No orders came till midday on March 25, when they were sent to the 3rd Tank Brigade Camp near Bray, which they later in the day were ordered to burn to prevent it from falling into the hands of the enemy. All next day the infantry fell back, and with them the Lewis gun teams. Some idea of the confusion may be gathered from the fact that at this moment the 2nd Battalion was separated into no less than eight parts, none of which could communicate quickly enough with its fellows to make any combined action possible. The 8th and 10th Battalions still had some Tanks in going order, and, on the day when the 3rd Army was forced across the old Somme battlefield, they fought an exceedingly good rearguard action on either side of the Albert-Bapaume road. The Tanks received a special message of commendation from the General Commanding the 3rd Army. Another incident--of which the authors have not been able to obtain many particulars--was the action fought by a scratch Tank force formed out of all the fighting Tanks from the driving school, Aveluy. The 7th Battalion was one of several which were not in the path of the hurricane, and consequently lost no Tanks. A certain number of its men were, however, organised as Lewis gun detachments, and by mid-April saw a considerable amount of fighting. One such detachment was attached to the 61st Division near Nieppe Forest, and with them manned a line of fortified shell-holes. There were no trenches and the country was absolutely flat. The whereabouts of the enemy was extremely uncertain. The Tank Lewis gunners held about a mile and a half of improvised line, their headquarters being a little farmhouse not far from Merville. Hardly had the detachment taken over than the enemy put down a hot barrage. A Reconnaissance Officer who was present described the events that followed in a letter home: