[64] Despatches, page 44.
[65] Despatches, page 53.
[68] Army Council Instruction, No. 1830, of September 21st, 1916; 9/V.F./128 (T.F. 2).
[69] “The configuration of the ground in the neighbourhood of the Ancre Valley was such that every fresh advance would enfilade the enemy’s positions, and automatically open up to the observation of our troops some new part of his defences. Arrangements could therefore be made for systematic and deliberate attacks to be delivered on selected positions.”—Despatches, page 63.
[70] Captain Tom Goodall, D.S.O., M.C., to whom I am much indebted for the loan of this diary, and of some documents, etc., which he was at pains to collect and has kindly put at my disposal.
[71] Later in the year, the surgical skill of French gardeners succeeded in some instances in joining the severed arteries of these trees.
[72] Despatches, page 102.
[73] Despatches, page 76.