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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, by D. D. Ogilvie
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+Title: The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
+       and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919
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+Author: D. D. Ogilvie
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+THE FIFE AND FORFAR YEOMANRY
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: OFFICERS AT FAKENHAM, 1915.
+_Back Row (left to right)._--Lt. Smith, Lt. Rigg, Lt. Hutchison, Lt.
+Herdman. Lt. Gray, Lt. Stewart, Lt. Marshall, Lt. Lindsay, Lt.
+Robertson, Capt. Osborne, Lt. Don, Lt. Cummins, Capt. Mitchell, Capt.
+Ogilvie. Capt. Tuke, Major De Pree, Major Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Mitchell,
+Capt. Lindsay, Major Younger, Major Nairn. Lt. Nairn, Lt. Andrew, Lt.
+Sir W. Campbell, Lt. Inglis.
+_Frontispiece_]
+
+
+
+
+THE FIFE AND
+FORFAR YEOMANRY
+
+AND 14TH (F. & F. YEO.) BATTN. R.H.
+
+1914-1919
+
+
+BY MAJOR D.D. OGILVIE
+
+
+WITH A PREFACE BY
+MAJOR-GENERAL E.S. GIRDWOOD, C.B., C.M.G.
+Lately G.O.C. 74th (Yeomanry) Division
+
+
+
+ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
+
+
+
+LONDON
+JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET
+1921
+
+
+
+
+_All rights reserved_
+
+
+
+
+FOREWORD
+
+
+Major Ogilvie has done me the honour of asking me to write a short
+preface to a work which to me is of peculiar interest.
+
+To write a preface--and especially a short one--is a somewhat
+difficult task, but my intense pride in, and admiration for, the part
+played by the Battalion with which the gallant author was so long and
+honourably associated must be my excuse for undertaking to do my best.
+
+From his stout record as a soldier the author's qualifications to
+write this history are undoubted. His readers will be able to follow
+from start to glorious finish of the Great War the fortunes of that
+gallant little band of Fife and Forfar Yeomen who ultimately became
+the 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion The Royal Highlanders.
+
+There was little of moment in the operations of the Egyptian
+Expeditionary Force in which this unit did not take part. In divers
+theatres of war they answered the call of Empire--from Gallipoli to
+Jerusalem, from Jerusalem to France--ever upholding the honour of
+their King and Country and the best traditions of the British Army.
+
+No matter what by-path of the Great War they trod they bore themselves
+with the undaunted spirit of their forefathers.
+
+The experiences of the Battalion were so full of interest as to seem
+well worth placing on record--quite apart from the military importance
+of the operations in which they were concerned.
+
+The ordinary reader must consider the conditions under which the work
+of this unit was carried out--often under a burning sun and again in
+bitter cold, mud and torrential rain--conditions which might well
+appal the stoutest heart, but here I note that the gallant author, as
+I expected, makes light of the many hardships and vicissitudes that he
+and his comrades were called upon to endure.
+
+Again, when we consider how these heroes first entered the lists as
+cavalry, were then called upon to serve as dismounted cavalry, and
+finally as infantrymen, it surely speaks highly for that "will to win"
+that they had not long before the cessation of hostilities died of a
+broken heart!
+
+Many a time during the two years that I had the honour to command the
+74th (Yeomanry) Division both in Palestine and France, I noted--not
+without a feeling of intense pride--the cheery "never-say-die" spirit
+which pervaded all ranks of this splendid Battalion.
+
+No matter what task was set them--no matter what the difficulties and
+privations to be encountered--all was overcome by that unfaltering
+determination and unswerving loyalty which carried them triumphant
+wherever the fates called them.
+
+In conclusion of these few poor remarks of mine, let me congratulate
+the author on his story. If others read it with the same interest and
+enjoyment with which it has filled me, I can only think that the
+author's labours have not been in vain.
+
+Further, may these remarks go forth, not only as a token to my old
+friends of the 14th Battalion The Royal Highlanders, of the
+admiration, affection, and gratitude of their old Commander, but to
+the whole of Scotland as a tribute to the memory of those good and
+gallant comrades of the "Broken Spur" whom we left behind in foreign
+lands.
+
+  ERIC S. GIRDWOOD,
+
+  _(late) Major-General,
+  Commanding 74th (Yeomanry) Division._
+
+  PORTSMOUTH,
+  _20th August 1921_.
+
+
+
+
+INTRODUCTION
+
+
+This short history, written by request, was started shortly after the
+Regiment was disbanded. For the delay in publishing it, I must plead
+the great mass of inaccuracies which had to be corrected and verified,
+entailing a considerable amount of correspondence and consequent lapse
+of time. It has been compiled from Official Diaries and Forms, and
+from a Diary kept by Lieut.-Colonel J. Younger, D.S.O., without whose
+assistance it would never have been completed.
+
+It will, however, recall to the reader's mind the strenuous and
+eventful days we spent together in a regiment of whose history we are
+all so justly proud, and whose career now as a Yeomanry Regiment is
+ended, and it will recall the gallant fellows with whom we served and
+many a gallant deed.
+
+To the glorious memory of those whose graves lie in a foreign land, I
+humbly dedicate this book.
+
+  D. DOUGLAS OGILVIE.
+
+  _April 1920._
+
+
+
+
+CONTENTS
+
+
+CHAP.                                                        PAGE
+
+   I. AT HOME--1914-1915                                        1
+
+  II. ABROAD--1915                                              9
+
+ III. EGYPT--1916                                              30
+
+      LIST OF OFFICERS                                         40
+
+  IV. EGYPT AND PALESTINE--1917                                41
+
+   V. PALESTINE--1918                                         107
+
+  VI. FRANCE--1918                                            119
+
+ VII. SOME PERSONALITIES                                      143
+
+VIII. THE PREDECESSORS OF THE FIFE AND FORFAR YEOMANRY        159
+
+      HONOURS AND AWARDS                                      165
+
+      LIST OF CASUALTIES                                      168
+
+      INDEX                                                   204
+
+
+
+
+LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
+
+
+                                                   _Face Page_
+
+Officers at Fakenham, 1915                      _Frontispiece_
+
+N.C.O.'s at Fakenham, 1915                                      2
+
+H.M. The King, with Brigadier-General Lord Lovat and
+  Major-General Bruce Hamilton                                  4
+
+The Regiment in Column of Troops at St Ives                     4
+
+Crossing the Bridge, St Ives                                    6
+
+Lieut. R.G.O. Hutchison and Machine Gun Section, 1915           6
+
+Guard Mounting, Fakenham                                        8
+
+Entraining Horses, Fakenham                                     8
+
+Gebel-el-Ghenneim, Khargeh Oasis                               18
+
+The Highland Barricade, Asmak Dere, Suvla                      18
+
+Captain Tuke on "Joseph"                                       34
+
+In the Village of Khargeh                                      34
+
+Sentry on Water Dump "A"                                       36
+
+Camel Lines at Khargeh                                         36
+
+Senussi Prisoners, Dakhla                                      40
+
+The Sergeants' Reel, Moascar                                   40
+
+The Battalion Mascot                                           42
+
+Battalion Cookhouse, El Ferdan                                 42
+
+Dug-outs in the Front Line, Sheikh Abbas                       54
+
+A Reserve Wadi, Sheikh Abbas                                   54
+
+A Platoon Mess, Wadi Asher                                     58
+
+"C" Company Officers' Mess, Wadi Asher                         58
+
+Turkish Trench, with dead Turks, Hill 1070, Beersheba          62
+
+Bathing, Regent's Park                                         62
+
+Battalion Bivouac near Suffa                                  110
+
+The Irish Road crossing the Wadi Ain Arik                     110
+
+The Battalion Football Team                                   140
+
+The Fife and Forfar Imperial Yeomanry at Annsmuir             158
+
+Detachment at H.M. The King's Visit to Edinburgh              160
+
+Regimental Drill at Annsmuir, with Skeleton Enemy             160
+
+Group showing Six successive Commanding Officers              164
+
+The Cadre on arrival at Kirkcaldy                             164
+
+
+MAPS
+
+Our Trenches in the Front Line at Suvla                        20
+
+Battle of Sheria                                               68
+
+Operations in Palestine, 1917-1918                            106
+
+Trench System on the Somme                                    134
+
+The Lys Sector                                                142
+
+
+
+
+THE FIFE AND FORFAR YEOMANRY
+
+
+CHAPTER I
+
+AT HOME--1914-1915
+
+
+August 4th, 1914, marks the end and also the beginning of two great
+epochs in the history of every Territorial Unit. It marked the close
+of our peace training and the beginning of thirteen months' strenuous
+war training for the thirty-seven months which we were to spend on
+active service abroad.
+
+The Fiery Cross which blazed across the entire Continent caught most
+people unawares and unprepared--but not so our headquarters. Our
+mobilization papers had already been made out and were despatched
+immediately on the outbreak of war. Each one of us was bidden to
+report forthwith to his Squadron Headquarters, and while we kicked our
+heels there, officers were scouring the country for horses. Soon these
+came in of every sort and shape, and in a week's time the Regiment was
+concentrated at Blairgowrie.
+
+The headquarters of the Regiment was at Kirkcaldy, the four Squadrons
+A, B, C, and D having their headquarters respectively at Cupar,
+Dunfermline, Dundee, and Forfar. The recruiting area comprised the
+counties of Fife, Forfar, Kinross, and Clackmannan, and there was also
+a troop in Stirlingshire within a few miles of Loch Lomond. The rest
+of the Highland Mounted Brigade, to which the Regiment belonged, was
+pure Highland, consisting of two regiments of Lovat's Scouts, the
+Inverness Battery, R.H.A., and a T. and S. Column and Field Ambulance
+hailing also from Inverness. On changing to War Establishment, D
+Squadron dropped out and was divided amongst A, B, and C, with the
+exception of Lieut.-Colonel King who went to Remounts, and Captain
+Jackson who became Staff Captain on the newly formed Brigade Staff.
+
+The Regiment was fortunate in having about a week at Squadron
+Mobilization Centres before uniting at Blairgowrie, and a pretty
+hectic week it was for most of us. The most rapid bit of work must
+have been that of D Squadron, whose men were distributed amongst the
+other squadrons, fully equipped, in about three days. This squadron
+was also called upon to provide the various details, such as mounted
+police, who were required on mobilization to report to the Highland
+Territorial Infantry Division, the famous 51st.
+
+[Illustration: N.C.O.'s AT FAKENHAM, 1915.
+_Back Row (left to right)._--Sgts. Edmond, Petrie, Annand, M'Niven.
+_Second Row._--Farr.-Sgt. Lindsay, Sgts. Inglis, Gourlay, Farr.-Sgt.
+Renton, Sgt. Abbie, Saddler-Sgt. Smith, Sergt. Kirk, F.Q.M.S. Allan,
+Sgts. Hood, Walker, Colthart, Haig, Lumsden, Thorp, Dougall, Couper,
+Bradfield, Craig. _Third Row._--Sgts. Thornton, Aitken, S.Q.M.S.
+Craig, S.S.M. Edie, S.S.M. Ogilvie, Capt. and Adjt. M.E. Lindsay,
+R.S.M. R.G. Rapkin, Capt. Jackson, S.S.M. M'Laren, S.S.M. Adams,
+S.Q.M.S. W. Birrell, Farr.-Sgt. W. Guthrie, Sgt. J. Wilson. _Front
+Row._--Sgts. Scott, Stewart, Gair, Duff, Hair, Adams, Kidd, and
+Henderson.
+_To face page 2_]
+
+During this first week squadrons had to arrange for their own
+billeting, forage, and rations; take over, shoe, brand, and number the
+horses as they were sent up in twos and threes by the buyers; mark all
+articles of equipment with the man's regimental number; fit saddlery;
+see that all ranks had brought with them and were in possession of the
+prescribed underclothing, boots, and necessaries; take on charge all
+articles on the Mobilization Store Table as they arrived in odd lots
+from Stirling; and, beyond the above duties, which were all according
+to regulation, to make unofficial arrangements to beg, borrow, or
+steal clothing of sorts to cover those who had enlisted, or
+re-enlisted, to complete to War Establishment, and to provide for
+deficiencies in the saddlery and clothing already on charge.
+
+The result of all the hard work was that it was practically a complete
+unit which came together at Blairgowrie about the 12th of August. Our
+Mobilization Orders had been thoroughly thought out and the general
+outline made known to all ranks, so that no time was lost in getting a
+move on. At Blairgowrie we were billeted in a school, and would have
+been very comfortable if we had been older campaigners, in spite of
+the fact that our horses were about half a mile away, up a steep hill,
+in a field which looked as if it had been especially selected so that
+we might trample to pieces a heavy clover crop, and at the same time
+be as far as possible from any possible watering place for the
+horses. It meant also about as stiff a hill as possible up which to
+cart all our forage from the station below. Here our adjutant, Captain
+M.E. Lindsay, who knew the whole business of regimental interior
+economy from A to Z, started to get things into proper form and to see
+that orderly officers, orderly sergeants, and orderly corporals
+performed as many of their proper duties as, with their inexperience,
+could be fitted into the twenty-four hours. By the end of three days
+order was beginning to spring out of chaos, and the adjutant never did
+a better bit of work--and that is saying a great deal--than he did in
+hunting all and sundry during those first few days.
+
+A depot for recruiting was formed at Kirkcaldy and men quickly swelled
+our reinforcements there. After a few days at Blairgowrie, the
+Regiment entrained for the Brigade Concentration at Huntingdon; but as
+it was found there was insufficient space for a whole brigade, we were
+moved to St Ives, about six miles off, where there was a splendid
+common for drilling and good billets for the men. Very strenuous
+training occupied our two months there, and the expectation of going
+abroad at a moment's notice kept us up to concert pitch. An inspection
+by H.M. the King of the whole Brigade on the common at Huntingdon, and
+another by Sir Ian Hamilton, helped to confirm our expectations,
+and when we suddenly got orders one Sunday at midnight that we were to
+move to an unknown destination few doubted that we were bound for
+Boulogne.
+
+[Illustration: H.M. THE KING, WITH BRIGADIER-GENERAL LORD LOVAT AND
+MAJOR-GENERAL BRUCE HAMILTON.
+_To face page 4_]
+
+[Illustration: THE REGIMENT IN COLUMN OF TROOPS AT ST. IVES.
+_To face page 4_]
+
+What a bustle we had that Monday. We had built a fine range of stables
+on the Market Square, which were completed all except the harness
+rooms on the Friday, and on the Saturday all the horses were moved in
+except those in the sick lines. We had just received a consignment of
+about 100 grass-fed remounts which had been handed over to squadrons
+to look after, but not definitely allotted. Consequently when we
+received orders to move we had horses in the Market Square, saddlery
+about a mile away up the Ramsey Road, and horses in the sick lines
+which belonged to no one in particular and had never been fitted with
+saddlery at all. In addition, every one had been collecting every
+conceivable sort of kit "indispensable for active service," presents
+from kind friends and purchases from plausible haberdashers, with the
+result that quite 50 per cent. of our gear had to be left behind or
+sent home. To add to our confusion a draft arrived from our second
+line to bring us up to War Establishment, and they had to be fitted
+out with horses, etc. However, we got off up to time and entrained at
+Huntingdon, wondering if it would be three days or a week (at most)
+before we were charging Uhlans.
+
+But our destination was only the Lincolnshire coast--Grimsby.
+Fortunately thirty-six hours terminated our stay there, and we trekked
+off south, eventually halting at Hogsthorpe, a village about three
+miles from the coast. The two remaining regiments of the Brigade were
+one in Skegness and the other half-way between us and Skegness.
+
+For the next few months we moved from one village to another in the
+neighbourhood of Skegness. "We dug miles of trenches along the
+coast--we erected barbed wire entanglements for the sea to play
+with--we patrolled bleak stretches of coast day and night, and in all
+sorts of weather--we watched patiently for spies and Zeppelins, and we
+were disappointed. Nothing happened; the Germans would not come."
+
+Christmas was spent at Skegness, and in spite of alarms and excursions
+we had an excellent regimental dinner, very largely due to the
+generosity of our friends in Scotland. The ladies of the Regiment
+opened subscription lists for "Comforts" for the Regiment, and
+everyone who was asked not only gave but gave generously. Wherever we
+went our "Comforts" followed us, whatever we asked for we got and,
+except on Gallipoli, we were never without our own private stock of
+Grant's or Inglis' oatmeal. We owe a lot to the generosity of our
+friends in Scotland.
+
+[Illustration: CROSSING THE BRIDGE, ST IVES.
+_To face page 6_]
+
+[Illustration: LIEUT. R.G.O. HUTCHISON AND MACHINE GUN SECTION, 1915.
+_To face page 6_]
+
+From Lincolnshire we moved again south to Norfolk. King's Lynn was
+found to be unsatisfactory as a billeting area, so we trekked on to
+Fakenham which proved to be our final resting place in England. By now
+our training had so far advanced that we were not kept at it quite so
+hard, and we had more time for sports. We had polo, cricket, and all
+kinds of games, and on 3rd June mounted sports which were most
+successful.
+
+We spent the summer putting on the finishing touches, and did some
+very useful bits of training, including some fairly ambitious schemes
+of trench digging and planning, which proved invaluable later on, and
+which was a branch of knowledge in which many Yeomanries were
+conspicuously lacking. Also, by this time, a few courses of
+instruction had been started at the larger military centres, and we
+had several officers and men trained at these courses in musketry and
+other branches who were then able to pass their information on to the
+rest of us. We were given an army gymnastic instructor who brushed up
+our physical training--on which we had always been very keen--and also
+started to put us through a thorough course of bayonet fighting. There
+was also a busy time among our machine gunners, who trained spare
+teams up to nearly three times our establishment, which was
+invaluable, as it enabled us to take advantage of the chance which
+came to us of going abroad with six machine guns per regiment instead
+of three. As our usual role on Gallipoli was to take over with three
+squadrons, whose effective strength was never more than 100 each at
+the most, and generally considerably less, from four companies of
+infantry, each numbering anything from 150 to 180 strong, these extra
+machine guns were worth their weight in gold.
+
+By this time a good many were thoroughly "fed up" with so long a spell
+of home service, fearing that the war would be over before we got out
+at all. And it was not till nearly the end of August that we got
+definite news that at last we were to receive the reward of all our
+hard training and see service overseas. We were inspected and
+addressed by General Sir H. Smith-Dorrien. Our horses, that had done
+us so well on many a strenuous field day, that knew cavalry drill
+better than some of us, that had taken part in our famous charge with
+fixed bayonets on the common at St Ives, were taken from us and sent,
+some to our second line and some to remount depots. In return for a
+horse we were each given a heavy cavalry sword, presumably to prevent
+us being confused with mere infantry.
+
+On 5th September we said good-bye to our friends in Fakenham and
+started off on our journey for an unknown destination but--business.
+
+[Illustration: GUARD MOUNTING, FAKENHAM.
+_To face page 8_]
+
+[Illustration: ENTRAINING HORSES, FAKENHAM.
+_To face page 8_]
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER II
+
+ABROAD--1915
+
+
+The last few days at Fakenham were busy ones, chiefly owing to the
+floods of new equipment which were at last showered upon us. Two
+squadrons got a complete issue of new saddlery, harness, and vehicles,
+which meant, in the first place, handing over the old issues to
+representatives of the second line, and in the second place,
+assembling all the new saddlery (which was issued in small pieces) and
+packing it into sacks ready for the voyage. The rest of the saddlery
+was put on board without being unpacked. Then our complement of
+machine guns was increased from two to six per regiment, which meant
+taking from each squadron 1 officer and 20 men to form the new
+personnel, and replacing them in the squadrons with men from the
+second line. By this arrangement we lost also our adjutant, Captain
+M.E. Lindsay, who was made Brigade Machine Gun Officer. Lieutenant
+H.S. Sharp took Captain Lindsay's place as adjutant. All ranks were
+fitted with helmets (on which pugarees had to be fixed under the eye
+of the few old soldiers who had been abroad and knew how to do it),
+and also with a complete outfit of khaki drill clothing. This last
+caused no end of trouble and annoyance both to the tailors and the
+men. However, it was all finished somehow, and it was a very cheery
+party which embarked on the train at Fakenham station just after dusk.
+The entire population turned out to see us off and wish us luck, and
+gave us a very hearty send-off.
+
+Next morning we found ourselves at Devonport, where we were to embark
+on H.M.T. _Andania_ (Captain Melsom), a second-class Cunard Atlantic
+Liner, and set to at once to load our baggage in the holds. Speed
+seemed to be the main concern, the safety of the cargo being quite a
+secondary consideration. The Brigade arrived in some dozen or more
+trains, each carrying what corresponded to a squadron, its baggage,
+which consisted of all sorts of heavy cases and things more or less
+breakable such as personal baggage, and saddlery in sacks, and also
+motor bicycles and vehicles. Each train was unloaded as it arrived and
+its contents thrown holus-bolus into one of the holds, except for the
+wheeled vehicles. The result was that there were layers of saddles at
+the very bottom of the hold, and further layers at intervals up to the
+top sandwiched between ammunition and heavy cases of all kinds.
+Fortunately we were never asked to unpack the saddlery.
+
+On Wednesday, 8th September, about 5 A.M., we left the harbour
+escorted by two destroyers who took us to abreast Cape Ushant and
+there left us.
+
+The first day or two on board was regular pandemonium and most
+uncomfortable for the men. Four officers and 140 other ranks from the
+second line had joined us at Devonport and we were very overcrowded.
+Each man had a stuffy and inaccessible bunk and a place at a table in
+the steerage saloon for meals, which had to be served in three relays
+owing to the numbers on board. This meant either very perfect time
+keeping or very perfect chaos, and, needless to say, for the first few
+days it was the latter. The captain also had a habit of always having
+his alarm boat drills while some relay was feeding, which did not add
+to the harmony. After a few days, however, things went very much more
+smoothly, but at no time could it be called a comfortable voyage. For
+the officers it was very different. They were not too overcrowded and
+were fed like fighting cocks. The deck accommodation was, of course,
+ridiculously inadequate, and muster parades, boat drill, and physical
+drill in relays was all that could be managed. We also had lectures on
+flies, sanitation, and how to behave when we got to Constantinople.
+
+We steered a very roundabout course to avoid submarines and came into
+the Straits of Gibraltar from the south-west keeping well south of
+the Rock. We hugged the north coast of Africa, and passed a Greek
+tramp who signalled to us to stop as a large enemy submarine was ten
+miles east of us. As such ships had been used before as decoys for
+German submarines, we gave her a wide berth and informed Gibraltar who
+were to send out a destroyer to have a look at her. We reached Malta
+on 14th September, but we were too late to get into Valetta Harbour,
+so we anchored in St Paul's Bay for the night and got into Valetta
+Harbour early next morning. For most of us it was our first glimpse of
+the Near East, and no one could deny the beauty of the scene--the
+harbour full of craft of all sorts down to the tiny native skiff, and
+crowned by the old Castle of St Angelo, the picturesque town, the palm
+trees, and the motley crowd of natives swimming and diving, and
+hawking fruit and cigarettes from their boats. Some of us got ashore
+to see the historical old town, full of memories of the Templars--St
+John's Cathedral, the Governor's Palace, the Armoury--but most had to
+stay on board to bargain and argue with the native vendors. We slipped
+out of the harbour at dusk, showing no lights, but to show we were not
+downhearted, Lovat's entire pipe band started to play. But not for
+long; as the captain threatened to put them all in irons, which
+brought the concert to an abrupt conclusion.
+
+We reached Alexandria on the morning of the 18th, and the first stage
+of our trip was over--to everyone's regret. We had had a lovely
+voyage, a calm sea and perfect weather, and only the most persevering
+had managed to get seasick. Those of us who had still lingering hopes
+of seeing horses at Alexandria were speedily disillusioned, as we were
+ordered promptly to unload all our saddlery and transport vehicles.
+This was done with just as much organisation and care as the loading.
+The following morning we all went a route march for a couple of hours
+through the town. Perhaps the intention was to squash any desire we
+might have had to linger on in Alexandria. All the same some bits
+undoubtedly stank less than others.
+
+Meanwhile stacks of infantry web equipment had come aboard, and
+fortunately for us about forty infantry officers who were able to show
+us how to put it together. That kept us busy for the next few days.
+
+A cruiser met us in the Grecian Archipelago and conducted us safely
+into Mudros Harbour on 23rd September. It had got very much colder as
+we got farther north, and the day before we made Mudros it was
+absolutely arctic, which was lucky indeed as it made us all take on to
+the Peninsula much warmer clothes than we would otherwise have done.
+Mudros Harbour was a great sight--British and French battleships,
+hospital ships, transports, colliers, and all sorts of cargo ships
+down to the little native sailing boats, and the steam cutters which
+tore up and down all day looking very busy. The island itself looked
+very uninviting, stony, barren, and inhospitable, and a route march
+only confirmed our opinions--the race ashore in the ship's boats,
+however, compensated us--and nearly drowned us.
+
+Our ration strength at Mudros was 32 officers and 617 other ranks, but
+of these 9 officers and 63 other ranks remained behind as first
+reinforcements when the Regiment went on the Peninsula. Each squadron
+went forward 4 officers and 136 other ranks. When we returned to
+Mudros three months later our effective strength was 8 officers and
+125 other ranks.
+
+On 26th September the Regiment filed down the gangways of the
+_Andania_ on to the _Abassiyeh_ and landed that night on Gallipoli.
+From the _Abassiyeh_ we were transhipped into a "beetle" packed like
+sardines and loaded like a Christmas-tree. These lighters being
+flat-bottomed could run ashore on the sand and land troops dry-shod.
+The gangway was very steep and slippery and the men were so
+overloaded, each carrying a bundle of firewood as well as full
+equipment, and a pick and a shovel, that nearly everyone, like William
+the Conqueror, bit the dust on landing. Otherwise, we had an
+unmolested landing and started off for our billets in some reserve
+trenches about a mile and a half away.
+
+Here our difficulties began with daylight, as we were in full view of
+the Turkish positions and within easy range of their guns, with the
+result we were not allowed to move about outside the trenches during
+the day. Water had to be fetched by hand about a mile and then had to
+be boiled, and we had not, like those who had been on the Peninsula a
+few weeks, collected a stock of petrol and biscuit tins for storage.
+Later on we even got water-carts filled with water brought from Mudros
+or Egypt, but not for at least six weeks, and meantime everything had
+to be carried and stored in petrol tins, rum jars, and such few
+biscuit tins as were water-tight. The wells were so congested, and the
+water so scarce that water-bottles were not allowed at the wells, and
+all we could do was to keep them in the cookhouse, ready to be filled
+and issued as the water was boiled. Apart from the November blizzard
+our first week in the reserve trenches, until we got our water supply
+in working order, was the most uncomfortable of our stay. Rations were
+really wonderfully plentiful and good.
+
+That night we were ordered forward to complete the digging of a new
+reserve area. Just as we were falling in to move off, a regular strafe
+started in the front line only just over a mile away, but luckily it
+stopped just before we were to move off. It was our first experience
+of being under fire, and for all we knew it might have been the sort
+of thing that happened every night, so we just carried on as if
+nothing unusual were happening. Familiarity may breed contempt in most
+cases, but bullets singing about four feet above one's head is one of
+the exceptions, and Heaven knows we had plenty of experience of
+"overs" on the Peninsula. They are undoubtedly a fine incentive to
+work however, and once on the ground the men dug like beavers--and
+they _could_ dig--and by dawn at 4 A.M. we had a continuous though
+somewhat narrow trench. The soil, for the most part, was clay, and it
+was tough work digging, but once dug the trenches stood up well.
+
+After a day or two we began to be sent up to the front line for
+instruction, 30 men per squadron at a time, the remainder digging
+trenches and going down singly to the beach for a bathe. That was the
+one thing for which Gallipoli was perfect. The beach was rather far
+away, perhaps two miles, but we were all glad of the exercise, and the
+bathing was glorious--the water beautifully warm and so refreshing.
+
+As regards the lie of the land and our positions there--coming up from
+the beach at Suvla there were fully two miles of flat country before
+you reached the foothills. The northern part of this plain was a
+shallow lake dry in summer but with a few feet of brackish water in
+winter called Salt Lake, and the southern part a few feet higher
+stretched down to "Anzac," where spurs running down from Sari Bahr to
+the sea terminate it abruptly. Our front line, generally speaking, was
+just off the plain, a few hundred yards up the slopes of the
+foothills, with any reserves there were lying in trenches on the
+plain.
+
+Imagining the whole Suvla plain and its surrounding hills to be a
+horse-shoe, you might say the Turks held round three parts of the
+shoe, leaving us with the two heels at Caracol Dagh on the north and
+Anzac on the south, and a line between these two points across the
+plain. This plain was practically bare, but Caracol Dagh was thickly
+covered with dwarf oak and scrub, and Anzac with a good undergrowth of
+rhododendron, veronica, and other similar bushes. At Sulajik (the
+centre of the horse-shoe), and immediately to the north of it, and
+also round the villages in the Turkish lines, were numbers of fine
+trees, but nowhere that we could see was there anything that could be
+called a wood. As regards the soil, the gullies at Anzac on the spurs
+of Sari Bahr were quite bewildering in their heaped up confusion,
+partly rocky, but mainly a sort of red clay and very steep. In the
+centre it was a yellower clay with patches of sand and bog, and on
+Caracol Dagh it was all rock and stones, so that digging was
+impossible, and all defences were built either with stones or
+sandbags. The view looking back to the sea from almost any part of our
+line was glorious. Hospital ships and men-of-war, and generally
+monitors and troop-ships in the Bay, and on the horizon the peaks of
+Imbros and Samothrace reflecting the glorious sunrises and sunsets of
+the Levant.
+
+In these surroundings we spent about a week before getting a turn in
+the front line. We struck a reasonably quiet sector and fairly well
+dug, but there were several details in which the trenches varied from
+what we were accustomed to read about. The first and most noticeable
+difference from the point of view of the inhabitants was the entire
+absence of head cover. Even after we had been on the Peninsula nearly
+three months all we had collected were one or two poles, a sheet of
+corrugated iron (ear-marked as a roof for a signal station), and a few
+yards of wire-netting. There was not a house or a building of course
+in the country-side, and as our neighbours were as badly off as we
+were, there was no scope for the enterprising.
+
+Our first turn only lasted four days, and we had hardly a casualty
+until an hour or two before we were to move back into support. The
+support trenches were very much less comfortable than the front line,
+and as there were lots of parties to go up at all hours of the day and
+night to dig and wire in front, it took a lot of scheming to get
+everyone satisfactorily fixed with water and food. We also had to send
+out officers' patrols to fix the Turkish line, as we were intending to
+have a dash at capturing his barrier across the Azmac Dere--a dry
+watercourse which ran right through both the Turkish and our
+lines--and so straighten out our line. Patrolling was very
+difficult--there were no landmarks to guide one, the going was
+exceedingly prickly, and at that time the place was full of Turkish
+snipers, who came out at dusk and lay out till morning in the broken
+and shell-pitted country. We soon got the better of these sportsmen
+though--our snipers out-sniped them, and our bombing officer, if he
+frightened them with his catapults and other engines of offence half
+as much as he frightened us, must also be given credit for a share in
+dispersing them.
+
+[Illustration: GEBEL-EL-GHENNEIM, KHARGEH OASIS.
+_To face page 18_]
+
+[Illustration: THE HIGHLAND BARRICADE, ASMAK DERE, SUVLA.
+_To face page 18_]
+
+A squadron (Major de Pree) and the bombing squad under Mr A.C. Smith,
+in conjunction with a squadron of 2nd Lovat Scouts, carried out the
+raid on the Dere on the night of the 17th/18th October. It was a
+complete success--all the Turks holding the barrier being killed by
+the bombing party, and about sixty or seventy yards of new trench
+being dug the same night. This little exploit was the subject of
+congratulations from both the Divisional and Corps Commanders,
+Major-General W. Peyton and Major-General Sir Julian Byng. Mr Smith
+got the M.C., and Lance-Sergeant J. Valentine and Private W. Roger
+the D.C.M. for that night's work.
+
+The Brigade was then due for relief, but we wanted to finish the job
+of straightening the line before we went, so we stayed on to the end
+of the month, by which time the work was practically complete. During
+this time we had the joy of receiving some letters and parcels, and
+even a very limited supply of canteen stores. People at home hardly
+realised as yet where we were, the conditions under which we were
+living, and the time it took for parcels to arrive. One officer
+received three parcels--the first containing his keys which he had
+left on his dressing-table at home, the second, some sort of
+collapsible boot-tree, and the third, about a three years' supply of
+Euxesis shaving cream. Many a good cake too had to be hurriedly
+removed and buried deep in the refuse pit. All the same, parcels were
+a great joy to receive, and provided many an excellent tit-bit for
+supper. Many, unfortunately, went missing--especially if they had the
+labels of Fortnum & Mason, John Dewar, or Johnnie Walker. We sometimes
+wondered if they were timid and preferred the comforts of the beach to
+the hazards of the trenches.
+
+The canteen arrangements could hardly be called a success either.
+Occasionally a few supplies trickled through to us, and once an
+expedition to Imbros was arranged to purchase stores at the local
+markets. Eggs, fruit, biscuits, oatmeal, chocolate, etc., were ordered
+by the hundredweight, and an officer sent to make the purchases. He
+returned to tell us the expedition had fallen short of complete
+success. His share of the plunder for the Regiment had been one packet
+of chocolate which he had eaten.
+
+[Illustration: OUR TRENCHES IN THE FRONT LINE AT SUVLA
+Emery Walker Ltd. sc
+_To face page 20_]
+
+We had now completed our turn in the line, and were relieved by the
+158th Brigade, and went back to our old place in reserve which we
+found very filthy. How we wished there were Dr Tukes in every regiment
+and battalion. He had so inculcated everyone of us--officers and men
+alike--with the vital necessity of cleanliness and the deplorable
+habits and peregrinations of the household fly, that we sometimes
+wondered if we were scavengers or soldiers. Though we lay no claims to
+perfection--or anything like it--few trenches were cleaner than ours
+were, and right to the very end of the war we never left a trench or
+billet without it being cleaner and more "lime and creosol"-ated than
+when we entered it.
+
+The water arrangements had also been revolutionised, and we actually
+had cookers and water-carts in the lines, but the greatest joy of all
+was to go bathing again. The weather was not nearly so hot, and the
+flies which had tortured us in their myriads during the hot weather
+were now nothing like so numerous, which made it possible to enjoy
+what food we had.
+
+Rumour as to our future movements meantime was rife. Lord Kitchener
+had come and gone, and all sorts of stories came from the beach. It
+was not till 26th November that we knew definitely that evacuation had
+been decided on, and that we had to make arrangements to get rid of
+all surplus kit and all our "lame ducks."
+
+Meantime, we were busy improving our trenches and digging South Lane
+and Peyton Avenue communication trenches, and generally making
+ourselves more comfortable.
+
+On 26th November we got orders to pack all surplus stores which were
+dumped, along with officers' valises, ready to be taken off that night
+by the Sikh muleteers. We parted with great reluctance from our
+tarpaulins and cart covers which provided the only shelters we had,
+but that night even they would have been of little use. At five
+o'clock the downpour started, accompanied by thunder and lightning,
+such as you only can see in the tropics. Thunder-clap merged into
+thunder-clap, each one noisier than the last--sheet lightning lit up
+the sky, north, south, and east at the same time--and the rain came
+down in torrents. It was a wonderful and awful sight. Trenches and
+dug-outs were quite uninhabitable and a foot deep in water.
+Fortunately by this time it was dark, so we climbed out of the
+trenches and prepared to spend the night on the top, where the water
+was only lying in places. Then came down the water from the hills. The
+Azmac Dere came down in spate, washing away the Turkish and the
+Highland barricades, carrying horses, mules, and men, dead and alive,
+down with it. Peyton Avenue and South Lane were culs-de-sac and soon
+filled, and the overflow flooded our trenches. The 2nd Lovat Scouts
+were completely washed out, and had to retire and dig in down near the
+beach. By this time the rain had stopped, and by next morning we saw
+the water subsiding gradually. Fortunately it was a misty morning, and
+we could wander about on top, though we did have one or two shrapnel
+bursts over us. We then discovered that our valises and stores were
+still floating in the water-cart emplacement--the Sikhs having turned
+tail when the storm broke. It was six weeks later when we opened our
+valises.
+
+We had hoped the relief would have been cancelled, but not so, and at
+5 P.M. we started off for the front line. The Turks evidently
+anticipated something of the sort, and their rifle fire soon forced us
+to take to the communication trenches. North Lane was not too bad.
+There was 18 inches of water, but the bottom was gravelly and the
+going not too bad. Where this trench struck the old support line we
+found guides awaiting us who took us past Willow Tree Well through
+the most awful trenches-too narrow for a heavily ladened man, greasy
+and slippery, and full of holes which took us up to the waist in
+water. Some idea of the going may be gathered from the fact that the
+journey of less than two miles took upwards of five hours to
+accomplish. And then our troubles weren't over. The firebays we found
+crammed with the infantry we were relieving--a helpless, hopeless
+mob--and it wasn't till midnight that we had the place to ourselves.
+
+A Squadron (Major de Pree) held from the Azmac Dere to Fort Conan, and
+B Squadron (Major J. Younger) from Fort Conan to the old road leading
+to Anafarta, C Squadron lying in support. We could only man every
+second or third bay lightly, and our left flank was in the air--the
+159th Brigade on our left, being about 120 yards away. Lovats were in,
+and to the south of, the Dere.
+
+Movement in the trenches to promote circulation was impossible--one
+was exhausted long before one felt any life in one's limbs, and to add
+to our troubles snow fell during the night, and it turned bitterly
+cold. Next day was even more bitterly cold with snow and rain, and a
+lot of men had to go down the line sick with trench feet and
+exhaustion, many of them suffering from jaundice and diarrhoea as
+well. The area was again very heavily shelled with shrapnel, and we
+suffered a few casualties. By night time everything was covered with
+snow, but what really put the lid on was a sudden blizzard about 2
+A.M. with ever so many degrees of frost. Everything one had on was of
+course soaking wet and covered with mud, and this was now frozen stiff
+by the frost. Most of the rifles were out of action, and even the
+water in the machine guns froze. However, daylight put new heart in
+us, and we made good progress in improving the trenches, getting
+rifles once more in working order, and generally tidying up and making
+things as comfortable as possible under the circumstances. That night
+about six or eight Turks crawled up the sunken road on our extreme
+left flank and caused quite an excitement, but finding the trenches
+still manned retired hastily. Unfortunately the message that they had
+retired miscarried, and headquarters stood to impatiently for about an
+hour.
+
+Gradually the weather improved and the sun came out, and we managed to
+drain off more and more of the water from the communication trenches.
+But the damage had already been done--the wet followed by the cold and
+intense frost brought on trench fever in an acute and terrible form.
+One poor fellow had died of exhaustion and 142 left the Regiment in
+two days, some few never to recover and others to be maimed for life.
+
+In the week following the storm 7 officers, including Major Younger
+and Captain Tuke, R.A.M.C., and 221 other ranks were admitted to
+hospital through sickness. Owing to the washing away of the Highland
+barricade, three men, bringing water up the Azmac Dere, foolishly
+missed our trenches and wandered into the Turkish lines.
+
+By this time our numbers were so reduced that C Squadron was brought
+up from the support line and divided between A Squadron (Major de
+Pree) and B Squadron (Captain D.D. Ogilvie). A troop of Lovats and a
+section of machine gunners were in support to us. Later we were all
+amalgamated into one squadron under Major de Pree, 8 officers and 103
+other ranks, the entire strength of the Regiment, including
+headquarters, being only 13 officers and 190 other ranks.
+
+From the beginning of December we began gradually to send off parties
+of men to Mudros with surplus kit and stores. On 9th December we were
+relieved by the 2nd Scottish Horse and moved back into the support
+trenches, from which we sent a party back to the front line who
+reported very little firing from the Turks but that they seemed to be
+suffering from bad colds. Embarkation orders by Major-General W.R.
+Marshall were read to all ranks and we prepared to go. Three officers
+and 27 other ranks took over part of 1st Lovats' line and formed our
+rear-guard, and at six o'clock on the evening of 19th December the
+Regiment paraded for the last time on Gallipoli and marched to C
+Beach, via Peyton Avenue and Anzac Road. The perfect weather of the
+last three or four days still held; a full moon slightly obscured by
+mist, a calm sea and no shelling made the evacuation a complete
+success. The remains of the Regiment embarked on the _Snaefels_ and
+sailed for Imbros, where they were joined by Captain D.D. Ogilvie, who
+had been acting M.L.O. for the evacuation and left by the last
+lighter. A four-mile march to camp and a hot meal, and our troubles
+were over.
+
+The complete success of the evacuation caused quite a stir at home.
+From Suvla alone 44,000 men, 90 guns of all calibre, including one
+anti-aircraft gun, 3000 mules, 400 horses, 30 donkeys, 1800 carts, and
+4000 to 5000 cartloads of stores had to be embarked--and only by night
+too, as of course the beaches and bay were visible by day from the
+Turkish lines. To deceive the Turks, men were actually embarked by
+night and disembarked by daylight to represent reinforcements, and the
+Sikh muleteers drove furiously all day chiefly to make the dust fly.
+On the last night about 12,000 men were embarked from A and C beaches,
+and everything had been so well managed that there was never a hitch
+of any kind. Needless to say each party arrived at the point where the
+M.L.O. were to meet them well up to time and were conducted straight
+on to the "beetles."
+
+We were, of course, exceedingly lucky in the weather and in the lack
+of initiative on the part of the Turks. The Higher Command counted on
+50 per cent, casualties but actually, on the last night, only two men
+were wounded on the way down to the beach--8 old guns, rendered
+useless, were left behind at Anzac, 250 cases of Sunlight soap, a few
+Indian carts minus their wheels, and one or two hospital tents were
+left as a present for "Johnnie," and that was about all. The A.S.C.
+set fire to everything they could not take away, and a fine bonfire it
+made. The morning we left the wind rose, the sea became choppy, the
+Turks attacked in great style, bombarding the beaches very heavily,
+smashing the piers and nearly wiping Lala Baba off the map.
+
+On 23rd December we left our camp and tried to board the _Prince
+Abbas_, but the storm was too strong and we had to land again.
+However, we got off next day, reached Mudros Harbour, and changed on
+to the _Scotian_ on Christmas Day. None of us will forget the kindness
+with which we were received on the _Scotian_, and the arrival of a
+huge mail _and_ plum puddings completed our joy. We left on Boxing Day
+and got to Alexandria on the 28th, where we at once disembarked and
+went to camp at Sidi Bishr.
+
+Of the 32 officers and 617 other ranks who sailed from Alexandria on
+the 20th September, 8 officers and 107 other ranks returned on 28th
+December--each squadron on 20th September was 6 officers and 136 other
+ranks strong, the composite squadron on 28th December was 4 officers
+and 61 other ranks. On 9th December the strength of the Highland
+Mounted Brigade was 39 officers and 854 other ranks--the 2nd Mounted
+Division only 2200 all ranks.
+
+In addition to the C.O., Lieut.-Colonel A. Mitchell, we had lost
+through sickness alone two squadron leaders (Majors J. Younger and
+R.S. Nairn), the Adjutant (Lieutenant H.S. Sharp) and his successor
+(Captain G.E.B. Osborne), the Quartermaster (Lieutenant W. Ricketts),
+and the M.O. (Captain Tuke, R.A.M.C.), the R.Q.M.S. and all the
+S.S.M., and S.Q.M.S., in all 18 officers and 339 other ranks. The
+Brigade was commanded by Lieut.-Colonel A. Stirling of Lovat's Scouts,
+Lord Lovat having left through sickness; the Regiment by Major J.
+Gilmour. Fortunately a good many of these, after a brief stay in
+hospital in Egypt or at Malta, were able to rejoin us later on.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER III
+
+EGYPT--1916
+
+
+From a military point of view 1916 can be summed up as far as we were
+concerned in two words--nothing doing. It was certainly for us the
+most peaceful and uneventful year. New Year saw us resting and
+refitting at Sidi Bishr--bathing in the Mediterranean and sightseeing
+in Alexandria. After a few days we moved to Mena Camp, under the
+shadow of the Pyramids, and at the end of the tram line to Cairo.
+Apart from the fact that we had two regiments of Lovat's Scouts on one
+side, and three regiments of Scottish Horse on the other, and every
+man was either playing the pipes or practising on the chanter from
+early morn to dewy eve, we had a peaceful time there for about five
+weeks, watching our numbers gradually increase as men returned from
+hospital, and wondering whether we were ever to be mounted again. That
+rumour soon, however, got its quietus, as we were told we were to link
+up with the South-Western Mounted Brigade (North Devon Hussars, Royal
+1st Devon Yeomanry, and West Somerset Yeomanry under Brig.-General R.
+Hoare), and form a dismounted Yeomanry Brigade of six regiments.
+
+On 12th February we removed up the Nile to Minia--a dusty, dirty,
+horrible place. Two expeditions of 2 officers and 43 other ranks and 3
+officers and 40 other ranks set out from there--- one to guard bridges
+at Nazlet el Abid and the other to demonstrate along with Lovat's
+Scouts at Assiut. Minia is one of the wealthiest towns in Upper Egypt,
+and it was thought probable that the Senussi might attempt to raid
+Minia or Assiut, with a view to plundering the banks and giving a
+start to any disaffection among the fellahin.
+
+On 5th March we moved again farther south to Sohag, and a squadron
+carried on to Kilo 145 on the Sherika line to take up an outpost line.
+Camel patrols were also sent out into the desert. We had a scheme or
+two in the desert and a fire in the M.G. tent, at which the local fire
+brigade greatly distinguished itself by its masterly inactivity and
+futile energy. To the strains of "Kam leyal, Kam iyyam" at the far end
+of a leaking hosepipe, the fire eventually burned itself out. We only
+had two fires the whole time we were in Egypt, which was very
+creditable considering the inflammable nature of our "houses," and on
+both occasions our enterprising quartermaster made full use of the
+distressing occurrence.
+
+We had two very excellent days of sports at Sohag against the
+Australian Light Horse and in the Brigade, our most popular win
+perhaps being in the tug-of-war. Another sporting event took place
+here--a racing camel, ridden by its Bedouin owner, was backed to beat
+any one of our officers' horses over a six-mile course, of which the
+first half lay along the canal bank, the last half over the desert
+which was pretty heavy going. After the first mile and a half the
+camel was leading by some 600 yards. After three miles the camel was
+leading by about 200 yards and rolling heavily, whereas "Charlie" and
+his horse were cantering steadily and easily. The latter continued to
+gain and passed the camel about the four miles, and won comfortably at
+a fast trot. In forcing the pace along the canal bank the Bedouin
+undoubtedly burst his camel.
+
+We received a most unpleasant welcome at Gara on the night of 13th
+April. A severe sandstorm got up at night, and in the morning we had
+hardly a tent standing. Gara didn't like us. When we returned there in
+November we were washed out by a cloud-burst--a thing which hadn't
+happened there since the Flood.
+
+On the 16th of April we went to Sherika, and there we remained till
+15th November. We became a small detached force--the Kharga Oasis
+Detachment under Lieut.-Colonel Angus MacNeil, 2nd L.S. Yeomanry,
+consisting of the Highland Mounted Brigade, a squadron of Egyptian
+Lancers, and a company of the I.C.C. Later on three 15-pounders were
+sent us, a company of R.E., a battery of Sikh Mountain Gunners,
+R.F.C., at Meherique, and later at Sherika about 1000 baggage camels
+and 2000 E.L.C. We also had an A.S.C. Bakery Section and our own
+slaughter-house, and towards the end of our stay at Sherika another
+company of I.C.C. joined us.
+
+Our oasis which looked so green on the map, we found to be a deep
+depression of about 1200 feet, cut out of the central limestone
+plateau. On the north and east the drop was almost precipitous, and it
+was really a wonderful engineering feat to get a railway down it at
+all--only accomplished by means of unusually steep gradients and sharp
+curves.
+
+The floor of the oasis is, for the most part, just as bare and
+desolate as the plateau above, but here and there are patches of green
+round the Artesian wells, which were the only sources of water. Except
+for the surroundings of the village of Khargeh itself, where there are
+a number of splendid wells, a small shallow brackish lake, and
+considerable date and fruit groves, no watered patch in the northern
+half of the oasis is more than half a mile long and a few hundred
+yards wide. The usual patch round a well would include a few
+date-palms, perhaps an apricot tree, and an acre or two of Bersim, the
+clover of the country, and a kind of Lucerne.
+
+The groves of Khargeh produce great quantities of excellent dates, and
+a considerable trade is done with the Nile Valley in rush matting,
+made chiefly in the southern portion of the oasis, at Boulak and
+Beris.
+
+Points of interest were the half-buried and utterly filthy village of
+Khargeh, the Persian Temple near Railhead in a very fair state of
+preservation, and the Roman Fort near Meherique. This was still
+remarkably intact--a large square with bastions at the four corners,
+and built of mammoth bricks--about 60 feet high, with walls 12 feet
+broad even at the top.
+
+The only notable natural feature was Gebel-el-Ghenneiem, which was
+just a portion of the original limestone plateau left standing. Its
+slopes were full of various sorts of fossils--sea-urchins and the
+like--so that evidently the sea had been there at one time. From its
+flat top one had a wonderful panorama of the desert.
+
+War, with a No-Man's-Land of eighty miles and a very doubtful enemy at
+the far end, is war at its very best--even though we did have only
+marmalade and nothing but marmalade. But no war is without its
+horrors--these came about once a month in the shape of inspecting
+generals, who ordered us to raze our defences and build fresh and
+proper ones--not a bad game in sand, where you do anyhow see some
+result for your labours.
+
+[Illustration: IN THE VILLAGE OF KHARGEH.
+_To face page 34_]
+
+[Illustration: CAPTAIN TUKE ON "JOSEPH."
+_To face page 34_]
+
+Every other week a squadron would go off to either Kilo 145, at the
+top of the Scarp, Meherique, the only place the engines could water,
+or Kharga (Railhead), and latterly to Water Dump A, to take over the
+outpost there with the I.C.C., or a troop of Gyppy Cavalry. Life there
+was not quite so pleasant on account of the mosquitoes (which, thanks
+to Dr Tuke, we had exterminated at Sherika), and the sand hill which
+formed the key to the situation at Kharga had a nasty habit of moving
+on and leaving our wire entanglements buried up to the neck. We owe a
+great debt of gratitude to Dr Tuke and his sanitary squad for the
+comfort and health of the Regiment at Sherika. At all hours of the day
+the doctor and his faithful mule waged war on the mosquito and the
+Gyppy sanitary squad indiscriminately, and with complete success. Fly
+and fellah, mosquito and reis--all fled at his approach, or buried
+themselves in the sand.
+
+After the departure of Lovat's Scouts for Alexandria, whence they
+emerged as 10th Camerons, and proceeded to Salonika, the West Somerset
+Yeomanry joined us, and on 1st August two detachments from the North
+Devon Hussars and the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry were attached to us.
+
+The half section of guns--old Nordenfeldts--had arrived without a
+crew, but a couple of officers and one or two N.C.O.'s and men who
+had once been Territorial gunners took the matter in hand with great
+alacrity. Mobility was their chief trouble. Camel harness was
+produced--they were taken out a couple of days before a field-firing
+practice, and the targets were adjusted till the guns could hit them
+every time, and really when the inspecting general arrived they gave a
+most creditable performance.
+
+We also had a mounted troop, under Lieutenant W. Gray, mounted mainly
+on mules for the longer patrols, and a Light Car Patrol (Lieutenant
+A.S. Lindsay) consisting of 2 officers, 45 other ranks, and seven Ford
+cars, fitted with Lewis guns, and one armoured car, which went out
+with the camelry. Lieutenant M'Dougal's bombing school and the rifle
+range combined instruction with amusement.
+
+The heat during the day was very trying-as much as 120 deg. F. being
+recorded in the shade--but we only worked from reveille (5.30) to
+breakfast, and in the afternoon from 4.30 to 6. Polo and an occasional
+jackal hunt, cricket and football, and all kinds of foot sports kept
+us fit, but the most enjoyable time of all was in the swimming-baths.
+When we first went there, there was only a small swimming-bath built
+for the officials of the Western Oasis Corporation, which was reserved
+for officers and for sergeants twice a week. However, with the help of
+the Engineers, we built a beautiful swimming-bath, 26 yards long,
+which was formally opened by Lieut.-Colonel A. M'Neil, O.C. troops, at
+a swimming gymkhana on 6th August.
+
+[Illustration: SENTRY ON WATER DUMP "A."
+_To face page 36_]
+
+[Illustration: CAMEL LINES AT KHARGEH.
+_To face page 36_]
+
+Although we had abundant water at Sherika and Kharga, it had to be
+bored for. There was a river about 400 to 600 feet below ground, and
+the water came up quite warm--about 85 deg. F. The problem was how to
+provide water for the 100-mile advance across the desert to Dakhla.
+For this purpose the R.E. started boring at Water Dump A, about
+twenty-five miles from Sherika, and were so far successful that, at
+the finish of the Dakhla expedition, they were obtaining sufficient
+water to work the bore. By that time also the light railway had
+advanced to within a few miles of Water Dump A.
+
+The campaign was brought to an abrupt termination through the overzeal
+of O.C. Light Car Patrol, who patrolled right up to Senussi outpost at
+the entrance to the Dakhla Oasis. At the sight of Mr Lindsay and his
+car the Senussi general fled, and when the I.C.C., after a very fine
+march, got into Dakhla, all they got were 197 miserable, underfed,
+diseased prisoners. Four officers and 100 other ranks from C Squadron
+(Captain D.D. Ogilvie), and 2 officers and 30 other ranks from the
+M.G.C. (Mr D. Marshall) set off on 25th October to relieve the I.C.C.
+It was a trying march. Cars dumped fanatis with water for the midday
+meal, twelve miles on and more for the evening meal, and breakfast
+seven miles beyond that. The second day out was a scorcher, blazing
+hot and no wind, over rough stony going for the most part, and Hell's
+Gate wasn't reached till 7 P.M., after a very exhausting march. The
+total march was seventy-six miles to Tenida, and of the 136 only 7
+failed to finish which, considering the circumstances, was very
+creditable. No sooner were we there than orders were received to
+return again. This time, however, we went in cars as far as Water Dump
+A, and there we commandeered a convoy of camels returning with empty
+fanatis, and we finished our trek mounted. Great credit is due to the
+Light Car Patrol and to the Ford cars which really were wonderful.
+Neither sand up to the axle, nor dropping down over rocks stopped
+them--they made a road for themselves as they went along, and always
+seemed to get there.
+
+That finished our 1916 campaign against the Senussi--the I.C.C. were
+relieved by a London Yeomanry Company of the I.C.C, and later on some
+Gyppy Cavalry went out and garrisoned Dakhla Oasis.
+
+On 13th November the Regiment started in relays by train for Gara.
+There we received orders to start infantry training, as we were to be
+converted into a battalion of infantry. Till then we had always done
+dismounted cavalry drill. We now started hammer and tongs at infantry
+drill, instructed by an officer and two N.C.O.'s from a neighbouring
+garrison battalion. We were all looking forward to becoming pukka
+infantry, as we had long realised that in our eccentric form as
+dismounted yeomanry we should only be given the odd jobs.
+
+We had just got our camp tidy when the water-spout burst, and not only
+washed out our lines and those of the Ayrshire and Lanarkshire
+Yeomanries, but also demolished the fine earth church which the
+Anglican Padre had had built.
+
+On 1st December we arrived at Moascar, a large camp on the Sweetwater
+Canal near Ismailia, and there our infantry training started in
+earnest. We ate our Christmas dinner there, and on Boxing Day had
+Brigade sports. There was very fair bathing in Lake Timsah, and we all
+enjoyed getting a sight of the Suez Canal, and being once more in
+comparative comfort and civilization.
+
+
+
+
+OFFICERS
+
+C.O.                 Lieut.-Colonel J. GILMOUR
+
+2nd in Command       Major J. YOUNGER
+
+A Squadron           Major C. G DE PREE and
+                     Capt. R.W. STEWART
+
+B Squadron           Major G.E.B. OSBORNE
+
+C Squadron           Capt. D.D. OGILVIE
+
+Adjutant             Lieut. H.S. SHARP
+
+Q.-M.                Lieut. R.H. COLTHART
+
+M.O.                 Capt. A. TUKE, R.A.M.C.(T.)
+
+
+[Illustration: SENUSSI PRISONERS, DAKHLA.
+_To face page 40_]
+
+[Illustration: THE SERGEANTS' REEL, MOASCAR.
+_To face page 40_]
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER IV
+
+EGYPT AND PALESTINE--1917
+
+
+New Year's Day saw the Regiment at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, and it was
+there that the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry were interred "for the
+duration," giving birth at the same time to a sturdy son--the 14th
+(Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Highlanders. We were all
+very sorry to see the demise of the Yeomanry and to close, though only
+temporarily, the records of a Regiment which had had an honourable
+career, and of which we were all so proud. At the same time we
+realised that, in our capacity as dismounted yeomanry, we were not
+pulling our weight either as yeomanry or infantry, and no other
+regiment certainly appealed to us as much as our own Territorial
+Infantry Regiment, and we were proud to link our record to the long
+and glorious record of the Black Watch.
+
+We spent five weeks altogether at Moascar, working hard at the
+elementary forms of infantry drill and tactics, and on 8th January we
+marched to our new camp El Ferdan, some ten miles along the Canal.
+Here we continued our training, but of a more advanced kind, brigade
+schemes, tactical tours and route marches, "jerks," bathing, and
+football kept us busy and fit.
+
+One day some of us went to see the Canal defences, dug the previous
+year, about four miles east of the Canal. The sand was so soft, no
+amount of ordinary sandbagging or revetting would make it stand up,
+and all the trenches were made by sinking complete wooden frames into
+a wide scooped out trench, and then shovelling the sand back on either
+side of the frame. The original digging had to be about 20 feet wide
+to allow them to sink the frames sufficiently deep in the sand. It
+must have been a colossal work, and this was only a small portion of
+the scheme, which included laying on water to the more important
+defences, and laying out lines of light railways and roads from the
+Canal eastwards, at intervals of seven and eight miles, the railheads
+being linked by a lateral road.
+
+On 4th March we left El Ferdan and marched to Kantara, the base of all
+operations up the Sinai Railway, and there entrained for El Arish to
+join the 74th (Yeomanry) Division. The journey of about ninety miles,
+over the very recently laid railway, was timed to take some eight or
+nine hours, and was uneventful and, though we travelled in open
+trucks, was not too unpleasantly hot. The frequent short gradients
+led to the most awful bumps and tearings at the couplings, but they
+stood the strain all right.
+
+[Illustration: THE BATTALION MASCOT.
+_To face page 42_]
+
+[Illustration: BATTALION COOKHOUSE, EL FERDAN.
+_To face page 42_]
+
+It was a very interesting journey to us, who knew only the Western
+Desert, to note the difference between it and Sinai. To our eyes Sinai
+did not appear to be a desert at all, as there were scrubby bushes of
+sorts growing in nearly every hollow, various kinds of camel grass,
+and even a few flowers--such as poppies and one or two species of
+lilies. After the waste of misshaped lumps of limestone and volcanic
+looking boulders, which were the only decoration of the Western
+Desert, this sort of landscape seemed positively verdant.
+
+At El Arish we were camped some three miles from the station, and a
+very long three miles it seemed, as a large part of the way was over
+the softest of sand and most exhausting marching, especially with a
+heavy pack. Here we had our first sight of hostile aeroplanes, some of
+which came over nearly every day; it was a very pretty sight to see
+them in the brilliant blue at about 12,000 feet, with the white puffs
+of shrapnel bursting now on one side of them now on the other (but
+seldom very close). We were at once set to dig ourselves funkholes,
+which we were supposed to occupy on the alarm being given, but they
+never once bombed us, or seemed to take any notice of us. They made
+one or two bold individual attacks on the railway, between Kantara and
+El Arish, but for the most part they appeared to be out purely for
+reconnaissance.
+
+At El Ferdan we had got our first infantry reinforcements--11 new
+officers--and now we received a welcome addition in the shape of 1
+officer and 373 other ranks, which necessitated the reorganisation of
+the battalion. We also had to acclimatise the new draft who felt the
+heat and heavy going very exhausting, and, to begin with, had to go
+easy.
+
+Our camp was pleasantly situated on a sandy plain, within half a mile
+of the sea, and dotted with scattered fig-trees just beginning to show
+a few leaves. The climate was perfect, but the water arrangements were
+most difficult. We began to realise that it does not pay to be the
+last comer when there is a shortage of anything. We were paid off with
+the minimum number of fanatis (copper vessels for carrying water on
+camel pack), and, instead of getting allotted to us the wells nearest
+our camp, we had just to take whatever wells were left. These proved
+to be on the other side of El Arish village, in amongst the steepest
+sandhills, and it was a very tough tramp for the fatigue party, which
+had to accompany the water camels and do the pumping. Our stay here
+was just inside a fortnight, before the end of which we had got our
+new drafts allotted to their various companies; and a very good lot
+they were, though we feared they would have great difficulty in
+standing the heat if we were called upon to do long marches.
+
+On 22nd March we started on our way to our first halting place El
+Burj. It was about nine miles, and we marched in the evenings, which
+was undoubtedly very wise. The going was not bad, there being a
+wire-netting track laid over all the softest parts: it is wonderful
+how satisfactory this is to march on, and many a time did we bless the
+man who invented it. The only sufferers were the mule leaders. They,
+naturally, could not lead their mules on the netting, and it was extra
+hard work for them, as they had to walk in the heavy sand and maintain
+the pace set by the troops who were on the good going. El Burj proved
+to be a most desolate spot, but it was at all events near wells; and
+we were so glad to hear that we were not to march straight on next
+day, that we didn't grumble much about the scenery.
+
+The Higher Command were a little nervous that the Turks might slip
+away again as they had already done at El Arish; but the next few days
+were to show that this information was not correct, and that the Turk
+had no intention of leaving the Gaza-Beersheba line so long as he
+could hold on to it.
+
+We stopped there four days, and marching once more in the evening, we
+did a comparatively short step to Sheikh Zowaid, camping about a mile
+short of the station. It was pitch dark when we arrived and we had no
+idea what our camp was like, and it was a great surprise to find in
+the morning that we were on the edge of a shallow salt lake. The
+sunrise on this sheet of water, fringed on the far side with a line of
+scattered palm trees, was really most exquisite. It was, however, the
+only good thing about the place. Water for breakfast was late in
+arriving, and we were told that the half-day's supply, which then
+arrived, had to fill the dixies for lunch, and also the water-bottles
+for the next march. There was not nearly enough for this, with the
+result that we had to start in the blazing sun about 1 P.M. with
+hardly anything in the bottles. The reason for this was, that the
+camels had to go on ahead to our next stop--Rafa--about thirteen miles
+distant, where it was hoped to have water drawn and ready for us on
+our arrival.
+
+This afternoon march was a gruelling experience. It was the hottest
+part of the day; we had practically nothing in our water-bottles, and,
+to add to our trials, the wire-netting road was not laid beyond Sheikh
+Zowaid, as the ground had appeared quite firm to the divisions who had
+preceded us. Since they had passed, however, the route had been cut up
+by guns and transport, until it was just as soft as the softest sand,
+and twice as dusty. Finally, when we did get to Rafa about 7 P.M.,
+there was no water waiting for us, and we found we had to take up an
+outpost line from the railway to the sea, a distance of about three
+miles, through the worst sandhills we had encountered. It was hopeless
+to move before the arrival of some water, and it was about 10 P.M.
+before we started to take up the line, and it was well after midnight
+before the left company had got the line extended right through to the
+shore. These sandhills were made of such fine sand that it was
+continuously blowing and drifting; any rifle pits dug out, say, a
+couple of feet, in the evening, would be completely obliterated in the
+morning.
+
+Sending out supplies, as soon as it was light, to this distant
+company, was a most difficult job. To begin with, we found that
+camels, loaded with water fanatis, could not negotiate the steep faces
+of sand, so we had to do our best with the Lewis gun mules, carrying
+the fanatis only half full. Then there was a thick mist--the same mist
+which hampered the attack on Gaza--and we had no accurate knowledge of
+where the company was, nor was it possible to follow the tracks of the
+previous night, as they were all obliterated by the drifting sand.
+Luckily, some active members of the company had found the morning too
+cold for sitting still, and had taken a morning walk back from the
+line, so we came upon their fresh tracks, which led us to the rest of
+the company.
+
+That night we had an alarm that the Turkish cavalry was out and had
+slipped round our right flank, and was likely to have a dash at our
+lines of communication either at Rafa or elsewhere, so we spent the
+night digging trenches which, during the next day or two, we improved
+into a sort of continuous line covering the water and railway station.
+
+During these few days the first attack was made on Gaza, but without
+success. We heard a good many tales of hardship from lack of water,
+and saw some prisoners come through, but there was no great
+excitement.
+
+From Rafa--which is on the Palestine Boundary--we moved on 30th March
+to Khan Yunis, said to be the home of Delilah. The march was once more
+in the evening, and was very comfortable, except for the last mile or
+two when we got in between the high hedges of prickly pear, and had to
+march through about a foot of dust in the most stifling atmosphere.
+When we arrived we found that we were once more on the fringes of
+civilisation: we could buy oranges in unlimited numbers, and also
+fresh eggs--not the Egyptian variety, about the size of a pigeon's
+egg, but real pukka hen's eggs. Water also was less scarce than it had
+been, and we were well content with our lot. We were in Brigade
+Reserve, which sounded very comfortable, but which was not so "cushy"
+as it sounded. It meant that we had to do all the unloading of
+supplies and ammunition at the supply depot and at the station, and
+also find the very large guards which were absolutely necessary, as
+the native was a diligent and skilful thief. The units in the outpost
+line really had much less to do, though, of course, they had their
+turns of night duty which we escaped.
+
+Here we were joined by another brigade of our new division, and felt
+that at last we were about to become like other people--organised in a
+proper division.
+
+This week, with its eggs and oranges, passed like a flash, and we once
+more moved on; this time quite a short way beyond Railhead at
+Deir-el-Belah, where we camped quite close to our compatriots the 52nd
+Division. After one night and a good bathe we took over, on 7th April,
+from the 54th Division a sector of trenches near Sheikh Nebhan,
+overlooking the hollow through which meandered the Wadi Ghuzzeh. This
+wadi--like all others in this part--is quite dry except during the
+storms of winter, but water could usually be got by sinking wells in
+the bed of the wadi at about ten or twelve feet down. Our cavalry by
+day and infantry by night held a line out beyond the wadi, covering
+the work of those who were sinking wells, making ramps for guns and
+transport crossings, and laying the water-pipe line. This line was to
+be carried to the cisterns of Um Gerrar, where it would come in very
+useful during the further operations for which we were preparing. It
+is rather wonderful to think that this water was carried with us by
+pipe line all the way from the Canal, and was actually Nile water
+brought to Kantara by the Sweetwater Canal.
+
+The banks of the Wadi Ghuzzeh were almost everywhere precipitous, and
+anything from ten to twenty feet high. All these had to be ramped, and
+during the period of preparation some thirty such crossings were made
+between Tel-el-Jemmi and the sea, and each unit was allotted its
+crossing for the coming advance. During these days of preparation our
+Battalion dug a strong line of trenches dominating the crossings of
+the Wadi Ghuzzeh, and most of the officers got the chance of a
+reconnaissance to a distance of about three miles beyond the wadi.
+
+The country beyond was very much cut up with smaller wadis, which at
+this time of year were a mass of wild flowers which grew most
+luxuriantly, and would have been welcome in most herbaceous borders;
+the anchusas--to name one--were several feet high, and covered with
+brilliant blue blooms, but the brightest effect was that of fields of
+mauve daisies. These grew as thick as poppies in Norfolk, and were
+almost as bright. One had plenty of time to look about at all the
+flowers, as there was practically no sign of a Turk, though, if one
+went too near up to the top of the watershed, an odd sniper would let
+off at one.
+
+As the day for the advance drew near, all the troops told off for
+battle surplus were sent back to Railhead and formed into a divisional
+camp. Each battalion had to leave behind the following:--Either C.O.
+or 2nd in Command, two of the four Company Commanders and two of the
+four Company Sergeant-Majors, and a proportion of instructors in P.T.,
+Lewis gun, musketry, gas, bombing, and signalling--in all, for a
+battalion at full strength, 120 of all ranks, including all officers
+above the number of 20.
+
+This was the dustiest and dirtiest week of the whole year, the only
+interest being the scraps of gossip which kept coming in, and from
+which we pieced together the disastrous tale of the second battle of
+Gaza. One could also ride up to the top of Raspberry Hill or Im Seirat
+and see something for oneself, but usually any movement of troops was
+invisible owing to clouds of dust.
+
+The fact that our main outpost line was, after this battle, advanced
+about live or six miles, was used to represent this battle as a
+British victory, but, as a matter of fact, it was a victory which
+failed to gain any main Turkish position. The positions which we held
+at the end of the battle, to which we had retired after being stopped
+at Ali-el-Muntar and Gaza itself, had been reached in the first
+instance with very few casualties, and it was on the glacis between
+these positions and the Turk that we suffered our main losses. This
+glacis was destitute of any cover, and was dominated by the heights of
+Ali-el-Muntar and the cactus hedges surrounding Gaza, and after many
+gallant efforts this had to be abandoned to form a No-Man's-Land of a
+mile or a mile and a half between ourselves and the Turk. On our left
+in the sandhills the progress was slower and steadier, and the line
+finished up a good deal nearer the Turk than on the right; but here
+again the cactus hedges lined with machine guns proved too much for
+us. Our Division was not used in this battle, being in reserve, which
+was lucky for us, as those who were in the front line of the attack
+all got a pretty severe knock.
+
+On 19th April the Battalion left the outpost line on Sheikh Nebhan and
+marched towards Gaza, resting during the middle of the day on a ridge
+west of El Burjaliye, and moving in the afternoon on to Mansura Ridge
+in support. On the evening of 22nd April the Battalion moved forward
+to construct and occupy trenches at El Mendur, which was on the right,
+or refused, flank of the line, and there the details again joined us.
+There we had a good defensive position, but the trenches still had to
+be dug and, as luck would have it, this digging, which ought to have
+been nothing to our men fit as they were, in ordinary weather, was
+turned into a very high trial indeed by a khamsin. This red-hot and
+parching wind, blowing off the desert, makes thirst a positive torture
+when water is limited, and it was very limited at that time. We were
+getting rather less than half a gallon per man for all purposes, which
+is perhaps just about the quantity used by the ordinary man for
+cooking and drinking in the cold weather at home; but in a khamsin
+when you are doing five or six hours' hard manual labour per diem, a
+gallon is easily consumed. Luckily these heat waves only last about
+three days, but it left us pretty limp.
+
+After a fortnight here a start was made with thinning out the line, in
+order to let some of those who had been engaged in the Gaza battle get
+a spell in reserve. We moved a step to our left, taking over with our
+Battalion the sector previously held by a brigade. Our portion of the
+line was taken over by the 12th (Ayr and Lanark Yeomanry) Battalion
+R.S.F., and we took over the line on the left previously held by the
+5th and 7th Essex Regiments. Battalion H.Q. had a very comfortable
+pitch at the top of the Wadi Reuben, near a junction of many tracks
+which had been named Charing Cross.
+
+Our week here meant another spell of steady work, as we had to convert
+what had previously been a continuous line into a series of strong
+posts, the intervals between which were covered by machine guns. This
+was known as the Dumb-bell Hill Sector of the Sheikh Abbas Line, being
+named from a hill whose contours on the map were a very fair imitation
+of a dumb-bell. Here we were still facing to a flank, but our left
+came up to the corner where the proper front began, which meant that
+we lay enfiladed from the main front, and they used to throw over a
+good deal of stuff if ever they spotted any movement.
+
+At the beginning of May we did another move, this time on to the real
+front in the Sheikh Abbas Sector. This was quite a pleasant place, as
+we lived on the reverse slope of a fairly steep bank, pretty well
+defiladed from all the Turk guns, and the trenches, though only in
+most places a single line with quite insufficient communication
+trenches, had a long view and a good field of fire. The wire was
+continuous though not very thick, and it was quite safe to leave the
+trenches during the day in charge of a few observation posts. Add to
+this the fact that all, except the posts, could walk about during the
+day in the open quite covered from view by the steep slope mentioned
+above, consequently it was trench warfare under the most pleasant
+possible conditions. All the same it was a trying life owing to the
+difficulty of getting a normal amount of sleep. We had to "stand to"
+from about 3 A.M. till dawn, and then work till breakfast, and on
+to about 9.30 A.M. By that time it was too hot to do any more, and the
+rest of the day had to be spent in idleness. Few of us could sleep
+during the day because of the heat, and the temperature seldom began
+to get much cooler before 8.30 P.M., and sometimes later. There was
+nothing doing in the way of warfare beyond continuous patrols at
+night, sometimes small, sometimes up to twenty or more. The only
+occasion during our first stay did anything in the nature of a
+skirmish take place, and that was brought on by one of our patrols
+having a narrow escape of being cut off at dawn near a place called
+Two Tree Farm. One of the platoons in the line saw what was happening
+and went out to support them, and managed to get them in all right. A
+very small affair, but quite exciting for the onlookers, when there is
+nothing more important doing. In this part there was about a mile of
+No-Man's-Land, and the Turk was very completely wired in and was
+seldom to be found outside his wire. Most of our patrols in
+consequence came in without having seen a Turk at all, but it was not
+a comfortable job, as machine guns were firing bursts all night.
+
+[Illustration: DUG-OUTS IN THE FRONT LINE. SHEIKH ABBAS.
+_To face page 54_]
+
+[Illustration: A RESERVE WADI, SHEIKH ABBAS.
+_To face page 54_]
+
+We had a fortnight in the line, and on 25th May came out to Brigade
+Reserve which was only a move of a couple of hundred yards and not
+half so comfortable; but it gave some of us the opportunity of riding
+over towards the sea and having a look at our own and the Turkish
+lines on the sandhills.
+
+While we were here we marched to Deir-el-Belah to be disinfected, and
+later relieved, first, the 16th (Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry) Devonshire
+Regiment, and then the Ayr and Lanarks, to allow them to do the same.
+On 13th June we took over the centre sector, the Abbas Apex Sector, of
+the Brigade line from the Devons, and remained in the line till 9th
+July when we handed over to the 4th Royal Scots, 52nd Division. Every
+night we sent out a patrol of 1 N.C.O. and 10 men, either as a
+standing patrol on Essex Hill or to patrol the wire in front of our
+area, and an officer's patrol consisting of an officer and 20 men to
+cover the ground between Two Tree Farm and Old British Trenches. These
+patrols were nearly always fired on, but we were in luck's way as
+regards casualties.
+
+We then marched back some four miles to the Dorset House area, where
+we at once got started on intensive training for open warfare, varied
+with some very hurried musketry in the Wadi Ghuzzeh. Whilst here we
+had a very thorough inspection by Lieut.-General Sir P.W. Chetwode,
+K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O., Commanding Eastern Force, and in the way of
+amusements managed to get one or two games of polo with a neighbouring
+brigade. The plain on which we played was in full view of some of the
+Turkish positions at Gaza, and on one or two occasions play was
+stopped by shells. Also, in rotation by battalions, we made bathing
+expeditions to the sea at Regent's Park. It was seven miles each way,
+but was well worth the trouble as it was months since most of us had
+been in the sea.
+
+At the beginning of August we again changed our camp, and while on the
+move put in a couple of days' field firing. For once in a way the
+ground lent itself to the purpose, and we had most interesting days;
+but it was pretty warm work, not being confined to morning and
+evening. Our new camp was right in the sandhills, near the aerodrome
+at Deir-el-Belah, where we did intensive divisional training. This was
+to have lasted three weeks, and was a very strenuous business. A full
+divisional day meant leaving camp any time after 2 A.M. and not
+getting back again until after midday; it was usually interesting for
+the senior ranks, but intensely boring for everyone else. Luckily we
+were able to fit in bathing, concerts, and sports, which kept everyone
+cheery.
+
+After a fortnight of this we found we were at last told off for a
+useful job of work--digging a new line of trenches in the sandhills
+facing Gaza, between Fusilier Ridge and Jones' Post, in front of those
+on Samson's and Fusilier's Ridges, at that time held by the 54th
+Division. We moved over the Wadi Ghuzzeh to Regent's Park, where we
+camped right on the shore about an hour and a half's march from the
+scene of our labours. After the second night it was decided that this
+was too remote, and we moved up nearer our work. Here we stayed for a
+week, with half of each battalion digging each night. It was a
+tiresome job, as the sand was so soft that a very wide ditch had to be
+dug and then faced with sandbags. The men were very quick about
+getting down, and after the first night they were practically working
+in safety for the remaining four or five days necessary to complete
+the sandbag revetting. All bags used had to be double, as single ones
+would not keep the sand in.
+
+Our first night was a pretty jumpy business. We were somewhere about
+500 yards from the Turk lines, and there was a bright moon, with the
+result that he spotted something and gave us quite a bombardment. For
+some time there was considerable doubt whether the work should be
+attempted at all, but thanks largely to Lieut.-Colonel J. Gilmour, who
+subsequently got a D.S.O. for his work that night, a good start was
+made at the cost of a few casualties. The rest of the week passed
+quietly, but we were quite glad at the end of it to be relieved by a
+battalion of the Norfolk Regiment of another brigade, as the march
+both ways, plus digging, was very hard work.
+
+[Illustration: A PLATOON MESS, WADI ASHER.
+_To face page 58_]
+
+[Illustration: "C" COMPANY OFFICERS' MESS, WADI ASHER.
+_To face page 58_]
+
+We did not return to the camp we had left, but to the Wadi Selke, a
+mile or two inland from Deir-el-Belah. The distance from the sea made
+bathing a bit of a toil, but otherwise it was a good camp, especially
+for the officers, whose bivouacs were in a fig grove which bore a very
+heavy crop of excellent figs. We stayed here about seven weeks, the
+longest spell we had in any one place, and made it into a good camp.
+There was a fair football ground on which we got through an
+inter-platoon American tournament, which kept everybody amused. There
+used to be a great turn-out when the officers' team was due to
+play--they occasionally won their matches. We also had a good 200
+yards' range with sixteen targets, and carried out innumerable
+experiments to decide upon the best methods of attack. We had
+exhibitions of wire-cutting and smoke screens, bangalore torpedoes,
+and many days of practising co-operation with aeroplanes. Very
+frequent night marches by compass, combined with digging in, and
+followed by an attack or advance at dawn. In fact, we were put through
+a very practical training for the task which we were later to
+undertake.
+
+In order to minimise the chance of anything going wrong with the plans
+for the concentration and attack on Beersheba, many officers were
+given the chance of making a reconnaissance as near as possible to the
+Turkish positions. This was done from Gamli, a place on the Wadi
+Ghuzzeh about fifteen miles inland and about eleven from us. We rode
+over there the night before, and in the early morning the cavalry
+moved out and pushed their line within a mile or two of the Beersheba
+defences. Covered by this, parties of officers rode out and
+familiarised themselves with the sector in which their unit was to
+operate, and they were thus able to hand in reports upon which Brigade
+Staffs could allot concentration areas and routes.
+
+At the moment of kicking off we were as well trained as we were ever
+likely to be, and, what is more important, were very fit and full of
+the offensive spirit. The concentration started on 25th October, when
+we marched some six miles to Abu Sitta. Our transport establishment
+had been very carefully thought out, and, though both animals and
+vehicles were undoubtedly overloaded at the start, this soon rectified
+itself, as consumable stores could not be replaced. We had one camel
+per battalion for officers' mess, and he started out very fully laden.
+He was a good deal less heavily loaded towards the end of the
+operations. Next day we marched on beyond the Wadi at Gamli--a very
+dusty and tiresome march--and were to have remained there throughout
+the next day. Word came in, however, that the Turk was attacking our
+outpost line at El Buggar, some ten miles out, and the Battalion had
+to move off at a moment's notice about noon. The march through the
+heat of the afternoon was most trying, and on arrival it was found the
+enemy were occupying part of the line we were to take up. They
+withdrew, however, in the evening, and we constructed a series of
+strong posts from the Beersheba road to south of El Buggar.
+
+During these days of concentration the plain lying between Shellal and
+Beersheba had been the scene of great activities. Karm had been
+selected as the position for a forward supply dump, and both light and
+broad gauge railways were being pushed out towards it at top speed.
+The first blow of the campaign was to be launched at the defences of
+Beersheba, which were facing west and extended both north and south of
+the Wadi Saba. They occupied a commanding position and were
+continuously wired. The main attack was to be pushed home south of the
+Wadi Saba by the 74th and 60th Divisions, and at the same time the
+enemy's extreme left flank was to be turned by the cavalry, who were
+to make a wide detour through very difficult and waterless country and
+attack Beersheba from the east, and, if possible, cut off the retreat
+of the garrison of the Beersheba area. Covering all these preparations
+an outpost line was established some miles east of Karm and El Buggar,
+held on the left by the 53rd Division, then the 74th Division, then
+the Imperial Camel Corps, and, south of the Wadi Saba, where it was
+much more lightly held, a mere line of cavalry observation posts.
+These cavalry posts were covering, and slightly in advance of, the
+positions selected for battle headquarters for the 74th and 60th
+Divisions.
+
+The preliminary arrangements for the troop movements went like
+clockwork, as did also the approach marches to the positions of
+deployment, and at the appointed time on 30th October, the Divisional
+H.Q. moved up the five or six miles to the battle stations selected.
+There was no sign of crowding or confusion--the only indication that
+there was anything unusual on, was the dust which could be seen here
+and there. The moves of the infantry began just as it was getting
+dusk, and long before dawn both the 60th and 74th Divisions had their
+two brigades on the line of deployment, which stretched southwards
+some three or four miles from the Wadi Saba.
+
+As soon as it was daylight a bombardment of the Turkish advanced
+position on Hill 1070 was started, smothering the entire landscape in
+clouds of dust. This first attack, which was carried through by one of
+the brigades of the 60th Division, was ordered at 8.30 A.M. Hill 1070
+was carried at 8.45, and during the next hour all the remaining
+advanced positions fell, and it was even reported that the enemy was
+here and there evacuating portions of his main line. There was now
+another interval for bombardment, whilst the gunners were
+wire-cutting for the attack on the main positions. During this period
+of waiting, which was longer than had been expected, our infantry
+suffered a good deal from shelling, much of which was in enfilade from
+positions north of the Wadi, and it was with relief that they received
+the order about 12.15 to proceed with the main attack. In about forty
+minutes all the trenches opposite the 60th Division were captured, and
+the 74th completed their task only about twenty minutes later, one
+brigade having had some difficulty owing to incomplete wire-cutting.
+The 60th had, by 2 P.M., advanced some way beyond the captured
+trenches towards Beersheba, and the 74th crossed the Wadi Saba and
+cleared the trenches northward to the barrier on the Fara-Beersheba
+road.
+
+[Illustration: TURKISH TRENCH WITH DEAD TURKS. HILL 1070, NEAR
+BEERSHEBA.
+_To face page 62_]
+
+[Illustration: BATHING, REGENT'S PARK.
+_To face page 62_]
+
+Meantime the cavalry had found their detour even lengthier than had
+been expected, with the result that they were some hours later than
+they should have been, and were held up for most of the day by
+trenches at Tel-el-Saba, a mile or more east of Beersheba proper.
+These were, however, rushed towards evening, and Beersheba was
+occupied that night. Very few of the troops allotted for the defence
+of Beersheba escaped, the whole operation being completely successful.
+The Engineers at first reported that the water supply and wells were
+intact; but this proved to be far from the fact, and within
+forty-eight hours the shortage of water was being severely felt.
+After this smashing success in the first stage of operations all our
+tails were well up, and everyone was keen to know what was to be the
+next move.
+
+The next day found the 60th concentrated at Beersheba; the 74th just
+north of the barrier on the Fara-Beersheba road, while an advance
+northward had been begun by the 53rd and, in the evening, by a party
+of the 74th. One brigade group for the former advanced in a northerly
+direction west of Ain Kohleh, and the remainder in a north-westerly
+direction on Kuweilfeh. The left advance was successful, and a line
+was established on the desired objective, a ridge running east and
+west some five or six miles north of Beersheba. The other advance was
+not so fortunate; something went wrong with the supplies both of water
+and ammunition, and strong opposition was encountered. Also, it was
+impossible country to campaign in; practically roadless, and very much
+broken up with wadis and rocky precipices, which made it most
+difficult to maintain communications, even though a mounted brigade
+was thrown in to help.
+
+The situation up here was much the same next day. No great progress
+had been made, nor were good communications established, but they had
+managed to get through both water and ammunition. Other divisions
+were, however, kept on the move. The 74th were moved up to take over
+some line from the left of the 53rd, the 60th were concentrated some
+three miles N.W. of Beersheba, and one brigade of the 10th was moved
+to Irgeig. This was an anxious day, as the 53rd seemed to be quite
+held up at Kuweilfeh and not too well provided with supplies, and
+there was considerable doubt, in view of the general scarcity of
+water, whether it would be possible to carry on the campaign, which
+involved rolling up the Sheria and Kuwauka defences from the east.
+
+Our Intelligence Department had for the moment "lost" a Turkish
+division, which complicated the situation very much as, if it were
+suddenly to appear on the right flank of our attack on Sheria, a most
+serious situation would be created. However, on the afternoon of the
+5th, word was received from the 53rd Division that they had captured
+prisoners from numerous different battalions, some of which were known
+to belong to the missing division. This settled the question, as it
+was quite clear that the 53rd were keeping them too busy at Kuweilfeh
+for them to be able to send any serious force to Sheria. The "lost"
+division it seems was one which had been sent to reinforce the forces
+defending Beersheba, but by the time it got to Sheria the Beersheba
+defences were taken, and it was obviously no use going there. It was
+accordingly then sent to Kuweilfeh in anticipation of an attempt by
+us to turn their extreme left flank.
+
+On the afternoon of the 5th orders were rapidly issued for the attack
+next day on the Sheria defences and the Kuwauka system.
+
+As most of the troops destined for the Sheria attack were at this time
+in the outpost line, this meant a concentration and deployment by
+night in an unknown country where map reading was very difficult
+indeed, and it was most creditable that it should have been, as it
+was, successfully carried out. There were certain minor mistakes, but
+in the main the attack came off as planned, and by midday all the line
+of the Sheria defences were in our hands.
+
+The spearhead of the attack was the 229th Brigade, with ourselves and
+the Somersets in the front line, and it was a brilliant affair from
+start to finish. The brigades on our right and left, the 230th Brigade
+and a brigade of the 60th Division, were echelonned in rear of us, and
+the prompt success of our attack greatly assisted the advance of the
+60th and 10th Divisions on the Kuwauka system. Our Lewis guns
+especially gave great assistance, and were successful in preventing
+the Turks from removing several of their guns, placed in rear of the
+Kuwauka system. This was acknowledged by the 60th Division who, in the
+true sporting spirit, let our Division know that they did not claim
+those guns as captured by them, though it was by their men that the
+guns were actually collected.
+
+The guns of the 60th and 10th Divisions served them well and cut the
+wire most thoroughly and, without any undue number of casualties, the
+positions were finally taken about 2.30 P.M. The 10th then took over
+the line from the 60th, who advanced to the attack on the wells and
+railway station at Tel-el-Sheria. Unfortunately it was by this time
+getting dark, and direction was to some extent lost. The Turk put up a
+good fight here, and it was not until the morning that the wells and
+station were in our hands. We could see their dumps blazing all night
+far to the north, and it was clear that they had made up their minds
+to a general retreat.
+
+These first six days in November had been strenuous days for the
+Battalion. On 30th October the Corps Cavalry and I.C.C. had passed
+through our lines, and we moved up to a position in Dundee Wadi. The
+231st Brigade then passed through and took over from us, attacking
+along with 230th Brigade working in conjunction with the 60th and
+Cavalry Divisions. On 2nd November we took over the outpost line from
+the 2/10th Middlesex Regiment (53rd Division), and on 4th November we
+again advanced our line, meeting with no opposition except sniping and
+intermittent shell fire. At 7 P.M. on the evening of 5th November we
+received orders for the attack on the enemy's position, were relieved
+at 9 P.M. by a battalion of the 230th Brigade, and at 11 P.M. moved
+off to the point of deployment.
+
+At 3.30 on the morning of 6th November we deployed for the attack, the
+230th Brigade being on our right, and the Somersets on our left. The
+advance began at five and we were badly enfiladed from the right where
+the attacking troops were being held up, and whence we continued to be
+enfiladed until we detached a couple of platoons, who carried the
+enemy's positions there by 6.15. By 5.55 we had taken our first
+objective and captured four guns, all limbered up and trying to get
+away. We promptly attacked the ridge beyond, and having captured it
+proceeded to consolidate. At midday we again advanced under pretty
+heavy fire, but the Lewis gunners were very well handled, and
+succeeded in knocking out the crew and teams of two field guns beyond
+the railway, and we carried on to the position just east of the
+railway.
+
+Our casualties at the Battle of Sheria were Major G.E.B. Osborne,
+Lieutenants J.D. Kinniburgh and E.A. Thompson, and 47 other ranks
+killed, and 5 officers and 182 other ranks wounded, of whom 13
+subsequently died in hospital. Among the wounded was Lieut.-Colonel J.
+Gilmour, who was hit at the very end of the day, and to whom was due
+no small part of the credit for the victory. His brilliant
+leadership and dash at Sheria earned him a well-won bar to his D.S.O.,
+and the admiration of the whole Brigade. The elan and dash of the
+Battalion, under his inspiring leadership, throughout the operations
+gained the highest praise from all quarters. Between 5 A.M. and midday
+the Battalion along with the Somersets had advanced some 10,000 yards,
+in the course of which they had captured several successive all-round
+positions held by considerable garrisons, and well provided with
+machine guns. In addition to 99 prisoners we had captured six field
+guns with limbers, three machine guns, and a large quantity of S.A.A.
+Our dead were buried in the cactus garden.
+
+[Illustration: BATTLE OF SHERIA
+_To face page 68_]
+
+Major J. Younger who had been acting as liason-officer between the
+60th and 74th Divisions was sent for to take over command of the
+Battalion, which was in the highest of spirits in spite of all it had
+come through, full of beans, very proud of themselves and the Colonel,
+and more than ready for another scrap.
+
+We were all thoroughly glad to have had such a good introduction to
+infantry work; not only had it been a success, but it had also been
+well planned. The staff work had been excellent and, above all, it had
+been open warfare for which we thought, rightly or wrongly, that our
+mounted training had prepared us.
+
+We had now got some news of the doings of the other corps on the
+coast. We knew that they had succeeded in taking Gaza and were
+advancing north, and we saw the cavalry divisions galloping through us
+brigade after brigade to take up the pursuit. The Turk was in a most
+awkward position, but proved himself a first-class rear-guard fighter.
+
+On the night of the 7th he had only the narrow neck between the
+cavalry and the XXI. Corps, who were advancing up the coast, and this
+neck was not more than five or six miles wide; but in spite of all
+difficulties he managed to get most of his infantry and some of his
+guns away. We ourselves expected to start our advance north following
+on the cavalry, but it turned out that the transport was not able to
+maintain two corps so far in advance of Railhead. The XXI. Corps,
+being already on its way north, was given the task of clearing the
+Plain of Philistia, and following up the Turkish retreat with the
+assistance of a considerable portion of our (XX. Corps) transport. As
+we were not to go on, the authorities were in no hurry to move us, and
+we spent a couple of days clearing up the battlefield before returning
+in a couple of the dustiest and most unpleasant marches to the
+neighbourhood of Karm.
+
+Our actual destination was Goz-el-Gelieb; but when we got near the
+spot it was so thick with dust that we could only see about 50 yards,
+and as the plain was quite featureless and all alike, we just
+bivouacked for the night, and hoped we should find in the morning that
+we were somewhere near the right spot.
+
+First thing after daylight, while the dew was still able to keep down
+the dust, we got our bearings and moved about three-quarters of a mile
+to the correct map reference. Here we were joined during the day by
+our "B" team or battle surplus, whom we had last seen a fortnight
+before, and a draft of 2 officers and 126 other ranks out from home.
+
+On 15th November Major-General E.S. Girdwood, commanding 74th
+Division, at a Brigade Parade presented Military Medals, awarded for
+gallantry at the Battle of Sheria, when 9 men from the Battalion
+received the honour.
+
+After a few days in the dust of this plain, we moved back in two
+marches to our old area near the coast. This time we were just south
+of the Wadi Ghuzzeh, on a hill which was beautifully green and fresh.
+All the lower ground round it had been used for camps for the best
+part of a year, but this hill had been so prominent and so fully under
+observation from Ali-el-Muntar, that it could not be occupied so long
+as the Turks held Gaza. Here we had a great presentation of medals by
+the Corps Commander (Lieut.-General Sir Philip W. Chetwode, commanding
+XX. Corps). Our share for Sheria was 1 D.S.O., 4 M.C., 5 D.C.M., and
+1 more M.M. making 10 M.M. in all, which we all agreed was a quite
+satisfactory allowance. Evidently the authorities at home thought so,
+if one may judge from the fact that there was practically nothing
+obtainable for the next six months.
+
+We were told by the authorities that we were certain to remain some
+time in the Gaza area, where we were fully occupied in salvage work,
+for the simple reason that the Q Branch could not feed us if we moved
+beyond Railhead. Some new factor must, however, have arisen, as we had
+only stayed some five days, and most of the Battalion was out some
+four or five miles away on salvage work, when suddenly orders arrived
+that we were to march that afternoon.--Starting point, the crossing of
+the Wadi Guzzeh, 4.30 P.M.
+
+Before describing our march it would be as well to give some idea of
+the position of the XXI. Corps, which had been, with the assistance of
+the cavalry, pushing the Turkish forces back on to Jerusalem and
+Jaffa. This pursuit, which met with a pretty stout resistance
+throughout, had been going on for nearly a fortnight, and the Plain of
+Philistia was cleared of the Turk, whose main forces had retired on
+our left a little beyond Jaffa, and on our right into the precipitous
+Judaean Highlands defending Jerusalem. Our Railhead had only reached
+Deir Sineid, a few miles north of Gaza, and about thirty-five miles
+south of the battle front. The Turkish railway, which went as far as
+Junction Station, and from which much had been hoped, proved almost
+useless owing to shortage of rolling stock, and consequently supply
+depended almost entirely on motor lorry and camel from Railhead, or
+from the Wadi Sukharieh, where some supplies were being landed in surf
+boats. The question of supply had been most difficult, and water
+supply hardly less so, even for the one corps, and it looked as if we
+might come in for some scarcity when we got up nearer the front. In
+the pursuit of the portion of the Turkish Army, which was retiring on
+Jerusalem, our cavalry had penetrated some way into the hills, and
+were endeavouring to hold on until the infantry could get up to
+relieve them. The process of relief was going on during the few days
+we were marching up.
+
+Now to return to our part in the affair. Our first march was a short
+one of some seven or eight miles to a bivouac a mile beyond
+Ali-el-Muntar, the prominent height dominating Gaza at which we had
+been looking the whole summer. We stayed here for a day, partly to
+wait for the arrival of greatcoats, which would be so necessary in the
+Judaean Highlands, and to get rid of our helmets, and partly to give
+the supply people a chance. Most of us spent an hour or two examining
+Ali-el-Muntar and its defences. It looked very much less knocked about
+than one would have expected after the severe bombardments to which it
+had been subjected, and we came to the conclusion that there had never
+been very many troops actually holding it. The infantry had evidently
+been in trenches well away from the hill, which appeared to have been
+used entirely for observation purposes. It must have been a pretty
+uncomfortable corner for an F.O.O., as the top used to appear to be
+blown off about three times a day. Concealment of trenches had been
+made very easy by the presence of numerous cactus hedges, and it is
+doubtful whether our guns, except in the actual assault, had ever had
+a really satisfactory target.
+
+After this day of rest, 24th November, we marched just over twelve
+miles to Mejdal. The weather was not too hot, and there was quite a
+good beaten mud road, and we should have found it a fairly easy march
+if it had not been for foot troubles. We had been more than six months
+without having ever marched on a road--it had usually been soft
+sand--and the sudden change to the flat hard surface of the baked mud
+fired the men's feet at once. When we arrived in camp at Mejdal we had
+a foot parade, and found that there were over a hundred cases of
+blisters and dressings for the medical officer and his satellites.
+This Mejdal was quite a considerable village, and as we marched in we
+met the most dignified specimens of native we had yet seen. Mounted on
+donkeys and wearing the flowing robes of the Old Testament, they
+really did remind one of the patriarchs in our stained glass windows.
+All the brilliant colours--purple, crimson, and orange--were
+represented, and many of them had the regulation beard. There were
+also numbers of the usual class selling oranges and, oddly enough,
+also cigarettes.
+
+Next morning we were again on the road and not feeling too cheery
+about it, as we were told we were to do a 19-mile march--rather a
+formidable proposition when every second man already had sore feet--as
+it was the intention of the authorities to get us up to Jaffa in two
+strenuous marches. However, during the course of the day the plan of
+campaign was changed, and we were told that we should probably have to
+go to the Judaean Hills instead of to the Ramleh-Jaffa Sector near the
+sea. This was not the best of news, as there was no doubt which was
+the more salubrious spot; but it had this compensation that it knocked
+six miles off our day's march, our camp being pitched near the Wadi
+Sukharieh mentioned above, which was a convenient starting-point for
+the next day whether we were ordered to Ramleh or to Junction Station.
+We found, to our surprise, that the feet were no worse than the
+previous night; some few were getting pretty bad, but most of them
+looked as if they were on the mend.
+
+The next day we were finally labelled Judaea, and did a most trying
+march--only about eleven miles, but a frightfully hot day--at first
+through various pleasant looking farm colonies, and later through a
+most desolate piece of country to Junction Station. On this trek we
+were lucky enough to come under the eye of the Commander-in-Chief, who
+at once noticed what we all very well knew--that we were carrying a
+much greater load than could reasonably be expected in such a climate.
+We had to do it, as the necessary camels had simply not been
+available. However, the Commander-in-Chief quickly remedied this, and
+from here onwards we had camels provided to carry our greatcoats,
+leaving us pack and blanket only.
+
+At Junction Station we had our first taste of water trouble. As we
+were making our way from west to east, we were changing places with a
+division of the XXI. Corps. This division had spent the previous night
+at Junction Station and had drunk the wells dry, so that no water was
+obtainable on our arrival. We were told we should get it by 9 P.M.,
+and then a later hour was mentioned; but the net result was that we
+got just enough to make our breakfast tea, but not enough to fill the
+water-bottles, so we started on our next stage in the very worst of
+tempers to find that we had hardly got out of camp before we were
+involved in a regular block at the railway crossing which, needless to
+say, was frightfully dusty. This delay proved, however, to be a
+blessing in disguise, as it enabled our water camels to catch us up
+with a small ration of water for lunch. If we had not got this water
+we should probably not have got more than 75 per cent. of the Brigade
+to the end of the day's journey. We got into camp on a rocky slope
+near Latron about dusk, and almost at once were warned to be ready to
+start again at 9 P.M. to march another ten miles and take over part of
+the line in the hills. This was soon altered to starting at 3 A.M.
+owing to better news from the front, and again to 8 A.M. the next
+morning as the situation calmed down.
+
+It was now becoming really interesting, as we expected to be in the
+line within twenty-four hours, and all sorts of rumours were current.
+Generally it was understood that we had penetrated successfully into
+the hills until we were brought to a halt by the difficulties of
+supply, and that now the Turk was beginning to recover from the
+effects of his long retreat and was launching counter-attacks, which
+had in some cases been fairly successful, and that he had given the
+XXI. Corps a couple of heavy knocks to the north-west of Jerusalem. It
+was expected that the XXI. Corps would be pulled out to the
+comparative comfort of the Coastal Sector, while we--the XX.
+Corps--were to have the honour of attacking, and we hoped, capturing
+Jerusalem.
+
+We had now been marching for six days and most of us found our feet
+improving and getting accustomed to the roads, though we had lost some
+twenty-five good men, who had kept going like good 'uns with really
+sore feet until they had to be sent to hospital by the M.O. That is
+one great joy about the British Tommy, if things are really "business"
+he will stick almost anything. Men who had protested before and during
+every route march in training that they could not carry a pack more
+than a few miles, and who literally had to be hunted home, did all
+these marches up to the front without faltering, though they were
+incomparably harder and though a heavier load was being carried.
+
+Our next march was a short one of six miles into the foothills to Beit
+Sirra, a spot quite close to Likia, in a piece of country we were to
+know very thoroughly before we were done. Here we spent an uneasy
+night "in readiness to move"; but it was not till next morning that we
+really took to the hills, marching up a most precipitous Roman road to
+a spot which can only be described as Q 20, central. It was close to
+the Roman road and about half-way between Likia and Kubeibe, and lay
+on the covered side of the ridge south of that on which our line was
+at that time established.
+
+Next day we got orders to take over a bit of the line, and towards
+evening we climbed down into the Wadi Selman, and up the other side to
+relieve another brigade of our Division. This turned out to be a
+pretty jumpy business, as there had been some heavy fighting on our
+right during the afternoon, and the people we relieved told us that,
+to our right, all the ridge north of the Wadi Selman was in the hands
+of the Turks, and that they might be expected to advance at any time
+against our right flank, and that they themselves, though they had not
+got it definitely, understood that our line was to be withdrawn behind
+the Wadi Selman.
+
+The sector which we were supposed to take over extended from Hill
+1750--where, presumably, even if we ever had had touch with our own
+troops, our flank would now be right in the air--to the Wadi Zait. A
+deep and precipitous wadi--the Shebab--ran from the Turkish positions
+through the centre of our sector down to our Battalion H.Q. in the
+Wadi Selman. We had no news of any change in the situation on our
+left, so assumed it must be all right, and one company was sent up the
+hill to occupy the portion of the line to the left (or west) of the
+Wadi Shebab, getting touch with the 52nd Division on their extreme
+left. This lot were lucky enough to find an enamelled wire already
+laid from Battalion H.Q. to their Company H.Q. and, though it was
+broken in one or two places by mules during the relief, they soon got
+it patched up and in communication with Battalion H.Q. A company and a
+half was sent to the right of the Wadi Shebab to move in fighting
+order towards Hill 1750, making good the ridge as they proceeded.
+There was no chance of getting wire out here, nor had we enough lamps
+to establish a transmitting station, which was necessary; but by using
+our own Orilux torches we managed to get through one or two brief
+reports of progress, and at last, about 2 A.M., a message came through
+that they thought they were on the hill and had encountered no
+opposition.
+
+In the morning as soon as it was light, Lieut.-Colonel Younger started
+out to see the right flank, and soon decided that they were not on
+Hill 1750, which he made out to be twin knolls some half a mile
+further on, and just about the same height as the hill we were
+occupying. On one of these peaks we thought we saw a few Turks, and
+about midday D Company (Captain H.S. Sharp) made a detour down
+half-way to the Wadi Selman in our rear, and then advanced straight up
+the cliff at these two peaks. They got to the top unopposed, but the
+moment they showed over the skyline they were met with a hail of
+machine-gun bullets and shrapnel, the position being completely
+dominated by the Turks at medium range. How it was no one could
+understand, but the attackers only had one casualty on the top, and he
+was very gallantly brought back by the officer in charge of the
+company. We stuck to one twin peak but evacuated the other, and it was
+now clear that 1750 was still farther on, and that the Turk was
+occupying it, so that, in order to have a dash at it, the first thing
+to do was to extend our line farther to the right and get in touch
+with some of our own troops. Distances and contours were almost
+impossible to appreciate from the map, and it was not realised what a
+great extent of line we were being asked to hold with a battalion, and
+really, faulty map reading was excusable, considering the maps we had
+to work with.
+
+To begin with, the map was two miles to the inch, and was not
+contoured--merely hachured--which is no earthly use where the peaks
+are crowded up within a few hundred yards of each other, so that three
+peaks in line appear on the map as one ridge, though there may be dips
+of 500 feet between them, and looking at it the other way, it is very
+hard to believe that a place which it takes you one and a half hours
+to reach walking is less than a mile on the map. We were all deceived,
+but by good luck on this occasion no harm was done.
+
+Brigade at once sent up three companies and some machine-gunners to
+support us, so we were all right in the line; but they proved to be
+too many for the signal communications, which all had to come through
+Battalion H.Q., and the signallers were worked to death. All these odd
+companies and the machine-gunners had to arrange for their own supply
+of ammunition, water, and rations with their own units, as they were
+the only people who could supply the necessary pack animals to bring
+the stuff as far as Battalion H.Q. From here the stores had to be
+carried by hand by fatigue parties, and these parties had to be
+advised by signals whenever their stores arrived. This meant
+continuous work for the signallers, who had to keep their stations
+going with insufficient reliefs, a thing that can only be done for a
+very limited time.
+
+We had hardly got this extended disposition complete when orders were
+received to relieve two companies of the Devons, as their battalion
+was down to carry out an attack that night. Of course as luck would
+have it, the companies were right up on the top of the hill, and the
+only people available to relieve them were the companies which had
+just come down after having done a couple of days up there. However,
+there was nothing else for it, and they just had to go back, with the
+promise that they would be relieved as soon as Brigade sent the troops
+to replace them. During the afternoon the senior officers from the
+attacking battalion came down to reconnoitre, but it was about 4 P.M.
+by the time they got down, and consequently they had only time to see
+their objective from one point of view which, as it happened, was a
+fatal misfortune, as it left them with quite a false impression of
+what their position would be when once they got their objective. There
+was some discussion as to whether it should be a raid or a
+consolidation. All those on the spot favoured a raid, but judging from
+the map it appeared a desirable position to consolidate, and this was
+finally ordered.
+
+Almost every division made one such mistake when first operating in
+this mountainous country, and this was to prove to be ours. The
+objective was the hill and village of Beit-ur-el-Foka--the Upper
+Bethhoron of the Bible, where the sun stood still for Joshua--which
+seemed to occupy a commanding position on the old Roman road between
+Beit-ur-el-Tahta and El Jib, and was marked clearly on the map. It was
+also supposed to contain water, and to be desirable for that reason.
+The attack was carried out by an advance up the Wadi Zait to a
+position of deployment at the foot of Foka Hill itself, whence the
+summit was successfully rushed. There were few casualties and a good
+haul of prisoners--somewhere about 150. But it was to prove impossible
+to remain there. The position itself was not sufficiently roomy for a
+battalion, and no digging was possible owing to the rocky ground. It
+was also too exposed from no less than three sides.
+
+Opposite, across the Wadi Imaish, which ran east and west, roughly
+N.N.E. from Foka, was the dominating ridge of Zeitun, some hundreds of
+feet higher than Foka and under 1800 yards away; to the N.N.W.,
+perhaps 2000 yards off, was the crest of Khirbet Kereina, fully as
+high as Foka; and, as if these two dominating positions in front,
+giving first-class artillery observation, were not enough, there was
+also a hill, subsequently known as Hill A, which was just about the
+same height as Foka, was held by some Turks with one or two machine
+guns, and fired slap into their right rear from the south-east. This
+last was only some 500 or 600 yards away, but was divided from Foka by
+a deep ravine, and it was found impossible to send a detachment to
+storm it. It was this hill in rear that sealed the doom of the
+business. They might have managed to stick it out in spite of the
+rifle and artillery fire in front until the Turks got tired of it, but
+the fire from the rear limited all movement and all getting up of
+bombs and ammunition. Under cover of rifle fire and shrapnel the Turks
+stormed up again and again, climbing up the steep face of the Wadi
+Imaish where our guns could not have touched them, even if they had
+had--which they hadn't--any decent arrangements for observation. Once
+up within bombing distance, the Turk had the great advantage of a
+large supply of bombs, whereas we had not had time to get up more than
+a few which were soon exhausted. Even ammunition was not too
+plentiful, as everything had to be carried up the very steep Wadi
+Zait, the top portion of which was commanded from Hill A. The best way
+for evacuating wounded proved to be down the Roman road to
+Beit-ur-el-Tahta, where they were handed over to the 10th Division who
+were now on our left.
+
+To make a long story short, the O.C. Battalion had to make up his mind
+to quit, and he had a hard job, even with some assistance from the
+10th Division on Tahta Ridge, to bring away his wounded who were very
+numerous. About 3 P.M. the last of them came out, having had a
+terrible day, only four or five officers remaining unwounded. They
+stuck to it well, but it was an untenable position. The Turk contented
+himself with driving them off the Foka Heights, and did not attempt to
+advance farther--if he had, it might have proved just as bad for him
+as Foka had been for us.
+
+On 4th December we were relieved by the 6th Munster Regiment and went
+back to our old camp at Q 20 central, where our transport had remained
+all the time. Here we rested for a couple of days. We found that our
+Division had been pulled out, in order to take part in the sweeping
+movement by which it was hoped to capture Jerusalem. On the third day
+after our relief we moved out, in floods of rain, along the so-called
+road to Kubeibe, where, along with the battalion which had been in
+Foka and half the machine-gun company, we were to form the Divisional
+Reserve for the first phase of the operations. It was an awful night,
+and the track was so steep and slippery that the camels could not get
+on, and there was broken-down transport every few hundred yards along
+the track which was charitably described on the map as a road. The
+site of our bivouac was partly rocky ledges and partly slippery mud,
+and we spent a most uncomfortable night. The attacking troops of the
+Division moved to their positions of deployment the same night, and in
+the early morning successfully took the Beit Iksa trenches, which were
+the first objective. The next stage--the capture of the El Burj Ridge
+and Neby Samwil--was not so rapid, but all were in our hands on the
+following day (8th December) and, on our right, the 60th Division had
+made equally good progress in face of determined opposition south of
+the Jaffa-Jerusalem road.
+
+On 8th December 3 officers and 100 other ranks went off road-making.
+One officer and 30 other ranks formed a military cordon round
+Kubeibeh, and 1 officer and 50 men proceeded to Enab to represent
+Scotland in the Guard of Honour which it was hoped would be required
+for the entry into Jerusalem. Thirty more for A.S.C. fatigues at
+Kuryet-el-Enab, and another lot to fetch from Latron a lot of donkeys,
+which were to be added to our transport establishment. The result was
+that, when about 5 P.M. we were ordered to rejoin the Brigade in the
+neighbourhood of Beit Iksa, we could only muster about 200 of all
+ranks. The Senior Company Commander was accordingly left behind to
+collect what he could and follow on, and we started off with the rest
+of the Divisional Reserve to do the six or seven miles in the dark in
+single file. We could not use the road--so-called--from Kubeibe to
+Beit Iksa, as we could not discover whether the village was wholly in
+our hands, so we wandered on in pitch darkness with no path of any
+kind to show us the best way along the most precipitous slopes, and
+the most dangerous wadis. The camels were entirely unable to follow,
+and even the mules were in difficulties, several of them falling over
+ledges and down terraces. It was 1 A.M. (we started about 5 P.M.)
+before we reached the locality in which we had expected to find the
+Brigade, but we could find no trace of them, and there was nothing to
+be done but send out a few scouts to look for them, and lie down and
+sleep until daylight.
+
+The situation was not improved by the fact that all ration convoys
+had broken down the day before owing to the slippery tracks, and we
+had only the unexpired portion (_i.e._, breakfast) instead of two
+days' ration plus the unexpired portion as we should have had, and as
+the authorities no doubt thought we had. We had also no confidence
+that those who were responsible for bringing up the overdue rations
+had any idea where to look for us even if the weather improved
+sufficiently to allow them to make use of the tracks. We understood
+that we were in for a four days' push, and it looked like being a real
+hungry one. This proved to be the case, as no rations reached us until
+the end of the operations; but luckily they lasted only two days
+instead of four.
+
+Next morning, the 9th, just before dawn, someone came rattling down
+the steep slope above us, and to our joy we found it was the
+Brigade-Major coming to look for us, and that Brigade H.Q. was just
+above us--"just above" being 600 feet up one of the steepest slopes
+one could climb. However, we got up all right about 7 A.M. and managed
+to get a bit of our precious food disposed of before we received
+orders to move.
+
+Our part in the assault of Jerusalem was to march with all speed to
+take up a position on Tel-el-Ful, a hill some 2500 feet high, a mile
+or so north of the town, so as to cut off the Turks from retreating up
+the Nablus road. We were, as Divisional Reserve, carrying full
+packs--not light fighting order--and it was an awful piece of country
+to cross without even a track. We had first to climb down some 600
+feet into the Beit Iksa Wadi; then up the precipitous face of El Burj
+about 1000 feet from the bottom to the top; then a couple of
+comparatively easy miles down into the Wadi Hannina, and up the other
+side some 1200 feet to Tel-el-Ful. Our Battalion did not have to go
+very far beyond the Wadi Hannina, but we certainly thought it quite
+far enough. This was to be one of our worst nights, as it rained hard
+and blew a gale, and we were on the exposed side of the hill; also, no
+rations had arrived or were likely to arrive, nor was there any sign
+of them when we started off on a further advance north the next
+morning. However, we knew that Jerusalem had fallen, which cheered us
+up and made us hopeful that the operations would last less than the
+promised four days.
+
+Our advance north was an attempt to get us into line with our own
+people on Neby Samwil, which was easily the most commanding feature of
+this part of the country. The battalion on our right had to attack up
+the exposed ridge along which ran the Nablus road, while we were lucky
+enough to have the frontage just east of the Wadi Hannina, where our
+objective, the steep and massive feature of Bab-el-Muallek covered us
+from artillery observation. The Turk soon spotted the movement and
+during our advance treated us to heavy shelling, which took a
+considerable toll from the exposed right battalion, whereas they were
+firing at us without observation, and did us no damage, though the
+machine-gunners, who advanced along with us, lost both men and mules.
+The actual crest of Bab-el-Muallek was most uncomfortable, as shells
+were bursting all along it; but though they searched the back of the
+hill most thoroughly, it was so steep that we were pretty safe so long
+as we lay snug. About 4 P.M. a couple of mules arrived with some
+rations. It did not go far, but was enough to give everyone a bite,
+and we were told that the rest would soon arrive.
+
+Just on the top of this, we were told that the 60th Division was
+holding the line Tel-el-Ful-Beit Hannina, and that we might, as soon
+as we were ready, retire through them into support in the Wadi
+Hannina. Not much time was lost in getting under way--we did not even
+wait for the Lewis gun mules, which were away being watered, but
+man-handled the guns and heavy valises. These proved really too heavy,
+and the men responsible for them were very much exhausted by the time
+we got into bivouac, though the distance cannot have been more than
+two or three miles. Here we found a regular haven of rest.
+Comparatively smooth, lying in an olive grove, and _all_ the missing
+rations waiting for us. We ate about one whole day's rations in one
+enormous feed, and then went to sleep. We all needed it pretty badly,
+and even at dawn the whole camp was still sound asleep in spite of the
+fact that they had no covering but their greatcoats, and there was
+half an inch of ice on the water-buckets.
+
+This proved to be the end of the Jerusalem push, and next day, 11th
+December, in glorious weather we marched back to a bivouac near Beit
+Iksa on the slopes of the wadi leading down from Neby Samwil to
+Kulonieh. Here we received our donkeys--forty per battalion--but they
+were in miserable condition and felt the cold terribly, most of them
+having come from the semi-tropical Nile Valley. They had also had a
+tough journey up, having had to carry loads most of the way from
+Railhead, when what they required was rest and food. Here we were
+within four miles of Jerusalem, and all ranks had the chance of seeing
+the city.
+
+During the next week or so we managed to supplement our rations with
+dried figs, and the most excellent native brown bread; but the supply
+of the latter soon stopped, as we were forbidden to buy it, as it
+would just mean that the B.E.F. would have to supply bread to the
+population later on if we were allowed to consume their stocks of
+flour. H.Q. actually managed to secure a turkey, which was picketed
+out near the Quartermaster's stores to wait for Christmas. The
+programme here was "Road Improvement," but all the same we had a slack
+time for ten days or so, when we were told what was to be the next
+stunt. We were to assist in a big turning movement in which we were to
+go along the Zeitun Ridge, the object being the gaining of some elbow
+room to the north of Jerusalem. The 60th Division were to make an
+advance up the Nablus road, with which was to be combined a sweep by
+the 10th Division, with our Brigade attached, on to Bireh and Ram
+Allah from the west. The country favoured such a movement, as the main
+ridges ran east and west. We were to be at the same time the point of
+the echelon (the brigades being more or less echelonned from the
+right) and the inside of the wheel.
+
+Our course lay along the Zeitun Ridge to Beitania, and on our left,
+and slightly in rear of us, brigades of the 10th Division were to
+sweep clear the Kereina Ridge south of the deep Wadi Ain Arik, and the
+Deir Ibzia-Ain Arik-Kefr Skeyan Ridges again farther to the north.
+This meant that we had to get back to our old home in the Wadi Zait,
+at the point where it joins the Wadi Selman, advance by night to the
+Wadi Imaish, which lay between Foka and Zeitun, and deploy there for
+the main attack. This was some twelve miles from Beit Iksa, and the
+preliminary reconnaissance was a hard day's work. We found that the
+10th Division had, since we were there, secured Foka and Hill A, from
+which we got an excellent view of our objective--Zeitun--but we failed
+to find or hear of any path down to the Wadi Imaish. As nearly all the
+hills here about are steeply terraced, that meant we could take no
+mules with us to our position of deployment, as it would have been
+hopeless to have them clattering about on the rocks in the dark, and
+would have been certain to give the show away. We had expected to be
+able to do this assembly and approach in our own time, but through our
+secret service a copy was obtained of a Turkish order for an attack
+down the Nablus-Jerusalem road by two fresh divisions, timed for 6
+A.M. on 27th December. This was only secured, however, three days in
+advance, and it was not till 3 P.M. on Christmas Eve that we got
+orders to move at once to our position of readiness in the Wadi Zait.
+
+We hurriedly packed up, H.Q. cursing their luck at not being able to
+enjoy their turkey in peace, and got off about 6 P.M. Just after we
+started it began to rain heavily, and by 8 P.M., when the camel convoy
+tried to climb the hill out of the wadi, it was so slippery that they
+had to give it up. The quartermaster's hopes were then pinned on the
+donkeys, who were being tried for the first time, but the mud and
+cold proved too much for them. They managed to get most of them as far
+as Kubeibe--about half way--but they were quite incapable of going any
+farther. It was an awful night; such squalls and rain that the best
+mackintosh, much less greatcoat, was quite useless, and as our course
+lay along the Roman road we never left the exposed top of the ridge.
+It was not so bad while we were moving, but with a brigade in single
+file and a good many obstructions on the track, the rear of the column
+sometimes had to halt for half an hour while those in front negotiated
+some specially rough or slippery place.
+
+Up till midnight there were fair intervals, and we kept on getting wet
+and then drying again; but midnight found us quite near our old camp
+at Q 20 central, fully exposed to a gale and torrents of rain.
+
+The battalion in front of us had to descend the steep and slippery
+side of the Wadi Selman, which was just like a mud slide, and we had
+to stand at the top for more than half an hour. The length of the
+descent was only about 500 yards, and in the daylight and when it was
+dry fatigue parties and even camels used to get down in about ten
+minutes, but now, what with the rain and the passage of the unit in
+front of us, it had become indescribably slippery. Men were falling
+down every few yards, and the mules were not much better. It took two
+hours for the Battalion to cover this 500 yards.
+
+Wishing each other a very happy Christmas, we started on the last
+stage of our journey along the bottom of the wadi, which was almost a
+river, to our pitch in the Wadi Zait. We sat there till dawn--sleep
+was out of the question--and then started everyone on physical drill
+to get up some circulation. By this time we knew that the camels and
+donkeys were both--in the language of the country--"mafisch" (which is
+the same as "nahpoo"), and also that the wheeled transport, which
+could not come across country as we had done, was not due till the
+afternoon. Even then it was unlikely that they would bring any food,
+as their proper load was Lewis gun stuff and ammunition. One can
+realise what disaster had overtaken even the best arrangements, when
+even Brigade H.Q., with a whole staff captain to look after them,
+hadn't so much as a crust for breakfast. The Brigadier, however, was
+as cheery as ever, and almost as soon as it was light he was up in our
+lines cracking jokes with everyone he met, and asking "are we
+downhearted," to which he got the usual roar as answer. It really
+never stopped raining all day, and never again it is to be hoped will
+any of us spend another Christmas like it. By superhuman efforts some
+few ration donkeys were persuaded along by their drivers, and arrived
+that night, but what they carried was only a small part of a ration.
+Our hopes were fixed on the wheeled transport, which had brought their
+loads of guns and ammunition, and had gone back to Kubeibe, to which
+half-way house our camel loads were being brought by the wheeled
+transport of the rest of the Division, who were not taking such a
+leading part in the coming stunt.
+
+Next day, the 26th, was spent in reconnaissance by company officers
+who had not already done one, and in pow-wows at Brigade, at which
+were decided the final details and also the scheme under which the "B"
+teams were to undertake the carrying forward of ammunition and bombs
+in rear of the advance. Each battalion left behind some half dozen
+officers and about 50 men, so there was quite a fair number available
+for the work. Our spirits rose rapidly that day, partly owing to the
+prospect of something doing, partly because of a marked improvement in
+the weather, but chiefly on account of the arrival of rations in
+satisfying quantities, which allowed of a huge feed before we had to
+start at about 10.30 P.M. There was a nice moon, and our march in
+single file up the Wadi Zait to Foka was quite uneventful, and we got
+a pleasant surprise when we topped the crest and found that, by pure
+luck, we had struck a small footpath--the only one for miles, we
+afterwards discovered--which made the descent beautifully easy and
+comparatively silent. With some diffidence we made for what we
+thought was our map reference, and found to our joy, that we were
+exactly right. Our "perch," as really it should be called, was on
+numerous ledges on the face of a very steep cliff, and it was a
+lengthy business getting the Battalion arranged with its different
+companies respectively in their right places; but by 4 A.M. we were
+all snug like gannets on the Bass Rock, and quite easy in our minds,
+except for the uncertainty as to whether dawn would discover the place
+to be under Turkish machine-gun fire. This was pretty important, as we
+were not to attack until 8 A.M., so there was time for a very
+uncomfortable two or three hours before we could start. However, dawn
+broke, and all was quiet, and we were able to have our breakfast
+undisturbed just about the time the Turks must have been attacking
+down the Nablus-Jerusalem road.
+
+The first attack was to be led by the Ayr and Lanarks on the right,
+who were to scale the salient spur running up to their objective--Kh.
+Mahmeh, and by the Somersets on the left, who were to advance up the
+spur which led in a N.E. direction to Sh. Abu-el-Zeitun, which was
+their objective. We, in close support, and the Devons in reserve, were
+to follow the left battalion. This plan was adopted to avoid having to
+advance up the re-entrant which was too dangerous.
+
+At 8 A.M. the advance started. Our position was in close support, and
+the chief difficulty was to prevent the leading lines from going too
+fast, and getting mixed up with the battalion in front. By 9 A.M. the
+ridge was taken with a nice little bunch of prisoners, and very few
+casualties to us. The face, up which we had advanced, was so steep
+that the defenders could not get a really good shot at us, except in
+certain places; but the Somersets and ourselves had to slide to the
+east side of the spur, as we were being heavily fired at by machine
+guns from the direction of Kh. Kereina.
+
+Our programme now was to turn east and sweep along the Zeitun Ridge,
+but this depended, to some extent, on how the 10th Division were
+getting on to our left. We were intended to be in advance of them, but
+not more than a mile or so or we should get it too badly from the
+flank. They had not expected us to get Zeitun much before 11 A.M., so
+we were ahead of time, and the brigade on our left must have been a
+bit late, as it was some time before they were visible at all, and
+then they were some three miles behind. We sat all day on the safer
+side of the crest, watching a stubbornly contested battle being fought
+on Hill 2450, which was taken and lost more than once, and in getting
+shelled continually by field guns. They did not hit many, but, as bad
+luck would have it, they got our adjutant, Captain W.D. Brown, as
+game a fellow as ever walked, and he was carried off evidently very
+badly hit, and died that night in the dressing-station. We were not at
+the time in touch with Brigade, but the brigade-major was over on the
+ridge with us, so we had to get out orders for the further advance.
+
+It was our Battalion's turn to lead, and we went for the main
+objective, the Hill of Shafa, at the extreme end of the ridge about
+one and a half miles away. The Ayrs and Lanarks were sent to seize a
+hill on our right, another to maintain touch with the 10th Division on
+our left (we were responsible as far as the W. Sunt), and the fourth
+in support of us. We started the advance just after dark, and all went
+well until we had almost reached the objective. One could see the
+other battalion in the moonlight on the crest of the lesser hill to
+our right, and we were ourselves about half way up Shafa, when we
+suddenly bumped right into the Turk. Both sides were rather taken by
+surprise, and our men at all events were thoroughly excited and firing
+wildly in the dark without much chance of hitting anything. There was
+a natural rock face about 8 feet deep right across the face of the
+hill, and only about two spots where it could be climbed, and this
+held us up for some time. The Turk began to try to work round the
+flanks and the situation was looking rather unpleasant, especially as
+we were wasting, at a great rate, ammunition which might be badly
+wanted next day, the Lewis guns expending thousands.
+
+However, shortly before midnight, the excitement calmed down a bit,
+and we managed to get up the rock face on to a sort of false crest,
+and scouts, sent out to the front, reported that the Turk had cleared
+right off the whole hill. Two platoons advanced and occupied the
+farther crest and then we settled down to get what rest we could
+though it was too cold to sleep, and a good many spent most of the
+night walking up and down to keep warm. We found next day that our
+ammunition had not been entirely wasted, as there were a lot of dead
+Turks and quantities of rifles and machine-gun equipment left behind
+when they retreated. Our casualties that night were 2 officers and 7
+other ranks killed, and 22 other ranks wounded, 3 of whom died of
+wounds.
+
+In the morning we expected orders to advance, but as soon as we could
+use our glasses we found that we were far ahead of our neighbours, and
+were, in fact, enfiladed from the Turkish positions on our left.
+Fortunately we could get into cover by going about 100 yards round the
+hill, but rations and supplies had to come across about 80 yards of
+open, under machine-gun fire, and it was a marvel that no one was hit.
+It was impossible to get out in front to see our next objective, as
+the Turks had us well marked and machine guns opened on anyone who
+exposed himself. We had the Brigade-Major with us, but were again out
+of touch with Brigade, and Lieut.-Colonel Younger was again tackling
+the dispositions for the next advance, when the Brigadier himself rode
+up, very nearly getting sniped as he trotted in. After telling us
+exactly what he thought of us for having chosen such an exposed place
+for our headquarters, he got out his orders for the assault of
+Beitania. There was really no choice as to who should go first this
+time, as there was no time to reshuffle units, and they just had to go
+over in the order in which they were at the time disposed.
+
+This made us right leading battalion--objective Beitania--with the
+Ayrs and Lanarks in close support. The left leading battalion--the
+Somersets--were to make for Hill 500 about three-quarters of a mile
+north of Beitania. The Devons were to advance in close support of the
+Somersets, and we were given the K.S.L.I. from the 231st Brigade to
+remain in reserve on Shafa, where Brigade H.Q. also remained. The left
+battalion also had El Muntar as a further objective, so that the
+Brigade, when finished, would be on a line running north and south to
+the Wadi Kelt. We knew we should get a warm reception going over the
+crest, as there were quite a number of machine guns in the village
+and they were all laid on the crest. They also put over a lot of
+shells while we were preparing to start but did not do much damage.
+
+We got off the mark at 2 P.M. in four waves, and went at record speed
+to the bottom of the ravine. One could hardly have believed that men
+carrying Lewis guns could have covered the ground so fast. In this
+case it was our salvation, as we not only got over before the whole of
+the machine guns had got properly going, but most of the shelling also
+fell behind us. Once in the bottom we were quite safe from the machine
+guns, and nearly so from the artillery. As it was we reorganised for
+the attack in our own time and were very soon at the edge of the
+village after a precipitous climb. Here we were held up for a short
+time by fire from a spur to our right. The leading Company Commander,
+Captain P. Campbell, A. & L.Y., of the supporting battalion, agreed to
+take his own and another company to clear this spur. This movement was
+rapidly and brilliantly carried out with the desired result, and in a
+very short time we were in the village and through the far side,
+holding the ridge to left and right, and in touch with our left
+battalion. It was not until the following morning that we began to
+count the spoils, which ran to about 150 prisoners, including a
+battalion commander and nine machine guns. We buried about 80 Turks,
+and there were a good many in odd places that we didn't find at the
+time. That night we took up an outpost line east of the village, and
+in the morning saw the 230th Brigade march across our front into Bireh
+without firing a shot. So well, too, had the supply of ammunition
+worked, that at the close of operations we had 50,000 rounds in
+Beitania. We spent two days there clearing up the battlefield and
+reorganising the companies. On the second night we were told that we
+were to be taken out into reserve for a long and well-earned rest.
+
+From St James's Park to Beitania the Battalion had been continuously
+engaged in very strenuous operations, marching, fighting, or
+road-making over the roughest of country, without roads or landmarks,
+up precipitous hills, through boulder-strewn wadis, against an
+obstinate and determined foe, never sure of the next meal, tired
+almost beyond endurance and many almost bootless, in the worst of
+weather, cold and wet, and only slightly less miserable than the
+camels. And the result? The capture of Jerusalem and turning of the
+Turkish left flank; a loss of prestige and a military disaster from
+which they never recovered. We had taken part in most difficult and
+arduous fighting in most difficult and arduous country; difficult
+because of the badness of the maps, which made it almost impossible to
+locate one's position or maintain touch, and arduous as only those
+who know that rocky precipitous country can realise. For artillery it
+was practically impossible, and though they did wonders in bringing
+guns up over the roughest of roadless hills, the assistance they could
+render the infantry was very slight. Nor are the transport or camel
+leaders likely to forget that trek, and it was greatly to Mr
+Drysdale's credit that he managed to get them all safely to Kubeibeh
+early on the morning of the 8th December. The heavy rains made the
+Roman road almost impossible, and troops "resting" (so-called) were
+turned on to road-making. The difficulty of command may be illustrated
+by the fact that in marching to Beit Iksa the whole Battalion was
+strung out in single file along a sheep track.
