Another four days in the trenches caused further casualties, and Lieutenant H. B. Vernon was wounded. On the 11th the 1st Battalion retired to Bronfay Farm, where it remained resting for a week, after which it returned to the front line. The Germans were now retiring along the whole front, and a close and unremitting pursuit had to be maintained. The 1st Battalion was employed on outpost duty with orders to accelerate the retirement as much as possible. This necessitated constant advances, but each line, as it was reached, had to be consolidated in case of counter-attack. After four days of this the Battalion retired to Maurepas, and subsequently to Camp 15 at Billon. Second Lieutenant R. B. St. Q. Wall joined on the 8th of March, Lieutenant P. G. Simmons on the 14th, Lieutenant R. H. Rolfe and Second Lieutenant R. F. W. Echlin on the 30th. THE 2ND BATTALION [Sidenote: 2nd Batt. Jan.] The officers of the 2nd Battalion on January 1, 1917, were: Lieut.-Colonel C. R. Champion de Crespigny, D.S.O. Commanding Officer. Major Hon. W. R. Bailey, D.S.O. Second in Command. Lieut. A. H. Penn Adjutant. Lieut. G. G. M. Vereker Transport Officer. Hon. Lieut. and Quartermaster W. E. Acraman, D.C.M. Quartermaster. Lieut. J. N. Buchanan No. 1 Company. Lieut. F. A. M. Browning ” ” Lieut. E. W. Seymour ” ” Lieut. A. McW. Lawson-Johnston, M.C. ” ” Lieut. J. C. Cornforth ” ” Captain E. O. Stewart No. 2 Company. Lieut. Hon. F. H. Manners ” ” Lieut. F. H. G. Layland-Barratt, M.C. ” ” Lieut. T. A. Combe ” ” Captain C. F. A. Walker, M.C. No. 3 Company. Lieut. K. O’G. Harvard No. 3 Company. 2nd Lieut. Lord I. B. G. T. Blackwood ” ” 2nd Lieut. H. M. Wilson ” ” Capt. Lord F. T. H. T. Blackwood, D.S.O. No. 4 Company. Lieut. R. Terrell ” ” Lieut. R. A. W. Bicknell ” ” Lieut. A. T. A. Ritchie ” ” Lieut. J. Tabor ” ” Capt. J. A. Andrews, R.A.M.C. Medical Officer.