ROAD NEAR HOOGE
Consequent on this a brigade order was issued on the 8th August, of which the following are extracts, and it may be as well to explain here that all over the fighting front the soldiers had given names to the different trenches in order to distinguish them, and that these names, which were often those of London streets, but sometimes of a comic nature, became officially recognized and used.
“The brigade will attack the enemy’s position at Hooge from the crater to Q.20 inclusive.
“The York and Lancaster will attack on the left and the K.S.L.I. on the right.
“1st Buffs’ 2 machine guns in southern branch of Oxford Street at end east. D Company and 2 machine guns in F.2.
“A Company and 1 machine gun to dig themselves in in line eighty yards in rear of Headquarters’ trench.
“B Company and Headquarters to occupy position end of Oxford Street by 1.15 B and D.
“All companies to be in position 12.30 a.m., 9th.
“The 1st Leicesters will be in support in the ramparts of Menin Gate, Ypres.
“The right attack is allotted to the 18th Brigade, and the 17th Brigade will be in divisional reserve.