‘It will always be a special source of pleasure and pride to me that I was in Command of the Division in the recent action. Nothing could be finer that what the Division accomplished on that occasion. The performance of the Division will remain my chief interest in life, and I feel sure that, whenever opportunity offers, more fine records will be added to those already possessed.’ [90] Some revelations have been made from French documents, but in a limited history of Territorial troops it has not appeared necessary to discuss matters not bearing immediately on these operations. [91] Complete lists will be found In Appendix II. [92] See p. 136, above. [93] _History of the War_, Nelson, Vol. XXI., page 94. [94] Lt.-General the Hon. Sir Julian Byng, G.C.B. (1919), K.C.M.G., Commanding the Third Army since June, 1917, when he succeeded General (Lord) Allenby, transferred to Palestine; created Baron Byng of Vimy, 1919. [95] _Despatches_, pages 155, 156. [96] Captain Lynn and 2nd Lieut. James. We mention their names _honoris causa_. They were the first men in the enemy’s trenches that morning. [97] We may note here that the ascertained casualties in the Territorial Troops of the West Riding up to December 31st, 1917, amounted to 44,049 all Ranks, included 406 Officers and 5,242 other Ranks killed. [98] Details as complete as is practicable will be found in Appendix II. Here we select for mention a few particulars from the Divisional lists, completed to January, 1918. In the West Yorkshires, 62nd Division, for example, there were 19 awards to the 2/5th, 33 to the 2/6th, 30 to the 2/7th, and 28 to the 2/8th, headed in each instance by a D.S.O. (or a Bar to his D.S.O.) for the O.C. the Battalion. The four Battalions of the West Ridings in the 62nd carried off over 110 awards, including Col. Best’s (killed) Bar to his D.S.O., three D.S.O.’s, and six M.C.’s. These items are typical of the Division. [99] _The British Campaign in France and Flanders: January to July, 1918._ Hodder and Stoughton, 1919. [100] _The Last Four Months: The End of the War in the West._ Cassell, 1919. [101] _Despatches_, page 177 (July 20th, 1918). [102] _Ibid._ [103] _Op. cit._, page 82. [104] Sir A. Conan Doyle, _op. cit._, page 10. [105] _The Last Four Months_, page 38. [106] _Despatches_, page 208. The appointment of the future Marshal of France as Generalissimo (C. in C. of the Allied Armies) was confirmed on April 14th. [107] See page 117, above. [108] _Despatches_, page 206. [109] _Op. cit._, pages 63-64. [110] _Despatches_, page 208. [111] _Ibid._, page 212. [112] _Despatches_, page 218. [113] _Ibid_, page 220. [114] Sir A. Conan Doyle, _op. cit._, page 227. [115] _The Last Four Months_, page 59. [116] _Despatches_, page 229. [117] _Despatches_, page 232. [118] _Op. cit._, page 301.