(a) Each bomber will carry eight No. 23 grenades in bomb buckets.
(b) Sixteen extra pairs wirecutters will be issued to each Company and will be equally distributed amongst Platoons.
(c) S.O.S. signals will be issued at the rate of five per Company.
(d) All Rifle Grenadiers wearing grenade carriers will carry six No. 20 grenades. These will not be detonated until the Battalion arrives at CONGREVE WALK.
Rifle Grenadiers will carry their 50 rounds of ammunition in a bandolier and will discard their S.A.A. pouches.
Orders re carrying of heavy tools will be issued later.
Men carrying heavy tools will not carry entrenching tool.
All the stores mentioned above will be issued in the concentration area on X/Y night.
14. Supply.
(a) Rations.
(1) Rations for consumption on Z day will be delivered to Companies from Quartermaster’s Stores on X day.
(2) Rations for Z plus 1 day will be drawn at the concentration area on the night X/Y.
(3) Rations for Z plus 2 day will be at the Brigade Dump, near junction of Milner Trench and Congreve Walk, and will ultimately be brought forward by pack transport.
Scale of rations for Z, Z plus 1 and Z plus 2 day will be as follows:—
| Preserved Meat | 1lb. |
| Biscuits | 1lb. |
| Sugar | 2oz. |
| Tea | 5–8oz. |
| Jam | 3oz. |
| Solidified Alcohol | One 8oz. tin for eight men. |
(b) Water.
800 gallons of water will be held in reservoirs for 164 Brigade on the line Liverpool Trench—Congreve Walk, and water bottles will be filled from this source on Y/Z night.
On Z day, 800 gallons of water for the Brigade will be sent forward in petrol tins for use on Z plus 1 day.
15. Dumps.