Lieut.-Colonel M. E. Makgill-Crichton- Maitland, D.S.O. Commanding Officer. Capt. P. J. S. Pearson-Gregory Adjutant. Lieut. W. H. Lovell Lewis Gun Officer. Capt. P. M. Spence Attached to Batt. Headquarters. Lieut. M. Thrupp King’s Company. 2nd Lieut. O. F. Stein ” ” Lieut. T. P. M. Bevan No. 2 Company. 2nd Lieut. S. Y. P. Gardner ” ” Lieut. W. J. Dashwood No. 3 Company. Lieut. P. G. Simmons ” ” 2nd Lieut. H. G. Johnson ” ” Capt. R. D. Lawford No. 4 Company. 2nd Lieut. A. S. Chambers ” ” 2nd Lieut. J. W. Chapple ” ” Capt. J. C. B. Grant, R.A.M.C. Medical Officer. During the night of the 30th our artillery bombarded the German artillery with gas shells. The result was very satisfactory, for, although the British front line received a good proportion of shells, the assembly was carried out without a hitch, and almost without a casualty. Zero hour was at 3.50 A.M., but, as the 3rd Guards Brigade was so far in advance of the rest of the line, the 1st Battalion Grenadiers had to wait till 4.28 A.M. before advancing behind the barrage. The enemy put down a heavy barrage on the Canal, but seeing no attack start on our front evidently assumed that none was intended, and lifted the barrage to another sector. During this preliminary bombardment Lieutenant Thrupp had his wrist smashed by a splinter of a shell, but after he had had it bound up by his runner he joined the advance, when a bullet through his leg stopped him a second time. Although he was carried down to the dressing-station, he never recovered, and died that evening. The order of the advance was as follows: First Wave. 2 Platoons of the King’s Company. 2 Platoons of No. 2 Company. Moppers-up. 2 Platoons of No. 4 Company. 2 Sections of the King’s Company. 2 Sections of No. 2 Company. Second Wave. No. 3 Company in support. Third Wave. 2 Platoons of the King’s Company (less 2 sections). 2 Platoons of No. 2 Company (less 2 sections). Remainder of No. 4 Company. There were ten paces between the lines and seventy-five paces between the waves.