At 9 o’clock on the night of the 30th the 4th Battalion left Forest Bivouac Area, and marched _via_ Artillery Track 12, Bridge Street, and Clarges Street through Boesinghe to its forming-up areas, which it reached without suffering any casualties. By 1.20 A.M. all companies were reported to be in their places. No. 1 under Lieut. Pixley and No. 4 under Captain Paton, with two mopping-up platoons from No. 2 Company, were in the front trench, with the rest of the Battalion some distance in rear. The 4th Battalion was to follow the 1st Battalion until the first two objectives, the Blue and Black lines, had been secured. It was then to pass through that Battalion, and attack the Green line. After this had been taken the 1st Guards Brigade would pass through and go on to the Dotted line over the Steenbeek River. The following officers took part in the attack: Lieut.-Colonel Viscount Gort, D.S.O., M.V.O., M.C. Commanding Officer. Capt. C. R. Gerard Adjutant. Lieut. J. B. M. Burke Intelligence Officer. Lieut. I. H. Ingleby Act.-Quartermaster. 2nd Lieut. N. A. Pearce Transport Officer. Lieut. J. N. F. Pixley No. 1 Company. 2nd Lieut. G. R. Green ” ” 2nd Lieut. E. H. Tuckwell ” ” 2nd Lieut. J. M. Chitty ” ” Capt. the Hon. F. E. Needham No. 2 Company. Lieut. R. G. West ” ” 2nd Lieut. H. W. Windeler ” ” 2nd Lieut. F. R. Oliver ” ” Capt. C. H. Greville No. 3 Company. Lieut. R. Farquhar, M.C. ” ” Lieut. C. S. Nash ” ” Capt. G. H. T. Paton, M.C. No. 4 Company. 2nd Lieut. B. J. Hubbard ” ” Lieut. C. E. Irby ” ” 2nd Lieut. J. J. M. Veitch ” ” Capt. N. Grellier, M.C., R.A.M.C. Medical Officer.