19. _Dumps._――R.E. dumps of sand-bags and wire have been established along the Guillemont――Waterlot Farm road in the Brigade area. A water dump is being established at Advanced Brigade Headquarters at S.24.b.6.1½. Dumps of bombs and S.A.A. are also being established along the Guillemont――Waterlot Farm road in the Brigade area. 20. Brigade Headquarters will be established at S.24.b.6.1½ from 9 P.M. to-night. M. B. SMITH, Captain, Brigade-Major, 1st Guards Brigade. _September 13, 1916._ [Illustration: _S.A. Chandler & Co. Southampton, photographers_ _Emery Walker ph. sc._ _Lieutenant-General The Earl of Cavan. K.P., K.C.B._] [Sidenote: Sept. 12.] By September 12 the whole Brigade was fully equipped. To every battalion had been issued bombs, sand-bags, distinguishing arm-bands, rockets, flares, wire-cutters, etc., and all that remained to be done was to fix the hour and the day of attack. The 2nd Battalion Grenadiers took over the left half of the line occupied by the 3rd Guards Brigade on the night of the 12th, while the 1st Battalion Irish Guards moved up in support to Trônes Wood and Bernafay Wood. The 2nd and 3rd Battalions Coldstream, which were to carry out the assault, remained resting at Carnoy till the last moment, and the Brigade Headquarters moved up to a dummy trench between Trônes and Bernafay Woods. The following message from Lieut.-General Lord Cavan was circulated: The Corps Commander knows that there are difficulties to be cleared up on the left and in front of the 1st Guards Brigade, and on the right of the 2nd Guards Brigade, but the Commander-in-Chief is of opinion that the general situation is so favourable that every effort must be made to take advantage of it and that tanks should carry out a special programme before zero to deal with these unsatisfactory positions. The Commander-in-chief states that there were only two German divisions in reserve on a large front, and that one of them had recently had enormous casualties, and the other heavy casualties. The French operations yesterday have been most successful, and they have captured Bouchavesnes, which was their objective. [Sidenote: Sept. 13.] Next night the 2nd Battalion Grenadiers, which was holding the northern sector of the Ginchy line, was instructed to go out and straighten the line, so that the battalions which were to attack on the following day should not be held up at the very start. Lieut.-Colonel C. de Crespigny issued these orders: 1. In order to have a good “jumping-off” place for X day it is essential to gain ground forward and dig a trench running from T.13.b.4.9. to T.14.a.2½.2½. It will be necessary to establish a post at the top of the cutting at T.13.b.4.9 and to drive the Germans from the trench T.13.b.6.4. point of orchard T.14.a.5.5.