Sept. 19-24.
On the 20th the 1st Battalion Grenadiers marched to the trenches west of Lesbœufs and remained there till the next day, when it was relieved by the 3rd Battalion Coldstream. Lieutenant Dashwood was wounded while his Company was going into the front line. On the 24th the 1st Battalion left Trônes Wood and marched to the assembly trenches in preparation for the attack next day, for which Brigadier-General Corkran issued the following orders:
3rd Guards Brigade
Operation Order, No. 66
1. The Fourth Army will renew the attack on the 25th Sept. in combination with the attacks by the French in the south and the Reserve Army in the north. The Guards Division will capture Lesbœufs. The 1st Guards Brigade will attack on the right and the 3rd Guards Brigade on the left. The Fifth Division will attack Morval on the right and the Twenty-first Division (62nd Brigade) will attack Gueudecourt on the left of the Guards Division.
2. Objectives.—The objectives, assembly trenches, and dividing line between brigades and divisions are marked on attached map.
The first objective Green.
The second objective Brown.
The third objective Blue.
The 2nd Batt. Scots Guards and the 4th Batt. Grenadiers will capture the first and second objectives,