5. 2nd Guards Brigade Machine-gun Company will detail guns as follows:

I. Two guns to advance with 3/G.G. and two guns with 1/C.G. These guns will take position in the third wave on the inner flank of the right and left flank platoons respectively.

II. Four guns to advance with 1/S.G., and four guns with 2/I.G. Four of these guns will take position in the sixth wave on the inner flank of the right and left platoons respectively. The other four will take the same position in the eighth wave.

The remaining three guns will advance in the centre of the ninth wave.

6. Four Stokes guns will be detailed to advance on the flanks of the ninth wave.

1/S.G. and 2/I.G. will find carrying parties of one officer and fifty men each to advance with these guns.

Remaining guns will be in Brigade Reserve, with 76th Field Company, R.E.

7. The formation for attack will accordingly be as follows:

1/C.G.3/G.G.
B Coy.A Coy.B Coy.A Coy.
First Wave65216521
Second Wave87438743
D Coy.C Coy.D Coy.C Coy.
Third Wave14131091413109
2
M.G.’s		2
M.G.’s
Fourth Wave1615121116151211
2/I.G.1/S.G.
B Coy.A Coy.B Coy.A Coy.
Fifth Wave65216521
Sixth Wave87438743
2
M.G.’s		2
M.G.’s
D Coy.C Coy.D Coy.C Coy.
Seventh Wave14131091413109
Eighth Wave1615121116151211
2
M.G.’s		2
M.G.’s
Ninth WaveS.G.S.G.4 M.G.’sS.G.S.G.
Carrying Parties.

Sapping platoons will be formed up in rear of Battalion H.Q., which will move in the centre of the fourth and eighth waves. The distance between waves will be 50 yards.