4. Battalions will be formed up on a company front in column of half-companies. Troops will be in single rank. Each battalion will therefore advance in four waves. 5. 2nd Guards Brigade Machine-gun Company will detail guns as follows: I. Two guns to advance with 3/G.G. and two guns with 1/C.G. These guns will take position in the third wave on the inner flank of the right and left flank platoons respectively. II. Four guns to advance with 1/S.G., and four guns with 2/I.G. Four of these guns will take position in the sixth wave on the inner flank of the right and left platoons respectively. The other four will take the same position in the eighth wave. The remaining three guns will advance in the centre of the ninth wave. 6. Four Stokes guns will be detailed to advance on the flanks of the ninth wave. 1/S.G. and 2/I.G. will find carrying parties of one officer and fifty men each to advance with these guns. Remaining guns will be in Brigade Reserve, with 76th Field Company, R.E. 7. The formation for attack will accordingly be as follows: 1/C.G. 3/G.G. B Coy. A Coy. B Coy. A Coy. First Wave 6 5 2 1 6 5 2 1 Second Wave 8 7 4 3 8 7 4 3 D Coy. C Coy. D Coy. C Coy. Third Wave 14 13 10 9 14 13 10 9 2 2 M.G.’s M.G.’s Fourth Wave 16 15 12 11 16 15 12 11 2/I.G. 1/S.G. B Coy. A Coy. B Coy. A Coy. Fifth Wave 6 5 2 1 6 5 2 1 Sixth Wave 8 7 4 3 8 7 4 3 2 2 M.G.’s M.G.’s D Coy. C Coy. D Coy. C Coy. Seventh Wave 14 13 10 9 14 13 10 9 Eighth Wave 16 15 12 11 16 15 12 11 2 2 M.G.’s M.G.’s Ninth Wave S.G. S.G. 4 M.G.’s S.G. S.G. Carrying Parties. Sapping platoons will be formed up in rear of Battalion H.Q., which will move in the centre of the fourth and eighth waves. The distance between waves will be 50 yards. 8. Details of artillery barrage are given in Appendix A. 9. Nine tanks will advance from Guards Division front. They will probably start from each successive line well in advance of the attacking troops. The action of the troops will be entirely independent of the action of the tanks, and will be carried out as ordered, whether the tanks are held up or not. 10. The assaults on successive objectives will be delivered at the following times: