and officers of other units attached as follows:
2/Lieuts. C. C. W. Goodale, L. A. Palmer and A. W. Tucker (1st Londons);
2/Lieuts. P. F. Royce, W. C. B. Hall and T. R. A. Maynard (2nd Londons);
2/Lieuts. J. C. Wood and H. Irvine (3rd Londons);
2/Lieuts. G. Gilson, H. Lelyveld, J. Slattery, M. F. Giles and H. B. Bartleet (5th Londons);
2/Lieuts. J. T. Spencer and E. S. McKittrick (8th Londons);
2/Lieut. W. A. Davies (9th Londons);
and 480 N.C.O.'s and men.
The majority of this large reinforcement consisted of men from the 14th Division, which had suffered very severely in the battles of March 1918. The drafts of young soldiers on which the Battalion had been depending of late, though of excellent material, were obviously not so desirable as fully seasoned soldiers; and the 14th Division men were therefore particularly welcome. With a seasoning of old 2/4th London men and the remnants of the K.O.Y.L.I., who had come from the 16th Entrenching Battalion, they helped to make up once again a really fine Battalion.
On the 21st August the offensive was resumed and though, as we have stated, we propose to continue the record of the 2/4th Battalion's operations in the Fourth Army, it should be borne in mind that henceforth the Army instead of having an inert neighbour on its left flank had an active one in the Third Army, which was now also on the move.