4. It is the intention to capture and occupy as a line of resistance the GREEN LINE.
The attack will be made in stages under cover of a creeping barrage.
There will be a pause of at least half an hour on the RED DOTTED LINE and again on the YELLOW LINE.
5. The plan of attack and objectives will be as follows:—
In the KEIR sector:
The 1/4th Royal Lancaster Regiment will attack at ZERO in four waves, the first two waves extended and the second two in columns.
| Objectives:—First two waves | Red Dotted Line. |
| Second two waves | Yellow Line, |
after which they will support the capture of the Green Line.
In the COTTS sector:—
The 2/5th Lancashire Fusiliers will attack at ZERO, in four waves.