I wish to congratulate the Brigadier and all ranks of the 3rd Guards Brigade on the manner in which they carried out the task assigned to them from October 11th to 14th. The advance of the 1st Batt. Grenadier Guards towards Solesmes and of the 2nd Batt. Scots Guards to St. Python were carried out with very much gallantry and produced very valuable results in securing us command of the crossings of the River Selle. The hard fighting of the 1st Batt. Welsh Guards on the left flank contributed largely to the success of the other two Battalions. I am much pleased with the performance of the Brigade and should like my appreciation to be conveyed to all ranks. Two days, the 14th and 15th, were spent at Quiévy cleaning up and reorganising, but on the evening of the second day the enemy bombarded the billeting area with 8-inch shells, when two men were killed and nine were wounded. On the 17th the Battalion marched to Carmières, where Major Bailey attended a Brigade conference. On the 19th the Battalion marched by companies with intervals of 200 yards to St. Vaast, and sheltered in houses and cellars until 10.15 P.M., when they moved up to the assembly area, directed by guides from the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards. LIST OF OFFICERS WHO TOOK PART IN THE OPERATIONS OCTOBER 20-22 Major the Hon. W. R. Bailey, D.S.O. Commanding Officer. 2nd Lieut. J. C. Blunt Acting Adjutant. Lieut. R. F. W. Echlin Transport Officer. Lieut. R. G. Buchanan Act.-Quartermaster. Capt. P. M. Spence, M.C. King's Company. Lieut. A. M. Brown " " 2nd Lieut. L. E. G. Wall " " Lieut. C. G. Kennaway No. 2 Company. 2nd Lieut. R. B. Osborne " " 2nd Lieut. M. G. Farquharson " " Capt. J. H. C. Simpson No. 3 Company. 2nd Lieut. G. S. Lamont " " 2nd Lieut. L. F. A. d'Erlanger " " 2nd Lieut. N. P. Andrews " " Lieut. A. E. D. Bliss No. 4 Company. Lieut. R. S. Challands " " 2nd Lieut. C. B. Hall " " Capt. W. Lindsay, R.A.M.C. Medical Officer. Capt. the Rev. C. Venables Chaplain.