For the week that followed the Battalion was in Brigade Reserve, and moved slowly forward through Fresnoy Farm, Bévillers, Quiévy, Boussières to St. Hilaire, when it prepared for the forthcoming attack. In the operations on the 20th the officers engaged were: Major C. F. A. Walker, M.C. Commanding Officer. Lieut. S. T. S. Clarke, M.C. Adjutant. 2nd Lieut. A. F. Alington Intelligence Officer. Lieut. L. Holbech, M.C. No. 1 Company. Lieut. C. L. F. Boughey " " 2nd Lieut. E. M. Neill " " Capt. G. B. Wilson No. 2 Company. 2nd Lieut. D. L. King " " 2nd Lieut. C. J. N. Adams " " Capt. L. St. L. Hermon-Hodge No. 3 Company. 2nd Lieut. K. B. Bibby " " 2nd Lieut. E. G. Harcourt-Vernon " " Lieut. H. B. G. Morgan, M.C. No. 4 Company. Lieut. C. C. Cubitt " " 2nd Lieut. B. R. Osborne " " Lieut. E. L. Coffin Medical Officer. This attack was only part of a very extensive movement on the whole of the Third Army front. The Sixty-first Division was ordered to advance on the right of the Guards Division, and the Nineteenth Division, under Major-General Jefferies, on the left. Acting as the leading battalion on the right of the Guards Division, the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards had the Valenciennes--Solesmes road as its first objective, and, for its second, a line about a quarter of a mile west of the villages of Vertain and Romeries. The capture of Solesmes, which was known to be full of civilians, and strongly held by the enemy, was entrusted to the Sixty-first Division, while the Guards Division was to push right on to its final objective. This gave the Battalion the delicate and dangerous task of advancing the whole way with an exposed flank. Two other features added to the difficulty of the manœuvre. The long distance to the final objective had to be traversed under cover of darkness, and before it could reach the outskirts of Solesmes, known as St. Python, the Battalion had to cross the River Selle. [Sidenote: Oct. 19.] Leaving St. Hilaire at 9.30 P.M. on the 19th inst., the Battalion followed the 1st Battalion Irish Guards until it reached its assembly position, which was the railway running from Haussy to Solesmes. No. 1 Company under Lieutenant Holbech was on the right, No. 2 Company on the left under Captain Wilson, No. 3 under Captain Hermon-Hodge in support, and No. 4 under Lieutenant Morgan in reserve. A drizzling rain fell incessantly, and though the moon was full it was a very dark night. [Sidenote: Oct. 20.]