+
+It was very largely owing to this threat on his line of retirement
+that caused the evacuation of Jerusalem which was entered by our
+troops on 9th December. On the 8th 1 officer and 50 other ranks had
+gone to Enab to furnish guards for Jerusalem, and to this Battalion
+fell the honour of supplying the first Christian guards over the holy
+places in Jerusalem after a Moslem occupation of seven centuries.
+
+Beitania, which brought the operations to a close, was quite a
+brilliant piece of work. Our casualties were 1 officer and 8 other
+ranks killed, and 4 officers and 40 other ranks wounded, of whom 2
+subsequently died of wounds; but, as we found afterwards that Zeitun
+and Beitania had both been held by picked fresh troops, whose morale
+had not been tried by the continuous fighting of the November retreat,
+that number could not be called excessive.
+
+To single out individuals when everyone did so well is an invidious
+task, but one cannot close an account of these operations without
+mentioning the really splendid work of Lieut.-Colonel Younger, Captain
+H.S. Sharp, and Captain W.D. Brown, also of Lieutenant R.A. Andrew,
+whose energy and determination in bringing up rations and ammunition
+over the most Godforsaken country, cannot be too highly praised.
+
+The news of the previous night proved to be correct, and the Battalion
+moved off from Beitania about 9 A.M. on New Year's Day down the Wadi
+Sunt. The Wadi Sunt was by far the most attractive wadi we had yet
+struck, being steep sided, and on the south side especially clothed
+not only with the usual olive tree, but also with many sorts of
+creepers and wild flowers which we had not seen before. The whole side
+rose in terraces, and from almost every terrace, overhanging on to the
+one below, was a very pretty dark leaved creeper, which was at the
+time in full bloom with clusters of creamy coloured flowers which
+looked as if they were made of wax, and the ledges were carpeted with
+various wild flowers, mostly cyclamen and anemone. A mile or two took
+us to the junction of the Wadis Sunt and Imaish, where we were within
+a few hundred yards of the ledges where we had perched before taking
+Zeitun Ridge, and there it began to rain in torrents. We continued
+down the Sunt until we came to a rough path, made more or less
+possible for traffic by the 10th Division, which led up to
+Beit-ur-el-Tahta, in the neighbourhood of which the Brigade was to
+bivouac. Next day we proceeded via the Wadi Melab to Beit Sira, and so
+to our rest camp at Yalo.
+
+[Illustration: Operations in PALESTINE 1917-18
+_To face page_ 106]
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER V
+
+PALESTINE--1918
+
+
+From 4th January to 14th March when we went into the line at Khan Abu
+Felah, we were employed continuously on road-making. The great
+difficulty experienced in bringing supplies forward over the roadless
+mountainous country, impassable to motors and often even to camels and
+mules, made road-making an absolute necessity before any further
+advance could take place. The only metalled roads were the
+Jerusalem-Nablus road, running north from Jerusalem, and the
+Jerusalem-Jaffa road, running west and north-west, passing Latron
+about four miles from our camp at Yalo. The rest were mere donkey
+tracks over cultivated unbottomed ground in the valleys, and winding
+up wadis, over boulders, and through trees in the uplands and hills.
+
+Yalo, the ancient Ajalon, a city of the tribe of Dan, was our camp
+till 24th February. Brigade H.Q. were at the head of the next wadi to
+us, and below them the Devons and Somersets, while we occupied the
+other side of the ridge with the 229th Field Ambulance beyond us. The
+Ayrs and Lanarks were in a separate camp at Amwas. When we arrived we
+found a rocky barren hill--when we left, it was almost a garden city.
+The only "houses" were Battalion H.Q. and the kitchens, but every two
+or three had built a home for themselves out of stones and mud, roofed
+with waterproof sheets, while JOCK'S LODGE, a company sergeants' mess,
+was quite an architectural triumph. Paths lined with stones ran in all
+directions, and almost every "villa" had its little garden of wild
+flowers, chiefly scarlet anemones transplanted from the wadi. Below us
+was the Valley of Ajalon, where Joshua defeated the kings of the
+Amorites and the moon was stayed, a rich fertile plain stretching to
+the hills which circled it on three sides. North-east we could see
+nestling in the hills the two Beth Horons, and south of us lay the
+picturesque capital of the tribe of Dan.
+
+While we were still settling down we sent 4 officers and 200 other
+ranks daily on road-making fatigue, but later on the entire battalion
+was turned on to repair the road from Latron to Beit Sara. At the same
+time Captain Andrew was busy with a large class teaching the Lewis gun
+to officers and men, Mr Scott's flags "spoke" from every knoll, and Mr
+Gall smartened the backward squad on the drill-ground below. We had
+quite a good rifle range, and quite a fair football field, and life
+was really very pleasant.
+
+On 18th February Lieut.-Colonel Younger rejoined us. He had gone off
+to Cairo on leave where he was seized by Dr Tuke and put to bed in the
+Citadel.
+
+We had now pretty well completed our road, so on the 24th we left our
+comfortable camp and marched six miles to our new bivouac area in an
+olive grove just north of Beit Sira. We had to make a new road to link
+up with the Ram Allah road at Tattenham Corner. It was a most
+picturesque wadi covered with olive trees, and what was more important
+with any amount of stones suitable for road-making just at hand. On
+the Latron-Beit Sira road stones were scarce and had to be man-handled
+in limbers or baskets often quite a distance, but here were stones of
+every size within a few yards of the road. It was a 16-foot road
+bottomed with large stones, then two layers of smaller stones and
+blinded with gravel. Everyone went at it like a schoolboy on holiday,
+and we completed our road two days before scheduled time, on one
+occasion actually doing 1-1/2 yards of road per man.
+
+On 5th March we left our camp going by our newly completed road to
+Tattenham Corner, into the Wadi Ain Arik, and up the Wadi Sad to our
+halting place not far from the village of Ain Arik. We were now
+campaigning again and our baggage was cut down to the bare
+establishment, with one notable exception--oatmeal. We had arranged
+for a regular supply from home to start as soon as we went abroad, and
+though we were often short of many things we always had our oatmeal.
+Our supplies had accumulated while we had been in the hills, and we
+now found ourselves with about 30 cwt. for which there was no room on
+the transport. This we were absolutely determined not to lose, so we
+sent it on ahead about ten miles and dumped it in a wadi with a couple
+of men to look after it.
+
+Next day we continued our journey through Ain Arik, where a friendly
+brass band played us past with "Bonnie Dundee" till just below the top
+of the pass at Kefr Skeyan, where we rested for the afternoon as we
+might not cross the skyline in daylight. This resulted in a most
+tedious night march, finishing in pitch darkness over very rough going
+with a bad bivouac area at the end of it. Next morning we were
+surprised to find ourselves by the side of a small lake--Lake
+Baluah--shallow and muddy, but welcome as giving water for the animals
+quite close to their lines. Road-making near Ram Allah was the order
+of the day, and one company anyhow found the return journey not
+without its excitement. A Taube dived at them and opened fire at very
+close range, but fortunately their aim was distinctly bad, and it was
+our nervous system only that suffered.
+
+[Illustration: BATTALION BIVOUAC, NEAR SUFFA.
+_To face page 110_]
+
+[Illustration: THE IRISH ROAD CROSSING THE WADI AIN ARIK.
+_To face page 110_]
+
+We were now only a few miles behind the line, and though our
+Brigade was only to be in support for the next advance the C.O. and
+Company Commanders climbed Sheikh Abdullah, from which a good view of
+the surrounding country could be obtained. This was an easy climb, but
+the view from here showed us that the next advance would be no picnic
+even if the country alone had to be overcome. Ridge upon ridge faced
+us, rising higher and higher to the horizon about six miles away where
+Burj Lisaneh stood up like a sugar-loaf, while to our half-right
+steepish slopes covered with fig trees, not yet in leaf, rose up to
+the heights of Tel Asur 3318 feet high. In all this country there was
+but one road which wound its way among the hills towards Nablus (the
+ancient Shechem) and the north. There were a few miles of road up as
+far as Beitin (the Bethel of the Bible), but there it stopped short,
+which meant that the 53rd Division on our right would have to do their
+advance without any road at all; but we had all done without roads
+before, and no doubt we should do equally well again. However, we had
+now completed a road through from Latron to Ram Allah and the Nablus
+road, so that a further advance was possible as supplies could now be
+brought up. The corps had been more or less stationary across the
+Jerusalem-Nablus road for six or seven weeks, though there had been a
+lot of activity on the eastern flank towards Jericho.
+
+On 8th March B Company (Captain D.D. Ogilvie) started off to report to
+the gunners near Ain Yebrud and make the track passable for the
+artillery as far as Selwad on the far side of Tel Asur. The track was
+a dry river bed between two very thick walls most of the way, and
+where it was impassable a track had to be made across country, which
+meant cutting down trees and levelling terraces. Though there was
+about five miles of road to prepare, so well did they work at it that
+they were actually working on the road in front of the supports before
+Tel Asur was finally captured, and the guns were able to move forward
+that night.
+
+Meanwhile the other three companies had gone up the Nablus road to
+repair it, as it had not only been heavily shelled by our artillery
+but also blown up in a great many places by the retreating Turks. The
+enemy were offering a stout resistance to our advance, and held a
+strong line across the road. Tel Asur was captured and lost three
+times before it finally remained in our hands, and it was not until 1
+P.M. that our line was sufficiently far forward for us to proceed to
+Ain Sinia for road repair. Even then the road was being so heavily
+shelled that we had to make our way by side paths and across country.
+We were busy road-repairing for the next day or two, and officers were
+reconnoitring forward to see the lie of the country which we were to
+take over.
+
+On 14th March we moved on again, halting behind the skyline for the
+midday meal while the C.O. and Company Commanders went on to see the
+line we were to take over. It had been a rough journey. The tracks
+were positively heart breaking. The usual pattern was 4 to 6 feet wide
+with stout drystone walls on either side; the "pathway" being over
+rough and uneven rocks with an occasional boulder, and here and there
+the walls had collapsed completely, blocking the track--or else over
+cultivated soil which was immediately converted into a muddy morass of
+uncertain depth. On such paths only single file was possible, and pack
+mules and donkeys had to be almost carried over some of the places.
+But the worst was yet to come, and though we were not intended to go
+down into the Wadi Kolah by day as it was in full view to the Turkish
+artillery, the track down was so bad the C.O. wisely preferred risking
+a shell or two to certain suicide going down in the dark. A mist
+helped us, and we got down unmolested and had taken over the new line
+by 5 P.M. The track down into the wadi was so steep and slippery from
+the rain that donkeys were actually lowered down in some places by
+their tails.
+
+The line we took over was a long one--about two and a half
+miles--previously held by nine companies of the 159th and 160th
+Brigades (53rd Division). There were three mountains with steep wadis
+in between, and each company was given a hill which formed an isolated
+post. Touch even between companies was very difficult to maintain at
+night, and touch with the units on either flank was found impossible
+and had to be abandoned. So sketchy was our line that we sometimes
+discovered in the morning a miserable Turk or Arab well inside our
+lines trying to desert but finding no one to whom to surrender. When
+"captured" their joy was complete. Miserable, half-starved, ill-clad
+wretches, conscripted to fight for a nation they loathed and feared.
+
+D Company (Captain J. M'Nab) held the Round Hill on the right and a
+platoon of A Company held the village of Khan Abu Felah. C Company
+(Captain I.C. Nairn) held the centre hill and B Company (Captain D.D.
+Ogilvie) were on the left holding a "hog's back" known as Fusilier
+Ridge, and the wadi on either side. A Company (Captain Sir W.A.A.
+Campbell) were in reserve at Battalion H.Q. Later A Company relieved D
+Company, and D and C Companies moved a hill to their left, while B
+came into reserve. Our horses, mules, and donkeys were with us, but
+camels could not negotiate the steep slopes and remained on the high
+ground above us along with the wheeled transport.
+
+Our stay here was uneventful. The Turks shelled us regularly but
+without doing much damage, and we sent over one or two patrols every
+night, but there was no great activity on either side. On 22nd March a
+company of the Ayrs and Lanarks (Captain P. Campbell) carried out a
+most successful raid on the isolated hill Amurieh opposite B Company.
+Mr Cruickshank with 12 men from his platoon held White Hill, a small
+intermediate knoll, and covered the advance, returning when the raid
+started. Fully 100 prisoners were taken, with the loss of only one or
+two wounded. At the same time we made a demonstration from Kent Hill,
+firing off rifle grenades and rifles, which drew a lot of fire from
+the raiding party on Amurieh.
+
+On 7th April the enemy attempted a bombing raid on A Company's hill,
+but it was a halfhearted affair, and they were easily driven off and a
+few casualties inflicted.
+
+We had two or three days of very heavy rain just after we took over,
+which made life very miserable for the outpost companies on the hill
+tops, and especially for the mule leaders who had to make the journey
+up and down that perilous wadi with rations and water at least once
+and sometimes twice a day, and then wade through the mud to the
+companies. The rain, however, helped them, as it gave us water close
+at hand which was excellent for cooking and washing purposes. On the
+whole, however, the weather was glorious, and the wild flowers were a
+great joy to us all.
+
+After we had done a fortnight in the line we were to have been
+relieved by another battalion in the Brigade when news came through
+that the whole Division was to be relieved and march to Railhead,
+which was now at Ludd. This, combined with a memo, which said "All
+units XX. Corps except 74th Division will indent for shorts
+forthwith," made it quite clear that we were bound for France, and so
+it proved.
+
+On 9th April we were relieved by the 2/4 R.W.F. (53rd Division), and
+bivouacked that night at our transport lines on the shoulder of Tel
+Asur. Next day the Brigade marched via Beitin to Bireh and bivouacked
+just west of Ram Allah. The following day we went down the Ain Arik
+road to Tattenham Corner, along the road we ourselves had made to our
+bivouac area, near the old Devon Camp below Suffa.
+
+On 12th April we made Amwas, and next day after a long and dusty march
+we reached our destination Ludd. We spent a busy day there drawing
+stores from Ordnance and returning things for which we had no further
+use. H.Q. and B Company entrained that evening, and the remainder the
+following morning, and we all got to Kantara that night, or very early
+on the morning of the 16th.
+
+We were at Kantara just a fortnight, during which time we were
+disinfected and refitted, put through gas and exercised in field days
+on the desert. We had never been allowed to draw clothing in
+Palestine after Yalo as we were on the waiting list for France, and
+when we arrived at Kantara we were a most disreputable looking
+crowd--clothing patched and torn, garments showing where they should
+never be seen, and boots in some cases almost without soles at all.
+But when we marched out we were clad once more in new tunics, new
+trousers, and new boots, and looked very smart.
+
+The transport left on 19th April under Mr J. Drysdale, and the
+Battalion followed on the 29th, reaching Alexandria early next
+morning, and embarking at once on H.M.T. _Indarra_. Brigade H.Q. were
+with us. Lieut.-Colonel Younger was O.C. troops, and Mr R. Colthart,
+ship's adjutant.
+
+We left Alexandria on 1st May, and so bade good-bye to Egypt and the
+East after a sojourn there of over two and a half years. We had all
+had a great experience, at times very strenuous and unpleasant, but on
+the whole interesting and not too bad. Our fighting had been almost
+entirely open warfare, for which as yeomanry we were well adapted, and
+which contrasted very favourably with the trench warfare on the
+Western Front. But few were sorry to go. None of us anticipated
+Allenby's triumphant drive to Damascus, and felt we would be "doing
+our bit" more effectively on the Western Front where we well knew the
+final decision rested. But what counted much more was relief at
+escaping another hot, dusty, thirsty summer in the East, and the
+change to the civilisation and comparative comfort of France, and of
+course most of all to the proximity of Blighty, and the prospect of
+leave home. Though short local leave had not been so difficult to
+obtain, home leave, owing to the difficulty of transportation, had
+been very much restricted, and the great majority had never been home
+since coming out.
+
+We had a very good trip to Marseilles. The captain laid himself out to
+make everything as comfortable as possible; the feeding was excellent,
+plenty of cabin accommodation for officers and N.C.O.'s, and the men
+were as comfortable as they ever can be in a crowded troopship. There
+were seven ships in the convoy which was escorted by British
+destroyers as far as Malta, and there relieved by Japanese destroyers
+who took us in safely to Marseilles. There was only one piece of
+excitement on the fourth day out. A destroyer sighted a submarine,
+rushed ahead at great speed and dropped a couple of depth charges.
+Nothing more was seen of the submarine, and we proceeded on our
+journey uninterrupted.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER VI
+
+FRANCE--1918
+
+
+On disembarking at Marseilles on 7th May we opened a new chapter in
+the history of the Regiment. The contrast from the East was indeed
+marked and delightful, and the long train journey passed quickly in
+our joy at seeing once more green fields and green trees, villages,
+and farms, long fair hair and fair complexions. We could hardly have
+had more beautiful scenery than we had during the first day through
+the south of France. We kept to the branch lines to the west of the
+main Rhone Valley line, and wound in and out all day at the foot of
+steep hills crowned with old castles and picturesque villages which
+looked so peaceful that it was hard to realise that there was a war
+on. The second day saw us skirting Paris by Juvisy, and gave us a good
+view of Versailles and the numerous airships at St Cyr. The last day
+our route lay chiefly through water meadows, and by 9.30 we had
+reached our detraining station--Noyelles--whence after a hot breakfast
+we marched ten miles to our destination--St Firmin near the mouth of
+the Somme. Our transport had already been here about a week, and we
+found excellent quarters in the long straggling village.
+
+Here we spent ten days, being fitted out with gas helmets, and passed
+through gas, a form of warfare of which we had had no practical
+experience out East, and in bayonet fighting also, under experts who
+found we had not very much to learn in that line. Our number of Lewis
+guns were doubled, and we started lots of classes of new Lewis gunners
+to form the new gun crews and provide a large nucleus of trained men
+as reinforcements. Our transport establishment was also completed
+here. We entrained at Rue early on the morning of the 21st, and made
+our way via Etaples and St Pol to Ligny St Flochel, whence we had a
+long fifteen miles march to Humbercourt. That night we had our first
+experience of night bombing. From here several senior officers went
+for a day or two's experience of trench life to a New Zealand Division
+in the Hebuterne sector north of Albert.
+
+On the 25th May we moved to a very much better area at Grand
+Rullecourt where we stayed for just a month. Here there were much
+better facilities for training, and we worked away steadily at wood
+fighting, fighting through crops, co-operation with tanks, and all the
+while paying special attention to the Lewis-gun personnel. We also
+gave an exhibition of the attack in open warfare, for the edification
+of the Canadians who were in the neighbourhood, and put in a good
+deal of musketry at the rifle ranges, and throwing and firing
+grenades. We had quite a good field for football, and had an
+inter-platoon competition, won by No. 6 platoon, but the great event
+was the defeat of the Scots Guards by the Battalion team. The Scots
+Guards were the winners of the Bull Dog Cup at the Crystal Palace, and
+had only once been beaten, and to defeat them 2-0 was a great
+achievement.
+
+The Ayr and Lanark Battalion of the R.S.F. left us here to form a new
+brigade along with the 12th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Battalion; the Norfolk
+Regiment from the 230th Brigade, and the 24th (Denbigh Yeomanry)
+Battalion; the Royal Welsh Fusiliers from the 231st Brigade. We were
+all very depressed at the departure of the Ayrs and Lanarks. We had
+been together close friends and keen rivals on the football field ever
+since we had been made into an infantry battalion, and though we all
+knew that the Brigade was sure to be reduced from four to the normal
+French establishment of three battalions, we had somehow never
+contemplated parting from our special friends, the only other Scotch
+battalion in the Division.
+
+Spanish influenza, which was so prevalent everywhere, now began to
+attack us, and when we left Grand Rullecourt on 26th June, as we had
+about nine miles to march to our entraining station Ligny, 150 were
+considered unfit to march, and had to come on by motor lorry the
+following day. This was an excellent arrangement, as it enabled us to
+keep on the men who we knew would be quite fit again in a day or two,
+instead of sending them to hospital, and probably to another
+battalion. Fortunately it was a mild type, the patient being
+completely knocked out for a day or two and then rapidly recovering,
+but it left us all pretty weak for a bit. We detrained at Aire, and
+though we had only another four miles to go to our billets at Fontes,
+it was quite enough for anyone with a touch of the "'flu." From here
+parties went out every day to reconnoitre the various lines in the
+Robecq-St Venant sector, and to get to know the country before we were
+told to take over the line.
+
+We left Fontes with practically all our invalids cured after a
+fortnight's stay, and moved on to Ham en Artois, only a few miles
+farther east, where we became Divisional Reserve, our Division having
+taken over a sector of the line in the Lys area. Here we carried on
+our company and specialist training while parties reconnoitred
+forward, and after twelve days in reserve we again made a short move
+forward on 23rd July to La Pierriere where we became Brigade Reserve,
+the Brigade having the other two battalions now in the line. This was
+a strenuous business, as not only had we to provide small working
+parties by day and guards over about eleven bridges over the Aire-La
+Bassee Canal, but we had also to supply 100 men per company each night
+to dig in the support line, which meant very hard work for both
+company officers and men, and it was with relief that we saw our eight
+days finished, and moved ourselves into the line. It was not that the
+digging was such hard or jumpy work, but the fact that it took two
+hours to get there and two more to come back, which made it such a
+trying business. There were very few casualties, though B Company had
+a lucky escape. A shell landed right in the middle of them and wounded
+thirteen, five of whom had to go to hospital, while the other eight
+asked to remain on duty, fearing lest, if they went to hospital, they
+might be posted to another battalion.
+
+On the night of 31st July/1st August, we took over the right
+sub-sector of the line from the Somersets, and were lucky in having to
+keep only one company in the line. This front line consisted of a
+series of posts, each held by a section and built up as a breastwork,
+trenches being impossible. The Noc and Clarence Rivers sluggishly
+meandered through our line, and even in summer the water level was
+only about nine inches below the surface. Behind these posts was a
+semi-continuous support line, and half a mile farther back a
+continuous main line, fairly well complete as to wire and parapet,
+but hardly anything in the way of parados, so there was plenty of work
+for everyone. D Company (Captain R.A. Andrew) held the front line with
+their H.Q. at Baquerolles Farm, A and B Companies were in support, and
+C back at Robecq in reserve. Battalion H.Q. were at Carvin Farm.
+Frequent patrols were sent out, and the Bosche paid us a certain
+amount of attention both with high explosives and gas, and at night
+turned on his machine guns along the routes by which rations came up,
+but at no time could it have been called anything but a quiet sector.
+
+We had been six days in the line when about four o'clock in the
+afternoon word came from the battalion on the left that the enemy were
+massing in front. Captain Andrew at once sent out officers' patrols
+who discovered no signs of the enemy, so he took his company forward
+and occupied the German trenches, and by evening held a line about
+half a mile farther forward. It was now evident that the enemy
+intended evacuating the salient which our gunners had made so
+unpleasant for him for some time past, and by nightfall our whole line
+was moving forward. To D Company fell the distinction of initiating
+the advance on the whole corps' front, and then B Company passed
+through them and advanced the line to Rues des Vaches Farm. So rapid
+had been our advance that a party of Germans, still under the
+impression that they were behind their own lines, bumped right into a
+section of Mr Wood's platoon in a "grouse butt." On being challenged,
+the Bosche sergeant-major called out, "Welche Kompanie ist das?"
+(which company is that?) which seemed to annoy one Jock who replied
+"Welsh Company be damned. Take that, you ----, it's the Black Watch
+you're up against this time." Their carelessness cost them five
+killed, including the sergeant-major, and twice as many wounded.
+
+Next day we advanced to just beyond the Quentin Road, meeting with
+practically no opposition, and later A Company (Mr C.G. Duncan) passed
+through B, and advanced to the Turbeaute River. The Bosche guns were
+very busy all day, and considering the number of shells they threw
+over us and our lack of any cover, we were lucky in having as few
+casualties as we did. We had a good deal of gas in our area and on the
+main road, and the following day after a short but severe
+trench-mortar bombardment they attacked one of our posts on the
+Turbeaute River which repulsed them at the point of the bayonet. That
+night we were relieved by the 15th Battalion, the Suffolk Regiment
+(230th Brigade); our relief was managed quite successfully, and we
+went back into support at Robecq, with garrisons in the main line of
+the Amusoires trench system.
+
+Only very short parade hours and daily bathes in the Lys or La Bassee
+Canals made this a delightful week. We were asked for no digging
+parties, and the only fatigue--which the men thoroughly enjoyed--was
+harvesting under Mr H. Adamson's supervision.
+
+On 16th August we moved a few miles farther back across the Canal to
+La Miquellerie where we had as good billets as we had seen in France.
+Up to now we had received a few kilts of the large size only, so we
+had only a few of the biggest men fitted out, and drill order was
+always trousers. On getting to Miquellerie we found a huge assortment
+of kilts awaiting us, and the sergeant-tailor (Sergeant Ferguson) had
+two hectic days fitting the Battalion for the Divisional Church Parade
+in a field between La Miquellerie and Ham en Artois. The Army
+Commander, General Sir Wm. Birdwood, was present, and after the
+service he gave us a most inspiring address, and saw us march past him
+in fours as we left the field. The two following days were devoted to
+a detailed inspection by the Corps Commander, Lieut.-General Sir R.
+Haking, who seemed favourably impressed and made some very
+complimentary remarks.
+
+On the 24th we moved up into support relieving the 25th R.W.F. The
+Battalion was disposed in two halves supporting the right and left
+battalions respectively--A and C Companies at Quentin and B and D
+Companies in front of Calonne with Battalion H.Q. After spending
+three quiet days here we were relieved by the 2/6th Battalion D.L.I.
+(59th Division), and marched back to Molinghem where our transport had
+been all the time. B Company left that afternoon, and the rest of the
+Battalion entrained next day on a tactical train for the Somme. We had
+a very slow journey, and arrived at La Houssoye about midnight and
+found our billets there. On 31st August the B Team moved to the
+Divisional Reception Camp at Franvillers, and about midday we got
+sudden orders to proceed to near Franvillers where buses would be
+awaiting us. We went by bus to a farm a couple of miles west of
+Maricourt, dumped our packs there and reached our destination Le Foret
+about midnight, where to our joy we were run to earth by the transport
+with rations and ammunition.
+
+Next day, 1st September, was spent in reconnaissance towards
+Bouchavesnes, out of which the Bosche had been pushed that morning. At
+7.30 P.M. we set out for the position of deployment east of
+Bouchavesnes, and were met by guides who conducted us by the longest
+possible route over the worst country they could find, and it was 3
+A.M. before the relief of the 2/4th London Regiment was complete and
+our men in the assembly trenches. Zero hour was 5.30 A.M., at which
+time it was barely light and rather misty. The first objective was the
+system of trenches (Opera and Monastir Trenches) on the far side of
+the Canal Du Nord, the second objective the strong system of trenches
+half way up the slope, and the final objective the crest of the ridge
+south of Nurlu Village, a good four miles away. We were to advance
+across the Tortille River keeping Moislains on our left, across the
+Canal and then swing northeast and push on to the high ground. This
+meant squeezing through a narrow neck between Moislains and Allaines
+and then after we were through the neck, changing direction and
+extending our front to almost double.
+
+After the preliminary bombardment and following the creeping barrage
+the Brigade moved forward--the Somersets leading on the right with
+ourselves following. The Devons were to mop up the village of
+Moislains, and once clear of the village we were to come up on the
+left of the Somersets and take the first objective. The barrage fell a
+long way ahead of us and left untouched a party of the enemy holding
+the trench immediately in front of us. This delayed us but for a
+moment, but the Somersets were having a good deal of trouble from the
+direction of Allaines which had to be dealt with and this took them
+and us more to our right than we should have been. The advance was
+again momentarily held up by heavy machine-gun fire on the Canal, but
+pushing on in most gallant style the leading companies got across all
+right and up the slope, driving the Bosche out of the wooden huts at
+the point of the bayonet and accounting for a great many at the same
+time. So far the advance had gone splendidly. The first objective had
+been taken, and the advance begun towards the second when murderous
+machine-gun fire was opened upon us from the left and left rear. The
+battalion of Londoners on our left north of Moislains had withdrawn,
+the village of Moislains itself was never mopped up, and the eight
+Bosche machine-guns holding Moislains seeing this moved quickly to the
+south of the village and opened on our backs. In addition to this we
+were being subjected to very heavy fire on our left flank, which was
+now completely in the air, and we could actually see their gun teams
+working the 77's on the crest of the ridge. The Bosche had paid us the
+compliment of rushing up his best troops to meet our Division, and
+certainly the Alpini Corps were most gallant fighters. To advance
+unsupported was out of the question, and our casualties were by now
+very heavy, so there was nothing left but to withdraw to the west side
+of the Canal again and reorganise the remains of the companies. Next
+day we pushed forward to the trenches south of Moislains and to the
+Slag Heap on the canal bank, and at dusk on the evening of the 4th we
+were relieved by the 19th Battalion London Regiment and marched back
+to rest and reorganise.
+
+Our casualties had been heavy--the C.O. wounded; of the four Company
+Commanders Captain R.W. Stewart and Captain I.C. Nairn had been killed
+and Captain J. M'Nab and Mr C.G. Duncan wounded. Mr Darney was killed
+and C.S.M. Aitken died of wounds--a total of 3 officers and 38 other
+ranks killed and 14 officers and 157 other ranks wounded. The
+Battalion got great praise for its gallant performance that day, and
+though the attack was apparently unsuccessful we had advanced farther
+than the authorities had expected, and, moreover, had the pleasure of
+seeing the 230th Brigade, who passed through us, make good about six
+miles without firing a shot--a peace march, which as Brig.-General
+Hoare was at pains to point out was entirely due to the offensive
+spirit of the 229th Brigade.
+
+We were given a day and a half in which to rest and reorganise and
+then off again on the retreating Bosche. Just as we were leaving we
+heard that Mr J.C. Drysdale had been hit by a shell which landed right
+at the mouth of his bivouac, at least six miles behind the line. In
+him we lost a most efficient and hard-working transport officer. After
+a night at Aizecourt and another at Longavesnes we were again in the
+line relieving the 25th (Montgomery and Welsh Horse Yeomanry)
+Battalion Welsh Regiment in the left sector of the divisional front
+holding the horse-shoe line of trenches round St Emilie, with
+Battalion H.Q. behind the railway embankment between Villers Faucon
+and St Emilie. A Company of the Somersets was attached to us to help
+to hold the long length of this salient. They linked up with the
+Devons on our right, while on our left and considerably to our rear
+was the 58th Division. We had about one and a half miles of half-dug
+trench to hold with less than 400 men all told. They were probably the
+worst sited trenches in France, with no field of fire and not
+continuous, completely dominated by the German guns at Epehy, who
+could fire down them, and by snipers who, by crawling through the
+thistles and broken country on our left rear (and the Alpini were bold
+snipers and deadly shots), could fire right up some portions of the
+trench. The salient held by the 74th Division was considerably in
+advance of the line held by the Australians on our right and by the
+Londoners on our left, and was quite an unhealthy spot until the
+Bosche were pushed out of Epehy.
+
+9th September passed fairly quietly until evening, when D Company (Mr
+Brodie Brown) was sent to reconnoitre to the front, and if possible
+establish themselves on the ridge on the far side of the valley in
+front of us. They had got about three quarters of the way when their
+patrols reported at least two companies of the enemy going into the
+trenches which D were to occupy and two strong patrols working
+forward on either side of them. To push on was impossible, so they
+returned to the trenches they had left. Though this merely confirmed
+what we already knew--that the enemy were holding that line in
+strength--and though a report was sent in to this effect, because the
+Air Force had reported that they could see no signs of the enemy,
+Corps ordered us to push forward at dawn next morning and occupy the
+crest of the ridge. These orders were only received at 2 A.M., and
+though Company Commanders were summoned at once A Company (Sergeant W.
+Collier) only received his orders at dawn--the runner having missed
+the way in the dark. The company of Somersets were to attack on the
+right, keeping touch with the Devons, C Company (Mr I.W. Cruickshank)
+in the centre, B Company (Mr J. M'Lean) on the left, with D Company
+(Mr Brodie Brown) in reserve. A Company (Sergeant W. Collier) was to
+keep in touch with the Londoners (58th Division) on the left and
+advance in conjunction with them. The time for our barrage opening was
+postponed, but the wire from Brigade never reached us and we advanced
+without any preliminary bombardment. C Company and the Somersets
+almost reached their objectives unobserved when they were met by very
+heavy machine-gun and rifle fire. B Company on the left were unable to
+push on which left C Company's left flank exposed. Into this gap the
+enemy quickly rushed fresh troops and attacked in force with the
+result that the two companies were overwhelmed by numbers and nearly
+surrounded. They were ordered to retire but not more than a quarter
+got back.
+
+We consequently were forced to hold our old line as a defensive line
+and get liason with the 58th Division, who also found the enemy in
+great strength and were unable to hold what they gained. We learned
+afterwards that a regiment (three battalions) of the enemy were
+holding the line between Ronssoy and Templeux le Guerard with orders
+to fight to the last. The Battalion was now very exhausted, the
+trenches were knee-deep in water, and a great number of Lewis guns and
+rifles were out of action with mud and water. Major D.D. Ogilvie and
+Mr Brodie Brown were the only officers left in the line, with Mr J.W.
+Ormiston doing liaison between Battalion H.Q. and Captain R.H.
+Colthart at Battle H.Q.--telephonic communication was almost
+impossible as the line was broken every five minutes. We were
+consequently very pleased when we were told we were to be relieved by
+the 10th East Kent Regiment (230th Brigade), who took over from us
+that night and we moved back to Longavenes.
+
+Here we found a draft of twelve Black Watch officers awaiting us, and
+the day was spent in cleaning ourselves. Next day (12th September) we
+moved back to Templeux la Fosse, with Battalion H.Q. in the old
+Prisoners of War compound and the companies in trenches. Major J.M.
+M'Kenzie, Royal Scots, arrived to take over command of the Battalion
+from, Major D.D. Ogilvie, and Brig.-General F.S. Thackeray (H.L.I.)
+assumed command of the Brigade which Lieut.-Colonel C.J.H.
+Spence-Jones, Pembroke Yeomanry, had commanded since Brig.-General R.
+Hoare had been wounded. We had six restful days here and then moved up
+to Faustine Quarry in reserve for the attack by the Division. A
+Company (Mr P. Dane) were attached to the Somersets, who had suffered
+a lot of casualties from gas.
+
+The III. Corps continued the attack on 18th September with a view to
+securing a position affording good observation on the Hindenburg line.
+The 1st Australian Division co-operated on our right and the 16th
+Division on our left. Against us was the 38th Division (German)
+holding from Templeux le Guerard to Ronssoy.
+
+Our divisional frontage had been reduced by nearly half, each brigade
+having been responsible for about 1000 yards. The 230th (and the
+Somersets) were on the right, 231st (with the Devons) on the left,
+leaving only ourselves in reserve. Aided by a haze and a very
+effective barrage the attack was a complete success, the first
+objectives being gained by 7.45 A.M. with very few casualties and a
+large bag of prisoners. On advancing over the ridge towards the second
+objective A Company came under very heavy machine-gun fire from
+Rifleman Post, but our artillery soon silenced that, and we were in
+occupation of Rifleman Post by one o'clock--an advance of 4500 yards.
+Here we consolidated, and remained till relieved by the Sussex. A
+Company's casualties were 4 killed and 25 wounded, and they had a
+number of prisoners and machine guns to their credit.
+
+[Illustration: The Divisional Boundaries for the three phases of the
+advance are shown by shaded lines. The first two advances were on a
+1-Brigade frontage, the third on a 2-Brigade frontage with only our
+Battalion in Reserve. Opposed to us were the Alpine Corps (1st
+Bavarian Jaeger Regiment and Body Infantry Regiment), with the 6th
+Cavalry Division on their right and the 96th and 95th Imperial
+Regiments of the 38th Division on their left.
+
+MAP SHOWING THE TRENCH SYSTEM ON THE SOMME.
+In addition to the principal trenches, use was made of all sunken
+roads and belts of barbed wire stretched across the country.
+_To face page 134_
+Emery Walker Ltd. Sc.]
+
+20th September was spent in salvage work on the battlefield, and at 10
+P.M. we moved forward to relieve the Suffolks at Toine and Pimple
+Posts--the first objectives in the attack. On the 22nd we relieved the
+25th R.W.F. in the front line, and held from Carbine Trench to
+Benjamin Post with A Company in support at Artaxerxes Post. The enemy
+shelled the position heavily both with high explosives and gas and we
+suffered some casualties.
+
+The Division was now consolidated on the line of the second objective,
+and it was obvious that the Bosche were holding the high ground,
+particularly Quennet Copse and Quennemont Farm, very strongly, and it
+was impossible for the tired and depleted Division to advance without
+further preparation. The line held by the enemy was our old front line
+of March overlooking the Bellicourt-Le Catalet section of the
+Hindenburg line, and they were determined to hang on to that at all
+costs. The attack on the Hindenburg line was not for us. The 74th
+Division was booked for the advance further north.
+
+On the night of the 24/25th September we were relieved by two
+companies of the 106th American Battalion; got to Faustine Quarry by 5
+A.M. and at 8 marched to Tincourt, where we entrained for
+Villers-Bretonneux. From Villers-Bretonneux we marched to Corbie
+(fifteen miles east of Amiens) and got into billets there. This was
+the last we were to see of the Somme, for we were destined for another
+front. That our services on the Somme front were appreciated is shown
+by the following letter received by our Division from General
+Rawlinson, Commanding Fourth Army, dated 28th September:--
+
+    "_74th Division._--The 74th Division has taken a prominent part
+    in the successful advance of the Fourth Army during the past
+    month, and, much to my regret, has been ordered to another part
+    of the British front.
+
+    "The work of this Division during a period of severe and
+    continuous fighting is worthy of the best traditions of the
+    yeoman stock of Great Britain.
+
+    "Brought to this country from a hot climate, where they took
+    part in a very different method of warfare, the 74th Division
+    has quickly adapted itself to the altered conditions, and has
+    fought with a determination and courage which is beyond praise.
+
+    "In the capture of AIZECOURT, DRIENCOURT, TEMPLEUX LA FOSSE,
+    LONGAVESNES, VILLIERS FAUCON, and TEMPLEUX LE GUERARD, the
+    Division has made a name for itself which ranks with the best
+    division fighting in the British Army, and I desire to offer to
+    all ranks my warmest thanks for their gallantry and
+    self-sacrifice.
+
+    "In addition to the considerable area of ground gained the
+    Division has captured over 1700 prisoners.
+
+    "I greatly regret that the Division is leaving the Fourth Army,
+    and in wishing all ranks every good fortune, I trust I may at
+    some future time find the 74th Division once more under my
+    command."
+
+We left Corbie early in the morning of the 28th for Mericourt where we
+entrained for Berguette, reaching our destination the following
+morning, whence we marched to our billeting area in Bourecq, just
+south of our old billeting ground at Fontes. Here we stayed till 2nd
+October when we moved by the light railway to "what was Locon." Two
+days later we were at Herlies. On the night 10/11th October the 229th
+Brigade took over from the 231st Brigade, and on the 14th we moved
+into the line relieving the 12th Battalion S.L.I., D Company on left,
+A in centre, and B on right, with C in support in Ligny Wood. On 15th
+October we occupied the railway line east of Ligny, and next day our
+patrols had pushed forward to the outskirts of Haubourdin (a suburb of
+Lille). On the 17th we again advanced, crossed the Haute Deule Canal,
+and on reaching our final objective handed over to the 16th Devons
+while we remained in support. Petit Ronchin, Ascq (on the
+Lille-Tournai road), and Baisieux gave us billets for the following
+nights. We were now in support to the Somersets, who carried on the
+advance until held up outside Marquain. The 231st Brigade had been
+withdrawn, so the Division was advancing on a one-battalion frontage.
+
+As soon as Orcq was gained we were to pass through the Somersets and
+carry on the advance. The enemy's resistance, however, was stiffening,
+and the Somersets were unable to push on. On the 22nd we took over the
+line in front of Orcq, but found it impossible to patrol much to the
+front owing to the heavy machine-gun fire. The trenches opposite were
+well wired in and strongly manned, and the attack by B Company on the
+23rd was held up within 100 yards of the objective by intense
+trench-mortar and machine-gun fire and artillery barrage, and the two
+platoons were compelled to withdraw to their original line after
+suffering 32 casualties.
+
+Next day we were relieved by the 10th Buffs and moved back to billets
+in Baisieux, where we rested for ten days and got through an
+inter-platoon football competition. On the evening of 1st November the
+enemy put over a few shells, and in going to regulate the traffic into
+the cellars Captain R.H. Colthart was mortally wounded. The death of
+our adjutant was a great loss to the Battalion. As Sergeant Colthart
+he had gone out with the Regiment to Gallipoli, was appointed
+quartermaster and then adjutant, and had been with the Regiment or
+Battalion in every engagement in which it had taken part, being
+mentioned in dispatches. Lieutenant J.W. Ormiston succeeded him as
+adjutant.
+
+Tournai was evacuated by the Germans on 9th November. The 231st
+Brigade promptly passed through it, and formed a bridgehead east of
+the town with the 55th Division on their right and the 57th Division
+on the left. The 230th Brigade occupied the town while we moved
+forward to Lamain. Next day we marched through Tournai, and had a
+tremendous reception. The skirl of the pipes and the sight of the
+kilts moved the population to great enthusiasm, both vocal and
+osculatory, and we had a regular triumphal procession. Our destination
+was Beclers, five miles east of Tournai.
+
+On 11th November we were continuing our advance east, and had reached
+the main road just west of Frasnes, when at twenty minutes before 11
+o'clock the Brigade-Major (Captain A.J.M. Tuck, M.C.) informed us that
+an armistice had been signed which came in force at 11 o'clock. The
+consequent halt threw our time-table out of gear, and we finally
+stumbled in to our billeting area in the dark, covered with mud and
+very weary.
+
+The following day our Brigade relieved the 230th Brigade in holding
+the outpost line, and we were billeted at Izieres. The inhabitants
+could not do too much for us, and we were quite sorry when orders were
+received on the 17th to proceed to Moustier. We had been transferred
+back again into the Fifth Army. Here we rubbed up our ceremonial drill
+and practised guard of honour for the King's visit. This, however,
+fell through, and on the 7th December we marched to a point on the
+Leuze-Tournai road, near Barry, where His Majesty held an informal
+inspection.
+
+While at Moustier we started elementary educational training, which
+was more fully developed after we moved to Grammont on 16th December.
+Here our wanderings finally ceased, and demobilization commenced. We
+had a most successful and sumptuous dinner on Christmas Day, the whole
+N.-E. of France having been ransacked for geese and turkeys. On New
+Year's Day Lieut.-Colonel J.M. M'Kenzie went home sick, and Major D.D.
+Ogilvie assumed command. Educational training in the forenoon and
+sports in the afternoon was the order of the day, and everyone looked
+forward to demobilization and Blighty once more.
+
+After defeating the K.S.L.I, in the semi-final we met the M.G.C. in
+the final for the Divisional Cup on 22nd January, whom we beat 3-0.
