Major G. C. FitzH. Harcourt-Vernon, D.S.O. Commanding Officer. Capt. R. G. Briscoe, M.C. Adjutant. 2nd Lieut. the Hon. S. E. Marsham Intelligence Officer. Capt. L. St. L. Hermon-Hodge No. 1 Company. 2nd Lieut. R. C. M. Bevan " " 2nd Lieut. E. M. Neill " " Lieut. W. H. S. Dent No. 2 Company. 2nd Lieut. D. L. King " " 2nd Lieut. K. B. Bibby " " Lieut. R. H. R. Palmer No. 3 Company. Lieut. T. A. Combe " " Lieut. R. T. Sharpe " " Capt. F. H. J. Drummond, M.C. No. 4 Company. Lieut. C. C. Cubitt " " 2nd Lieut. P. V. Pelly " " Lieut. E. L. Major (U.S. Army) Medical Officer. [Sidenote: Sept. 27.] During the night rain fell, and the tracks were, in consequence, very slippery. This, added to the fact that some of the bridges which had been put across the trenches on the previous day had been broken, caused some delay, and prevented the pack animals, which were following the companies with hot food containers, from keeping up with the Battalion; they were consequently sent round by road, but failed to arrive before the companies left their assembly positions. The enemy's artillery was exceptionally quiet during the march, and only a few shells fell in Boursies, as the Battalion passed through. Walsh Trench and Walsh Support were reached at 4.30 A.M. The general plan of attack was as follows: Sergison-Brooke's Brigade was to take the first objective, which was the Hindenburg support line between Graincourt and Flesquières. The 1st Battalion Irish Guards was then to pass through and take the second objective, which was the old British front line of December 1917 to March 1918, just north of Flesquières. The 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards was to follow the Irish Guards, and pass through them in order to exploit any success gained towards Orival Wood and Graincourt, while Follett's Brigade on the right would push on towards Nine Wood.