Camp outside Watou was reached about 1 a.m. on the 3rd, rations and transport arriving a little later. Heavy rain had fallen and the camp was a quagmire, but the exhausted troops threw themselves down thankfully and were soon oblivious to their discomforts. Little else, except sleep, was done during the day, but stock was taken of the situation and casualties were estimated. The Battalion sustained the following Officer casualties:—
| Capt. W. R. Pattinson | Wounded. |
| Capt. H. A. Brocklebank | Wounded and missing. |
| Second-Lieut. G. W. Ford | Killed. |
| Second-Lieut. J. A. McGill | Wounded. |
| Second-Lieut. H. J. Warbrick | Wounded. |
| Second-Lieut. J. C. Alexander, M.C. | Wounded. |
| Second-Lieut. F. C. Gilling | Wounded. |
| Lieut. S. F. Walker | Wounded. |
| Second-Lieut. J. D. Johnstone | Killed. |
| Second-Lieut. R. Bradley | Killed. |
| Second-Lieut. J. R. Gaulter | Wounded. |
| Second-Lieut. T. H. Middleton | Wounded. |
| Second-Lieut. P. C. Taylor | Wounded. |
Other ranks: 21 killed, 145 wounded and 46 missing. The Battalion captured four machine guns and its fair share of the 500 prisoners captured by the Division. The casualties of the Battalion were not so serious as those of other units in the Brigade. This grievous toll was the price paid for an operation in which the Battalion again vindicated its reputation for valour and devotion to duty. That this view was shared by the higher authorities is shown by the following communications, which it is fitting should be given here in full:—
55TH (West Lancashire) Division.
Special Order of the Day.
3rd August, 1917.
To all Ranks of the 55th (West Lancashire) Division.
Before you went into action on the 31st July, I told you how confident I was that the Division would do its duty, and maintain its reputation, and the reputations of the grand Regiments to which you belong.
You have done more than that.
The attack you made on the 31st is worthy to rank with the great deeds of the British Army in the past, and has added fresh glory to the record of that Army.