+Considering we had only four of the original team left it was all the
+more creditable that we managed to pull it off. Major-General E.S.
+Girdwood, C.B., presented a very beautiful silver cup and medals to
+the winning team, and Battalion medals were also sent to all members
+of the team. For the Divisional Cup our record was:--Played 6: won 5:
+drawn 1: goals for 25: goals against 6. Unfortunately a complete
+record of the Regimental and Battalion team was not kept, but we have
+records of the last 74 matches. Of these 66 were won: 3 lost: 5 drawn:
+goals for 217: goals against 45.
+
+[Illustration: THE BATTALION FOOTBALL TEAM.
+_Standing_ (_left to right._)--Sgt. Patterson, 2nd. Lt. Gourlay, Pte.
+Davidson, Pte. Buchanan, Pte. Thomson, Sgt. Fyall, Pte. Gair.
+_Sitting_--Sgt. Goodall, Lt.-Col. Ogilvie, Pte. M'Guffog, Cpl. Davis,
+Capt. Andrew. _In front_--Pte. Petrie, Pte. Moir.
+_To face page 140_]
+
+The Divisional Cross Country Run was also won by us, and we were
+selected to run in the Inter-Corps Run. One or two successful mule
+gymkhanas were got up, and we also tried our hand at baseball,
+cricket, and paper chases, both mounted and on foot. Two or three
+nights a week we had dances, and one or two good concert parties
+entertained us.
+
+Each week we kept sending men off for demobilization, and about the
+third week in March we sent about 100 men to the 8th Battalion the
+Black Watch, and half a dozen officers to the 6th Battalion in the
+Army of the Rhine. This reduced us to cadre strength. On 18th June the
+cadre consisting of 2 officers and 22 other ranks proceeded home via
+Boulogne, and a few days later the baggage guard followed, after
+handing over all Battalion stores at Dunkirk. Of those who went out on
+the _Andania_ only four remained--Lieut.-Colonel D.D. Ogilvie,
+Captain R.A. Andrew, M.C., R.Q.M.S. W.J. Galbraith and Sergeant-Major
+W. Nisbet. The cadre reached Kirkcaldy on 25th June, where they were
+entertained by the Provost on behalf of the Corporation, and in the
+afternoon were all demobilized at Kinross.
+
+So ends the history of the 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion,
+the Black Watch, Royal Highlanders.
+
+On 6th September 1915 Lord Lovat received the following wire from
+Windsor Castle:--
+
+    "I send you and your Brigade my best wishes on your departure
+    for Active Service. I feel sure that the great and traditional
+    fighting reputation of Scotsmen will be more than safe with you,
+    and that your Brigade will spare no effort in the interests of
+    the Empire's cause to bring this war to a victorious conclusion.
+
+    GEORGE _R.I._"
+
+The purport of this short history is to show how we did our best to
+carry out His Majesty's command.
+
+[Illustration: THE LYS SECTOR
+_To face page 142_]
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER VII
+
+SOME PERSONALITIES
+
+
+In writing this short history of the regiment I have carefully
+abstained from all personalities. These few notes on some of our best
+known characters are only added to recall pleasant--or other--memories,
+and the subjects are asked to forgive the liberty taken.
+
+To criticise one's superiors is both impolitic and impertinent, but
+there are three who cannot be omitted--two of them live in England and
+may never see this book, and the third--well, he has expressed his
+opinion of me quite bluntly more than once already.
+
+At Grammont I received a letter from a very well-known member of the
+football team thanking me for the medals, in which he said:--"We
+always liked General Girdwood for his kindly consideration for the
+men, and I know I am only expressing the opinion of all the boys when
+I say we would not have changed him for Haig himself." There is no
+doubt that was the opinion of the whole Division about our
+G.O.C.--and, fortunately, we only had the one. Whether he was talking
+to the men after a good bit of work in the line, or at a formal
+inspection in the "back area," one always felt how keenly interested
+he was in the men. They loved his "Beatty" cap--but not his roasts of
+beef. He always expressed his appreciation of good work, but
+apparently disliked the growing of oats on the spare pole of one of
+the limbers--but the transport know more about that than I do!
+
+The G.O.C. had certainly a brain-wave when he adopted the "Broken
+Spur" as our Divisional badge. We were all very proud of our "Broken
+Spur." An Australian officer, seeing it at Faustine Quarry, asked if
+it was the badge of the 74th Division. "Well," he added, "we call you
+'Allenby's Harriers,' because you are the only Division we can't keep
+up with." Coming from an Australian that was "some" praise.
+
+I don't know which was the more popular--the G.O.C. or "Reggie."[1]
+But "Reggie" took some knowing, and though it was capital fun watching
+him strafing others--which he did "full out"--it was quite another
+thing when he turned his guns on you! He was a tremendous sportsman,
+and it didn't seem to matter whether he was hunting sentries or
+jackal--so long as he was hunting he was quite happy--while the
+feelings of the sentry and the jackal were also probably similar! He
+took a tremendous pride in the Brigade--"I take off my hat every time
+to the 229th"--and I fancy what pleased him far more than defeating
+Turk or Bosche was our victory over the Scots Guards at Grand
+Roullecourt.
+
+If we had gone abroad within three months after mobilization nothing
+would have saved "Black Mick"[2]--if within six months it was about
+even odds. At nine months all the N.C.O.'s, a good many of the men, and
+even one or two subalterns might have tried to save him; while after a
+year, if any one had dared to lay hands on him, he would have been rent
+in twain by the entire Regiment. And the reason was obvious. Realising
+what capital material he had to deal with, Mick was determined that,
+whatever people might think of him, his job was to get the Regiment to
+the highest state of efficiency in the shortest possible time. The pill
+certainly was a bit bitter, and it was only when the effects began to
+be felt that we realised what a thundering good Doctor "Mick" was.
+Shortly before we went out he admitted that we were as good as any
+cavalry regiment in the Army, but characteristically added--"but don't
+tell the ----!" A very effective combination were the Colonel and Mick,
+and if we didn't love them much at the time we realise now how much we
+owe them.
+
+Subalterns and N.C.O.'s were to Mick as a bone to a puppy--he could
+chew us as much as he liked to-day, but we were still there for
+similar treatment on the morrow! But how pleased we were when his big
+black horse played up one day and knocked his cap off!
+
+His language was pointed and all-embracing, and our ancestry and
+morals both seemed to meet with his disapproval. It is therefore
+impossible to give any anecdote about Mick. When the narrator's
+opinion of Mick is added to Mick's opinion of the narrator, the story
+could only be told in Russian. "Always have an answer ready," was his
+advice, "even if it isn't the truth--like Mr Sharp's answer just now."
+
+Sharpie[3] and Ralph Stewart were quite the best at looking after
+themselves, and carried more gear than all the rest of us put
+together. At Syderstone Common an inquisitive general ordered the
+tarpaulin to be taken off the General Service wagon, and the first
+things which caught his eye were Sharpie's tennis racket and golf
+clubs. At Gara munitions of war had to be left behind to find room on
+the truck for his patent washstand. By the time he got to Palestine
+Johnnie Smith really could not compete with his belongings, and had to
+"borrow" a donkey to carry what could not possibly be left at Cox's
+Go-down--and it took eight months after the Armistice was signed
+before sufficient shipping could be collected at Alexandria to bring
+that home.
+
+"Tukie"[4] and "Doctor" Ross[5] of course go together--I don't know
+which had the more character.
+
+"What's the guid o' gaen tae oor Doctor? He wadna believe yer ill till
+yer deid, and he wadna believe yer deid till yer stinkin."
+Scrimshankers got little sympathy from either. "I've got awful pains
+in my back, Doctor," said one man, and a knowing look passed between
+the Doctor and Ross. "Off with your shirt then." A good old smack on
+his bare back and--"that's all right, my man. A good dose of castor
+oil, Corporal Ross. Medicine and duty."
+
+Corporal Ross was a wonderful detective. He knew the past history and
+character of every man in the Regiment, I am sure. Though no two could
+have taken more care over you when you were really sick than Tukie and
+his corporal, no two were harder on anyone they knew was shamming. How
+these two worked on Gallipoli! Finally Tukie had to give in and was
+literally pushed on board a hospital ship, but he was as bad as a
+patient as he was good as a doctor, and they were glad to get rid of
+him at Malta after a short time and return him to his beloved Unit.
+Egypt, of course, afforded great scope for Tukie's fly-extermination
+crusade, and I have already referred in the text to his extraordinary
+success in exterminating mosquitoes at Sherika.
+
+In Palestine his sanitary schemes were almost universally adopted, and
+his award of a Military Cross hardly represents the great improvements
+he introduced into the sanitation and health of the Force. We were all
+very sorry to lose Tukie, but realised that his ability was wasted as
+a regimental doctor, and felt he was better employed at the citadel
+where he had more opportunity of using his great surgical powers. We
+only hope he didn't drop cigarette ash into the interiors of his
+patients.
+
+Others we lost far too soon were Ronnie Hutchison, O.C. Machine Gun
+Section, who went to the M.G.C. His favourite word of command was
+"Gallop," and his joy to jump ditches and hedges with his carts; Pat
+Rigg and David Marshall, also Machine Gunners; Willie Don, who had to
+leave us in Egypt owing to heart trouble. His Grace of Canterbury
+himself could not have intoned words of command more melodiously than
+Willie did. Charlie Herdman, our finest exponent of horsemanship. He
+left us in Egypt to go to Remounts, and there he was absolutely in his
+element, horse, camel, and donkey-coping. Spreull the Vet., who went
+to the R.A.V.C. in France. Nor is anyone likely to forget "Daddy"
+Ricketts, the Q.M., if he ever tried to extract anything from his
+stores, or Gervase Babington (family motto "What is thine is mine")
+if he happened to possess anything Gervase or his troop coveted.
+
+"Ackety-ack"[6]--otherwise Willie Campbell--had one great failing. He
+could see no farther than A Squadron or A Company, and if anyone ran
+down "A" he foamed at the mouth. Ask him how many sergeants there were
+in No. 1 platoon--which won one of the inter-platoon football
+competitions--and he was abusive for a week! "Ackety" was perhaps seen
+at his best playing for the officers' team. On the advice of the
+crowd, "Go for the man, sir, never mind the ball," he invariably went
+for Collier or Herd or Dommett, the adjutant of the Somersets--each
+one quite two or more stone heavier than himself. He and
+"Aeroplane"[7] were well matched, nothing striking to look at but
+grand stayers. Willie was due for leave about the first week of
+January 1919, but as he had spent all his money, and about L200 of
+other people's, on the men's Christmas dinner, he had just to stay
+where he was from want of funds to take him home.
+
+While at Sherika, Ross Robertson left us to join R.F.C. He was our
+first signal officer, and when he left was second in command B
+Squadron. We lost in Rossie a very capable and popular officer, and
+his death on his first solo over the German lines at Cambrai was
+keenly felt by the entire Regiment. Morning stables were of no
+interest to Rossie--all the energy he could raise was devoted to
+flicking the heads off the daisies in his lines, but give him a
+definite job to do and no one could do it better.
+
+Unlike his successor, nothing could worry him--Bill Scott, on the
+other hand, took his telephones very seriously. Till the day he went
+home we pulled his leg about his 'phones. Ormy,[8] in particular,
+being lavish in advice as to what to do, and threatening to get Jock
+Clark if he (Scott) couldn't do it.
+
+Ormy was a great fellow. The less he knew about a subject, the more
+advice he would give and would argue the point _ad nauseam_. He was
+reading Law at the time--perhaps that is why.
+
+Perhaps "Dinkum's"[9] best _bon mot_ was when he nicknamed
+M'Dougal[10] the "Gallipoli Spider," and Mac certainly had a wonderful
+knack of gathering all things into his web. Gallipoli gave him
+splendid opportunity for his Autolycus-like habits, and rumour has it
+that, though really ill with dysentery, he took off with him from
+Suvla seventeen ground sheets and nearly as many blankets. At Sherika,
+rather than lose his share of the ice, he took it with his tea.
+
+Bombing was his strong point, and as an instructor in hand and rifle
+grenades he was first class. Routine he hated like poison. Mac is
+perhaps the only officer who was witty once--and only once--in his
+trench report. I don't know if H.Q. see the point of his remarks to
+this day. He it was, who, having overshot the mark, and lost his way
+in Palestine, was shown back to our lines by a Turkish officer!
+
+"George Washington," Cummins,[11] "lost his nerve," so he said,
+through being mauled by a lion in South Africa. This is purely
+supposition on his part, as he had no notion what nerves were. We
+sometimes wondered if he even knew what pain was. He was badly
+frost-bitten on Suvla, and had to be pushed off the Peninsula--at
+Sheria a bullet passed through his forearm and grazed his upper arm
+and ribs. He got it tied up, and continued with the advance, and then
+assisted wounded all night at the dressing-station. The C.O. ordered
+him to go to the Field Ambulance at once to have his wound seen to,
+but George put in four more hours before complying with the order.
+
+At Fakenham an officer joined us from the Wild West--a cow-puncher and
+lassoo expert. The obvious name for him was Arizona;[12] and Arizona
+he remained. I have even heard him referred to as Captain Arizona. An
+enthusiast in whatever he took up, he was in turn scout officer,
+transport officer, Lewis gun officer, quartermaster and company
+commander. But it is as sports officer that he will be best
+remembered--training the football or running teams, coaching the
+tug-of-war, organising cricket or baseball, or arranging mule
+gymkhanas or swimming matches. One of his best efforts was coaching
+the tug-of-war team in the final against Lovats at Sohag. Only when
+his handkerchief was in his right hand were his instructions
+"genuine."[13]--"Heave" with it in his left meant nothing, and
+completely mystified the opposing coach. Poor old Arizona! He went out
+with us to Gallipoli, and was with us to the very end. Shortly after
+coming home he had an operation on his broken nose, and everything
+seemed all right, but pleuritic pneumonia set in, and he died very
+suddenly in a nursing home in St Andrews in February of this year.
+
+There is one officer about whom innumerable stories could be told--no
+need to mention his name. He, it was who, looking through a periscope,
+well below the parapet, waved to a Turkish deserter to come in, and
+could not understand how the Turk didn't see him.
+
+When he was mounting his horse one day it collapsed and died on the
+spot.
+
+"That's a funny thing, Sergeant Cooper; I've never known this horse do
+that before."
+
+"Will you take my punishment or go before a court-martial?" "Your
+award, Sir."
+
+"Well, go away, and don't do it again!"
+
+When asked how he got on when torpedoed on the way home, all we learnt
+from him was, "It was very wet."
+
+Then there is the oft quoted, "What are you complaining about? It's
+only another five miles, and you've cocoa for your tea!"
+
+Mac Lindsay,[14] the stock-whip expert and jack-of-all-trades,
+confessed to only one ambition in life--to dress ---- in a little red
+jacket and fez and lead him round on a chain! The report that he made
+a Ford car out of bully-beef tins has, I understand, been officially
+denied.
+
+Just a week before the Armistice we lost Colthart, the best
+quartermaster in the Army, and one of the best of fellows. He had a
+wonderful "way with him," and could get for us all sorts of stores,
+etc., which other quartermasters were unable to get. He was with us
+all the time, and never missed a "show."
+
+Colthart once "took pity" on a stray donkey in Palestine. Government
+oats soon made a tremendous difference, and the donkey was sold at
+Yalo for, I think, L11. Unfortunately, the previous owner met the new
+purchaser with the donkey, and all explanations being unavailing, a
+court of enquiry was the result, to which witnesses seemed to come
+from all over Palestine. Eventually, the donkey was returned to its
+previous owner, and all parties satisfied--except the donkey.
+
+Dick Wood and Harry Fraser were two of the best we got from the Black
+Watch. Dick Wood looked benevolent enough behind his spectacles, but
+in a scrap his lust for blood was insatiable. Harry's penchant was
+stalking Bosche machine gun posts. Unfortunately, he got it badly in
+the neck just as success was at hand, and was away from us till about
+the Armistice.
+
+He and the other Harry (Adamson) looked after the transport lines.
+Arizona told Harry Adamson to take his platoon forward and see if the
+Bosche were still holding their trenches on the Lys Sector. "Hairy's"
+method was typical of the man. Thinking it might be a "dirty" job,
+"Hairy" left his platoon under cover and went on himself. Having
+failed to find any Bosche in their trenches, he got up on the parapet
+and waved to his platoon to come on!
+
+Of the N.C.O.'s and men it is possible only to mention a few.
+
+I always associate S.M. Alec. Ogilvie with Hogsthorpe at early morning
+stand-to going round the lines, abusing everyone for making a noise,
+and himself making as much noise as all the rest of us put together.
+He was the life and soul of C Squadron. Heaven knows what C would have
+done without him on the Peninsula. He and Edie and M'Laren, our three
+squadron sergeant-majors, were a very strong trio. Edie was an example
+to all of us--however tired he might be himself he never thought of
+resting till he was satisfied his men were all right.
+
+One man, I know, will never forget Sergeant Craig (he was made
+R.Q.M.S. just a few days before his death on Suvla). Craig found lice
+"doing squaderron drrrill up his legs," and he was pegged out in an
+outhouse till his clothes were fumigated.
+
+S.M. Bradfield was another splendid fellow who lost his life--the
+result of frost bite--on Gallipoli. Corporal "One 'wo" was a physical
+instructor in civil life, and no one could twist one better at "jerks"
+than he could.
+
+Then there was the one and only Jock Lumsden. Regularly once a week at
+morning stables he turned the whole troop out to water, while he and
+"Dinkum" swept the entire garage out--a sure sign that the previous
+night had been pay night. He always was a hard worker, but a perfect
+demon for work the morning after the night before. A squadron leader
+was showing a man how to use a pick, cutting trenches in the sandstone
+at Sherika. Up strolled Jock--hands deep in his pockets. "Here,
+Sergeant-major--this man hasn't the foggiest notion how to use a pick.
+I've just been showing him." "I've been watching ye, sir. I'm thinking
+it wad need tae be war time for you to earn ten shillings a day in the
+pits."
+
+"How many men in this bay for rum, Sergeant Lumsden?" "Four men and
+myself, sir. That will be nine." When handed his tot, he looked at the
+bottom of the mug, and handed it back to the orderly sergeant, "Hoots,
+Gorrie, dinna mak a fule o' my stamach."
+
+An inveterate gambler, but a great sportsman, no one could have been
+more loyal to his Company than Jock.
+
+When a man on manoeuvres crawls up to a ditch within twenty yards of
+a very wide awake post, leaves his cap just showing above the bank,
+and then proceeds up the ditch so as to get within five yards of the
+sentry, and could only be dislodged from there by stones, one spots
+him at once as a keen, hard-working fellow. Such was Private Gall, who
+eventually became R.S.M. He taught us to bayonet fight with "dash,
+vigour, and determination," and gave us Irish songs and recitations at
+our smokers.
+
+Another star performer was Craig of the Machine Gun Battery, with his
+whistling and patter. He eventually got a commission (and the D.S.O.)
+in the Grenadier Guards.
+
+Then there was Sergeant Renton--who, though badly frost-bitten,
+refused to leave the front line, and always showed his other foot to
+the Doctor. He could only hobble with the help of spades as crutches.
+Young Roger who "saw red" in the Dere and nearly bayonetted the
+Doctor. Hastie Young, an "old soldier," the regimental barber: he cut
+the Brig.'s hair, until the Brig. unfortunately ran into Hastie
+holiday-making in Jerusalem.
+
+Lowson who snored quite happily within a few yards of the Turkish
+machine gunner at "Amulree"[15] and finally got lost, and "fetched up
+among the 'Duffs,' I think ye ca' them" (it is as the "Buffs" that
+they are generally known)!
+
+S.-M. Elder, an old Black Watch man, who when asked if he were dead
+stoutly denied it.
+
+Little Batchelor, the runner, never flurried and always so polite,
+however nasty the Bosche might be, was nearly kidnapped by the
+Australians as a mascot.
+
+"Honest John" M'Niven who would work twenty-four hours a day to make A
+Company more comfortable.
+
+S.M. Hair whose wonderful pronunciation of words of command always
+amused us. His "Stind at ---- ice" electrified everyone; unlike poor
+old Aitken, whose staccato and rapid "Company company 'shun'" was
+never heard by anyone! And then the footballers Savage, Herd, Collier
+(who commanded "hauf a Batt-al-i-on" at St Emilie); Todd, M'Guffog
+(who captained the team that won the Final of the Divisional Cup, with
+a bit of Turkish shrapnel so close to his spine that they dared not
+operate); Davis with a heart like a lion and a kick like a mule;
+M'Lean who could head the ball about as far as he could kick it;
+Durham who seemed always half asleep and too lazy to worry--and many
+another first-rate footballer.
+
+Leitch, the biggest and strongest man we had, the end man of the
+tug-of-war team, one of our best Lewis gunners, who, when shot in the
+hand, so that he could not fire his gun, carried on bringing up
+ammunition boxes all that day.
+
+Henderson, D Coy's S.M.; Galbraith on whom descended Colthart's
+wonderful knack of obtaining whatever he wanted; Storrer Mosh alias
+Morrison Storrar of A Squadron and A Coy.
+
+Mack, one of the best we got from the 10th Battalion, and they were
+all good fellows; Corporal Gibb, who looked the part so well that he
+was appointed Acting Q.M.S. by the Stores Officer at Kantara!
+
+
+And Many More.
+
+Names and episodes crowd one another out--the more one writes, the
+more one recalls. These random jottings, however, will call up many
+more to the reader's memory. Such is my hope--that, having started you
+in a reminiscent frame of mind you will now carry on "spinning the
+yarn" yourself.
+
+    "Here's tae oorsel's! Wha's like us! Damned few!"
+
+[Illustration: THE FIFE AND FORFAR IMPERIAL YEOMANRY AT ANNSMUIR.
+_To face page 15_]
+
+
+FOOTNOTES:
+
+[1] Brigadier-General R. Hoare, C.M.G., D.S.O.
+
+[2] Capt. (later Lieut.-Col.) M.E. Lindsay, D.S.O., 7th D.G.
+
+[3] Capt. H.S. Sharp.
+
+[4] Capt. A.L. Tuke, M.C., R.A.M.C.(T.).
+
+[5] Cpl. (later Sgt.) A.J. Ross, M.M., R.A.M.C., attd. F. and F.Y. and
+14th R.H.
+
+[6] Capt. (later Major) Sir W.A.A. Campbell, Bart., M.C.
+
+[7] His charger.
+
+[8] Lieut. (A/Capt.) J.W. Ormiston.
+
+[9] Pte. Henderson, B Squadron.
+
+[10] Lieut. (later Capt.) A.R. M'Dougal.
+
+[11] Lieut. (late Capt.) W.W. Cummins.
+
+[12] Lieut. (late Capt.) R.A. Andrew, M.C.
+
+[13] Pronounced "_genu-eine_."
+
+[14] Lieut. A.S. Lindsay, M.B.E., M.C.
+
+[15] Amurieh, an isolated hill held by the Turks, raided by the Ayrs
+and Lanarks, 22nd March 1917.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER VIII
+
+THE PREDECESSORS OF THE FIFE AND FORFAR YEOMANRY
+
+
+During the troublous times in France at the end of the eighteenth
+century the fear of invasion was as acute as it was during the first
+years of the European War. To meet this danger Pitt issued his famous
+appeal, and towards the end of 1793 the first yeomanry regiment was
+raised in Suffolk. Others quickly followed, and in 1794 we find a
+regiment was raised in Forfar called the Forfar Yeomanry or Angus
+Cavalry, which continued twenty-five years until disbanded in 1819.
+
+In Fife the first unit raised appears to have been a regiment of
+"Fencible Cavalry" named "The Fifeshire Light Dragoons"; like other
+Fencible Units throughout the country this regiment seems to have been
+more or less a Regular Unit enlisted for the period of the war and for
+home service only. It was apparently the force on which the Government
+relied for keeping a check on local unrest, and was disbanded in 1797.
+
+In 1798 the Fife Yeomanry Cavalry and the Stirlingshire Yeomanry
+Cavalry were raised, and later on Perthshire, Clackmannanshire, and
+Kinross-shire all had their yeomanry regiments, which, however, seldom
+exceeded 150 in strength.
+
+In Fife, however, thanks to the inspiration and energy of Sir William
+Erskine and Mr Wemyss of Cuttlehill, it was very popular; and when the
+Earl of Crawford was appointed Colonel Commandant in September 1798
+there were already seven mounted troops.
+
+With change of name to the Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry, and under
+the successive command of Lieut.-Colonel Morison of Naughton (1803),
+Colonel J. Anstruther Thomson of Charlton (1809), and Colonel W.
+Wemyss (1823) the Regiment continued to flourish, receiving in
+1814--the year which saw the close of the war--the thanks of both
+Houses of Parliament for its services.
+
+In 1822 the Regiment took part in the Review held by His Majesty King
+George IV. on Portobello sands where, according to a contemporary
+account, "the novelty of an exhibition of this order, and the passion
+allowable of the ladies to see their gallant and rustic lords and
+lovers relinquishing the habiliments of common life and flourishing in
+scarlet and glory, produced an immense crowd."
+
+In December 1827 an Order was circulated announcing the disbandment
+of many yeomanry regiments, and among those on the list was The Royal
+Fife. Arms were returned to store, and the Regiment actually disbanded
+in 1828. The Perthshire, Clackmannanshire, and Kinross-shire
+Yeomanries were also disbanded at this time.
+
+[Illustration: DETACHMENT AT H.M. THE KING'S VISIT TO EDINBURGH.
+_To face page 160_]
+
+[Illustration: REGIMENTAL DRILL AT ANNSMUIR WITH SKELETON ENEMY.
+_To face page 160_]
+
+The troublous times of 1830 reached their height in the winter of that
+year, and many yeomanry regiments were re-established, amongst them
+being the Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry, commanded by General Balfour of
+Balbirnie. The Regiment was again disbanded in 1838, the same fate
+overcoming the Stirlingshire Yeomanry.
+
+In 1856 the Forfar Yeomanry were re-raised, and in 1860 the Fifeshire
+Mounted Rifle Volunteers, under command of Lieut.-General The Earl of
+Rosslyn, Captain Anstruther Thomson, son of the officer who had
+commanded the Fife Yeomanry and Fife Fencible Cavalry half a century
+before, Captain Whyte Melville of the 9th Lancers, Captain Oswald of
+the Grenadier Guards, son of Captain Oswald of Dunnikier of the Royal
+Rifles, and Captain Sir Arthur Halkett, who had carried the colours of
+the 42nd Royal Highlanders at the Battle of the Alma, were the Troop
+leaders.
+
+Though the Regiment was only officially accepted in June, they were
+present at the Royal Review in Edinburgh in September, marching past
+Her Majesty The Queen in rear of the Scots Greys.
+
+In 1862 the Forfar Yeomanry were disbanded, and for the next fourteen
+years there were no Yeomanry in Forfarshire.
+
+In 1870, on the application of Lieut.-Colonel Anstruther Thomson, the
+Mounted Rifle Volunteers were turned into Light Horse, and the Corps
+was called the 1st Fifeshire Volunteer Light Horse Corps, with an
+establishment of 240 all ranks.
+
+Towards the end of 1875 a movement was made to raise a Forfarshire
+Troop of Light Horse, and early in 1876 a strong Troop, known as the
+1st Forfarshire Light Horse Volunteer Corps, was raised at Dundee
+under command of Captain P.A.W. Carnegy of Lour and attached to the
+Fife Light Horse.
+
+In 1895 Lieut.-Colonel John Gilmour of Montrave succeeded to the
+command of the Regiment, and introduced the Squadron System--"A"
+Squadron having its headquarters at Cupar, "B" Squadron at
+Dunfermline, and the "Forfar" Squadron at Dundee.
+
+In October 1899 the South African War broke out, and early in 1900 the
+20th Company Imperial Yeomanry was formed. Captain Chappell Hodge,
+late 12th Lancers, was given command, and under him were Lieutenants
+J. Gilmour and J. Simpson. They embarked on 27th February for Cape
+Town where they were given their horses, and proceeded to join General
+Sir A. Hunter's Division for the relief of Mafeking. The "Fifes"
+crossing the Vaal captured the town of Christiana in the
+Transvaal--the first act of war on Transvaal soil.
+
+After the death of Captain Hodge, Captain R. Purvis took command till
+wounded at Nooitgedacht, when Lieutenant J. Gilmour succeeded him.
+
+In May 1901 the first contingent, after having marched 2575 miles and
+taken part in 85 engagements, proceeded home.
+
+The 20th Company Imperial Yeomanry continued to serve till the end of
+the war, receiving in all 498 officers and men from the Fife and
+Forfar Light Horse.
+
+The conversion of the Light Horse into Imperial Yeomanry took place in
+1901, and the Regiment then became the Fife and Forfar Imperial
+Yeomanry--in 1908, on the formation of the Territorial Force, the word
+"Imperial" was dropped.
+
+In 1901 Lieut.-Colonel Sir John Gilmour retired and was succeeded by
+Lieut.-Colonel T.H. Erskine of Grangemuir, the present Honorary
+Colonel of the Regiment.
+
+On the outbreak of war in 1914 the Regiment was commanded by
+Lieut.-Colonel A. Mitchell of Luscar, subsequent Commanding Officers
+being Lieut.-Colonels J. Gilmour, J. Younger, J.M. M'Kenzie, and D.D.
+Ogilvie. During this period the Adjutants were Captains M.E. Lindsay,
+H.S. Sharp, A.C. Smith, W.D. Brown, R. Colthart, and J.W. Ormiston.
+
+[Illustration: GROUP SHOWING SIX SUCCESSIVE COMMANDING OFFICERS.
+_Standing (left to right)_--Lt. Younger, Capt. Lumsden, Lt. Stewart,
+Capt. Haig, Col. Anstruther Thomson, Lt. Russell, Lt. Wright
+(Yorkshire Dragoons), Lt. Nairn, Capt. Dewar.
+_Sitting_--Major Osborne, Major Gilmour, Major Mitchell, Major
+Erskine, Lt.-Col. Sir J. Gilmour, Capt. Burgoyne (Adjutant), Major
+Marshall, Major Lawson.
+_To face page 164_]
+
+[Illustration: THE CADRE ON ARRIVAL AT KIRKCALDY (see page 142).
+_To face page 164_]
+
+
+
+
+APPENDIX
+
+HONOURS AND AWARDS
+
+
+=D.S.O.=
+
+Lieut.-Col. John Gilmour.
+Lieut.-Col. James Younger.
+
+
+=M.C.=
+
+Capt. Ian Couper Nairn.
+Capt. Sir William A.A. Campbell, Bart.
+Capt. A.L.S. Tuke, R.A.M.C.(T.).
+Lieut. Robert A. Andrew.
+2nd Lieut. Alec C. Smith.
+2nd Lieut. William Jeffrey Johnstone.
+2nd Lieut. John Crawford Houston.
+2nd Lieut. A. Richard Wood. D.C.M., M.M.
+2nd Lieut. T. Brodie Brown.
+345626 C.S.M. John Cameron.
+
+
+=D.C.M.=
+
+   131 S.S.M. Alexander Ogilvie.
+345018 C.S.M. William Henderson.
+345416 Sergt. William Collier.
+345200 Sergt. William Syme.
+345314 Sergt. William R. Chalmers.
+  1437 L/Sergt. J. Valentine.
+290604 Private James Birrell.
+345094 Private H.A. Dickie.
+  2029 Private W. Roger.
+345209 Private Thomas Spence.
+
+
+=M.M.=
+
+345674 Sergt. Alex. Park Gordon.
+345375 Sergt. William Herd.
+345380 Sergt. James Johnston.
+345749 Cpl. J. Black.
+300005 Cpl. Alexander J. Ross, R.A.M.C.
+345074 L/Cpl. John J. Leitch.
+345320 L/Cpl. E. Lippiatt.
+345409 L/Cpl. A. Sinclair.
+345116 L/Cpl. David Maxwell Telfer.
+ 11463 Private J. Armour.
+ 16877 Private Alex. Black. D.C.M.
+345446 Private William Blair.
+345259 Private A. Campbell.
+ 26870 Private Richard Izatt.
+345075 Private Douglas Rodger.
+345740 Private W.T. Smith.
+
+
+=M.S.M.=
+
+345141 R.S.M. George Call.
+345166 C.S.M. John Skinner Lumsden.
+345191 R.Q.M.S. William James Galbraith.
+345021 C.Q.M.S. William Blyth.
+345095 C.Q.M.S. John M'Niven.
+
+
+=Serbian Gold Medal=
+
+  2025 S.S. D.H. Pringle.
+
+
+=Italian Bronze Medal=
+
+345031 L/Cpl. Alexander Wilson.
+
+
+=Medaille Barbatie si Credinta--1st Class=
+
+345426 Sergt. Robert Ballantyne.
+
+
+=Mention in Dispatches=
+
+Lieut.-Col. John Gilmour.
+Major James Younger.
+Major Cecil George de Pree.
+Capt. Michael E. Lindsay.
+Capt. D. Douglas Ogilvie.
+Capt. Sir William A.A. Campbell, Bart.
+Lieut. David Colville.
+Lieut. Henry Adamson.
+2nd Lieut. Alec C. Smith.
+2nd Lieut. A.S. Lindsay.
+Lieut. (A/Capt.) Robert Herd Colthart.
+Lieut. Robert A. Andrew.
+2nd Lieut. (A/Capt.) John W. Ormiston.
+   131 S.S.M. Alexander Ogilvie.
+   977 S.Q.M.S. J. Edmund.
+345113 Sergt. Alex. Sievewright.
+345185 Sergt. William Scott.
+345424 Sergt. D. Low.
+345943 Sergt. Duncan Campbell.
+   792 Sergt. Nathaniel Mack.
+  1860 L/Sergt. James R. Barron.
+345165 L/Sergt. R.M. Hogg.
+345476 Cpl. William A. Milne.
+   650 Cpl. Alex. J. Ross, R.A.M.C.
+345245 L/Cpl. J. Brown.
+345302 L/Cpl. John Clark.
+345031 L/Cpl. Alexander Wilson.
+345180 Private Thomas Blease.
+345154 Private William Dunn.
+345052 Private Frederick Paterson.
+
+
+=Certificates of Gallantry=
+
+  1860 Cpl. James Barron.
+  1826 Private James Benton.
+  1851 Private James Salmond.
+  2441 Private W. Whyte.
+
+
+=Honours gained by Officers extra Regimentally employed=
+
+Lieut.-Col. Alex. J. King, C.M.G. D.S.O.
+Lieut.-Col. Andrew Spreull, R.A.V.C. D.S.O.
+Major George Erskine Jackson. O.B.E., M.C.
+Major (A/Lt.-Col.) Ronald G.O. Hutchison. D.S.O., M.C.
+Capt. Harold S. Sharp. Mention.
+Capt. Charles W. Herdman. Mention.
+Capt. Harold W.V. Temperley. O.B.E.
+Capt. A.S. Lindsay, M.B.E. M.C., Croix de Guerre.
+Capt. David Marshall. M.C.
+Lieut. R. Warburton. M.C.
+Lieut. A.G. Brown. M.C.
+Lieut. W.J. Rae. M.C.
+
+
+=Honours gained by former Adjutants=
+
+Colonel (Hon. Brig.-Gen.) M.L. MacEwen, C.B. Legion d'Honneur.
+Lieut.-Col. (Hon. Brig.-Gen.) G.R.H. Cheape, C.M.G. D.S.O., M.C.
+Lieut.-Col. E.C. Jury, C.M.G. M.C.
+Major (Temp. Lieut.-Col.) M.E. Lindsay. D.S.O.
+
+
+CASUALTIES
+
+DATE.      REGT.    RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+           NO.
+
+ 28.9.15    2635   Private     Carnegie, G.      Wounded.
+            2529   Private     Dow, D.           Wounded. Died 8.10.15
+            2056   Private     M'Kenzie, F.W.    Wounded.
+ 30.9.15    1998   Private     Maloney, James    Wounded.
+ 2.10.15    1617   Private     Scott, D.         Wounded.
+ 3.10.15     966   Sergt.      Petrie, R.        Killed.
+ 4.10.15    1799   Private     Clark, T.         Wounded.
+ 6.10.15    1681   Private     Gourlay, J.       Wounded.
+ 9.10.15    2405   Private     Doig, W.S.        Wounded.
+11.10.15    2487   Private     Grieve, J.        Wounded.
+            1816   Private     Robertson, J.     Wounded.
+12.10.15    2039   Private     Westwater, A.C.   Wounded. Died of wounds.
+18.10.15    1541   Cpl.        Maxwell, J.       Killed.
+            1985   Private     Haworth, F.       Killed.
+            1730   Private     Pattinson, J.     Killed.
+            1437   L/Sergt.    Valentine, J.     Wounded.
+            2029   Private     Roger, W.         Wounded.
+19.10.15    2069   Private     Carnegie, R.Y.    Wounded.
+20.10.15    2534   Private     Lumsden, T.       Wounded.
+            2486   Private     Morris, J.        Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  20.10.15.
+21.10.15    2489   Private     Beveridge, H.     Killed.
+            1835   Private     Macfarlane, J.    Killed.
+            1727   Private     Brown, A.         Wounded.
+            2536   Private     O'Neill, J.A.     Wounded.
+            1826   Private     Renton, J.        Wounded.
+24.10.15    1995   L/Cpl.      Blease, T.        Wounded.
+            2081   Private     Young, W.K.       Wounded.
+26.10.15    1704   Private     Ford, C.          Killed.
+            2201   Private     Henry, J.         Wounded.
+27.10.15    2276   Private     Campbell, G.W.    Wounded.
+29.10.15    1496   Private     Clark, D.         Killed.
+            1449   Sergt.      Farrell, A.       Wounded.
+30.10.15    1758   Private     Baxter, J.        Killed.
+31.10.15    1971   Private     Kennedy, J.       Killed.
+ 2.11.15    2010   Private     Millar, D.        Wounded.
+ 3.11.15    1989   Private     Rushworth, G.     Died of wounds.
+ 4.11.15    2075   Private     Whyte, J.L.       Wounded.
+ 5.11.15    2535   Private     Jarvis, T.        Wounded.
+12.11.15    1705   Private     Cowan, R.         Killed.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Herdman, C.W.     Wounded.
+            1817   Private     Fotheringham, H.  Wounded.
+            1751   Private     Harris, W.H.      Wounded.
+            1921   Private     Wilson, R.        Wounded.
+16.11.15    1621   Private     Fyffe, T.W.       Wounded.
+            2216   Private     Gordon, W.        Wounded.
+            2204   Private     Pearson, W.       Wounded.
+26.11.15    1811   Private     Robertson, R.W.   Wounded.
+28.11.15    2043   L/Cpl.      Fairweather, T.   Killed.
+            2048   L/Cpl.      Howie, W.         Killed.
+            1901   Private     Hood, J.T.        Wounded.
+            1735   Private     Mitchell, R.R.    Wounded.
+            2458   Private     Wilson, J.M.      Wounded.
+            2089   Private     Roger, J.M.       Died.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+29.11.15    1595   Cpl.        Bowie, R.         Wounded.
+            2412   Private     Adamson, D.       Wounded.
+            1685   Private     Hamilton, T.      Wounded.
+            1930   Private     M'Kechnie, W.     Wounded.
+            1563   Private     Millar, T.        Wounded.
+            2456   Private     Potter, A.        Wounded.
+            2455   Private     Rough, J.         Wounded.
+29.11.15    2337   Private     Wright, C.        Wounded.
+            1684   S.S. Cpl.   Pearson, W.       Missing (prisoner).
+                                                 Died at Sivas, 25.5.16.
+30.11.15    1886   Private     M'Gregor, R.      Died at Sivas, 25.5.16.
+            2083   Private     Moffat, T.        Died at Sivas, 25.5.16.
+            2360   Private     Halley, J.        Wounded.
+            1581   Cpl.        Peter, A.         Wounded. Died 5.12.15.
+ 1.12.15    2440   Private     Stewart, J.       Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  3.12.15.
+ 2.12.15    1987   R.Q.M.S.    Colclough, W.T.   Wounded.
+ 8.12.15    2209   Private     Batchelor, A.     Wounded.
+10.12.15    2021   Private     Galloway, J.      Wounded.
+12.12.15    1618   Private     Paton, D.S.       Wounded.
+15.12.15    2155   Private     Finlayson, P.     Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  16.12.15.
+19.12.15    2057   A/R.Q.M.S.  Craig, J.         Died of wounds.
+ 6.11.15    2186   Private     M'Laren, A.       Died of disease.
+ 8.11.15    2024   Private     Cairns, R.D.      Died of disease.
+18.11.15    2129   Private     Harley, A.B.      Died of disease.
+15.12.15    2059   S.S.M.      Bradfield, T.     Died of disease.
+ 27.5.16    2026   Private     Hendry, J.M.      Died of disease.
+27.11.16    2583   Tptr.       Shearer, W.       Died of disease.
+ 19.4.17  345413   Private     Robertson, R.     Wounded. Mansura Ridge.
+          345542   Private     Wilson, H.J.R.    Wounded. Mansura Ridge.
+ 14.5.17  345122   Private     Yule, G.          Wounded.
+ 16.5.17  345060   Saddler     Brown, J.         Wounded and at duty.
+ 25.5.17  345945   L/Sgt.      Bannigan, P.      Killed. Dumb-bell Hill.
+          345555   Private     Floyd, J.         Wounded. Dumb-bell Hill.
+          346003   Private     Wiseman, W.       Wounded. Dumb-bell Hill.
+ 26.5.17  345561   Private     Calder, J.        Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Dumb-bell Hill.
+          340020   Private     M'Donell, D.      Wounded. Dumb-bell Hill.
+          340016   Private     Milne, J.W.       Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Dumb-bell Hill.
+ 31.5.17  345402   Private     Aitkenhead, M.    Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Dumb-bell Hill.
+ 12.6.17  345934   Private     Davidson, R.      Wounded. Dumb-bell Hill.
+ 17.6.17  345549   Private     Keith, H.         Wounded.
+ 30.8.17   ...     2nd Lieut.  Crawford, W.S.    Wounded.
+                               (Lanark Yeomanry)
+          345180   L/Cpl.      Blease, T.        Wounded.
+          345703   Private     Davidson, A.      Wounded and at duty.
+          345758   Private     Edwards, J.       Wounded.
+          345497   Private     Potter, S.        Wounded and at duty.
+ 1.11.17  345461   L/Cpl.      Harley, R.        Killed.
+          345190   Private     Lister, L.        Missing (prisoner).
+ 3.11.17  345073   Cpl.        Dougal, J.F.      Missing (prisoner).
+            9276   Private     Bell, A.          Missing (prisoner).
+           17468   Private     Brady, J.         Missing (prisoner).
+ 4.11.17   ...     2nd Lieut.  Inglis, T.H.      Wounded.
+                               (att. Glo'ster
+                                Yeomanry).
+           ...     2nd Lieut.  M'Lean, J.        Wounded.
+          345335   L/Lieut.    Wyles, A.         Wounded.
+          340021   Private     Adams, W.         Wounded.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+ 4.11.17  345207   Private     Dow, R.           Wounded.
+          S/8885   Private     Kirk, G.B.        Wounded.
+ 6.11.17           Major       Osborne, G.E.B.   Killed. Sheria.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Kinniburgh, J.D.  Killed. Sheria.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Thomson, E.A.     Killed. Sheria.
+          345172   Sergt.      Spence, A.        Killed. Sheria.
