser” of the _1st Reserve Company, 13th Pioneer Battalion_, in position on the Lehmgrubenhöhe, will bombard the Nordrondell with the utmost intensity. 20′ _The patrols_ will leave their dug-outs and take up their positions in readiness, in accordance with direct orders received from me, in the Hohlweg by Sap No. 3. 23′ _Stradtmann’s patrol_ will leave the Hohlweg at “_a_” and crawl forward as far as “_b_.” _Lieutenant Boening_ will post the _stretcher bearers_ as connecting files between _Stradtmann’s patrol_ and myself. 25′ _The artillery_ will lift its fire from the objective between Besenhecke and the Windmühle to the targets in rear, and will open a barrage on those of the enemy’s trenches which may prove a source of danger to the raid. _The Minenwerfer_ will cease fire. _The machine guns_ will open fire on positions in rear and on the communication trenches which lead to the objective from both sides.