That night the 4th Battalion was relieved by the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards and retired to Bernafay Wood. Captain Spencer-Churchill’s eyes were now giving him great trouble, and his sight became so much affected that he had to be led by his orderly. At Bernafay Wood the surgeon insisted on giving him a tetanus injection and sending him down to hospital. The command of the Company therefore devolved on Second Lieutenant D. O. Constable. During the next two nights the 4th Battalion was again engaged in digging communication and assembly trenches, and had some casualties. On the 24th the orders for next day’s attack were issued, and at night the 4th Battalion took up its position in the line. The officers of the 4th Battalion who took part in the attack of the 25th were: Major (temp. Lieut.-Colonel) Lord Henry Seymour, D.S.O. Commanding Officer. Lieut. (temp. Captain) R. S. Lambert Adjutant. Capt. C. G. Goschen No. 1 Company. Lieut. A. C. Flower ” ” Lieut. A. R. Ellice ” ” Lieut. (temp. Captain) C. R. Britten No. 2 Company. 2nd Lieut. C. G. Keith ” ” 2nd Lieut. H. C. S. Maine ” ” Capt. W. A. L. Stewart No. 3 Company. Lieut. R. Farquhar ” ” Lieut. J. F. J. Joicey-Cecil ” ” 2nd Lieut. M. H. F. Payne-Gallwey ” ” Lieut. D. O. Constable No. 4 Company. 2nd Lieut. J. W. F. Selby-Lowndes ” ” Capt. N. Grellier, M.C., R.A.M.C. Medical Officer. [Illustration: _Battle of the Somme, the night of Sep. 25. 1916._ _Emery Walker Ltd._] [Sidenote: Sept. 25.] The attack on the 25th, with the subsequent capture of Lesbœufs, formed one of the most successful operations in which the Guards Division was engaged in the war. The preparation seems to have been complete, and every possible contingency foreseen. In the first attack on the 15th the 4th Grenadiers had been in reserve, and so had not seen so much of the fighting as the other battalions in the Division, but it was now to take a leading part, and to go through some of the toughest fighting of the whole battle of the Somme. Orders were given for the attack to be carried out by Pereira’s Brigade on the right and Corkran’s on the left, while Ponsonby’s Brigade remained in reserve. In Corkran’s Brigade, the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards were to take the right and the 4th Battalion Grenadiers the left.