Colonel N. A. L. Corry, D.S.O., Commanding Officer. Major G. F. Molyneux-Montgomerie, Second in Command. Lieut. G. G. B. Nugent, Adjutant. Lieut. G. H. Wall, Quartermaster. Capt. G. N. Vivian, No. 1 Company. Lieut. G. G. Gunnis, No. 1 Company. Lieut. E. H. J. Wynne (Transport Officer), No. 1 Company. 2nd Lieut. C. T. E. Crabbe, No. 1 Company. 2nd Lieut. A. T. Ayres Ritchie, No. 1 Company. Capt. C. F. A. Walker, No. 2 Company. Lieut. C. S. Rowley, No. 2 Company. Lieut. A. Anson, No. 2 Company. 2nd Lieut. F. D. Lycett-Green, No. 2 Company. 2nd Lieut. R. Williams (Machine-gun Officer), No. 2 Company. Lieutenant the Hon. F. O. H. Eaton, No. 3 Company. Lieut. G. P. Bowes Lyon, No. 3 Company. 2nd Lieutenant the Hon. A. G. Agar-Robartes, No. 3 Company. 2nd Lieut. H. D. Vernon, No. 3 Company. Capt. E. G. H. Powell, No. 4 Company. Capt. W. R. C. Murray (Bombing Officer), No. 4 Company. Lieut. C. M. C. Dowling, No. 4 Company. Lieut. G. F. R. Hirst, No. 4 Company. Lieut. F. Anson, No. 4 Company. 2nd Lieut. T. C. Higginson, No. 4 Company. _Attached_--Lieut. A. T. Logan, R.A.M.C. [Sidenote: Sept. 25.] It was bitterly cold on the night of the 25th, which was spent by the 3rd Battalion Grenadiers in the old British front trench north-west of Loos. Some of the platoons got into an old remnant of a trench, and some had to lie down outside. So chilly was it that sleep was difficult, and the men had constantly to get up and run about to warm themselves, and then try to snatch a little more rest. [Sidenote: Sept. 26.] At 3.30 next morning the 3rd Battalion started off in the direction of Loos. At first it marched in fours, but on coming into the shell area assumed artillery formation, and went across the open. While ascending the slope it was not fired upon, but when it came down the hill towards Loos shrapnel burst all round it. When the Battalion arrived at the bottom of the hill, which it lost no time in doing, it relieved the Scots Guards, and got into what had formerly been the German third-line trenches. Both officers and men were filled with admiration at the intricate dug-outs they found, twenty to thirty feet down in the chalk; evidently great trouble had been expended on this part of the line, and the German officers had been accustomed to live almost in luxury. As soon as the 3rd Battalion reached the trench, it was ordered to dig communication trenches and repair the parapet. Soon the men were soaked to the skin by pouring rain, and an icy cold wind added to their discomfort, as they had no prospect that night of getting either dry or warm.