The Germans appear to have been thoroughly mystified by this attack throughout the whole operation, and to have imagined that the advance might eventually develop into a turning movement, threatening their line of retreat. When the Second Division came up at 2.30, they found the enemy retreating everywhere before them. As soon as the advance had been begun by this Division, the 1st Battalion was withdrawn to an area west of the Canal.
The extraordinary success achieved by the Battalion during this attack was entirely due to the courage, endurance, and determination of Lord Gort, who was awarded the V.C. for his conspicuous bravery. He was able by his example and the reckless exposure of his own life to infuse into all ranks an indomitable determination to reach the objective, no matter what the cost might be. He had himself brought the Battalion to a very high state of efficiency, and there is little doubt that with a less highly trained battalion such an attack might have ended disastrously.
The casualties incurred during this attack were: Killed, Captain J. S. Carter, Lieutenant A. A. Morris, and Second Lieutenant A. Grant; wounded, Lieut.-Colonel Lord Gort, Captain W. H. Lovell, Lieutenant B. H. Jones, Lieutenant A. M. Brown, Second Lieutenant J. C. Blunt, Second Lieutenant L. C. Jesper; and amongst other ranks there were 35 killed and 24 wounded.
The last days in September were spent by the Battalion reorganising and re-fitting in bivouacs west of Canal du Nord, when the following officers arrived: Captain P. M. Spence, M.C., Lieutenant C. G. Kennaway, Lieutenant R. S. Challands, Lieutenant A. M. Brown, Second Lieutenant M. G. Farquharson, Second Lieutenant E. A. D. Bliss, Second Lieutenant N. P. Andrews, Second Lieutenant J. C. Blunt, and Second Lieutenant R. B. Osborne.
The 2nd Battalion
2nd Batt.
During the first week in September the Battalion near Adinfer was training and reorganising, after the heavy losses incurred in the operations at the end of August. From the 7th to 11th the Battalion, under Major Harcourt-Vernon, went up into the front line, where it came in for much shelling, especially from gas-shells, and, although the troops on each flank carried out offensive operations, it was not called upon to attack. After ten days spent out of the line, during which Second Lieutenant K. B. Bibby and Second Lieutenant E. M. Neill joined, the Battalion moved up to Llama Post.
The following officers took part in the operations on September 27:
| Major G. C. FitzH. Harcourt-Vernon, D.S.O. | Commanding Officer. |
| Capt. R. G. Briscoe, M.C. | Adjutant. |
| 2nd Lieut. the Hon. S. E. Marsham | Intelligence Officer. |
| Capt. L. St. L. Hermon-Hodge | No. 1 Company. |
| 2nd Lieut. R. C. M. Bevan | " " |
| 2nd Lieut. E. M. Neill | " " |
| Lieut. W. H. S. Dent | No. 2 Company. |
| 2nd Lieut. D. L. King | " " |
| 2nd Lieut. K. B. Bibby | " " |
| Lieut. R. H. R. Palmer | No. 3 Company. |
| Lieut. T. A. Combe | " " |
| Lieut. R. T. Sharpe | " " |
| Capt. F. H. J. Drummond, M.C. | No. 4 Company. |
| Lieut. C. C. Cubitt | " " |
| 2nd Lieut. P. V. Pelly | " " |
| Lieut. E. L. Major (U.S. Army) | Medical Officer. |
Sept. 27.