The 4th Batt. Grenadier Guards to T.19.b astride the Guillemont――Ginchy road. The 2nd Batt. Scots Guards to T.13.c. These two Battalions will halt when leading troops reach S.W. outskirts of Ginchy. 1st Batt. Grenadier Guards to the vicinity of Guillemont Station. 1st Batt. Welsh Guards to N.W. of 1st Batt. Grenadier Guards with their left on Waterlot Farm. Brigade H.Q. Company to S.24.a. Brigade T.M. Battery will not move. The Battalions will be formed up in depth. 4. (_a_) If the attack is completely successful, the rôle of the Brigade will be to pass through the 1st and 2nd Guards Brigades and support the cavalry beyond the fourth objective. The cavalry will not enter villages. (_b_) Should the attack be partially successful and the fourth objective reached in the face of determined resistance, the Brigade might be required to relieve the 1st and 2nd Guards Brigades in the line of the fourth objective, and move into position in reserve in T.8.c and T.7.d. As soon as the situation permits, the O.C. 4th Batt. Grenadiers and 2nd Batt. Scots Guards will send forward officers to reconnoitre these reserve positions and lines of approach to them. Reports from these officers will be at once forwarded to Brigade Headquarters. (_c_) Should the advance be held up, the Brigade might be ordered to press home a fresh attack, passing through the 1st and 2nd Brigades. (_d_) If the attack on either flank be held up, the Brigade might be required to secure the flank of the Division, probably by offensive action. (_e_) Detailed information regarding artillery support will form part of the orders for any of these movements. (_f_) The direction of the attack is N.E. Officers must know the compass bearings to prominent points. [The remainder of the orders referred to artillery and transport, etc.] E. C. WARNER, Captain, Brigade-Major, 3rd Guards Brigade. 14/9/16. [Sidenote: Sept. 14-15.] On the 14th the 1st Battalion Grenadiers marched to Carnoy and then to Trônes Wood, where it spent the night huddled together in shell-holes. It was so bitterly cold that it was difficult to get any sleep, and next morning every one was chilled to the bone. The ”wood” consisted of trunks of trees blackened by shell-fire, the upper parts having been shot away; they were quite leafless, and the splintered branches lay all tangled over the shell craters. Amongst the wreckage were shapeless bodies in khaki and grey; some almost skeletons, and others with the skin stretched over the bones and tanned like leather. Flying about among the bare trees were half-a-dozen magpies, the only occupants of the wood. All was quiet, when suddenly our barrage began, followed by the German one, and soon the noise was terrific.