There can be no doubt that the Germans were completely deceived as to our strength, and that what misled them was the more than gallant manner in which the Grenadiers held on to the trenches in the morning, and the almost reckless audacity with which the Grenadiers and Gordons attacked later. The enemy was apparently quite unaware how threadbare this part of the line was. These continual counter-attacks gave the impression that there must be large reserves in rear, which made the Germans think it unwise to push on. Had they only known that there were no reserves at all, and that all that lay between them and Ypres were just the remains of a battalion, with hardly an officer or non-commissioned officer left alive, the result of the battle, and all that depended on it, would undoubtedly have been very different. The losses among the officers of the Grenadiers were very heavy. Lieutenant-Colonel Earle was severely wounded during the engagement, and, while dressing his wounds, Lieutenant Butt, R.A.M.C., was shot through the head. Colonel Earle was afterwards reported to be lying in a house some two hundred yards in rear of the Battalion Headquarters dug-out. Several men volunteered to carry him back, but as the enemy were within a couple of hundred yards of the house this would have meant certain death, not only for the stretcher-bearers but for Colonel Earle himself. So it was decided to leave him where he was. The total list of casualties among the officers of the Battalion was: Lieut.-Colonel M. Earle, (Commanding Officer), wounded and prisoner. Major H. St. L. Stucley, (Second in Command), killed. Lieut. J. G. Butt, (Medical Officer), killed. Major the Hon. A. O. W. C. Weld-Forester, (King's Company), killed. Lieut. H. L. Aubrey-Fletcher, (King's Company), wounded. Lieut. J. H. Powell, (King's Company), wounded. 2nd Lieut. R. O. R. Kenyon Slaney, (King's Company), wounded. Captain the Hon. C. M. B. Ponsonby. (No. 2 Company), wounded. Lieut. G. E. Hope, (Signalling Officer), wounded. 2nd Lieut. R. S. Lambert, (No. 2 Company), wounded. Captain Lord Richard Wellesley, (No. 3 Company), killed. Captain G. Rennie, (No. 3 Company), missing, reported killed. Lieutenant the Hon. A. G. S. Douglas-Pennant, (No. 3 Company), killed. Lieut. P. Van Neck, (No. 3 Company), killed. Lieut. L. G. Ames,(No. 3 Company), wounded. Major L. R. V. Colby, (No. 4 Company), killed. Capt. R. E. K. Leatham, (No. 4 Company), wounded. Lieut. E. Antrobus, (No. 4 Company), killed. 2nd Lieut. S. Walter, (No. 4 Company), killed. 2nd Lieut. N. A. H. Somerset, (No. 4 Company), killed. That night the Battalion went into billets at Hooge, half-way to Ypres, with only four officers and a hundred men left, exclusive of transport. The officers were Captain Rasch, Lieutenant Pilcher, Second Lieutenant Darby, and Second Lieutenant Sir G. Duckworth-King. [Sidenote: Oct. 30.]