+          345951   Sergt.      Sharp, J.         Killed. Sheria.
+          345633   Cpl.        Dow, J.           Killed. Sheria.
+          345161   Cpl.        Ovenstone, P.     Killed. Sheria.
+          345264   Cpl.        Rattray, J.M.     Killed. Sheria.
+          345627   L/Cpl.      Adamson, H.       Killed. Sheria.
+          345953   L/Cpl.      Baxter, R.        Killed. Sheria.
+           13133   L/Cpl.      M'Donald, G.      Killed. Sheria.
+          345289   L/Cpl.      Prain, G.         Killed. Sheria.
+           20382   Private     Anderson, J.      Killed. Sheria.
+            2819   Private     Aston, T.         Killed. Sheria.
+          345332   Private     Braid, D.         Killed. Sheria.
+          340004   Private     Combe, W.         Killed. Sheria.
+           16294   Private     Dalgleish, W.     Killed. Sheria.
+          345545   Private     Downie, H.        Killed. Sheria.
+          345605   Private     Fyfe, T.          Killed. Sheria.
+           21841   Private     Gault, J.         Killed. Sheria.
+          345962   Private     Geddes, C.        Killed. Sheria.
+           20390   Private     Hendrie, J.       Killed. Sheria.
+            8913   Private     Hoban, P.         Killed. Sheria.
+          345301   Private     Howie, G.         Killed. Sheria.
+ 6.11.17    8224   Private     Hynd, H.          Killed. Sheria.
+          345247   Private     Johnstone, J.R.   Killed. Sheria.
+          345609   Private     Kemp, W.          Killed. Sheria.
+          345717   Private     King, L.          Killed. Sheria.
+          345358   Private     Lawrence, A.H.    Killed. Sheria.
+            9916   Private     M'Donald, D.      Killed. Sheria.
+          340018   Private     M'Millan, D.      Killed. Sheria.
+          345679   Private     Milne, J.         Killed. Sheria.
+          345871   Private     Milne, J.         Killed. Sheria.
+          340016   Private     Milne, J.W.       Killed. Sheria.
+           16758   Private     Mudie, F.         Killed. Sheria.
+          345350   Private     Muir, J.K.        Killed. Sheria.
+           20362   Private     Mutch, C.         Killed. Sheria.
+          345115   Private     Nicoll, J.        Killed. Sheria.
+          345769   Private     Notman, J.        Killed. Sheria.
+          345394   Private     Pake, J.          Killed. Sheria.
+           16204   Private     Peattie, D.       Killed. Sheria.
+          345598   Private     Ritchie, J.       Killed. Sheria.
+          345239   Private     Rodger, W.        Killed. Sheria.
+           21819   Private     Ross, D.          Killed. Sheria.
+          345735   Private     Scott, R.         Killed. Sheria.
+           20889   Private     Staff, J.         Killed. Sheria.
+          345861   Private     Stewart, A.       Killed. Sheria.
+          345622   Private     Symon, A.         Killed. Sheria.
+          345444   Private     Watson, N.        Killed. Sheria.
+          345325   Private     Wilson, D.        Killed. Sheria.
+           19663   Private     Woodward, J.      Killed. Sheria.
+                   Lt.-Col.    Gilmour, J.       Wounded. Sheria.
+                   Captain     Campbell, Bart.,
+                                Sir W.A.A.       Wounded. Sheria.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+ 6.11.17           Captain     Cummins, W.W.     Wounded. Sheria.
+                   2nd Lieut.  M'Carrick, F.     Wounded. Sheria.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Martin, J.M.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345426   Sergt.      Ballantyne, R.    Wounded. Sheria.
+          345128   Sergt.      Ballantyne, J.    Wounded. Sheria.
+          345416   Sergt.      Collier, W.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          345098   Sergt.      Goodall, J.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          345947   Sergt.      M'Gregor, H.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345334   Sergt.      Saunders, A.M.    Died of wounds 18.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345164   Sergt.      Taylor, D.        Died of wounds 11.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345251   Cpl.        Chalmers, G.C.    Died of wounds 8.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345097   Cpl.        Farmer, D.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345950   Cpl.        Hedley, W.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345138   Cpl.        Hood, J.T.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345234   Cpl.        Moir, A.          Wounded. Sheria.
+          345341   Cpl.        Patterson, T.     Wounded. Sheria.
+          345398   Cpl.        Rollo, D.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345196   Cpl.        Stewart, G.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          345030   Cpl.        Whyte, J.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345223   Cpl.        Wright, R.H.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345225   L/Cpl.      Black, D.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345917   L/Cpl.      Cairncross, H.    Wounded. Sheria.
+          340001   L/Cpl.      Dick, J.          Wounded. Sheria.
+          345816   L/Cpl.      Doig, R.          Wounded. Sheria.
+          345054   L/Cpl.      Fleming, A.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          345174   L/Cpl.      Flynn, W.         Died of wounds. Sheria.
+ 6.11.17  345244   L/Cpl.      Hamilton, W.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345780   L/Cpl.      Holmes, R.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345844   L/Cpl.      Honeyman, J.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345074   L/Cpl.      Leitch, J.J.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345015   L/Cpl.      Lister, H.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345188   L/Cpl.      Ogg, J.           Wounded. Sheria.
+          345471   L/Cpl.      Stephen, E.       Wounded. Sheria.
+           18945   L/Cpl.      Ward, C.          Wounded. Sheria.
+          345395   L/Cpl.      Wright, W.        Wounded. Sheria.
+           15545   L/Cpl.      Younger, J.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          345918   Private     Alexander, P.     Wounded. Sheria.
+           15794   Private     Allan, J.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          340002   Private     Angus, T.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345576   Private     Armstrong, W.     Died of wounds 29.11.8.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345834   Private     Bagridge, H.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345998   Private     Barlow, W.R.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345579   Private     Beaton, J.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345496   Private     Birrell, H.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          345577   Private     Bisset, A.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345405   Private     Black, G.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345695   Private     Black, J.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345478   Private     Blyth, J.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345747   Private     Boyle, J.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          346000   Private     Bradshaw, A.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345890   Private     Bremner, F.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          345561   Private     Calder, J.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345312   Private     Calderhead, J.    Wounded. Sheria.
+          345268   Private     Campbell, G.W.    Wounded. Sheria.
+          345635   Private     Campbell, J.      Wounded. Sheria.
+           18725   Private     Cant, A.          Wounded. Sheria.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+6.11.17    20876   Private     Chalmers, J.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345878   Private     Chalmers, W.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          241313   Private     Clarkson, J.R.    Wounded. Sheria.
+          340006   Private     Colthart, T.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345678   Private     Conning, J.       Wounded. Sheria.
+           22141   Private     Cooper, W.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345092   Private     Coupar, D.L.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345869   Private     Craig, G.         Wounded. Sheria.
+           11824   Private     Craig, J.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345152   Private     Crichton, W.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345854   Private     Crighton, A.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345591   Private     Cumming, J.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          345275   Private     Denholm, C.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          345648   Private     Devlin, C.        Wounded. Sheria.
+           43091   Private     Donaldson, D.     Wounded. Sheria.
+           18718   Private     Drysdale, A.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345704   Private     Duffin, J.        Died of wounds 23.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345238   Private     Duncan, G.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345154   Private     Dunn, W.          Wounded. Sheria.
+           20381   Private     Edwards, D.       Died of wounds 8.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+           21824   Private     Ellison, S.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          345567   Private     Emerson, F.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          340013   Private     Ewart, J.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345649   Private     Ferguson, H.      Wounded. Sheria.
+           20878   Private     Findlay, W.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          345963   Private     Finlayson, A.C.   Wounded. Sheria.
+ 6.11.17  345568   Private     Forsyth, J.B.     Wounded. Sheria.
+          345434   Private     Gibb, D.          Wounded. Sheria.
+            4570   Private     Gordon, W.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345507   Private     Grant, A.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345534   Private     Gray, J.          Wounded. Sheria.
+           20378   Private     Gunn, A.          Wounded. Sheria.
+           22331   Private     Gunn, D.          Wounded. Sheria.
+          345713   Private     Guyan, D.         Died of wounds 11.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345654   Private     Helmsley, P.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345898   Private     Henderson, W.     Wounded. Sheria.
+          345495   Private     Henderson, J.     Wounded. Sheria.
+          345282   Private     Henry, T.B.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          241311   Private     Herbertson, J.    Wounded. Sheria.
+           10507   Private     Herd, D.          Wounded. Sheria.
+           10507   Private     Hirst, R.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345510   Private     Hunter, R.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345763   Private     King, B.          Died of wounds 6.1.18.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345990   Private     Laing, J.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345926   Private     Langston, H.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345965   Private     Lawson, A.M.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345611   Private     Linn, J.          Wounded. Sheria.
+          345612   Private     Livingstone, G.   Wounded. Sheria.
+          345901   Private     Lockhart, A.      Wounded. Sheria.
+            3752   Private     Lyall, P.         Died of wounds 7.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345783   Private     M'Aree, H.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345385   Private     M'Call, J.        Wounded. Sheria.
+           20379   Private     M'Carthey, J.     Wounded. Sheria.
+          345483   Private     M'Cartney, W.H.   Wounded. Sheria.
+          345266   Private     M'Donald, A.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          340020   Private     M'Donald, D.      Wounded. Sheria.
+
+ DATE.     REGT.    RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+           NO.
+
+ 6.11.17  345269   Private     M'Donald, F.      Died of wounds 8.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345975   Private     M'Donald, J.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345354   Private     M'Ewan, T.        Died of wounds 8.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345628   Private     M'Fadden, H.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345822   Private     M'Goldrick, F.    Wounded. Sheria.
+          345460   Private     M'Graw, D.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345724   Private     M'Inroy, D.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          345401   Private     M'Kechnie, W.     Wounded. Sheria.
+          345587   Private     M'Laggan, J.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345611   Private     M'Millan, A.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345680   Private     M'Millan, J.      Died of wounds 6.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345967   Private     M'Rae, M.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345971   Private     Marshall, J.      Wounded. Sheria.
+           16505   Private     Martin, J.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345659   Private     Martin, W.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345406   Private     Mathew, J.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345728   Private     Meekison, C.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345824   Private     Meldrum, A.       Wounded. Sheria.
+           20394   Private     Mercer, H.        Died of wounds 8.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345439   Private     Moir, J.          Wounded. Sheria.
+          345260   Private     Moonie, J.W.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345566   Private     Morgan, S.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345658   Private     Mudie, W.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345910   Private     Murray, T.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345482   Private     Penman, A.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345290   Private     Pennycook, J.M.   Wounded. Sheria.
+ 6.11.17   16033   Private     Petrie, D.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345597   Private     Prain, S.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345929   Private     Purvis, D.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345976   Private     Ramsay, W.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345977   Private     Reid, M.          Wounded. Sheria.
+           20875   Private     Reid, R.          Wounded. Sheria.
+          345573   Private     Rennie, C.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345982   Private     Robertson, A.     Wounded. Sheria.
+          345556   Private     Robertson, J.     Wounded. Sheria.
+          345392   Private     Robertson, W.     Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          346010   Private     Roy, A.           Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345575   Private     Scott, A.         Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345486   Private     Seath, J.         Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+           18720   Private     Shepherd, D.      Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345249   Private     Simpson, A.       Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345995   Private     Simpson, J.       Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345808   Private     Smith, R.         Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345333   Private     Smith, W.         Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+           20865   Private     Smith, W.A.       Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          340012   Private     Soutar, W.        Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345741   Private     Spence, G.        Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          346011   Private     Stewart, C.       Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345585   Private     Storey, C.        Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345068   Private     Storrar, M.       Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345775   Private     Stronner, J.      Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345529   Private     Stuart, J.        Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345415   Private     Thomson, H.       Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345862   Private     Turner, G.        Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+           19848   Private     Twist, T.         Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345599   Private     Urquhart, J.      Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+ 6.11.17  345468   Private     Veale, L.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          340022   Private     Walker, G.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345687   Private     Waterson, T.      Wounded. Sheria.
+           15462   Private     Weston, A.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345784   Private     Whyte, R.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345506   Private     Wilson, J.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345317   Private     Wilson, J.        Wounded. Sheria.
+           20895   Private     Williamson, T.    Wounded. Sheria.
+           20376   Private     Woodward, R.A.    Wounded. Sheria.
+                   Captain     Brown, W.D.       Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345946   Sergt.      Mackie, A.        Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345087   L/Cpl.      Reid, I.          Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345020   L/Cpl.      Robertson, K.     Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345615   Private     M'Leod, N.        Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345666   Private     Petrie, M.        Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345075   Private     Rodger, D.        Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345383   Private     Ross, G.R.        Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345317   Private     Wilson, J.        Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Sheria.
+30.11.17  345002   C.Q.M.S     Morrison, D.      Wounded. Wadi Selman.
+          345051   Sergt.      Watson, J.        Wounded. Wadi Selman.
+          345430   L/Sergt.    M'Neil, R.        Wounded. Wadi Selman.
+          345638   Private     Benson, H.        Wounded. Wadi Selman.
+          345899   Private     Higginbottom, R.  Wounded. Wadi Selman.
+           18845   Private     Huckerby, W.      Wounded. Wadi Selman.
+          293275   Private     Smith, E.J.       Wounded. Wadi Selman.
+           13401   Private     Paxton, R.        Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Sheria.
+ 1.12.17           2nd Lieut.  Greenlees, G.D.   Killed. "1750."
+          345352   Private     Dickson, D.G.     Killed. "1750."
+          345857   Private     Plant, H.         Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  "1750."
+ 3.12.17  345712   Private     Gray, W.          Missing (prisoner).
+10.12.17  345814   Private     Connaghan, M.     Wounded.
+27.12.17           2nd Lieut.  Forrest, P.T.A.   Killed. Zeitun.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Armstrong, W.W.   Killed. Zeitun.
+           21840   Private     Anderson, J.      Killed. Zeitun.
+            9388   Private     Brand, J.         Killed. Zeitun.
+          345698   Private     Brookland, F.     Killed. Zeitun.
+           21826   Private     Goodfellow, J.    Killed. Zeitun.
+          345969   Private     Jack, A.          Killed. Zeitun.
+          346009   Private     Patterson, J.C.   Killed. Zeitun.
+          345524   Private     Young, P.         Killed. Zeitun.
+                   Captain     Brown, W.D.       Died of wounds 27.12.17.
+                                                  Zeitun.
+          345214   Sergt.      Menzies, J.B.     Wounded. Zeitun.
+            5756   L/Sergt.    Grant, D.         Wounded. Zeitun.
+          345422   Cpl.        Bisset, D.        Wounded. Zeitun.
+          345080   L/Cpl.      Mackay, R.B.      Wounded. Zeitun.
+          345565   L/Cpl.      M'Whirter, D.     Wounded. Zeitun.
+            2491   L/Cpl.      Silvester, W.     Wounded. Zeitun.
+           21715   L/Cpl.      Williams, J.P.    Died of wounds 28.12.17.
+                                                  Zeitun.
+          345425   Private     Braid, T.         Died of wounds 29.12.17.
+                                                  Zeitun.
+           26887   Private     Clunie, R.        Died of wounds 28.12.17.
+                                                  Zeitun.
+          345647   Private     Dunk, P.          Wounded. Zeitun.
+          345838   Private     Ferguson, W.      Wounded. Zeitun.
+            7194   Private     Freal, S.         Died of wounds 2.1.18.
+                                                  Zeitun.
+          345842   Private     Hickman, C.       Died of wounds. Zeitun.
+          345384   Private     Knox, R.          Wounded. Zeitun.
+           18716   Private     M'Intosh, E.      Wounded. Zeitun.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+27.12.17  345586   Private     M'Intyre, W.      Died of wounds 11.4.18.
+                                                  Zeitun.
+          345662   Private     M'Kendrick, A.    Wounded. Zeitun.
+          345522   Private     M'Pherson, M.     Wounded. Zeitun.
+           20368   Private     Paton, F.         Wounded. Zeitun.
+          268743   Private     Patterson, A.     Wounded. Zeitun.
+          240198   Private     Smith, R.M.       Wounded. Zeitun.
+          345337   Private     Tocher, A.        Wounded. Zeitun.
+           22243   Private     Van Riel, H.F.,   Wounded. Zeitun.
+          345273   Sergt.      Halley, R.        Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Zeitun.
+28.12.17           Lieut.      Johnstone, W.J.   Killed. Beitania.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Paisley, G.W.     Killed (with A. & L.
+                                                  Yeo.). Beitania.
+          345200   Sergt.      Syme, W.          Killed. Beitania.
+          345009   L/Sergt.    Oliver, R.        Killed. Beitania.
+          345270   L/Cpl.      Dickson, W.       Killed. Beitania.
+          345751   Private     Byrne, T.         Killed. Beitania.
+          345815   Private     Crighton, C.      Killed. Beitania.
+          241316   Private     M'Kinnon, A.      Killed. Beitania.
+          345311   Private     Reid, J.          Killed. Beitania.
+           18698   Private     Ross, D.          Killed. Beitania.
+                   Captain     Duncan, P.F.      Wounded. Beitania.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Cummings, D.      Wounded. Beitania.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Haggart, J.       Died of wounds 3.1.18.
+                                                  Beitania.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Robson, P.L.      Wounded. Beitania.
+          345053   Sergt.      Boath, W.         Wounded. Beitania.
+          345273   Sergt.      Halley, R.        Wounded. Beitania.
+          345165   Sergt.      Hogg, R.M.        Wounded. Beitania.
+28.12.17  345404   L/Cpl.      Kilpatrick, W.    Died of wounds 29.12.17.
+                                                  Beitania.
+           18684   L/Cpl.      Rankine, T.       Wounded. Beitania.
+          345511   L/Cpl.      Rodgerson, D.     Wounded. Beitania.
+          345578   Private     Beveridge, R.     Wounded. Beitania.
+          345786   Private     Blyth, G.         Wounded. Beitania.
+          345194   Private     Brady, H.         Wounded. Beitania.
+          203197   Private     Buntain, J.       Wounded. Beitania.
+           16034   Private     Christie, G.D.    Wounded. Beitania.
+            3688   Private     Cowan, A.         Wounded. Beitania.
+           14709   Private     Davidson, A.      Died of wounds 30.12.17.
+                                                  Beitania.
+          345459   Private     Davidson, H.      Wounded. Beitania.
+          340025   Private     Easson, W.        Wounded. Beitania.
+          200549   Private     Flynn, W.         Wounded. Beitania.
+          345236   Private     Henderson, W.     Wounded. Beitania.
+           22027   Private     Inglis, J.        Wounded. Beitania.
+          345252   Private     Johnstone, G.A.   Wounded. Beitania.
+          240369   Private     M'Callum, W.      Wounded. Beitania.
+           13009   Private     M'Ginley, R.      Wounded. Beitania.
+          345613   Private     M'Kay, P.         Wounded. Beitania.
+          345927   Private     M'Killop, P.      Wounded. Beitania.
+           17064   Private     Minchella, P.     Wounded. Beitania.
+           14227   Private     Mitchell, A.      Wounded. Beitania.
+           21828   Private     Morrison, G.      Wounded. Beitania.
+            8742   Private     Munro, S.         Wounded. Beitania.
+          345682   Private     Potter, L.        Wounded. Beitania.
+          345512   Private     Robertson, W.P.   Wounded. Beitania.
+           20390   Private     Roper, J.         Wounded. Beitania.
+           18978   Private     Small, A.         Wounded. Beitania.
+           12500   Private     Smith, J.         Wounded. Beitania.
+          345984   Private     Smith, W.         Wounded. Beitania.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+28.12.17  345209   Private     Spence, T.        Wounded. Beitania.
+           21820   Private     Taylor, T.        Died of wounds 29.12.17.
+                                                  Beitania.
+           40617   Private     Watterson, J.     Wounded. Beitania.
+          345745   Private     Wheeler, J.       Wounded. Beitania.
+          345518   Private     Williamson, J.A.  Wounded. Beitania.
+          345464   Private     Young, W.D.       Wounded. Beitania.
+          345575   Private     Mitchell, W.      Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Beitania.
+          345130   Private     Young, H.         Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Beitania.
+14.4.17    12701   L/Cpl.      Drinnan, G.       Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Arcadian._
+           18724   Private     Findlater, J.     Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Arcadian._
+           18703   Private     Wann, R.          Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Arcadian._
+           18697   Private     Williams, A.      Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Arcadian._
+ 4.5.17    20373   Private     Brown, W.J.       Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Transylvania._
+           20880   Private     Chisholm, A.      Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Transylvania._
+           20386   Private     Denholm, J.       Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Transylvania._
+           20380   Private     Houston, W.       Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Transylvania._
+           20393   Private     Jones, W.L.       Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Transylvania._
+           20366   Private     Shenken, P.       Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Transylvania._
+           20890   Private     Smith, J.         Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Transylvania._
+           20893   Private     Stewart, C.       Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Transylvania._
+           20867   Private     Thompson, J.      Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Transylvania._
+30.12.17  202466   L/Cpl.      Stenhouse, J.     Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Aragon._
+          266648   Private     Small, R.         Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Aragon._
+          292849   Private     Wood, E.          Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Aragon._
+ 20.3.17  345774   Private     Reid, J.          Died.
+ 14.4.17  345736   Private     Shepherd, J.      Died.
+12.11.17  345411   Private     Melville, J.      Died.
+ 4.12.17  345494   Private     Ewing, A.         Died.
+ 10.3.18   20121   Private     Keith, J.         Wounded and at duty.
+ 22.3.18  300030   Sergt.      Livingstone       Wounded and at duty.
+                               R.A.M.C. (attached).
+ 26.3.18  345445   Private     Ferguson, R.      Killed.
+          345140   Private     Carrie, A.F.      Wounded.
+          345852   Private     M'Guffog, A.      Wounded.
+          345130   Private     Young, H.         Wounded.
+          345104   Cpl.        Conacher, J.      Wounded and at duty.
+  2.4.18  345550   Private     Fagan, H.         Wounded and at duty.
+  6.4.18           Captain     Down, N.C.S.      Wounded.
+          345021   C.Q.M.S.    Blyth, D.         Wounded and at duty.
+          345648   Private     Devlin, C.        Wounded and at duty.
+          345177   Private     Ramsay, J.        Wounded and at duty.
+ 24.7.18  345636   Cpl.        Bruce, W.         Wounded.
+          345395   L/Cpl.      Wright, W.        Wounded.
+           22156   Private     Bingham, J.       Wounded.
+          345699   Private     Rodger, A.        Wounded.
+          345884   Private     Young, J.         Wounded.
+          345157   Sergt.      Paris, J.         Wounded and at duty.
+            9090   Cpl.        Halkett, J.       Wounded and at duty.
+          345646   Private     Clark, C.         Wounded and at duty.
+           20881   Private     Florence, R.      Wounded and at duty.
+           15200   Private     Fraser, D.        Wounded and at duty.
+           22177   Private     Heddleston, J.    Wounded and at duty.
+          345655   Private     Herd, J.          Wounded and at duty.
+          345669   Private     Samson, A.        Wounded and at duty.
+ 25.7.18   18192   Private     Findlay, W.       Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  24.9.18.
+ 31.7.18  203396   Private     Braynion, W.      Wounded.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+  4.8.18           2nd Lieut.  Fraser, H.L.      Wounded.
+          345277   Sergt.      Campbell, W.      Wounded.
+          345447   Private     Allen, J.         Wounded.
+          345559   Private     Donald, J.        Wounded.
+          345628   Private     M'Fadden, H.      Wounded.
+          203190   Private     Nimmo, R.         Wounded.
+           21837   Private     Taylor, J.        Wounded.
+          345438   Private     Wilson, A.        Wounded.
+          345237   Private     Cameron, D.       Wounded and at duty.
+          345968   Private     Mann, G.          Wounded and at duty.
+  5.8.18  346042   Private     Morgan, G.        Wounded and at duty.
+           20888   Private     Kane, J.          Wounded and at duty.
+  7.8.18   11944   Private     Walker, D.        Killed.
+          315095   Sergt.      M'Niven, A.,      Wounded.
+                               R.A.M.C. (attached).
+           11463   Private     Armour, J.        Wounded.
+           16360   Private     Berry, C.         Wounded.
+          345500   Private     Hunter, J.        Wounded.
+          345252   Private     Johnston, G.A.    Wounded.
+          345824   Private     Meldrum, A.       Wounded.
+           22031   Private     Todd, M.          Wounded.
+  8.8.18   20879   L/Cpl.      Strachan, J.      Killed.
+          268173   Private     Aitken, J.        Killed.
+           15200   Private     Fraser, D.        Killed.
+           22157   Private     Wilson, A.        Killed.
+           13697   Cpl.        Hardinge, A.      Wounded.
+  8.8.18  345530   Cpl.        Mackie, C.B.      Wounded.
+          345466   Private     Brady, J.         Wounded.
+           20881   Private     Florence, R.      Wounded.
+          345607   Private     Greenhill, R.     Wounded.
+           22162   Private     Kilgour, W.       Wounded.
+            8885   Private     Kirk, G.          Wounded.
+          345790   Private     M'Coubray, J.     Wounded.
+          266686   Private     M'Rae, R.         Wounded.
+            2592   Private     Paul, J.          Wounded.
+                               (attached T.M.B.)
+          345472   Private     Wilson, J.        Wounded.
+  9.8.18   16403   Private     Wilson, G.        Killed.
+                   Private     (attached T.M.B.)
+           20677   Private     Edmiston, J.      Wounded.
+          345682   Private     Potter, L.        Wounded.
+           22183   Private     Simpson, J.       Wounded.
+          346013   Private     Wilson, A.        Wounded.
+          345575   Private     Scott, A.         Wounded and at duty.
+          345435   Private     White, H.         Wounded and at duty.
+                               (229th Brigade H.Q.).
+10.8.18     6153   Private     Frizzell, R.      Killed.
+          345318   L/Cpl.      Nicol, J.         Wounded.
+           18683   Private     Connelly, J.      Wounded.
+          345754   Private     Crighton, A.      Wounded.
+          345647   Private     Dunk, P.          Wounded.
+            5036   Private     Osborne, W.       Wounded.
+          203198   Private     Stewart, A.       Wounded and at duty.
+ 13.8.18  345413   Private     Robertson, R.     Wounded and at duty.
+ 25.8.18   20376   Private     Woodward, R.A.    Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  27.8.18.
+            9344   Private     Murray, W.        Wounded and at duty.
+  2.9.18           Captain     Stewart, R.W.     Killed. Moislains.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+  2.9.18           Captain     Nairn, I.C., M.C. Killed. Moislains.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Darney, C.E.      Killed. Moislains.
+          345028   Sergt.      M'Kenzie, W.      Killed. Moislains.
+          345950   L/Sergt.    Hedley, W.        Killed. Moislains.
+          345988   L/Sergt.    Walton, F.        Killed. Moislains.
+          345390   Cpl.        Keith, W.         Killed. Moislains.
+          345105   L/Cpl.      Boyd, W.          Killed. Moislains.
+          345355   L/Cpl.      Husband, W.       Killed. Moislains.
+          345553   Private     Anderson, R.      Killed. Moislains.
+          345638   Private     Benson, H.        Killed. Moislains.
+          345577   Private     Bissett, A.       Killed. Moislains.
+           22250   Private     Blair, D.         Killed. Moislains.
+          345561   Private     Calder, J.        Killed. Moislains.
+           22141   Private     Cooper, W.A.      Killed. Moislains.
+           16513   Private     Duncan, T.        Killed. Moislains.
+          203208   Private     Elder, G.         Killed. Moislains.
+          201336   Private     Ferguson, J.      Killed. Moislains.
+          345760   Private     Hamilton, R.      Killed. Moislains.
+           22177   Private     Heddleston, J.    Killed. Moislains.
+          345842   Private     Hickman, C.       Killed. Moislains.
+          203207   Private     Irwin, J.         Killed. Moislains.
+           20121   Private     Keith, J.         Killed. Moislains.
+          201992   Private     Lambie, H.        Killed. Moislains.
+           13703   Private     M'Ilwain, A.      Killed. Moislains.
+          345587   Private     M'Laggan, J.      Killed. Moislains.
+          345726   Private     M'Lean, T.        Killed. Moislains.
+  2.9.18  345968   Private     Mann, G.          Killed. Moislains.
+          345149   Private     Melville, L.W.    Killed. Moislains.
+          345526   Private     Millar, R.        Killed. Moislains.
+          345260   Private     Moonie, J.W.      Killed. Moislains.
+            9344   Private     Murray, W.        Killed. Moislains.
+          203204   Private     Reid, J.          Killed. Moislains.
+           29712   Private     Reid, R.          Killed. Moislains.
+          345733   Private     Rodger, J.        Killed. Moislains.
+           20371   Private     Shanks, A.        Killed. Moislains.
+           22831   Private     Smith, R.         Killed. Moislains.
+           22180   Private     Sneddon, P.       Killed. Moislains.
+            3875   Private     Thomson, J.       Killed. Moislains.
+          345866   Private     Wilkie, A.        Killed. Moislains.
+                   Lt.-Col.    Younger, J.       Wounded. Moislains.
+                   Captain     M'Nab, J.B.       Wounded. Moislains.
+                   Lieut.      Duncan, C.G.      Wounded. Moislains.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Clydesdale, R.A.  Wounded. Moislains.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Laing, J.E.       Wounded. Moislains.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Grant, J.W.       Wounded. Moislains.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Dawes, J.W.       Wounded. Moislains.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Van Millingen,    Wounded. Moislains.
+                                D.F.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Craigen, J.W.W.   Wounded. Moislains.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Dickie, J.A.      Wounded. Moislains.
+          345001   C.S.M.      Aitken, A.        Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  2.9.18.
+          345136   Sergt.      Andrews, A.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345097   Sergt.      Farmer, D.        Wounded. Moislains.
+            6069   Sergt.      Green, J.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345887   Sergt.      M'Donald, J.      Wounded. Moislains.
+            3796   Sergt.      M'Laren, P.       Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  3.9.18.
+            5306   Sergt.      Meiklejohn, T.    Wounded. Moislains.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+  2.9.18  345941   Sergt.      Mickel, H.W.      Wounded. Moislains.
+          345886   Sergt.      Spence, J.        Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  7.9.18.
+            9090   L/Sergt.    Halkett, J.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345920   Cpl.        Airth, C.         Wounded. Moislains.
+            3056   Cpl.        Blues, J.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345811   Cpl.        Brown, A.         Wounded. Moislains.
+           22194   Cpl.        Cattanach, T.J.   Wounded. Moislains.
+          345242   Cpl.        Cheape, J.        Wounded. Moislains.
+           18847   Cpl.        Douglas, S.       Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  5.9.18.
+          345721   Cpl.        Marnock, W.       Wounded. Moislains.
+            5357   Cpl.        M'Dougal, T.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           22188   Cpl.        Price, J.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345580   L/Cpl.      Deans, S.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345094   L/Cpl.      Dickie, H.        Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  4.9.18.
+                               (D.C.M.)
+           14721   L/Cpl.      Duncan, F.        Wounded. Moislains.
+           11279   L/Cpl.      Eddie, R.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345342   L/Cpl.      Greig, W.T.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345993   L/Cpl.      Hall, T.D.        Wounded. Moislains.
+           20864   L/Cpl.      Jessiman, W.      Wounded. Moislains.
+          202135   L/Cpl.      M'Intyre, D.      Wounded. Moislains.
+          265246   L/Cpl.      Manuel, J.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          345969   L/Cpl.      Milton, M.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          345670   L/Cpl.      Smith, P.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          203198   L/Cpl.      Stewart, A.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345525   L/Cpl.      Wilson, F.        Wounded. Moislains.
+           22192   Private     Alexander, G.     Wounded. Moislains.
+  2.9.18  345167   Private     Alexander, R.     Wounded. Moislains.
+           41422   Private     Allan, W.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345889   Private     Anderson, A.      Wounded. Moislains.
+          345639   Private     Anderson, D.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           16495   Private     Belford, J.B.     Wounded. Moislains.
+          346023   Private     Bibb, H.          Wounded. Moislains.
+           22164   Private     Blackwood, G.T.   Wounded. Moislains.
+          345371   Private     Blyth, W.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          290402   Private     Brown, D.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345955   Private     Buchan, M.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          203197   Private     Buntain, J.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          241199   Private     Burgess, A.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345257   Private     Burnett, H.       Wounded. Moislains.
+           20750   Private     Burns, G.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345891   Private     Cameron, J.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345268   Private     Campbell, G.W.    Wounded. Moislains.
+          267932   Private     Campbell, T.W.    Wounded. Moislains.
+           40460   Private     Carmichael, D.    Wounded. Moislains.
+          345940   Private     Cassells, W.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           20876   Private     Chalmers, J.      Wounded. Moislains.
+          241313   Private     Clarkson, J.R.    Wounded. Moislains.
+          290777   Private     Colville, H.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           41439   Private     Cooney, B.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          345310   Private     Cran, J.          Wounded. Moislains.
+          345703   Private     Davidson, A.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           20882   Private     Donnett, W.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345207   Private     Dow, R.           Wounded. Moislains.
+          202972   Private     Dunipace, W.      Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  6.9.18.
+           14723   Private     Eadie, F.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345101   Private     Edwards, G.R.     Wounded. Moislains.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+  2.9.18  345593   Private     Ewing, A.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345550   Private     Fagan, H.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345215   Private     Fairley, D.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345759   Private     Fleming, W.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          346007   Private     Flockhart, D.     Wounded. Moislains.
+          345789   Private     Gardiner, R.      Wounded. Moislains.
+          345961   Private     Gillan, J.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          241346   Private     Gow, W.           Wounded. Moislains.
+          345267   Private     Greig, J.G.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345651   Private     Hagan, J.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345569   Private     Haines, L.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          346040   Private     Hanlon, G.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          345653   Private     Hay, J.           Wounded. Moislains.
+          345655   Private     Herd, J.          Wounded. Moislains.
+          345143   Private     Hirst, S.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345844   Private     Honeyman, J.      Wounded. Moislains.
+            9620   Private     Hunter, W.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          290189   Private     Hutchison, W.     Wounded. Moislains.
+            5308   Private     Inglis, W.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          345845   Private     Jamieson, D.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           20888   Private     Kane, J.          Wounded. Moislains.
+          345657   Private     Lang, J.          Wounded. Moislains.
+          345720   Private     Lightfoot, J.     Wounded. Moislains.
+          345271   Private     M'Askill, A.      Wounded. Moislains.
+          265722   Private     M'Callum, C.      Wounded. Moislains.
+          268529   Private     M'Diarmid, D.     Wounded. Moislains.
+  2.9.18  345975   Private     M'Donald, J.      Wounded. Moislains.
+          340008   Private     M'Donald, T.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           22182   Private     M'Dowell, G.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           22324   Private     M'Kay, F.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          346028   Private     M'Kenzie, A.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           22187   Private     M'Kenzie, W.      Wounded. Moislains.
+          345552   Private     M'Kenna, J.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345661   Private     M'Millan, J.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           22204   Private     Marchant, J.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           22198   Private     Mearns, J.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          266895   Private     Merrylees, A.     Wounded. Moislains.
+          340011   Private     Milne, J.S.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345660   Private     Mitchell, D.J.    Wounded. Moislains.
+           22142   Private     Mitchell, W.      Wounded. Moislains.
+          345554   Private     Montgomery, J.    Wounded. Moislains.
+          346008   Private     Morris, W.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          345910   Private     Murray, T.        Wounded. Moislains.
+           43455   Private     Ness, T.          Wounded. Moislains.
+          345119   Private     Niven, R.         Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  6.9.18.
+          340027   Private     Norrie, A.        Wounded. Moislains.
+           43301   Private     Ogilvie, D.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345276   Private     Page, D.          Wounded. Moislains.
+          345619   Private     Petrie, J.        Wounded. Moislains.
+           16698   Private     Philip, A.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          345682   Private     Potter, L.        Wounded. Moislains.
+           41524   Private     Rait, T.          Wounded. Moislains.
+          345321   Private     Ramsay, J.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          345278   Private     Reid, J.          Wounded. Moislains.
+          345977   Private     Reid, M.D.        Wounded. Moislains.
+           20873   Private     Richardson, T.    Wounded. Moislains.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+  2.9.18  345457   Private     Robertson, A.G.   Wounded. Moislains.
+           22178   Private     Rutherford, J.    Wounded. Moislains.
+           21831   Private     Rutherford, P.    Wounded. Moislains.
+          240382   Private     Scott, A.         Wounded. Moislains.
+            2901   Private     Scott, W.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345685   Private     Simpson, T.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345807   Private     Smart, J.         Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  4.10.18.
+          345412   Private     Smeaton, W.       Wounded. Moislains.
+           18102   Private     Smith, J.         Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  2.9.18.
+          346043   Private     Smith, W.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345209   Private     Spence, T.        Wounded. Moislains.
+           22230   Private     Stewart, G.C.     Wounded. Moislains.
+           21843   Private     Stewart, H.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345931   Private     Stewart, J.       Wounded. Moislains.
+           22159   Private     Sturrock, D.K.    Wounded. Moislains.
+           22155   Private     Summers, G.       Wounded. Moislains.
+           17654   Private     Tallent, J.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345147   Private     Thomson, G.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          203426   Private     Tod, D.           Wounded. Moislains.
+          267695   Private     Turnbull, J.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           21832   Private     Twaddle, J.       Wounded. Moislains.
+           19848   Private     Twist, J.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345743   Private     Walkenshaw, A.    Wounded. Moislains.
+           17817   Private     Walker, J.        Wounded. Moislains.
+           20325   Private     Watson, R.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          345745   Private     Wheeler, J.       Wounded. Moislains.
+  2.9.18  345389   Private     Whitehead, J.     Wounded. Moislains.
+          340024   Private     Whyte, J.         Wounded. Moislains.
+           20392   Private     Williams, E.      Wounded. Moislains.
+          346022   Private     Williams, H.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           20363   Private     Wilson, J.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          345146   Private     Wilson, R.        Wounded. Moislains.
+            6949   Private     Wilson, W.        Wounded. Moislains.
+           15883   Private     Yacamini, R.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           22331   Private     Gunn, G.          Wounded and missing.
+                   2nd Lieut.  M'Lean, J.        Wounded and at duty.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Brodie Brown, T.  Wounded and at duty.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Cruickshank, I.W. Wounded and at duty.
+          345943   Sergt.      Campbell, D.      Wounded and at duty.
+          345660   Private     Boylan, J.        Wounded and at duty.
+          345870   Private     Horne, W.         Wounded and at duty.
+           20389   Private     Kearsey, A.G.     Wounded and at duty.
+           21855   Private     Livingstone, A.   Wounded and at duty.
+  3.9.18           Lieut.      Drysdale, J.C.    Wounded.
+  9.9.18   21839   Private     Robb, J.          Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  St Emilie.
+ 10.9.18  345125   Cpl.        Ritchie, J.W.     Killed. St Emilie.
+           15546   Private     Davidson, J.      Killed. St Emilie.
+          345959   Private     Dawson, J.        Killed. St Emilie.
+           22147   Private     Donaldson, T.     Killed. St Emilie.
+          340017   Private     Ford, J.          Killed. St Emilie.
+          345253   Private     Geekie, J.A.P.    Killed. St Emilie.
+           20365   Private     Halliday, D.      Killed. St Emilie.
+          345659   Private     Martin, W.        Killed. St Emilie.
+          203406   Private     Munro, W.         Killed. St Emilie.
+           43045   Private     Nairn, J.         Killed. St Emilie.
+          340007   Private     O'Key, J.         Killed. St Emilie.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+ 10.9.18  345978   Private     Rennie, H.        Killed. St Emilie.
+          346033   Private     Slater, J.        Killed. St Emilie.
+           20361   Private     Smith, R.         Killed. St Emilie.
+           15545   Private     Younger, C.       Killed. St Emilie.
+          345092   L/Cpl.      Coupar, D.L.      Missing, presumed
+                                                  killed. St Emilie.
+           41665   Private     M'Connachie, W.   Missing, presumed
+                                                  killed. St Emilie.
+           21830   Private     Perston, W.       Missing, presumed
+                                                  killed. St Emilie.
+          345313   Private     Ramsay, J.W.      Missing, presumed
+                                                  killed. St Emilie.
+                   2nd Lieut.  M'Lean, J.        Wounded. St Emilie.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Cruickshank, I.W. Wounded. St Emilie.
+          345946   Sergt.      Mackie, A.        Wounded. St Emilie.
+          345054   Cpl.        Fleming, A.       Wounded. St Emilie.
+          345684   Cpl.        Smart, A.         Wounded. St Emilie.
+          345376   L/Cpl.      Cooper, A.        Wounded. St Emilie.
+          345869   L/Cpl.      Craig, J.         Wounded. St Emilie.
+          345391   Private     Bett, J.          Wounded. St Emilie.
+          345258   Private     Boath, L.         Wounded. St Emilie.
+          310082   Private     Brebner, C.       Died of wounds 10.9.18.
+                                                  St Emilie.
+          345957   Private     Cameron, W.       Wounded. St Emilie.
+           18316   Private     Dorward, W.       Wounded. St Emilie.
+          345309   Private     Henderson, J.     Wounded. St Emilie.
+          345610   Private     Laing, T.         Wounded. St Emilie.
+           18799   Private     Lowson, D.        Died of wounds 11.9.18.
+                                                  St Emilie.
+          345034   Private     Peter, D.S.       Wounded. St Emilie.
+          345556   Private     Robertson, J.     Wounded. St Emilie.
+           20367   Private     Robin, D.         Wounded. St Emilie.
+ 10.9.18   20390   Private     Roper, J.         Died of wounds 11.9.18.
+                                                  St Emilie.
+           17741   Private     Sharp, W.         Wounded. St Emilie.
+          350163   Private     Thomson, C.       Wounded. St Emilie.
+           21676   Private     Wallace, J.       Wounded. St Emilie.
+          345114   Private     Wilson, A.        Wounded. St Emilie.
+          345672   Private     Wylie, H.         Wounded. St Emilie.
+           22190   Private     Young, W.         Wounded. St Emilie.
+          345947   Sergt.      M'Gregor, H.      Prisoner of war.
+          345106   Sergt.      M'Lellan, J.R.    Prisoner of war.
+          345637   Cpl.        Davidson, D.      Prisoner of war.
+          345231   Private     Annand, A.A.      Prisoner of war.
+          345934   Private     Davidson, R.      Prisoner of war.
+           20136   Private     Gray, D.          Prisoner of war.
+          345103   Private     Greig, J.R.       Prisoner of war.
+          340005   Private     Henderson, J.F.   Prisoner of war.
+          345927   Private     M'Killop, D.      Prisoner of war. Wounded.
+           16473   Private     Nisbet, R.        Prisoner of war. Wounded.
+           30372   Private     Sharp, M.         Prisoner of war. Wounded.
+           22206   Private     Wilson, W.A.      Prisoner of war. Wounded.
+          345153   Private     Henderson, J.     Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  St Emilie.
+ 18.9.18  200328   Private     Bonnar, G.        Killed.
+          345266   Private     M'Donald, A.      Killed.
+           18460   Private     M'Lean, J.        Killed.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Stuart, H.C.      Wounded.
+          345400   L/Cpl.      Henderson, A.     Wounded.
+          345428   Private     Beal, J.          Wounded.
+          345917   Private     Cairncross, H.    Wounded.
+          345312   Private     Calderhead, J.    Wounded.
+           24486   Private     Campbell, D.      Wounded.
+          345591   Private     Cummings, J.      Wounded.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+ 18.9.18   22915   Private     Gordon, C.        Wounded.
