1. Pioneer ——, and 1 infantryman will throw dung into the wells.
2. Pioneer ——, and 2 infantrymen will cut down the trees.
3. Pioneer ——, and 2 infantrymen will carry out special tasks.
4. Pioneer ——, and 2 infantrymen will stack wood in houses.
No. 2 is a time-table to be carried out at Bancourt, a village just east of Bapaume.
In the village of Bancourt it is more important to set fire to the houses than to blow them up.
5th March:—Straw will be heaped up and tarred.
10th March:—Explosives are to be ready for the cellars and wells in Bancourt.
11th March:—All unused wells and watering ponds must be plentifully polluted with dung and creosote soda. Sufficient dung and creosote soda must be placed in readiness beside the wells which are still in use.
12th March:—Bancourt must be ready to be set on fire.