There were 2 officers wounded (Lieut.-Colonel Lord Gort and Captain C. H. Greville), while the casualties amongst the other ranks were: killed 15, wounded 94, gassed 1, shell-shock 3, died of wounds 4, missing 5. On Lord Gort being sent to hospital, Captain the Hon. F. E. Needham took over the command of the Battalion. THE 2ND BATTALION [Sidenote: 2nd Batt.] The assembly march on the night of the 30th of July was carried out by the 1st Guards Brigade without any difficulty, and all units were in position by 1 A.M. The 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards moved from bivouacs in the Forest Area, 2½ miles west of Elverdinghe, to a field near Roussel Farm, where cookers, sent on with the platoon guides, provided tea and rum for the men before they bivouacked in the open. The following officers of the 2nd Battalion took part in the attack on the 31st: Lieut.-Colonel C. R. C. de Crespigny, D.S.O. Commanding Officer. Capt. C. F. A. Walker, M.C. Acting Second in Command. Lieut. A. H. Penn Adjutant. Capt. J. N. Buchanan No. 1 Company. 2nd Lieut. R. G. Briscoe ” ” 2nd Lieut. P. A. A. Harbord ” ” Capt. A. T. A. Ritchie, M.C. No. 2 Company. Lieut. A. S. L. St. J. Mildmay ” ” Lieut. F. H. G. Layland-Barratt, M.C. ” ” Lieut. R. G. C. Napier ” ” Capt. Sir A. L. M. Napier, Bart. No. 3 Company. Lieut. K. O’G. Harvard ” ” 2nd Lieut. H. Minto-Wilson ” ” Lieut. J. H. Jacob No. 4 Company. Lieut. R. M. Oliver ” ” 2nd Lieut. F. H. J. Drummond ” ” Capt. J. A. Andrews, M.C., R.A.M.C. Medical Officer. The task assigned to the 1st Guards Brigade was the capture of the farthest objective, after the first three objectives had been secured by the 1st and 2nd Guards Brigades. During the first phases of the attack the 1st Guards Brigade was therefore in reserve, advancing in rear so as to be prepared to pass through the leading Brigades when the moment arrived. Zero hour was fixed for 3.50 A.M., and at 4 A.M. the 1st Guards Brigade advanced with the 2nd Battalion Coldstream on the left and the 2nd Battalion Grenadiers on the right, moving in artillery formation. The 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards and 1st Battalion Irish Guards were under the direct orders of the G.O.C. Guards Division. On the right of the Guards Division, the battalion which had to undertake the attack on the last objective was the 17th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers in the Thirty-eighth Division.