+           23586   Private     Greenwood, J.     Wounded.
+           41264   Private     Ireland, P.       Wounded.
+            2439   Private     Kelly, T.         Wounded.
+           40294   Private     M'Donald, A.      Wounded.
+          345791   Private     M'Hardy, A.       Wounded.
+           20486   Private     M'Kenzie, R.      Wounded.
+          345184   Private     Maloney, J.       Died of wounds 29.9.18.
+           41060   Private     Mann, R.          Wounded.
+          345971   Private     Marshall, J.      Wounded.
+          345690   Private     Meldrum, F.       Wounded.
+          345046   Private     Nicoll, R.        Wounded.
+          345163   Private     Ramage, J.        Wounded.
+          345474   Private     Smart, A.         Wounded.
+          345501   Private     Soutar, W.        Wounded.
+          345068   Private     Storrar, M.       Wounded.
+            6630   Private     Strachan, D.      Wounded.
+           14374   Private     Walker, J.        Wounded.
+ 20.9.18   22158   Private     Grant, R.         Wounded.
+ 21.9.18   18725   Private     Cant, A.          Killed.
+           22151   Private     Cubbon, E.        Killed.
+          340025   Private     Easson, W.        Killed.
+          346049   Private     Forbes, J.A.      Killed.
+           25324   Private     Morrison, D.L.    Killed.
+          346034   Cpl.        Thom, J.          Wounded.
+           14766   Private     Bain, A.          Wounded.
+ 21.9.18  345967   Private     M'Crae, M.        Wounded.
+           22191   Private     Penman, J.        Wounded.
+           25317   Private     Philp, A.         Wounded.
+          345364   Private     Summers, R.       Wounded.
+          345102   Private     M'Dougal, G.      Wounded and at duty.
+ 22.9.18  345220   Private     Lessells, W.      Killed.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Innes, D. M'L.    Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  7.10.18.
+            7206   C.Q.M.S.    Elder, J.         Wounded.
+           18322   Cpl.        Smith, R.         Wounded.
+           15110   L/Cpl.      Livingstone, E.   Wounded.
+          202414   L/Cpl.      Rader, J.         Wounded.
+            2929   Private     Birrell, D.       Wounded.
+           18699   Private     Condie, M.        Wounded.
+          213313   Private     Cooper, J.        Wounded.
+          345818   Private     Etchels, T.       Wounded.
+          345607   Private     Finnigan, R.      Wounded.
+           20754   Private     Grierson, W.      Wounded.
+          240503   Private     Hunter, A.S.      Wounded.
+           25317   Private     Philip, A.        Wounded.
+            7536   Private     Pringle, J.       Wounded.
+           25326   Private     Rankine, W.       Wounded.
+           25448   Private     Reid, E.          Wounded.
+           25316   Private     Ritchie, J.       Wounded.
+           25365   Private     Robertson, J.     Wounded.
+           25348   Private     Strachan, T.      Wounded.
+          345783   Private     M'Aree, A.        Wounded and at duty.
+ 23.9.18   25217   Private     Smart, J.         Killed.
+           25451   Private     Allan, R.         Wounded.
+           25452   Private     Gilchrist, J.     Wounded.
+           25344   Private     Inglis, R.V.      Wounded.
+
+DATE.    REGT.      RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+         NO.
+
+ 24.9.18 S/22207   Private     Coutts, A.G.      Killed.
+         S/22027   Private     Inglis, J.        Killed.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Fell, F.J.        Wounded.
+           24050   Private     Appleby, H.       Wounded.
+          293071   Private     Boath, W.         Wounded.
+           16545   Private     Craik, A.         Wounded.
+           22148   Private     Henderson, D.     Wounded.
+          203189   Private     M'Donald, J.R.    Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  25.9.18.
+           17064   Private     Minchella, P.     Wounded.
+           25402   Private     Wallace, D.       Wounded.
+15.10.18           2nd Lieut.  Stevenson, E.J.   Wounded.
+          345958   Private     Christison, G.    Wounded.
+          345925   Private     Guthrie, J.       Wounded.
+            6007   Private     Laird, W.         Wounded.
+16.10.18  345662   Private     M'Kendrick, A.    Killed.
+          345979   Private     Ross, T.          Killed.
+                    Lieut.     Ewart, R.H.       Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  16.10.18.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Wood, A.R.,
+                                D.C.M., M.M.     Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  16.10.18.
+          345018   C.S.M.      Henderson, W.     Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  16.10.18.
+          293071   L/Cpl.      Boath, W.         Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  16.10.18.
+          345403   Private     Gilmour, A.       Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  16.10.18.
+          345323   Private     Goodall, J.       Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  16.10.18.
+           13428   Private     Ross, A.          Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  16.10.18.
+           21686   Private     Sharp, A.         Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  16.10.18.
+           25377   Private     Barclay, L.       Wounded and at duty.
+          345456   Private     Mitchell, D.      Wounded and at duty.
+16.10.18    5116   Private     Skinner, E.       Wounded and at duty.
+21.10.18   19537   Private     Haggart, J.       Killed.
+            7817   L/Cpl.      Anderson, W.      Wounded.
+          202903   Private     Adams, C.         Wounded.
+           17894   Private     Bruce, D.         Wounded.
+           21184   Private     Laird, J.         Wounded.
+           21152   Private     Lally, D.         Wounded.
+          268963   Private     M'Gee, A.B.       Wounded.
+           21100   Private     Penny, E.         Wounded.
+          315708   Private     Simpson, T.       Wounded.
+22.10.18  345055   Sergt.      Bayne, A.         Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  22.10.18.
+          345321   Private     Ramsay, J.        Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  22.10.18.
+23.10.18           2nd Lieut.  Cumming, F.K.     Killed.
+           26870   L/Cpl.      Izatt, R., M.M.   Killed.
+           25462   Private     Barber, J.        Killed.
+            9729   Private     Bartie, T.        Killed.
+           15814   Private     Campbell, J.      Killed.
+           12506   Private     Cockburn, T.      Killed.
+            6158   Private     Sowerby, E.       Killed.
+           25347   Private     Walker, T.        Killed.
+           25378   Private     Webb, A.          Killed.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Robertson, R.     Wounded.
+          345943   Sergt.      Campbell, D.      Wounded.
+          345490   L/Cpl.      Crawford, D.      Wounded.
+           25376   L/Cpl.      Patterson, R.     Wounded.
+            6006   L/Cpl.      Spence, W.        Wounded.
+           14539   Private     Anderson, D.      Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  26.10.18.
+            6145   Private     Black, P.         Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  26.10.18.
+           25199   Private     Conway, J.        Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  26.10.18.
+           25719   Private     Davidson, R.      Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  26.10.18.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+23.10.18  345818   Private     Etchels, T.       Wounded.
+            5950   Private     Kemp, A.          Wounded.
+            5255   Private     M'Dougall, A.     Wounded.
+            6176   Private     M'Ilroy, B.       Wounded.
+           25346   Private     M'Kay, H.         Wounded.
+          203311   Private     M'Lean, D.        Wounded.
+           16171   Private     Reekie, J.        Wounded.
+           25656   Private     Rough, D.         Wounded.
+           14611   Private     Russell, A.       Wounded.
+          267921   Private     Scott, W.         Wounded.
+           25368   Private     Stevenson, G.     Wounded.
+           43388   Private     Swift, J.         Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  24.10.18.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Mathewson, J.S.   Wounded and at duty.
+          345074   Sergt.      Leitch, J.J.      Wounded and at duty.
+           20377   L/Cpl.      Sinclair, J.      Wounded and at duty.
+          340030   Private     M'Donell, D.      Wounded and at duty.
+          345982   Private     Robertson, A.     Wounded and at duty.
+          290566   Private     Watson, R.B.      Wounded and at duty.
+ 1.11.18           Captain     Colthart, R.H.    Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  2.11.18.
+          345298   Cpl.        Matthew, R.       Wounded.
+           14770   Private     Craig, D.         Wounded.
+          345770   Private     Nicol, A.         Wounded.
+          345211   Private     O'Malley, J.      Wounded and at duty.
+ 14.4.18  345305   Private     Morrison, G.      Died of disease.
+  4.1.18  345881   Private     Melville, C.      Died of disease.
+  1.2.18  265831   Private     Walker, H.        Died of disease.
+
+
+
+
+TOTAL CASUALTIES.
+
+
+OFFICERS.
+
+Killed                            12
+Died of wounds                     9
+Wounded                           32
+Wounded and remaining at duty      5
+                                 ---  58
+
+
+N.C.Os. and MEN.
+
+Killed                           188
+Died of wounds                    46
+Missing                            5
+Died of disease                   15
+Drowned                           16
+Wounded                          568
+Wounded and remaining at duty     52
+Prisoners of war                  20
+                                 --- 910
+
+
+                Grand Total          968
+
+
+
+
+INDEX
+
+
+_Abassiyeh_, the, 14
+
+Abbas Apex Sector, 56
+
+Abu-el-Zeitun, attack on, 97
+
+Abu Sitta, 60
+
+Adamson, Lieut. H., 126, 154
+
+Aeroplanes, 43
+
+African War, the South, 162
+
+Ain Arik, 109;
+  Ridge, 92
+
+Ain Kohleh, 64
+
+Ain Sinai, 112
+
+Ain Yebrud, 112
+
+Aire, 122, 123
+
+Aitken, C.S.M. A., death, 130, 157
+
+Aizecourt, 130
+
+Ajalon, 107, 108;
+  Valley of, 108
+
+Alexandria, 13, 28, 30, 117
+
+Ali-el-Muntar, 51, 52, 71, 73
+
+Allaines, attack on, 128
+
+Allenby, General, advance on Damascus, 117
+
+Alma, battle of the, 161
+
+Alpini Corps, 129
+
+American Battalion, the 106th, 136
+
+Amiens, 136
+
+Amurieh, raid on, 115, 157
+
+Amwas, 108, 116
+
+Anafarta, 24
+
+_Andania_, H.M.T., 10, 14, 142
+
+Andrew, Capt. R.A., tribute to, 105;
+  instructions to his men, 108;
+  at Baquerolles Farm, 124;
+  return to Kirkcaldy, 142;
+  called "Arizona," 151;
+  death, 152
+
+Anzac, 17
+
+Armistice, signed, 139
+
+Artaxerxes Post, 135
+
+Ascq, 137
+
+Assiut, 31
+
+Australian Division, the 1st, 134;
+  at Sohag, 32
+
+Ayr and Lanark Yeomanry, 53, 56;
+  attack on Mahmeh, 97;
+  advance on Beitania, 101;
+  at Amwas, 108;
+  raid on Amurieh, 115;
+  new brigade, 121
+
+Azmac Dere, 19, 23, 24;
+  raid on, 19
+
+
+Bab-el-Muallek, 90
+
+Babington, Lieut. G., 148
+
+Baisieux, 137, 138
+
+Balfour, General, of Balbirnie, commanding the Fifeshire Yeomanry
+Cavalry, 161
+
+Baluah, Lake, 110
+
+Baquerolles Farm, 124
+
+Batchelor, Private, 157
+
+Beclers, 139
+
+Beersheba, attack on, 61-63
+
+Beit Iksa, 89, 91;
+  capture of, 86
+
+Beit Sira, 78, 106, 109
+
+Beit-ur-el-Foka, attack on, 83
+
+Beit-ur-el-Tahta, 83, 85, 106
+
+Beitania, 92;
+  advance on, 101-103
+
+Beitin, 111
+
+Benjamin Post, 135
+
+Berguette, 137
+
+Beris, 34
+
+Bethel, 111
+
+Bethhoron, the Upper, 83
+
+Birdwood, General Sir W.,
+  inspection by, 126
+
+Bireh, 92, 103, 116
+
+Black Watch, 6th and 8th Battns., 141
+
+Blairgowrie, 1-4
+
+Bouchavesnes, 127
+
+Boulak, 34
+
+Boulogne, 141
+
+Bourecq, 137
+
+Bradfield, Sergeant-Major, 155
+
+Brigade, the 159th, 113;
+  the 160th, 113;
+  the 229th, 66, 130, 137;
+  the 230th, 66, 67, 121, 130, 139;
+  at the battle of Sheria, 68;
+  the 231st, 67, 121, 137, 139
+
+"Broken Spur" badge, 144
+
+Brown, Lieut. T. Brodie, 131, 132, 133;
+  M.C. conferred, 165
+
+Brown, Capt. W.D., adjutant, 148;
+  killed, 98;
+  tribute to, 105
+
+Buffs, the 10th, 138
+
+Burj Lisaneh, 111
+
+Byng, Major-Gen. Sir Julian, 19
+
+
+Calonne, 127
+
+Camel, a racing, 32
+
+Camerons, the 10th, 35
+
+Campbell, Capt. P., 102;
+  raid on Amurieh, 115
+
+Campbell, Capt. Sir W.A.A., 114, 149
+
+Canal du Nord, advance on, 128
+
+Cape Town, 147
+
+Caracol Dagh, 17
+
+Carbine Trench, 135
+
+Carnegy, Capt. P.A.W., commanding the Forfarshire Light Horse
+Volunteer Corps, 146
+
+Carvin Farm, 124
+
+Casualties, list of, 168-203
+
+Chetwode, Lieut.-Gen. Sir P.W., commanding Eastern Force, inspects the
+Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 56;
+  presents medals, 71
+
+Christiana, capture of, 147
+
+Clackmannan, 2
+
+Clarence River, 123
+
+Clark, Lieut.-Col. J., 150
+
+Cloud-burst, at Gara, 32, 39
+
+Collier, Sergeant W., 149, 157;
+  attack on the Germans, 132
+
+Colthart, Capt. R.H., adjutant, 117, 133;
+  Quartermaster, 40, 153;
+  killed, 138
+
+Cooper, Sergeant, 152
+
+Corbie, 136
+
+Corps III. attack on the Germans, 134
+
+Corps XX., 70
+
+Corps XXI., 70;
+  pursues the Turkish forces, 72;
+  at Junction Station, 76
+
+Corps Cavalry, 67
+
+Craig, Sergeant J., 155
+
+Craig, Lieut. D., D.S.O., conferred, 156
+
+Crawford, Earl of, Colonel Commandant of the Fife Yeomanry Cavalry, 160
+
+Cruickshank, Lieut. I.W., 115;
+  attack on the Germans, 132
+
+Cummins, Capt. W.W. ("George Washington,") 151
+
+Cupar, 2
+
+
+Daisies, mauve, 50
+
+Dakhla, 37
+
+Damascus, 117
+
+Dane, Lieut. P., 134
+
+Darney, Lieut. C.E., killed, 130
+
+Davis, L.-Cpl. J. 157
+
+Deir-el-Belah, 49, 56, 57, 59
+
+Deir Ibzia Ridge, 92
+
+Deir Sineid, 73
+
+Demobilization of the British Army, 140-142
+
+Denbigh Yeomanry, the 24th Battalion, 121
+
+Devonport, 10
+
+Devonshire Regiment, the 16th (Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry), 56;
+  at Beitania, 101;
+  Yalo, 107;
+  attack on Moislains, 128
+
+Division, the 10th, 66, 67, 85;
+  advance on Bireh, 92;
+  capture Foka, 93;
+  the 52nd, 49, 79;
+  the 53rd, 61, 65, 116;
+  the 54th, 49, 57;
+  the 55th, 139;
+  the 57th, 139;
+  the 58th, 131, 132;
+  the 59th, 127;
+  the 60th, attack on Beersheba, 62-64;
+    on Tel-el-Sheria, 67;
+    advance on the Nablus road, 92;
+  the 74th, 131, 136;
+    attack on Beersheba, 62-64
+
+Don, Lieut. W.G., 148
+
+Drysdale, Lieut. J.C., 117;
+  tribute to, 104;
+  wounded, 130
+
+Dumb-bell Hill Sector, 54
+
+Duncan, Lieut. C.G., advance
+  on the Turbeaute River, 125;
+  wounded, 130
+
+Dundee, 2
+
+Dundee Wadi, 67
+
+Dunfermline, 2
+
+Dunkirk, 141
+
+Durham, Private, 158
+
+
+East Kent Regiment, the 10th, 133
+
+Edie, Sergeant-Major, 154
+
+Edinburgh, Royal Review in, 162
+
+Egyptian Lancers, at Sherika, 33
+
+El Arish, 42-45
+
+El Buggar, 61;
+  attack on, 60
+
+El Burj, 45;
+  capture of, 86, 89
+
+El Burjaliye, 52
+
+El Ferdan, 41, 42
+
+El Jib, 83
+
+El Mendur, 52
+
+El Muntar, 101
+
+Elder, Sergeant-Major, 157
+
+Enab, 86, 104
+
+Epehy, 131
+
+Erskine, Lieut.-Col. T.H., of Grangemuir, 163
+
+Erskine, Sir William, 160
+
+Essex Regiments, the 5th and 7th, 53
+
+Etaples, 120
+
+
+Fakenham, 7-10
+
+Fanatis, or copper vessels, 44
+
+Faustine Quarry, 134
+
+Fencible Cavalry, 159
+
+Ferguson, Sergeant, 126
+
+Field Ambulance, the 229th, at Yalo, 107
+
+Fife, 2
+
+Fife and Forfar Imperial Yeomanry, 163
+
+Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, at Blairgowrie, 1-4;
+  St Ives, 4;
+  training, 4, 7, 38, 41, 56, 59, 120, 140;
+  inspections, 4, 8, 56, 126, 140;
+  at Skegness, 6;
+  Fakenham, 7-10;
+  sports, 7, 32, 36, 59, 140;
+  voyage to Gallipoli, 10-14;
+  in the trenches, 15-26;
+  journey to Sidi Bishr, 28;
+  casualties, 29, 68, 100, 104, 130;
+  at Mena Camp, 30;
+  Minia, 31;
+  Sohag, 31;
+  Gara, 32, 38;
+  Sherika, 32-38;
+  Moascar, 39, 41;
+  the 14th Battalion, Royal Highlanders, 41;
+  in camp at El Ferdan, 41;
+  journey to El Arish, 42;
+  reinforcements, 44;
+  at El Burj, 45;
+  Sheikh Zowaid, 45;
+  march to Rafa, 46-48;
+  at Khan Yunis, 48;
+  Sheikh Nebhan, 49;
+  El Mendur, 52;
+  in the Sheikh Abbas Sector, 54, 56;
+  field firing, 57;
+  at Deir-el-Belah, 57;
+  attack on Beersheba, 59-64;
+  battle of Sheria, 68;
+  at Goz-el-Gelieb, 70;
+  presentation of medals, 71;
+  march to Mejdal, 74;
+  foot parade, 74;
+  march to Junction Station, 76;
+  at Latron, 77;
+  march to Beit Sira, 78;
+  at Wadi Selman, 79;
+  camp at Q 20 central, 85;
+  advance on Jerusalem, 86-91;
+  march along the Zeitun Ridge, 92-95;
+  at Wadi Zait, 95;
+  capture Zeitun Ridge, 98;
+  advance on the Hill of Shafa, 99;
+  on Beitania, 101-103;
+  camp at Yalo, 106;
+  making roads, 107, 109;
+  march to Kantara, 116;
+  voyage to Marseilles, 117-119;
+  at St Firmin, 119;
+  Grand Rullecourt, 120;
+  epidemic of Spanish influenza, 121;
+  march to La Pierriere, 122;
+  bombarded by the Germans, 125;
+  fitted with kilts, 126;
+  at Le Foret, 127;
+  advance on the Canal du Nord, 128;
+  attack on the Germans, 132-135;
+  at Corbie, 136;
+  tribute to, 136;
+  advance to Orcq, 137;
+  reception at Tournai, 139;
+  at Moustier, 140;
+  demobilised, 140-142;
+  at Kirkcaldy, 142;
+  predecessors, 159-164;
+  Commanding Officers, 164
+
+Fife Yeomanry Cavalry, 159
+
+Fifeshire Light Dragoons, 159
+
+Fifeshire Mounted Rifle Volunteers, 161;
+  review at Edinburgh, 162
+
+Fifeshire Volunteer Light Horse Corps, the 1st, 162
+
+Foka Hill, 83, 84, 92;
+  capture of, 93
+
+Fontes, 122, 137
+
+Football, games of, 121, 138, 140
+
+Forfar, 2
+
+Forfar Yeomanry or Angus Cavalry, 159;
+  re-raised, 161;
+  disbanded, 162
+
+Forfarshire Light Horse Volunteer Corps, the 1st, 162
+
+Fort Conan, 24
+
+Franvillers, 127
+
+Fraser, Lieut. H.L., 154
+
+Frasnes, 139
+
+Fusilier Ridge, 57, 114
+
+
+Galbraith, R.Q.M.S. W.J., 158;
+  at Kirkcaldy, 142
+
+Gall, R.S.M., 156
+
+Gallipoli, 14-27;
+  thunderstorm at, 22
+
+Gamli, 60
+
+Gara, 38;
+  sandstorm, 32;
+  cloud-burst, 32, 39
+
+Gaza, attacks on, 48, 51;
+  capture of, 70
+
+Gebel-el-Ghenneiem, 34
+
+George IV., King, reviews the Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry, 160
+
+George V., King, inspects the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 4, 140;
+  wire to Lord Lovat, 142
+
+German Army, attack on, 132-136;
+  evacuate Tournai, 139;
+  trenches, occupied, 124
+
+Gibb, Corporal, 158
+
+Gibraltar, Straits of, 12
+
+Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel J., 164;
+  commanding the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 29, 48, 148;
+  D.S.O. conferred, 58, 165;
+  wounded at the battle of Sheria, 68;
+  bar to his D.S.O., 69;
+  commanding the 20th Company Imperial Yeomanry, 163
+
+Gilmour, Lieut.-Col. Sir John, commanding the Forfarshire Light Horse
+Volunteer Corps, 162;
+  retires, 163
+
+Girdwood, Major-General E.S., commanding the 74th Division, 71;
+  presents medals, 71;
+  prizes, 141;
+  tribute to, 143
+
+Goz-el-Gelieb, 70
+
+Grammont, 140
+
+Grand Rullecourt, 120, 121
+
+Gray, Lieut. W., 36
+
+Grimsby, 6
+
+Gyppy Cavalry, 35;
+  garrison Dakhla Oasis, 38
+
+
+Hair, Sergt.-Major J., 157
+
+Haking, Lieut.-General Sir R., Corps Commander, inspection by, 126
+
+Halkett, Capt., Sir Arthur, 161
+
+Ham en Artois, 122, 126
+
+Hamilton, Sir Ian, inspects the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 4
+
+Haubourdin, 137
+
+Haute Deule Canal, 137
+
+Hell's Gate, 38
+
+Henderson, Private ("Dinkum") 150, 155
+
+Henderson, Sergt.-Major, 158
+
+Herd, Sergeant William, 157
+
+Herdman, Lieut. C.W., 148
+
+Herlies, 137
+
+Highland Mounted Brigade, 2;
+  strength, 29;
+  at Sherika, 32
+
+Highland Territorial Division, the 51st, 2
+
+Hill A, 84, 85;
+  capture of, 93
+
+Hill 1070, capture of, 62;
+  1750, 79;
+  attack on, 80;
+  2450, battle on, 98
+
+Hindenburg line, 135
+
+Hoare, Brig.-General R., 31, 130;
+  wounded, 134, 144
+
+Hodge, Capt. Chappell, commanding the 20th Company Imperial Yeomanry, 162;
+  death, 163
+
+Hogsthorpe, 6
+
+Honours and Awards, 165-67
+
+Humbercourt, 120
+
+Hunter, General Sir A., 163
+
+Huntingdon, 4, 5
+
+Hutchison, Capt. R.G., 148
+
+
+I.C.C. the, 67;
+  at Sherika, 33;
+  relieved, 38
+
+Im Seirat, 51
+
+Imbros, peaks of, 18
+
+Imperial Camel Corps, 61
+
+Imperial Yeomanry, the 20th Company, 162
+
+_Indarra_, H.M.T., 117
+
+Inverness Battery, 2
+
+Irgeig, 65
+
+Ismailia, 39, 41
+
+Izieres, 140
+
+
+Jackson, Capt. G.E., Staff Captain, 2
+
+Jaffa, 72
+
+Jericho, 111
+
+Jerusalem, advance on, 87-91;
+  fall of, 89;
+  entry into, 104
+
+Jones' Post, 57
+
+Judaea, 76
+
+Judaean Hills, 73, 75
+
+Junction Station, 73, 76
+
+Juvisy, 119
+
+
+Kantara, 42, 43, 50, 116
+
+Karm, 61, 70
+
+Kereina Ridge, 92
+
+Kefr Skeyan, 92, 110
+
+Kent Hill, 115
+
+Khamsin wind, 53
+
+Khan Abu Felah, 107, 114
+
+Khan Yunis, 48
+
+Kharga, 33, 34, 35;
+  Oasis Detachment, at Sherika, 32
+
+Khirbet Kereina, 84
+
+Kilo, 31, 35
+
+King, Lieut.-Colonel A.J., 2
+
+Kinniburgh, Lieut. J.D., killed at the battle of Sheria, 68
+
+Kinross, 2, 142
+
+Kirkcaldy, 2, 142;
+  depot for recruiting, 4
+
+Kitchener, Lord, 22
+
+Kubeibe, 78, 86, 94, 96
+
+Kulonieh, 91
+
+Kuryet-el-Enab, 87
+
+Kuwauka system, attack on, 66
+
+Kuweilfeh, 64, 65
+
+
+La Bassee Canal, 123, 126
+
+La Houssoye, 127
+
+La Pierriere, 122
+
+Lala Baba, 28
+
+Lamain, 139
+
+Latron, 77
+
+Le Foret, 127
+
+Leitch, Sergeant, J.J., 158
+
+Levant, the, 18
+
+Light Car Patrol, 36, 38
+
+Ligny, 122;
+  Wood, 137
+
+Ligny St Flochel, 120
+
+Likia, 78
+
+Lindsay, Lieut. A.S., commanding the Light Car Patrol, 36, 153
+
+Lindsay, Captain M.E., 9, 145, 146
+
+Loch Lomond, 2
+
+Locon, 137
+
+London Regiment, 127, 129;
+  Yeomanry Company, 38
+
+Longavesnes, 130, 133
+
+Lovat, Lord, illness, 29;
+  wire from King George V., 142
+
+Lovat's Scouts, 2, 19, 23, 30;
+  at Salonika, 35
+
+Lowson, Private David, 157
+
+Ludd, 116
+
+Lumsden, C.S.M. J., 155
+
+Lys, the, 126
+
+
+Mack, Sergeant Nathaniel, 158
+
+MacNeil, Lieut.-Colonel Angus, commanding the Kharga Oasis Detachment, 32;
+  opens the swimming-bath at Sherika, 37
+
+Mafeking, relief of, 163
+
+Mahmeh, attack on, 97
+
+Malta, 12, 118
+
+Mansura Ridge, 52
+
+Maricourt, 127
+
+Marquain, 138
+
+Marseilles, 118, 119
+
+Marshall, Lieut. D., march to Tenida, 37, 148
+
+Marshall, Major-General W.R., 26
+
+M'Dougal, Lieut. A.R., bombing school, 36;
+  the "Gallipoli Spider," 150
+
+Meherique, 35;
+  Roman Fort at, 34
+
+Mejdal, 74
+
+Melsom, Captain, of the _Andania_, 10
+
+Melville, Captain Whyte, 145
+
+Mena Camp, 30
+
+Mericourt, 137
+
+M'Guffog, A., 157
+
+Middlesex Regiment, 67
+
+Minia, 31
+
+Miquellerie, 126
+
+Mitchell, Lieut.-Colonel A., commanding the Fife and Forfar
+Yeomanry, 29, 163;
+  illness, 29
+
+M'Kenzie, Lieut.-Colonel J.M., 134;
+  illness, 140;
+  commanding the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 164
+
+M'Laren, Sergt.-Major, 154
+
+M'Lean, Lieut. J., 132, 157
+
+M'Nab, Captain J., holds the Round Hill, 114
+  wounded, 130
+
+M'Niven, C.Q.M.S. J., 157
+
+Moislains, attack on, 128
+
+Molinghem, 127
+
+Montgomery and Welsh Horse Yeomanry, the 25th, 130
+
+Morison, Lieut.-Colonel, commanding the Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry
+Cavalry, 160
+
+Mosquitoes, war on, 35, 147
+
+Moustier, 140
+
+Mudros Harbour, 13, 28
+
+
+Nablus, 111;
+  attack on, 92, 97
+
+Nairn, Captain I.C., 114;
+  killed, 130
+
+Nairn, Major R.S., illness, 29
+
+Nazlet el Abid, 31
+
+Neby Samwil, 89, 91;
+  capture of, 86
+
+Nile, the, 31;
+  Valley, 34, 91
+
+Nisbet, Sergt.-Major W., at Kirkcaldy, 142
+
+Noc River, 123
+
+Nooitgedacht, 163
+
+Norfolk, 7
+
+Norfolk Regiment, 58, 121
+
+North Devon Hussars, 30;
+  at Sherika, 35
+
+North Lane Trench, 23
+
+Noyelles, 119
+
+Nurlu Village, 128
+
+
+Ogilvie, Major D.D., 112, 114, 133;
+  commanding B Squadron, 26;
+  acting M.L.O., 27;
+  march to Tenida, 37;
+  commanding C Squadron, 40;
+  and the Battalion 140, 164;
+  return to Kirkcaldy, 142
+
+Ogilvie, Sergeant-Major Alec, 154
+
+Orcq, 138
+
+Orilux torches, 80
+
+Ormiston, Capt. J.W., 133;
+  adjutant, 150, 164
+
+Osborne, Major G.E.B., adjutant, illness, 29;
+  commanding B Squadron, 40;
+  killed at the battle of Sheria, 68
+
+Oswald, Captain, 161
+
+
+Paris, 119
+
+Petit Ronchin, 137
+
+Peyton Avenue Trench, 22, 23, 27
+
+Peyton, Major-General W., 19
+
+Philistia, Plain of, 70, 72
+
+Pimple Post, 135
+
+Pitt, Rt Hon. W., appeal for soldiers, 159
+
+Portobello, review at, 160
+
+Pree, Major C.G. de, 19, 24, 26, 40
+
+_Prince Abbas_, the, 28
+
+Purvis, Capt. R., commanding the 20th Company Imperial Yeomanry, 163;
+  wounded, 163
+
+
+Q 20 Central, camp at, 78, 85, 94
+
+Quennemont Farm, 135
+
+Quennet Copse, 135
+
+Quentin Road, 125
+
+
+Rafa, 46-48
+
+Railhead, 35;
+  Persian Temple, 34
+
+Ram Allah, 92, 109, 116
+
+Raspberry Hill, 51
+
+Rawlinson, General, commanding Fourth Army, tribute to the 74th
+Division, 136
+
+Regent's Park, 57, 58
+
+Renton, Sergeant, 156
+
+Rhone Valley, 119
+
+Ricketts, Lieut. W., Quartermaster, 29, 148
+
+Rifleman Post, 135
+
+Rigg, Lieut. P.J.H., 148
+
+Road-making, 107, 109
+
+Robecq, 122, 124, 125
+
+Robertson, Capt. J.R., death, 149
+
+Roger, Private W., D.C.M. conferred, 20, 156, 165
+
+Ronssoy, 133
+
+Ross, Corporal, 147
+
+Rosslyn, Lieut.-Gen. the Earl of, commanding the Fifeshire Mounted
+Rifle Volunteers, 145
+
+Round Hill, 114
+
+Royal Devon Yeomanry, 30;
+  at Sherika, 35
+
+Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry, 160;
+  review, 160;
+  disbanded, 161;
+  re-established, 161
+
+Royal Highlanders, the 14th Battalion, 41;
+  _see_ Fife
+
+Royal Scots, the 4th, 56
+
+Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 121
+
+Rue, 120
+
+Rues des Vaches Farm, 124
+
+
+St Angelo, Castle of, 12
+
+St Cyr, airships at, 119
+
+St Emilie, 131
+
+St Firmin, 119
+
+St Ives, 4
+
+St James' Park, 103
+
+St Paul's Bay, 12
+
+St Pol, 120
+
+St Venant Sector, 122
+
+Salonika, 35
+
+Salt Lake, 17
+
+Samothrace, 18
+
+Samson's Ridge, 57
+
+Sandstorm at Gara, 32
+
+Sari Bahr, 17
+
+Savage, Private P., 157
+
+Scotian, the, 28
+
+Scots Guards, defeated at football, 121
+
+Scott, Lieut. W., 150
+
+Scottish Horse, 26, 30
+
+Selwad, 112
+
+Senussi, the, 31;
+  flight, 37
+
+Shafa, Hill of, 99
+
+Sharp, Capt. H.S., adjutant, 9, 40, 146;
+  illness, 29;
+  at Wadi Selman, 80;
+  tribute to, 105
+
+Shechem, 111
+
+Sheikh Abbas Sector, 54
+
+Sheikh Abdullah, 111
+
+Sheikh Nebhan, 49, 52
+
+Sheikh Zowaid, 45
+
+Shellal, 61
+
+Sheria, 65;
+  attack on, 66-68;
+  casualties, 68
+
+Sherika, 32;
+  swimming-bath, 36
+
+Sidi Bishr, 28, 30
+
+Sikh Mountain Gunners, at Sherika, 33
+
+Simpson, Lieut. J., 162
+
+Sinai Railway, 42
+
+Skegness, 6
+
+Smith, Capt. A.C., 19;
+  M.C. conferred, 19;
+  adjutant, 164
+
+Smith-Dorrien, Gen. Sir H., inspects the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 8
+
+_Snaefels_, the, 27
+
+Sohag, 31
+
+Somersets, the, attack on Abu-el-Zeitun, 97;
+  advance on Beitania, 101;
+  at Yalo, 107;
+  attack on Allaines, 128;
+  on the Germans, 132;
+  advance on Marquain, 138
+
+Somme, the, 120, 127
+
+South Lane Trench, 22, 23
+
+South-Western Mounted Brigade, 30
+
+Spanish influenza, epidemic of, 121
+
+Spence-Jones, Lieut.-Colonel C.J.H., 134
+
+Spreull, Capt. (later Lieut.-Col.) A., 148
+
+Squadron System, introduction, 162
+
+Stewart, Capt. R.W., 40, 146;
+  killed, 130
+
+Stirling, Lieut.-Col. A., 29
+
+Stirlingshire, 2
+
+Stirlingshire Yeomanry Cavalry, 160
+
+Storrar, Private Morrison, 158
+
+Submarine, sunk, 118
+
+Suez Canal, 39
+
+Suffa, 116
+
+Suffolk Regiment, the 15th Battalion, 125
+
+Sulajik, 17
+
+Suvla, 16, 27
+
+Sweetwater Canal, 39, 50
+
+Swimming-bath, at Sherika, 36
+
+Syderstone Common, 146
+
+
+Tahta Ridge, 85
+
+Tattenham Corner, 109, 116
+
+Tel Asur, 111, 116;
+  capture of, 112
+
+Tel-el-Ful, 88, 89
+
+Tel-el-Jemmi, 50
+
+Tel-el-Saba, 63
+
+Tel-el-Sheria, 67
+
+Templeux la Fosse, 134
+
+Templeux le Guerard, 133
+
+Tenida, 38
+
+Thackeray, Brig.-General F.S., 134
+
+Thompson, Lieut. E.A., killed at the battle of Sheria, 68
+
+Thomson, Captain Anstruther, 161
+
+Thomson, Col. J. Anstruther, commanding the Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry
+Cavalry, 160
+
+Thunderstorm at Gallipoli, 22
+
+Timsah, Lake, 39
+
+Todd, L./Corpl. J., 157
+
+Toine Post, 135
+
+Tortille River, 128
+
+Tournai, evacuated by the Germans, 139
+
+Trench fever, 25
+
+Trenches, digging, 16, 22, 52
+
+Tuck, Capt. A.J.M., 139
+
+Tuke, Capt. A., 21, 40, 147;
+  illness, 26, 29;
+  war on mosquitoes, 35, 147;
+  awarded a Military Cross, 148, 165
+
+Turbeaute River, 125
+
+Turkish Army, snipers, 19;
+  attack on El Buggar, 60;
+  retreat, 70, 72;
+  counter-attacks, 77, 84;
+  flight from Shafa, 100
+
+Two Tree Farm, 55, 56
+
+
+Um Gerrar, 49
+
+Ushant, Cape, 11
+
+
+Vaal, the, 147
+
+Valentine, Lance-Sergeant J., D.C.M. conferred, 20, 165
+
+Valetta Harbour, 12
+
+Versailles, 119
+
+Victoria, Queen, review in Edinburgh, 162
+
+Villers-Bretonneux, 136
+
+Villers Faucon, 131
+
+
+Wadi Ain Arik, 92, 109
+
+Wadi Ghuzzeh, 49, 50, 58, 60, 71, 72
+
+Wadi Hannina, 89, 90
+
+Wadi Imaish, 84, 92, 106
+
+Wadi Kelt, 101
+
+Wadi Kolah, 113
+
+Wadi Melab, 106
+
+Wadi Reuben, 53
+
+Wadi Saba, 61, 62, 63
+
+Wadi Sad, 109
+
+Wadi Selke, 59
+
+Wadi Selman, 79, 92, 94
+
+Wadi Shebab, 79, 80
+
+Wadi Sukharieh, 73, 75
+
+Wadi Sunt, 105
+
+Wadi Zait, 79, 83, 85, 92, 93, 95
+
+Water Dump A, 35, 37, 38
+
+Wemyss, Colonel W., commanding the Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry, 160
+
+Wemyss, W., of Cuttlehill, 144;
+  commanding the Battalion, 69, 164;
+  tribute to, 105;
+  at Cairo, 109
+
+West Somerset Yeomanry, 30;
+  at Sherika, 35
+
+White Hill, 115
+
+Willow Tree Well, 24
+
+Wood, Capt. A.R. Dick, 125, 154
+
+
+Yalo, camp at, 106
+
+Yeomanry Regiment, the first, 159
+
+Young, Private Hastie, 156
+
+Younger, Lieut.-Colonel J., vii., 117;
+  commanding B Squadron, 24;
+  illness, 26, 29;
+  second in command, 40;
+
+Wemyss, W., of Cuttlehill, 144;
+  commanding the Battalion, 69, 164;
+  tribute to, 105;
+  at Cairo, 109
+
+
+Zeitun Ridge, 84, 92;
+  capture of, 98
+
+
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, by D. D. Ogilvie
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+Title: The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
+       and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919
+
+Author: D. D. Ogilvie
+
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+
+
+
+THE FIFE AND FORFAR YEOMANRY
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: OFFICERS AT FAKENHAM, 1915.
+_Back Row (left to right)._--Lt. Smith, Lt. Rigg, Lt. Hutchison, Lt.
+Herdman. Lt. Gray, Lt. Stewart, Lt. Marshall, Lt. Lindsay, Lt.
+Robertson, Capt. Osborne, Lt. Don, Lt. Cummins, Capt. Mitchell, Capt.
+Ogilvie. Capt. Tuke, Major De Prée, Major Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Mitchell,
+Capt. Lindsay, Major Younger, Major Nairn. Lt. Nairn, Lt. Andrew, Lt.
+Sir W. Campbell, Lt. Inglis.
+_Frontispiece_]
+
+
+
+
+THE FIFE AND
+FORFAR YEOMANRY
+
+AND 14TH (F. & F. YEO.) BATTN. R.H.
+
+1914-1919
+
+
+BY MAJOR D.D. OGILVIE
+
+
+WITH A PREFACE BY
+MAJOR-GENERAL E.S. GIRDWOOD, C.B., C.M.G.
+Lately G.O.C. 74th (Yeomanry) Division
+
+
+
+ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
+
+
+
+LONDON
+JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET
+1921
+
+
+
+
+_All rights reserved_
+
+
+
+
+FOREWORD
+
+
+Major Ogilvie has done me the honour of asking me to write a short
+preface to a work which to me is of peculiar interest.
+
+To write a preface--and especially a short one--is a somewhat
+difficult task, but my intense pride in, and admiration for, the part
+played by the Battalion with which the gallant author was so long and
+honourably associated must be my excuse for undertaking to do my best.
+
+From his stout record as a soldier the author's qualifications to
+write this history are undoubted. His readers will be able to follow
+from start to glorious finish of the Great War the fortunes of that
+gallant little band of Fife and Forfar Yeomen who ultimately became
+the 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion The Royal Highlanders.
+
+There was little of moment in the operations of the Egyptian
+Expeditionary Force in which this unit did not take part. In divers
+theatres of war they answered the call of Empire--from Gallipoli to
+Jerusalem, from Jerusalem to France--ever upholding the honour of
+their King and Country and the best traditions of the British Army.
+
+No matter what by-path of the Great War they trod they bore themselves
+with the undaunted spirit of their forefathers.
+
+The experiences of the Battalion were so full of interest as to seem
+well worth placing on record--quite apart from the military importance
+of the operations in which they were concerned.
+
+The ordinary reader must consider the conditions under which the work
+of this unit was carried out--often under a burning sun and again in
+bitter cold, mud and torrential rain--conditions which might well
+appal the stoutest heart, but here I note that the gallant author, as
+I expected, makes light of the many hardships and vicissitudes that he
+and his comrades were called upon to endure.
+
+Again, when we consider how these heroes first entered the lists as
+cavalry, were then called upon to serve as dismounted cavalry, and
+finally as infantrymen, it surely speaks highly for that "will to win"
+that they had not long before the cessation of hostilities died of a
+broken heart!
+
+Many a time during the two years that I had the honour to command the
+74th (Yeomanry) Division both in Palestine and France, I noted--not
+without a feeling of intense pride--the cheery "never-say-die" spirit
+which pervaded all ranks of this splendid Battalion.
+
+No matter what task was set them--no matter what the difficulties and
+privations to be encountered--all was overcome by that unfaltering
+determination and unswerving loyalty which carried them triumphant
+wherever the fates called them.
+
+In conclusion of these few poor remarks of mine, let me congratulate
+the author on his story. If others read it with the same interest and
+enjoyment with which it has filled me, I can only think that the
+author's labours have not been in vain.
+
+Further, may these remarks go forth, not only as a token to my old
+friends of the 14th Battalion The Royal Highlanders, of the
+admiration, affection, and gratitude of their old Commander, but to
+the whole of Scotland as a tribute to the memory of those good and
+gallant comrades of the "Broken Spur" whom we left behind in foreign
+lands.
+
+  ERIC S. GIRDWOOD,
+
+  _(late) Major-General,
+  Commanding 74th (Yeomanry) Division._
+
+  PORTSMOUTH,
+  _20th August 1921_.
+
+
+
+
+INTRODUCTION
+
+
+This short history, written by request, was started shortly after the
+Regiment was disbanded. For the delay in publishing it, I must plead
+the great mass of inaccuracies which had to be corrected and verified,
+entailing a considerable amount of correspondence and consequent lapse
+of time. It has been compiled from Official Diaries and Forms, and
+from a Diary kept by Lieut.-Colonel J. Younger, D.S.O., without whose
+assistance it would never have been completed.
+
+It will, however, recall to the reader's mind the strenuous and
+eventful days we spent together in a regiment of whose history we are
+all so justly proud, and whose career now as a Yeomanry Regiment is
+ended, and it will recall the gallant fellows with whom we served and
+many a gallant deed.
+
+To the glorious memory of those whose graves lie in a foreign land, I
+humbly dedicate this book.
+
+  D. DOUGLAS OGILVIE.
