Lieut.-Colonel A. F. A. N. Thorne, D.S.O. Commanding Officer. Major R. H. V. Cavendish, M.V.O. Second in Command. Capt. the Hon. A. G. Agar-Robartes, M.C. Adjutant. Lieut. C. H. Bedford Intelligence Officer. Lieut. E. W. Seymour Assistant Adjutant. Lieut. F. J. Heasman Transport Officer. Lieut. R. W. Parker Quartermaster. Lieut. E. G. A. Fitzgerald No. 1 Company. Lieut. W. Champneys ” ” 2nd Lieut. E. D. Tate ” ” 2nd Lieut. P. J. M. Ellison ” ” Capt. L. Holbech No. 2 Company. Lieut. A. H. S. Adair ” ” 2nd Lieut. G. A. I. Dury ” ” 2nd Lieut. W. A. Pembroke ” ” 2nd Lieut. P. Durbin ” ” Capt. N. C. Tufnell No. 3 Company. Lieut. A. C. Knollys, M.C. ” ” Lieut. G. W. Godman ” ” 2nd Lieut. W. B. Ball ” ” Capt. C. W. Carrington, D.S.O. No. 4 Company. 2nd Lieut. F. S. V. Donnison ” ” 2nd Lieut. C. L. F. Boughey ” ” 2nd Lieut. E. J. Bunbury ” ” 2nd Lieut. N. C. Bennett ” ” Lieut. H. C. Fish, U.S.R. Medical Officer. Capt. the Rev. S. Phillimore, M.C. Chaplain. The 3rd Battalion went into the line near Fampoux from the 2nd to the 4th, placing No. 2 Company under Captain Holbech and No. 4 under Captain Carrington south of the River Scarpe, with No. 3 under Captain Tufnell north of the river, and No. 1 under Lieutenant Fitzgerald in reserve. The front line was held by posts which were in good order, but it was bitterly cold, and there was snow on the ground. After two days in support the Battalion retired to Arras for eight days. On the 14th Lieut.-Colonel Thorne, in the absence on leave of the Brigadier, took command of the Brigade, and Major Cavendish commanded the Battalion. On the 17th the Battalion returned to the trenches. A thaw having now set in, the trenches became mere drains, and required a great deal of work to keep them habitable. The four days subsequently spent in support were made unpleasant by the gas-shells, with which the Germans searched the back area. [Sidenote: Feb.]