THE GRENADIER GUARDS IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-1918 [Illustration] MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA · MADRAS MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO DALLAS · SAN FRANCISCO THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TORONTO [Illustration: _Speaight Ltd photographers_ _Emery Walker ph. sc._ _Captain H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, K.G., M.C., &c._ ] THE GRENADIER GUARDS IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-1918 BY LIEUT.-COLONEL THE RIGHT HON. SIR FREDERICK PONSONBY (LATE GRENADIER GUARDS) WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY LIEUT.-GENERAL THE EARL OF CAVAN _MAPS BY MR. EMERY WALKER_ IN THREE VOLUMES VOL. III MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON 1920 COPYRIGHT CONTENTS CHAPTER XXVIII PAGE FEBRUARY, MARCH 1918 (4TH BATTALION) 1 CHAPTER XXIX APRIL, MAY, JUNE 1918 (1ST, 2ND, AND 3RD BATTALIONS) 16 CHAPTER XXX APRIL 1-14 (4TH BATTALION) 32 CHAPTER XXXI APRIL 14 TO NOVEMBER 11 (4TH BATTALION) 53 CHAPTER XXXII JULY AND AUGUST (1ST, 2ND, AND 3RD BATTALIONS) 59 CHAPTER XXXIII SEPTEMBER (1ST, 2ND, AND 3RD BATTALIONS) 104 CHAPTER XXXIV OCTOBER (1ST, 2ND, AND 3RD BATTALIONS) 136 CHAPTER XXXV NOVEMBER (1ST, 2ND, AND 3RD BATTALIONS) 166 CHAPTER XXXVI MARCH INTO GERMANY (GUARDS DIVISION) 191 CHAPTER XXXVII THE 7TH (GUARDS) ENTRENCHING BATTALION 200 CHAPTER XXXVIII THE RESERVE BATTALION 206 CHAPTER XXXIX THE BAND 212 CHAPTER XL REGIMENTAL FUNDS AND ASSOCIATIONS 215