MŒUVRES, INCHY AND CANAL DU NORD. OBLIQUE AEROPLANE PHOTOGRAPH 208 QUÉANT 225 INCHY 225 PRONVILLE 225 "CHEERIO" 232 THE CANAL DU NORD 240 CANAL DE L'ESCAUT NEAR CAMBRAI 240 THE CAMBRAI--BAPAUME ROAD, NEAR FONTAINE NOTRE DÂME 240 APPROACH TO CAMBRAI--RIFLE RANGE IN FOREGROUND. PHOTOGRAPHED BY AEROPLANE, 1/10/18 248 HÔTEL DE VILLE, ARRAS 257 LIEUT.-COLONEL C. L. MACDONALD, D.S.O. 264 LIEUT.-COLONEL C. C. STAPLEDON 264 MAPS _Facing page_ BOUTILLERIE SECTOR 40 RUE DU BOIS SECTOR 58 HOUPLINES 72 PONT BALLOT SALIENT HOUPLINES 106 IN FRONT OF LANGEMARCK 140 HOUTHULST FOREST SECTOR 150 SITE OF RAID, MARCH, 1918 170 GOMMECOURT 188 FAMPOUX 200 THE CAPTURE OF RIENCOURT 210 THE ROAD TO CAMBRAI 216 OPERATIONS 21-23 OCTOBER, 1918, NORTH OF TOURNAI 242 HAZEBROUCK, 5A } _In_ LENS 11 } _Pocket_ CAMBRAI AREA } _at end_ LILLE AND TOURNAI } [Illustration: _Battalion Cap Badge, Title, and Distinguishing Patch_] THE HISTORY OF THE 2/6th (Rifle) Bn. "THE KING'S" (Liverpool Regiment) CHAPTER I FORMATION OF THE BATTALION--THE DEPOT--BLACKPOOL--CANTERBURY--MARGATE--UPSTREET CAMP--CANTERBURY--GORE STREET CAMP Owing to the rush in the early days of the war, when recruits were many and records few, the actual date of the formation of the 2/6th (Rifle) Battalion "The King's" (Liverpool Regiment) is obscure, but from general evidence we can assume the date to have been September 10th, 1914. Certain it is that recruiting for the Second Line opened on that date.