The order of battle of the Guards Division was as follows: 3RD GUARDS BRIGADE (SEYMOUR) 1st Welsh Gds. 1st Gren. Gds. (Gordon) (Maitland) 2nd Scots Gds. 4th Gren. Gds. (Orr-Ewing) (Gort) 2ND GUARDS BRIGADE (PONSONBY) 2nd Irish Gds. 1st Scots Gds. (Greer) (Ross) 1st Cold. Gds. 3rd Gren. Gds. (Brand) (Thorne) 1ST GUARDS BRIGADE (JEFFREYS) 2nd Cold. Gds. 2nd Gren. Gds. (Follett) (De Crespigny) 3rd Cold. Gds. 1st Irish Gds. (Crawfurd) (Pollock) The first objective, or Blue line, consisted of Cariboo Trench, Wood 15 Trench, and Wood 15. The second objective, or Black line, some 600 yards farther on, ran parallel to the Pilckem road. The third objective, or Green line, was not a line of trenches, but an imaginary line 100 yards beyond the Iron Cross――Kortekeer Cabaret road. The fourth objective, or Dotted Green line, was not parallel to the others, and while it crossed the Steenbeek on the right joined up with the Green line on the left. The total depth was about 1¾ miles from the Canal. The French First Division was on the left, and the Thirty-eighth Welsh Division on the right of the Guards Division. The 2nd and 3rd Guards Brigades were to take the first three objectives, and the 1st Guards Brigade was then to pass through and secure the fourth. In the 2nd and 3rd Brigades the leading Battalions were responsible for the first and second objectives, and the Battalions in support for the third. So carefully had the whole attack been rehearsed that from the first there was never a moment’s hesitation: each Company knew exactly what was expected of it. If General Feilding with his staff had thought out every eventuality, he could not have asked for more prompt execution of his orders. Each successive objective was captured exactly according to the time stated in the orders. The creeping barrage was perfect. The Field Companies of the Royal Engineers did admirable work, and nothing could have been better than the arrangements for bringing up ammunition, water, and rations. There appears to have been no hitch throughout the attack.