"General de Division, C. CASSOINS, Commanding
"17th (French) Division."
"Here the glorious Thistle of Scotland will flourish For ever amid the Roses of France."
Monument erected by the 17th French Division to 15th Scottish Division, near Buzancy, July, 1918.
Special order by General Mangin, Commanding 10th French Army.
Au Q. G. A.,
5th August, 1918.
ORDRE GENERAL No. 343.
Officers, Non-Commissioned, Officers and Men of the 15th and 34th British Divisions.
"You entered the battle at its fiercest moment. The enemy, already once vanquished, again brought up against us his best Divisions, considerably outnumbering our own.
"You continued to advance step by step, in spite of his desperate resistance, and you held the ground won in spite of his violent counter-attacks.
"Then during the whole day of the 1st of August, side by side with your French comrades, you stormed the ridge dominating the whole country between the Aisne and the Ourcq, which the defenders had received orders to hold at all costs.