Lieut.-Colonel the Viscount Lascelles, D.S.O. Commanding Officer. Lieut. G. M. Cornish, M.C. Adjutant. 2nd Lieut. R. C. G. de Reuter Intelligence Officer. Lieut. K. A. Campbell, D.S.O. No. 1 Company. Lieut. C. C. Carstairs " " 2nd Lieut. G. R. Gunther " " Capt. A. H. S. Adair, M.C. No. 2 Company. Lieut. S. G. Fairbairn, M.C. " " 2nd Lieut. A. E. F. F. Strangways-Rogers " " Capt. E. N. de Geijer, M.C. No. 3 Company. Lieut. F. Anson, M.C. " " 2nd Lieut. H. J. Gibbon, M.C. " " Lieut. E. J. Bunbury, M.C. No. 4 Company. Lieut. G. W. Godman " " Capt. J. Lawson, R.A.M.C. Medical Officer. Capt. the Rev. S. Phillimore Chaplain. The Battalion moved off early to bivouac at Capelle. After slipping and stumbling along a greasy chalk track, the companies reached their positions, and were told to dig in. This order was easier to give than to execute, for the men had only their light entrenching tools, which were ill suited for excavating a flinty chalk ground. A few shells came over to enliven the proceedings, but otherwise the day passed quietly. On the following day orders were received for an attack by the Guards Division, and battle stores were drawn. [Sidenote: Nov. 4.] On the 4th the Battalion started to take up its assembly positions in rear of La Flaque Wood, and was much hampered on the approach march by the crowded state of the roads and the congestion of traffic. On reaching Villers Pol, it was forced to halt, as the bridge across the Rhonelle had been destroyed, and the stream had to be crossed by a single plank. During the crossing a few high-explosive and gas shells were sent over, and the men had to put on their masks. Owing to the dense fog the Company Commanders experienced some difficulty in finding the way to the assembly positions, but fortunately they had been provided with the large-scale aeroplane reconnaissance maps, and were able to go unerringly by the shortest route. The attack was led by the 1st Battalion Coldstream, which had the 1st Guards Brigade (2nd Battalion Coldstream) on their left. The Battalion was to pass through the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, whilst the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards was to pass similarly through the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards, and to continue the attack across a gully and on to the villages and woods beyond. On the way No. 2 Company had some casualties from shell-fire.