Water-bottles must be filled before starting, and men must be very sparing in their drinking.
10. All S.A.A. and bombs to be taken off casualties, whenever possible, and dumped in the nearest objective.
11. One contact aeroplane will be in the air from zero till 6.30 P.M. on Z day. Flares will be lit by leading troops on obtaining each objective, and also at 6 P.M. on Z day.
12. Communication.—A party of signallers will accompany the second wave and lay a telephone line from the jumping-off place to the Green line, afterwards extending it to Brown and Blue lines.
Battalion Headquarters will not move from the jumping-off place until the Green line has been captured.
13. Watches will be synchronised at 7 P.M. on Y day and at 9 A.M. on Z day.
14. Prisoners.—If prisoners are taken they must be sent out of the way, to prevent blockage in the trenches.
The Corps Cage is at the Crater A.8.a.
In future correspondence will not be taken off prisoners except off officers. Officers’ documents will be removed as soon as they are captured, and sent to the Corps Cage with their escort.
15. Dumps.—An advanced Brigade Dump is at T.8.c central.