1st Batt. Norfolk Regt. 1st Batt. Cheshire Regt. 1st Batt. Bedford Regt. 1st Batt. Dorset Regt. CAVALRY (attached) A Squadron 19th Hussars. ROYAL ENGINEERS 17th and 59th Field Companies. ROYAL ARTILLERY _R.F.A. Batteries_--11, 52, 80, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124; (Howitzer) 37, 61, 65. _Heavy Battery R.G.A._--108. An Ammunition Column and an Ammunition Park. 19th Infantry Brigade _Brigade Commander_--MAJOR-GENERAL L. G. DRUMMOND. 2nd Batt. R. Welsh Fusiliers. 1st Batt. Middlesex Regt. 1st Batt. Scottish Rifles. 2nd Batt. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. ROYAL FLYING CORPS Aeroplane Squadrons Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5. ARMY SERVICE CORPS Horsed and Mechanical Transport. ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS There came into line at Le Cateau on August 25th the-- 4th DIVISION _General Officer Commanding_--MAJOR-GENERAL T. D. O. SNOW. 10th Infantry Brigade Brigade Commander--BRIGADIER-GENERAL J. A. L. HALDANE. 1st Batt. R. Warwickshire Regt. 1st Batt. R. Irish Fusiliers. 2nd Batt. Seaforth Highlanders. 2nd Batt. R. Dublin Fusiliers. 11th Infantry Brigade _Brigade Commander_--BRIGADIER-GENERAL A. G. HUNTER-WESTON. 1st Batt. Somersetshire L.I. 1st Batt. Hampshire Regt. 1st Batt. E. Lancs. Regt. 1st Batt. Rifle Brigade. 12th Infantry Brigade _Brigade Commander_--BRIGADIER-GENERAL H. F. M. WILSON. 1st Batt. R. Lancs. Regt. 2nd Batt. R. Inniskilling Fusiliers. 2nd Batt. Lancashire Fusiliers. 2nd Batt. Essex Regt. CAVALRY (attached) B Squadron 19th Hussars. ROYAL ENGINEERS 7th and 9th Field Companies. ROYAL ARTILLERY _R.F.A. Batteries_--39, 68, 88 (xiv. Brigade); 125, 126, 127 (xxix Brigade); 27, 134, 135 (xxxii. Brigade); 31, 35, 55 (xxxvii. Brigade). _Heavy Battery R.G.A._--31. LINES OF COMMUNICATION AND ARMY TROOPS 1st Batt. Devonshire Regt. 1st Batt. Cameron Highlanders The Retreat from Mons CHAPTER I MOBILISATION _Now all the youth of England are on fire, And silken dalliance in the wardrobe lies; Now thrive the armourers, and honour's thought Reigns solely in the breast of every man._ August 5th, 1914! "Who would have dreamed of such a thing!" exclaimed the big majority. "So it has come at last," said the small minority. Broadly speaking, there you have the country's opinion during those now dimly remembered days which followed immediately upon Germany's throwing down of the gauntlet. Officers and men of our once-upon-a-time professional Army did not bother very much about it either way. War was their job. Active service was to be welcomed as a picnic change from the monotony of soldiering in England. Also, to the man keen on his profession (and since the Boer War such men have been steadily increasing in numbers) it meant the chance of promotion and of showing what he was made of.