Lieut.-Colonel G. E. C. Rasch, D.S.O. Commanding Officer. Lieut. R. G. Briscoe, M.C. Adjutant. Lieut. G. F. Lawrence Intelligence Officer. Lieut. M. H. Ponsonby No. 1 Company. Lieut. N. McK. Jesper " " Lieut. C. C. T. Giles " " Capt. O. Martin Smith No. 2 Company. Lieut. C. Gwyer " " 2nd Lieut. A. P. J. M. P. de Lisle " " Capt. J. C. Cornforth, M.C. No. 3 Company. Lieut. H. White " " Lieut. R. M. Oliver " " 2nd Lieut. F. J. Langley " " Lieut. H. B. G. Morgan No. 4 Company. 2nd Lieut. J. A. Paton " " 1st Lieut. E. L. Major (U.S.A. Army) Medical Officer. [Sidenote: Aug. 26.] At midnight on the 26th a conference held at Battalion Headquarters was attended by all Company Commanders, at which Lieut.-Colonel Rasch explained the general situation and the objectives of the advance for the following day as far as they were known. Definite orders were not received until 1.30 A.M. on the morning of the 27th. The instructions the Battalion received were to push forward at zero hour (7 A.M.), with the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards on its left, and the Sixty-second Division on its right, and to secure the enemy's trenches in and south of Ecoust and Longatte. Before dawn the Battalion was to be reorganised and disposed in battle formation. No. 3 Company under Captain J. C. Cornforth, M.C., extended along the whole Battalion frontage of 1500 yards, along the road in No Man's Land, running from Mory Copse to St. Leger. No. 2 Company under Captain O. M. Smith in left support lay concealed until zero in Hally Copse. No. 4 Company under Lieutenant Morgan was in right support in Mory Copse, and No. 1 Company under Lieutenant M. Ponsonby in reserve, with Battalion Headquarters in Mory Trench.