[1] Every intelligent person in every French village or town knew the numbers of all the divisions in the neighbourhood.
[2] Detached posts, which could not be approached by day, in front of the main trench system.
[3] Now Major-General Lord Edward Gleichen, K.C.V.O., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.
[4] A famous dug-out.
[5] Now Major-General H. J. Elles, C.B., D.S.O.
[6] Major R. Cooper, M.C., Royal Fusiliers, had replaced Captain R. Haigh, M.C.
[7] Now Brigadier-General J. Hardress Lloyd, D.S.O.
[8] Paget, the Corps Camouflage Officer, was of the greatest assistance.
[9] We learned later that they had been heard.
[10] An airman who flew over the battlefield is inclined to doubt this story. We must wait for the official history.