2. The 1st Guards Brigade will attack on the right and the 3rd Guards Brigade on the left.
The 2nd Guards Brigade (less one Battalion) will be in Divisional Reserve.
1st Battalion 2nd Guards Brigade will be in Corps Reserve; 2nd Guards Brigade will notify Divisional Headquarters the name of the Battalion detailed.
3. Preliminary Bombardment.—A steady bombardment of hostile positions will be commenced at 7 A.M. on Z day, and will be continued to 6.30 P.M.; it will recommence at 6.30 A.M. on Z day.
The ground in front and rear of the German trenches which are being bombarded will be searched occasionally with 18-pdr. shrapnel and H.E. shell.
There will be no intensive fire previous to the hour of zero. Night firing will be carried out nightly between the hours of 6.30 P.M. and 6.30 A.M.
4. Forming-up areas are shown on the attached map. The 1st and 3rd Guards Brigades will allot forming-up areas to the 75th and 55th Field Companies R.E. respectively, within their areas.
Instructions for movements to forming-up areas will be issued separately.
5. Objectives allotted to the Guards Brigades and neighbouring Divisions, also the dividing lines, are shown on attached map.
| First objective is marked Green. | ||
| Second | ” ” | Brown. |
| Third | ” ” | Blue. |