Lieut.-Colonel A. M. Bent, wounded. Major E. P. Thomson, killed. Major F. I. Day, killed. Major G. J. Ryan. Captain A. Gorham. Captain G. A. Woods. Captain H. C. H. O'Brien, killed. Captain W. Emerson. Captain R. E. M. Pakenham, died of wounds. Captain F. W. Durand, killed. Captain F. W. Grantham. Captain O. Pemberton, killed. Lieutenant J. F. O'Brien, killed. Lieutenant H. H. Lake. Lieutenant W. E. Molesworth, wounded. Second Lieutenant C. H. Carrigan. Second Lieutenant R. A. Young, killed. Second Lieutenant T. Price. Second Lieutenant W. J. King, wounded. Officers not in the action but present with the Battalion at the time:-- Major A. E. King (Regimental Transport Officer). Lieutenant W. J. Hewett (Temporary Brigade Transport Officer). Lieutenant P. Devanney (Quartermaster). TOTAL CASUALTIES OFFICERS Killed 8 Wounded 3 N.C.O'S. AND MEN Killed 21 Wounded 105 Wounded and Missing 5 Missing 61 LETTER FROM SERGEANT-MAJOR RING, 2ND R.M.F., TO COLONEL A. M. BENT, C.M.G. The Battalion had about eight miles to march to the trenches, and the Brigadier rode with Major V. G. H. Rickard at the head, and was delighted with the men and the high spirits they were in. At 5 a.m. the artillery started the bombardment, which lasted half an hour, to cut the wire in front of the Germans' first line. The infantry went forward to the attack--the Welsh Regiment and ours were the assaulting Battalions. At 5.30 the assault took place. When the C.O. gave the order for the attack, every officer and man mounted the parapet with a cheer. It was really magnificent to see the way they attacked; every man tried to beat the others to get there first, and were splendidly led by their officers. Major Rickard was so delighted at the way the men went about their work that he could not stay, as he had arranged, to go forward with the second line. He cleared the parapet, but did not go far, as he was hit by a bullet through the spinal column of the neck. Death was instantaneous. B Co., led magnificently by Captain Dick, 5 and 6 Platoons, led by Second Lieutenants Price and Horsfall, charged and succeeded in reaching the German trenches, under a hellish fire from artillery and machine-guns. Captain Dick, as he reached the parapet of the enemy's trenches, turned and waved his cap, encouraging his men, and then went forward again, and just as he was about to enter the trench he was hit, and tumbled into the trench. Another brave officer--his fate is unknown at present. Second Lieutenants Horsfall and Price, with what was left of the platoons, cleared the first line of trenches and went to attack the second line. They were not seen again. A and B Co.'s, who were assaulting, lost all their officers and N.C.O.'s before covering half the ground. The supporting companies, C, D, came under a terrible fire, and lost