+
+  _April 1920._
+
+
+
+
+CONTENTS
+
+
+CHAP.                                                        PAGE
+
+   I. AT HOME--1914-1915                                        1
+
+  II. ABROAD--1915                                              9
+
+ III. EGYPT--1916                                              30
+
+      LIST OF OFFICERS                                         40
+
+  IV. EGYPT AND PALESTINE--1917                                41
+
+   V. PALESTINE--1918                                         107
+
+  VI. FRANCE--1918                                            119
+
+ VII. SOME PERSONALITIES                                      143
+
+VIII. THE PREDECESSORS OF THE FIFE AND FORFAR YEOMANRY        159
+
+      HONOURS AND AWARDS                                      165
+
+      LIST OF CASUALTIES                                      168
+
+      INDEX                                                   204
+
+
+
+
+LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
+
+
+                                                   _Face Page_
+
+Officers at Fakenham, 1915                      _Frontispiece_
+
+N.C.O.'s at Fakenham, 1915                                      2
+
+H.M. The King, with Brigadier-General Lord Lovat and
+  Major-General Bruce Hamilton                                  4
+
+The Regiment in Column of Troops at St Ives                     4
+
+Crossing the Bridge, St Ives                                    6
+
+Lieut. R.G.O. Hutchison and Machine Gun Section, 1915           6
+
+Guard Mounting, Fakenham                                        8
+
+Entraining Horses, Fakenham                                     8
+
+Gebel-el-Ghenneim, Khargeh Oasis                               18
+
+The Highland Barricade, Asmak Dere, Suvla                      18
+
+Captain Tuke on "Joseph"                                       34
+
+In the Village of Khargeh                                      34
+
+Sentry on Water Dump "A"                                       36
+
+Camel Lines at Khargeh                                         36
+
+Senussi Prisoners, Dakhla                                      40
+
+The Sergeants' Reel, Moascar                                   40
+
+The Battalion Mascot                                           42
+
+Battalion Cookhouse, El Ferdan                                 42
+
+Dug-outs in the Front Line, Sheikh Abbas                       54
+
+A Reserve Wadi, Sheikh Abbas                                   54
+
+A Platoon Mess, Wadi Asher                                     58
+
+"C" Company Officers' Mess, Wadi Asher                         58
+
+Turkish Trench, with dead Turks, Hill 1070, Beersheba          62
+
+Bathing, Regent's Park                                         62
+
+Battalion Bivouac near Suffa                                  110
+
+The Irish Road crossing the Wadi Ain Arik                     110
+
+The Battalion Football Team                                   140
+
+The Fife and Forfar Imperial Yeomanry at Annsmuir             158
+
+Detachment at H.M. The King's Visit to Edinburgh              160
+
+Regimental Drill at Annsmuir, with Skeleton Enemy             160
+
+Group showing Six successive Commanding Officers              164
+
+The Cadre on arrival at Kirkcaldy                             164
+
+
+MAPS
+
+Our Trenches in the Front Line at Suvla                        20
+
+Battle of Sheria                                               68
+
+Operations in Palestine, 1917-1918                            106
+
+Trench System on the Somme                                    134
+
+The Lys Sector                                                142
+
+
+
+
+THE FIFE AND FORFAR YEOMANRY
+
+
+CHAPTER I
+
+AT HOME--1914-1915
+
+
+August 4th, 1914, marks the end and also the beginning of two great
+epochs in the history of every Territorial Unit. It marked the close
+of our peace training and the beginning of thirteen months' strenuous
+war training for the thirty-seven months which we were to spend on
+active service abroad.
+
+The Fiery Cross which blazed across the entire Continent caught most
+people unawares and unprepared--but not so our headquarters. Our
+mobilization papers had already been made out and were despatched
+immediately on the outbreak of war. Each one of us was bidden to
+report forthwith to his Squadron Headquarters, and while we kicked our
+heels there, officers were scouring the country for horses. Soon these
+came in of every sort and shape, and in a week's time the Regiment was
+concentrated at Blairgowrie.
+
+The headquarters of the Regiment was at Kirkcaldy, the four Squadrons
+A, B, C, and D having their headquarters respectively at Cupar,
+Dunfermline, Dundee, and Forfar. The recruiting area comprised the
+counties of Fife, Forfar, Kinross, and Clackmannan, and there was also
+a troop in Stirlingshire within a few miles of Loch Lomond. The rest
+of the Highland Mounted Brigade, to which the Regiment belonged, was
+pure Highland, consisting of two regiments of Lovat's Scouts, the
+Inverness Battery, R.H.A., and a T. and S. Column and Field Ambulance
+hailing also from Inverness. On changing to War Establishment, D
+Squadron dropped out and was divided amongst A, B, and C, with the
+exception of Lieut.-Colonel King who went to Remounts, and Captain
+Jackson who became Staff Captain on the newly formed Brigade Staff.
+
+The Regiment was fortunate in having about a week at Squadron
+Mobilization Centres before uniting at Blairgowrie, and a pretty
+hectic week it was for most of us. The most rapid bit of work must
+have been that of D Squadron, whose men were distributed amongst the
+other squadrons, fully equipped, in about three days. This squadron
+was also called upon to provide the various details, such as mounted
+police, who were required on mobilization to report to the Highland
+Territorial Infantry Division, the famous 51st.
+
+[Illustration: N.C.O.'s AT FAKENHAM, 1915.
+_Back Row (left to right)._--Sgts. Edmond, Petrie, Annand, M'Niven.
+_Second Row._--Farr.-Sgt. Lindsay, Sgts. Inglis, Gourlay, Farr.-Sgt.
+Renton, Sgt. Abbie, Saddler-Sgt. Smith, Sergt. Kirk, F.Q.M.S. Allan,
+Sgts. Hood, Walker, Colthart, Haig, Lumsden, Thorp, Dougall, Couper,
+Bradfield, Craig. _Third Row._--Sgts. Thornton, Aitken, S.Q.M.S.
+Craig, S.S.M. Edie, S.S.M. Ogilvie, Capt. and Adjt. M.E. Lindsay,
+R.S.M. R.G. Rapkin, Capt. Jackson, S.S.M. M'Laren, S.S.M. Adams,
+S.Q.M.S. W. Birrell, Farr.-Sgt. W. Guthrie, Sgt. J. Wilson. _Front
+Row._--Sgts. Scott, Stewart, Gair, Duff, Hair, Adams, Kidd, and
+Henderson.
+_To face page 2_]
+
+During this first week squadrons had to arrange for their own
+billeting, forage, and rations; take over, shoe, brand, and number the
+horses as they were sent up in twos and threes by the buyers; mark all
+articles of equipment with the man's regimental number; fit saddlery;
+see that all ranks had brought with them and were in possession of the
+prescribed underclothing, boots, and necessaries; take on charge all
+articles on the Mobilization Store Table as they arrived in odd lots
+from Stirling; and, beyond the above duties, which were all according
+to regulation, to make unofficial arrangements to beg, borrow, or
+steal clothing of sorts to cover those who had enlisted, or
+re-enlisted, to complete to War Establishment, and to provide for
+deficiencies in the saddlery and clothing already on charge.
+
+The result of all the hard work was that it was practically a complete
+unit which came together at Blairgowrie about the 12th of August. Our
+Mobilization Orders had been thoroughly thought out and the general
+outline made known to all ranks, so that no time was lost in getting a
+move on. At Blairgowrie we were billeted in a school, and would have
+been very comfortable if we had been older campaigners, in spite of
+the fact that our horses were about half a mile away, up a steep hill,
+in a field which looked as if it had been especially selected so that
+we might trample to pieces a heavy clover crop, and at the same time
+be as far as possible from any possible watering place for the
+horses. It meant also about as stiff a hill as possible up which to
+cart all our forage from the station below. Here our adjutant, Captain
+M.E. Lindsay, who knew the whole business of regimental interior
+economy from A to Z, started to get things into proper form and to see
+that orderly officers, orderly sergeants, and orderly corporals
+performed as many of their proper duties as, with their inexperience,
+could be fitted into the twenty-four hours. By the end of three days
+order was beginning to spring out of chaos, and the adjutant never did
+a better bit of work--and that is saying a great deal--than he did in
+hunting all and sundry during those first few days.
+
+A depot for recruiting was formed at Kirkcaldy and men quickly swelled
+our reinforcements there. After a few days at Blairgowrie, the
+Regiment entrained for the Brigade Concentration at Huntingdon; but as
+it was found there was insufficient space for a whole brigade, we were
+moved to St Ives, about six miles off, where there was a splendid
+common for drilling and good billets for the men. Very strenuous
+training occupied our two months there, and the expectation of going
+abroad at a moment's notice kept us up to concert pitch. An inspection
+by H.M. the King of the whole Brigade on the common at Huntingdon, and
+another by Sir Ian Hamilton, helped to confirm our expectations,
+and when we suddenly got orders one Sunday at midnight that we were to
+move to an unknown destination few doubted that we were bound for
+Boulogne.
+
+[Illustration: H.M. THE KING, WITH BRIGADIER-GENERAL LORD LOVAT AND
+MAJOR-GENERAL BRUCE HAMILTON.
+_To face page 4_]
+
+[Illustration: THE REGIMENT IN COLUMN OF TROOPS AT ST. IVES.
+_To face page 4_]
+
+What a bustle we had that Monday. We had built a fine range of stables
+on the Market Square, which were completed all except the harness
+rooms on the Friday, and on the Saturday all the horses were moved in
+except those in the sick lines. We had just received a consignment of
+about 100 grass-fed remounts which had been handed over to squadrons
+to look after, but not definitely allotted. Consequently when we
+received orders to move we had horses in the Market Square, saddlery
+about a mile away up the Ramsey Road, and horses in the sick lines
+which belonged to no one in particular and had never been fitted with
+saddlery at all. In addition, every one had been collecting every
+conceivable sort of kit "indispensable for active service," presents
+from kind friends and purchases from plausible haberdashers, with the
+result that quite 50 per cent. of our gear had to be left behind or
+sent home. To add to our confusion a draft arrived from our second
+line to bring us up to War Establishment, and they had to be fitted
+out with horses, etc. However, we got off up to time and entrained at
+Huntingdon, wondering if it would be three days or a week (at most)
+before we were charging Uhlans.
+
+But our destination was only the Lincolnshire coast--Grimsby.
+Fortunately thirty-six hours terminated our stay there, and we trekked
+off south, eventually halting at Hogsthorpe, a village about three
+miles from the coast. The two remaining regiments of the Brigade were
+one in Skegness and the other half-way between us and Skegness.
+
+For the next few months we moved from one village to another in the
+neighbourhood of Skegness. "We dug miles of trenches along the
+coast--we erected barbed wire entanglements for the sea to play
+with--we patrolled bleak stretches of coast day and night, and in all
+sorts of weather--we watched patiently for spies and Zeppelins, and we
+were disappointed. Nothing happened; the Germans would not come."
+
+Christmas was spent at Skegness, and in spite of alarms and excursions
+we had an excellent regimental dinner, very largely due to the
+generosity of our friends in Scotland. The ladies of the Regiment
+opened subscription lists for "Comforts" for the Regiment, and
+everyone who was asked not only gave but gave generously. Wherever we
+went our "Comforts" followed us, whatever we asked for we got and,
+except on Gallipoli, we were never without our own private stock of
+Grant's or Inglis' oatmeal. We owe a lot to the generosity of our
+friends in Scotland.
+
+[Illustration: CROSSING THE BRIDGE, ST IVES.
+_To face page 6_]
+
+[Illustration: LIEUT. R.G.O. HUTCHISON AND MACHINE GUN SECTION, 1915.
+_To face page 6_]
+
+From Lincolnshire we moved again south to Norfolk. King's Lynn was
+found to be unsatisfactory as a billeting area, so we trekked on to
+Fakenham which proved to be our final resting place in England. By now
+our training had so far advanced that we were not kept at it quite so
+hard, and we had more time for sports. We had polo, cricket, and all
+kinds of games, and on 3rd June mounted sports which were most
+successful.
+
+We spent the summer putting on the finishing touches, and did some
+very useful bits of training, including some fairly ambitious schemes
+of trench digging and planning, which proved invaluable later on, and
+which was a branch of knowledge in which many Yeomanries were
+conspicuously lacking. Also, by this time, a few courses of
+instruction had been started at the larger military centres, and we
+had several officers and men trained at these courses in musketry and
+other branches who were then able to pass their information on to the
+rest of us. We were given an army gymnastic instructor who brushed up
+our physical training--on which we had always been very keen--and also
+started to put us through a thorough course of bayonet fighting. There
+was also a busy time among our machine gunners, who trained spare
+teams up to nearly three times our establishment, which was
+invaluable, as it enabled us to take advantage of the chance which
+came to us of going abroad with six machine guns per regiment instead
+of three. As our usual role on Gallipoli was to take over with three
+squadrons, whose effective strength was never more than 100 each at
+the most, and generally considerably less, from four companies of
+infantry, each numbering anything from 150 to 180 strong, these extra
+machine guns were worth their weight in gold.
+
+By this time a good many were thoroughly "fed up" with so long a spell
+of home service, fearing that the war would be over before we got out
+at all. And it was not till nearly the end of August that we got
+definite news that at last we were to receive the reward of all our
+hard training and see service overseas. We were inspected and
+addressed by General Sir H. Smith-Dorrien. Our horses, that had done
+us so well on many a strenuous field day, that knew cavalry drill
+better than some of us, that had taken part in our famous charge with
+fixed bayonets on the common at St Ives, were taken from us and sent,
+some to our second line and some to remount depots. In return for a
+horse we were each given a heavy cavalry sword, presumably to prevent
+us being confused with mere infantry.
+
+On 5th September we said good-bye to our friends in Fakenham and
+started off on our journey for an unknown destination but--business.
+
+[Illustration: GUARD MOUNTING, FAKENHAM.
+_To face page 8_]
+
+[Illustration: ENTRAINING HORSES, FAKENHAM.
+_To face page 8_]
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER II
+
+ABROAD--1915
+
+
+The last few days at Fakenham were busy ones, chiefly owing to the
+floods of new equipment which were at last showered upon us. Two
+squadrons got a complete issue of new saddlery, harness, and vehicles,
+which meant, in the first place, handing over the old issues to
+representatives of the second line, and in the second place,
+assembling all the new saddlery (which was issued in small pieces) and
+packing it into sacks ready for the voyage. The rest of the saddlery
+was put on board without being unpacked. Then our complement of
+machine guns was increased from two to six per regiment, which meant
+taking from each squadron 1 officer and 20 men to form the new
+personnel, and replacing them in the squadrons with men from the
+second line. By this arrangement we lost also our adjutant, Captain
+M.E. Lindsay, who was made Brigade Machine Gun Officer. Lieutenant
+H.S. Sharp took Captain Lindsay's place as adjutant. All ranks were
+fitted with helmets (on which pugarees had to be fixed under the eye
+of the few old soldiers who had been abroad and knew how to do it),
+and also with a complete outfit of khaki drill clothing. This last
+caused no end of trouble and annoyance both to the tailors and the
+men. However, it was all finished somehow, and it was a very cheery
+party which embarked on the train at Fakenham station just after dusk.
+The entire population turned out to see us off and wish us luck, and
+gave us a very hearty send-off.
+
+Next morning we found ourselves at Devonport, where we were to embark
+on H.M.T. _Andania_ (Captain Melsom), a second-class Cunard Atlantic
+Liner, and set to at once to load our baggage in the holds. Speed
+seemed to be the main concern, the safety of the cargo being quite a
+secondary consideration. The Brigade arrived in some dozen or more
+trains, each carrying what corresponded to a squadron, its baggage,
+which consisted of all sorts of heavy cases and things more or less
+breakable such as personal baggage, and saddlery in sacks, and also
+motor bicycles and vehicles. Each train was unloaded as it arrived and
+its contents thrown holus-bolus into one of the holds, except for the
+wheeled vehicles. The result was that there were layers of saddles at
+the very bottom of the hold, and further layers at intervals up to the
+top sandwiched between ammunition and heavy cases of all kinds.
+Fortunately we were never asked to unpack the saddlery.
+
+On Wednesday, 8th September, about 5 A.M., we left the harbour
+escorted by two destroyers who took us to abreast Cape Ushant and
+there left us.
+
+The first day or two on board was regular pandemonium and most
+uncomfortable for the men. Four officers and 140 other ranks from the
+second line had joined us at Devonport and we were very overcrowded.
+Each man had a stuffy and inaccessible bunk and a place at a table in
+the steerage saloon for meals, which had to be served in three relays
+owing to the numbers on board. This meant either very perfect time
+keeping or very perfect chaos, and, needless to say, for the first few
+days it was the latter. The captain also had a habit of always having
+his alarm boat drills while some relay was feeding, which did not add
+to the harmony. After a few days, however, things went very much more
+smoothly, but at no time could it be called a comfortable voyage. For
+the officers it was very different. They were not too overcrowded and
+were fed like fighting cocks. The deck accommodation was, of course,
+ridiculously inadequate, and muster parades, boat drill, and physical
+drill in relays was all that could be managed. We also had lectures on
+flies, sanitation, and how to behave when we got to Constantinople.
+
+We steered a very roundabout course to avoid submarines and came into
+the Straits of Gibraltar from the south-west keeping well south of
+the Rock. We hugged the north coast of Africa, and passed a Greek
+tramp who signalled to us to stop as a large enemy submarine was ten
+miles east of us. As such ships had been used before as decoys for
+German submarines, we gave her a wide berth and informed Gibraltar who
+were to send out a destroyer to have a look at her. We reached Malta
+on 14th September, but we were too late to get into Valetta Harbour,
+so we anchored in St Paul's Bay for the night and got into Valetta
+Harbour early next morning. For most of us it was our first glimpse of
+the Near East, and no one could deny the beauty of the scene--the
+harbour full of craft of all sorts down to the tiny native skiff, and
+crowned by the old Castle of St Angelo, the picturesque town, the palm
+trees, and the motley crowd of natives swimming and diving, and
+hawking fruit and cigarettes from their boats. Some of us got ashore
+to see the historical old town, full of memories of the Templars--St
+John's Cathedral, the Governor's Palace, the Armoury--but most had to
+stay on board to bargain and argue with the native vendors. We slipped
+out of the harbour at dusk, showing no lights, but to show we were not
+downhearted, Lovat's entire pipe band started to play. But not for
+long; as the captain threatened to put them all in irons, which
+brought the concert to an abrupt conclusion.
+
+We reached Alexandria on the morning of the 18th, and the first stage
+of our trip was over--to everyone's regret. We had had a lovely
+voyage, a calm sea and perfect weather, and only the most persevering
+had managed to get seasick. Those of us who had still lingering hopes
+of seeing horses at Alexandria were speedily disillusioned, as we were
+ordered promptly to unload all our saddlery and transport vehicles.
+This was done with just as much organisation and care as the loading.
+The following morning we all went a route march for a couple of hours
+through the town. Perhaps the intention was to squash any desire we
+might have had to linger on in Alexandria. All the same some bits
+undoubtedly stank less than others.
+
+Meanwhile stacks of infantry web equipment had come aboard, and
+fortunately for us about forty infantry officers who were able to show
+us how to put it together. That kept us busy for the next few days.
+
+A cruiser met us in the Grecian Archipelago and conducted us safely
+into Mudros Harbour on 23rd September. It had got very much colder as
+we got farther north, and the day before we made Mudros it was
+absolutely arctic, which was lucky indeed as it made us all take on to
+the Peninsula much warmer clothes than we would otherwise have done.
+Mudros Harbour was a great sight--British and French battleships,
+hospital ships, transports, colliers, and all sorts of cargo ships
+down to the little native sailing boats, and the steam cutters which
+tore up and down all day looking very busy. The island itself looked
+very uninviting, stony, barren, and inhospitable, and a route march
+only confirmed our opinions--the race ashore in the ship's boats,
+however, compensated us--and nearly drowned us.
+
+Our ration strength at Mudros was 32 officers and 617 other ranks, but
+of these 9 officers and 63 other ranks remained behind as first
+reinforcements when the Regiment went on the Peninsula. Each squadron
+went forward 4 officers and 136 other ranks. When we returned to
+Mudros three months later our effective strength was 8 officers and
+125 other ranks.
+
+On 26th September the Regiment filed down the gangways of the
+_Andania_ on to the _Abassiyeh_ and landed that night on Gallipoli.
+From the _Abassiyeh_ we were transhipped into a "beetle" packed like
+sardines and loaded like a Christmas-tree. These lighters being
+flat-bottomed could run ashore on the sand and land troops dry-shod.
+The gangway was very steep and slippery and the men were so
+overloaded, each carrying a bundle of firewood as well as full
+equipment, and a pick and a shovel, that nearly everyone, like William
+the Conqueror, bit the dust on landing. Otherwise, we had an
+unmolested landing and started off for our billets in some reserve
+trenches about a mile and a half away.
+
+Here our difficulties began with daylight, as we were in full view of
+the Turkish positions and within easy range of their guns, with the
+result we were not allowed to move about outside the trenches during
+the day. Water had to be fetched by hand about a mile and then had to
+be boiled, and we had not, like those who had been on the Peninsula a
+few weeks, collected a stock of petrol and biscuit tins for storage.
+Later on we even got water-carts filled with water brought from Mudros
+or Egypt, but not for at least six weeks, and meantime everything had
+to be carried and stored in petrol tins, rum jars, and such few
+biscuit tins as were water-tight. The wells were so congested, and the
+water so scarce that water-bottles were not allowed at the wells, and
+all we could do was to keep them in the cookhouse, ready to be filled
+and issued as the water was boiled. Apart from the November blizzard
+our first week in the reserve trenches, until we got our water supply
+in working order, was the most uncomfortable of our stay. Rations were
+really wonderfully plentiful and good.
+
+That night we were ordered forward to complete the digging of a new
+reserve area. Just as we were falling in to move off, a regular strafe
+started in the front line only just over a mile away, but luckily it
+stopped just before we were to move off. It was our first experience
+of being under fire, and for all we knew it might have been the sort
+of thing that happened every night, so we just carried on as if
+nothing unusual were happening. Familiarity may breed contempt in most
+cases, but bullets singing about four feet above one's head is one of
+the exceptions, and Heaven knows we had plenty of experience of
+"overs" on the Peninsula. They are undoubtedly a fine incentive to
+work however, and once on the ground the men dug like beavers--and
+they _could_ dig--and by dawn at 4 A.M. we had a continuous though
+somewhat narrow trench. The soil, for the most part, was clay, and it
+was tough work digging, but once dug the trenches stood up well.
+
+After a day or two we began to be sent up to the front line for
+instruction, 30 men per squadron at a time, the remainder digging
+trenches and going down singly to the beach for a bathe. That was the
+one thing for which Gallipoli was perfect. The beach was rather far
+away, perhaps two miles, but we were all glad of the exercise, and the
+bathing was glorious--the water beautifully warm and so refreshing.
+
+As regards the lie of the land and our positions there--coming up from
+the beach at Suvla there were fully two miles of flat country before
+you reached the foothills. The northern part of this plain was a
+shallow lake dry in summer but with a few feet of brackish water in
+winter called Salt Lake, and the southern part a few feet higher
+stretched down to "Anzac," where spurs running down from Sari Bahr to
+the sea terminate it abruptly. Our front line, generally speaking, was
+just off the plain, a few hundred yards up the slopes of the
+foothills, with any reserves there were lying in trenches on the
+plain.
+
+Imagining the whole Suvla plain and its surrounding hills to be a
+horse-shoe, you might say the Turks held round three parts of the
+shoe, leaving us with the two heels at Caracol Dagh on the north and
+Anzac on the south, and a line between these two points across the
+plain. This plain was practically bare, but Caracol Dagh was thickly
+covered with dwarf oak and scrub, and Anzac with a good undergrowth of
+rhododendron, veronica, and other similar bushes. At Sulajik (the
+centre of the horse-shoe), and immediately to the north of it, and
+also round the villages in the Turkish lines, were numbers of fine
+trees, but nowhere that we could see was there anything that could be
+called a wood. As regards the soil, the gullies at Anzac on the spurs
+of Sari Bahr were quite bewildering in their heaped up confusion,
+partly rocky, but mainly a sort of red clay and very steep. In the
+centre it was a yellower clay with patches of sand and bog, and on
+Caracol Dagh it was all rock and stones, so that digging was
+impossible, and all defences were built either with stones or
+sandbags. The view looking back to the sea from almost any part of our
+line was glorious. Hospital ships and men-of-war, and generally
+monitors and troop-ships in the Bay, and on the horizon the peaks of
+Imbros and Samothrace reflecting the glorious sunrises and sunsets of
+the Levant.
+
+In these surroundings we spent about a week before getting a turn in
+the front line. We struck a reasonably quiet sector and fairly well
+dug, but there were several details in which the trenches varied from
+what we were accustomed to read about. The first and most noticeable
+difference from the point of view of the inhabitants was the entire
+absence of head cover. Even after we had been on the Peninsula nearly
+three months all we had collected were one or two poles, a sheet of
+corrugated iron (ear-marked as a roof for a signal station), and a few
+yards of wire-netting. There was not a house or a building of course
+in the country-side, and as our neighbours were as badly off as we
+were, there was no scope for the enterprising.
+
+Our first turn only lasted four days, and we had hardly a casualty
+until an hour or two before we were to move back into support. The
+support trenches were very much less comfortable than the front line,
+and as there were lots of parties to go up at all hours of the day and
+night to dig and wire in front, it took a lot of scheming to get
+everyone satisfactorily fixed with water and food. We also had to send
+out officers' patrols to fix the Turkish line, as we were intending to
+have a dash at capturing his barrier across the Azmac Dere--a dry
+watercourse which ran right through both the Turkish and our
+lines--and so straighten out our line. Patrolling was very
+difficult--there were no landmarks to guide one, the going was
+exceedingly prickly, and at that time the place was full of Turkish
+snipers, who came out at dusk and lay out till morning in the broken
+and shell-pitted country. We soon got the better of these sportsmen
+though--our snipers out-sniped them, and our bombing officer, if he
+frightened them with his catapults and other engines of offence half
+as much as he frightened us, must also be given credit for a share in
+dispersing them.
+
+[Illustration: GEBEL-EL-GHENNEIM, KHARGEH OASIS.
+_To face page 18_]
+
+[Illustration: THE HIGHLAND BARRICADE, ASMAK DERE, SUVLA.
+_To face page 18_]
+
+A squadron (Major de Pree) and the bombing squad under Mr A.C. Smith,
+in conjunction with a squadron of 2nd Lovat Scouts, carried out the
+raid on the Dere on the night of the 17th/18th October. It was a
+complete success--all the Turks holding the barrier being killed by
+the bombing party, and about sixty or seventy yards of new trench
+being dug the same night. This little exploit was the subject of
+congratulations from both the Divisional and Corps Commanders,
+Major-General W. Peyton and Major-General Sir Julian Byng. Mr Smith
+got the M.C., and Lance-Sergeant J. Valentine and Private W. Roger
+the D.C.M. for that night's work.
+
+The Brigade was then due for relief, but we wanted to finish the job
+of straightening the line before we went, so we stayed on to the end
+of the month, by which time the work was practically complete. During
+this time we had the joy of receiving some letters and parcels, and
+even a very limited supply of canteen stores. People at home hardly
+realised as yet where we were, the conditions under which we were
+living, and the time it took for parcels to arrive. One officer
+received three parcels--the first containing his keys which he had
+left on his dressing-table at home, the second, some sort of
+collapsible boot-tree, and the third, about a three years' supply of
+Euxesis shaving cream. Many a good cake too had to be hurriedly
+removed and buried deep in the refuse pit. All the same, parcels were
+a great joy to receive, and provided many an excellent tit-bit for
+supper. Many, unfortunately, went missing--especially if they had the
+labels of Fortnum & Mason, John Dewar, or Johnnie Walker. We sometimes
+wondered if they were timid and preferred the comforts of the beach to
+the hazards of the trenches.
+
+The canteen arrangements could hardly be called a success either.
+Occasionally a few supplies trickled through to us, and once an
+expedition to Imbros was arranged to purchase stores at the local
+markets. Eggs, fruit, biscuits, oatmeal, chocolate, etc., were ordered
+by the hundredweight, and an officer sent to make the purchases. He
+returned to tell us the expedition had fallen short of complete
+success. His share of the plunder for the Regiment had been one packet
+of chocolate which he had eaten.
+
+[Illustration: OUR TRENCHES IN THE FRONT LINE AT SUVLA
+Emery Walker Ltd. sc
+_To face page 20_]
+
+We had now completed our turn in the line, and were relieved by the
+158th Brigade, and went back to our old place in reserve which we
+found very filthy. How we wished there were Dr Tukes in every regiment
+and battalion. He had so inculcated everyone of us--officers and men
+alike--with the vital necessity of cleanliness and the deplorable
+habits and peregrinations of the household fly, that we sometimes
+wondered if we were scavengers or soldiers. Though we lay no claims to
+perfection--or anything like it--few trenches were cleaner than ours
+were, and right to the very end of the war we never left a trench or
+billet without it being cleaner and more "lime and creosol"-ated than
+when we entered it.
+
+The water arrangements had also been revolutionised, and we actually
+had cookers and water-carts in the lines, but the greatest joy of all
+was to go bathing again. The weather was not nearly so hot, and the
+flies which had tortured us in their myriads during the hot weather
+were now nothing like so numerous, which made it possible to enjoy
+what food we had.
+
+Rumour as to our future movements meantime was rife. Lord Kitchener
+had come and gone, and all sorts of stories came from the beach. It
+was not till 26th November that we knew definitely that evacuation had
+been decided on, and that we had to make arrangements to get rid of
+all surplus kit and all our "lame ducks."
+
+Meantime, we were busy improving our trenches and digging South Lane
+and Peyton Avenue communication trenches, and generally making
+ourselves more comfortable.
+
+On 26th November we got orders to pack all surplus stores which were
+dumped, along with officers' valises, ready to be taken off that night
+by the Sikh muleteers. We parted with great reluctance from our
+tarpaulins and cart covers which provided the only shelters we had,
+but that night even they would have been of little use. At five
+o'clock the downpour started, accompanied by thunder and lightning,
+such as you only can see in the tropics. Thunder-clap merged into
+thunder-clap, each one noisier than the last--sheet lightning lit up
+the sky, north, south, and east at the same time--and the rain came
+down in torrents. It was a wonderful and awful sight. Trenches and
+dug-outs were quite uninhabitable and a foot deep in water.
+Fortunately by this time it was dark, so we climbed out of the
+trenches and prepared to spend the night on the top, where the water
+was only lying in places. Then came down the water from the hills. The
+Azmac Dere came down in spate, washing away the Turkish and the
+Highland barricades, carrying horses, mules, and men, dead and alive,
+down with it. Peyton Avenue and South Lane were culs-de-sac and soon
+filled, and the overflow flooded our trenches. The 2nd Lovat Scouts
+were completely washed out, and had to retire and dig in down near the
+beach. By this time the rain had stopped, and by next morning we saw
+the water subsiding gradually. Fortunately it was a misty morning, and
+we could wander about on top, though we did have one or two shrapnel
+bursts over us. We then discovered that our valises and stores were
+still floating in the water-cart emplacement--the Sikhs having turned
+tail when the storm broke. It was six weeks later when we opened our
+valises.
+
+We had hoped the relief would have been cancelled, but not so, and at
+5 P.M. we started off for the front line. The Turks evidently
+anticipated something of the sort, and their rifle fire soon forced us
+to take to the communication trenches. North Lane was not too bad.
+There was 18 inches of water, but the bottom was gravelly and the
+going not too bad. Where this trench struck the old support line we
+found guides awaiting us who took us past Willow Tree Well through
+the most awful trenches-too narrow for a heavily ladened man, greasy
+and slippery, and full of holes which took us up to the waist in
+water. Some idea of the going may be gathered from the fact that the
+journey of less than two miles took upwards of five hours to
+accomplish. And then our troubles weren't over. The firebays we found
+crammed with the infantry we were relieving--a helpless, hopeless
+mob--and it wasn't till midnight that we had the place to ourselves.
+
+A Squadron (Major de Pree) held from the Azmac Dere to Fort Conan, and
+B Squadron (Major J. Younger) from Fort Conan to the old road leading
+to Anafarta, C Squadron lying in support. We could only man every
+second or third bay lightly, and our left flank was in the air--the
+159th Brigade on our left, being about 120 yards away. Lovats were in,
+and to the south of, the Dere.
+
+Movement in the trenches to promote circulation was impossible--one
+was exhausted long before one felt any life in one's limbs, and to add
+to our troubles snow fell during the night, and it turned bitterly
+cold. Next day was even more bitterly cold with snow and rain, and a
+lot of men had to go down the line sick with trench feet and
+exhaustion, many of them suffering from jaundice and diarrhoea as
+well. The area was again very heavily shelled with shrapnel, and we
+suffered a few casualties. By night time everything was covered with
+snow, but what really put the lid on was a sudden blizzard about 2
+A.M. with ever so many degrees of frost. Everything one had on was of
+course soaking wet and covered with mud, and this was now frozen stiff
+by the frost. Most of the rifles were out of action, and even the
+water in the machine guns froze. However, daylight put new heart in
+us, and we made good progress in improving the trenches, getting
+rifles once more in working order, and generally tidying up and making
+things as comfortable as possible under the circumstances. That night
+about six or eight Turks crawled up the sunken road on our extreme
+left flank and caused quite an excitement, but finding the trenches
+still manned retired hastily. Unfortunately the message that they had
+retired miscarried, and headquarters stood to impatiently for about an
+hour.
+
+Gradually the weather improved and the sun came out, and we managed to
+drain off more and more of the water from the communication trenches.
+But the damage had already been done--the wet followed by the cold and
+intense frost brought on trench fever in an acute and terrible form.
+One poor fellow had died of exhaustion and 142 left the Regiment in
+two days, some few never to recover and others to be maimed for life.
+
+In the week following the storm 7 officers, including Major Younger
+and Captain Tuke, R.A.M.C., and 221 other ranks were admitted to
+hospital through sickness. Owing to the washing away of the Highland
+barricade, three men, bringing water up the Azmac Dere, foolishly
+missed our trenches and wandered into the Turkish lines.
+
+By this time our numbers were so reduced that C Squadron was brought
+up from the support line and divided between A Squadron (Major de
+Pree) and B Squadron (Captain D.D. Ogilvie). A troop of Lovats and a
+section of machine gunners were in support to us. Later we were all
+amalgamated into one squadron under Major de Pree, 8 officers and 103
+other ranks, the entire strength of the Regiment, including
+headquarters, being only 13 officers and 190 other ranks.
+
+From the beginning of December we began gradually to send off parties
+of men to Mudros with surplus kit and stores. On 9th December we were
+relieved by the 2nd Scottish Horse and moved back into the support
+trenches, from which we sent a party back to the front line who
+reported very little firing from the Turks but that they seemed to be
+suffering from bad colds. Embarkation orders by Major-General W.R.
+Marshall were read to all ranks and we prepared to go. Three officers
+and 27 other ranks took over part of 1st Lovats' line and formed our
+rear-guard, and at six o'clock on the evening of 19th December the
+Regiment paraded for the last time on Gallipoli and marched to C
+Beach, via Peyton Avenue and Anzac Road. The perfect weather of the
+last three or four days still held; a full moon slightly obscured by
+mist, a calm sea and no shelling made the evacuation a complete
+success. The remains of the Regiment embarked on the _Snaefels_ and
+sailed for Imbros, where they were joined by Captain D.D. Ogilvie, who
+had been acting M.L.O. for the evacuation and left by the last
+lighter. A four-mile march to camp and a hot meal, and our troubles
+were over.
+
+The complete success of the evacuation caused quite a stir at home.
+From Suvla alone 44,000 men, 90 guns of all calibre, including one
+anti-aircraft gun, 3000 mules, 400 horses, 30 donkeys, 1800 carts, and
+4000 to 5000 cartloads of stores had to be embarked--and only by night
+too, as of course the beaches and bay were visible by day from the
+Turkish lines. To deceive the Turks, men were actually embarked by
+night and disembarked by daylight to represent reinforcements, and the
+Sikh muleteers drove furiously all day chiefly to make the dust fly.
+On the last night about 12,000 men were embarked from A and C beaches,
+and everything had been so well managed that there was never a hitch
+of any kind. Needless to say each party arrived at the point where the
+M.L.O. were to meet them well up to time and were conducted straight
+on to the "beetles."
+
+We were, of course, exceedingly lucky in the weather and in the lack
+of initiative on the part of the Turks. The Higher Command counted on
+50 per cent, casualties but actually, on the last night, only two men
+were wounded on the way down to the beach--8 old guns, rendered
+useless, were left behind at Anzac, 250 cases of Sunlight soap, a few
+Indian carts minus their wheels, and one or two hospital tents were
+left as a present for "Johnnie," and that was about all. The A.S.C.
+set fire to everything they could not take away, and a fine bonfire it
+made. The morning we left the wind rose, the sea became choppy, the
+Turks attacked in great style, bombarding the beaches very heavily,
+smashing the piers and nearly wiping Lala Baba off the map.
+
+On 23rd December we left our camp and tried to board the _Prince
+Abbas_, but the storm was too strong and we had to land again.
+However, we got off next day, reached Mudros Harbour, and changed on
+to the _Scotian_ on Christmas Day. None of us will forget the kindness
+with which we were received on the _Scotian_, and the arrival of a
+huge mail _and_ plum puddings completed our joy. We left on Boxing Day
+and got to Alexandria on the 28th, where we at once disembarked and
+went to camp at Sidi Bishr.
+
+Of the 32 officers and 617 other ranks who sailed from Alexandria on
+the 20th September, 8 officers and 107 other ranks returned on 28th
+December--each squadron on 20th September was 6 officers and 136 other
+ranks strong, the composite squadron on 28th December was 4 officers
+and 61 other ranks. On 9th December the strength of the Highland
+Mounted Brigade was 39 officers and 854 other ranks--the 2nd Mounted
+Division only 2200 all ranks.
+
+In addition to the C.O., Lieut.-Colonel A. Mitchell, we had lost
+through sickness alone two squadron leaders (Majors J. Younger and
+R.S. Nairn), the Adjutant (Lieutenant H.S. Sharp) and his successor
+(Captain G.E.B. Osborne), the Quartermaster (Lieutenant W. Ricketts),
+and the M.O. (Captain Tuke, R.A.M.C.), the R.Q.M.S. and all the
+S.S.M., and S.Q.M.S., in all 18 officers and 339 other ranks. The
+Brigade was commanded by Lieut.-Colonel A. Stirling of Lovat's Scouts,
+Lord Lovat having left through sickness; the Regiment by Major J.
+Gilmour. Fortunately a good many of these, after a brief stay in
+hospital in Egypt or at Malta, were able to rejoin us later on.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER III
+
+EGYPT--1916
+
+
+From a military point of view 1916 can be summed up as far as we were
+concerned in two words--nothing doing. It was certainly for us the
+most peaceful and uneventful year. New Year saw us resting and
+refitting at Sidi Bishr--bathing in the Mediterranean and sightseeing
+in Alexandria. After a few days we moved to Mena Camp, under the
+shadow of the Pyramids, and at the end of the tram line to Cairo.
+Apart from the fact that we had two regiments of Lovat's Scouts on one
+side, and three regiments of Scottish Horse on the other, and every
+man was either playing the pipes or practising on the chanter from
+early morn to dewy eve, we had a peaceful time there for about five
+weeks, watching our numbers gradually increase as men returned from
+hospital, and wondering whether we were ever to be mounted again. That
+rumour soon, however, got its quietus, as we were told we were to link
+up with the South-Western Mounted Brigade (North Devon Hussars, Royal
+1st Devon Yeomanry, and West Somerset Yeomanry under Brig.-General R.
+Hoare), and form a dismounted Yeomanry Brigade of six regiments.
+
+On 12th February we removed up the Nile to Minia--a dusty, dirty,
+horrible place. Two expeditions of 2 officers and 43 other ranks and 3
+officers and 40 other ranks set out from there--- one to guard bridges
+at Nazlet el Abid and the other to demonstrate along with Lovat's
+Scouts at Assiut. Minia is one of the wealthiest towns in Upper Egypt,
+and it was thought probable that the Senussi might attempt to raid
+Minia or Assiut, with a view to plundering the banks and giving a
+start to any disaffection among the fellahin.
+
+On 5th March we moved again farther south to Sohag, and a squadron
+carried on to Kilo 145 on the Sherika line to take up an outpost line.
+Camel patrols were also sent out into the desert. We had a scheme or
+two in the desert and a fire in the M.G. tent, at which the local fire
+brigade greatly distinguished itself by its masterly inactivity and
+futile energy. To the strains of "Kam lêyâl, Kam iyyâm" at the far end
+of a leaking hosepipe, the fire eventually burned itself out. We only
+had two fires the whole time we were in Egypt, which was very
+creditable considering the inflammable nature of our "houses," and on
+both occasions our enterprising quartermaster made full use of the
+distressing occurrence.
+
+We had two very excellent days of sports at Sohag against the
+Australian Light Horse and in the Brigade, our most popular win
+perhaps being in the tug-of-war. Another sporting event took place
+here--a racing camel, ridden by its Bedouin owner, was backed to beat
+any one of our officers' horses over a six-mile course, of which the
+first half lay along the canal bank, the last half over the desert
+which was pretty heavy going. After the first mile and a half the
+camel was leading by some 600 yards. After three miles the camel was
+leading by about 200 yards and rolling heavily, whereas "Charlie" and
+his horse were cantering steadily and easily. The latter continued to
+gain and passed the camel about the four miles, and won comfortably at
+a fast trot. In forcing the pace along the canal bank the Bedouin
+undoubtedly burst his camel.
+
+We received a most unpleasant welcome at Gara on the night of 13th
+April. A severe sandstorm got up at night, and in the morning we had
+hardly a tent standing. Gara didn't like us. When we returned there in
+November we were washed out by a cloud-burst--a thing which hadn't
+happened there since the Flood.
+
+On the 16th of April we went to Sherika, and there we remained till
+15th November. We became a small detached force--the Kharga Oasis
+Detachment under Lieut.-Colonel Angus MacNeil, 2nd L.S. Yeomanry,
+consisting of the Highland Mounted Brigade, a squadron of Egyptian
+Lancers, and a company of the I.C.C. Later on three 15-pounders were
+sent us, a company of R.E., a battery of Sikh Mountain Gunners,
+R.F.C., at Meherique, and later at Sherika about 1000 baggage camels
+and 2000 E.L.C. We also had an A.S.C. Bakery Section and our own
+slaughter-house, and towards the end of our stay at Sherika another
+company of I.C.C. joined us.
+
+Our oasis which looked so green on the map, we found to be a deep
+depression of about 1200 feet, cut out of the central limestone
+plateau. On the north and east the drop was almost precipitous, and it
+was really a wonderful engineering feat to get a railway down it at
+all--only accomplished by means of unusually steep gradients and sharp
+curves.
+
+The floor of the oasis is, for the most part, just as bare and
+desolate as the plateau above, but here and there are patches of green
+round the Artesian wells, which were the only sources of water. Except
+for the surroundings of the village of Khargeh itself, where there are
+a number of splendid wells, a small shallow brackish lake, and
+considerable date and fruit groves, no watered patch in the northern
+half of the oasis is more than half a mile long and a few hundred
+yards wide. The usual patch round a well would include a few
+date-palms, perhaps an apricot tree, and an acre or two of Bersim, the
+clover of the country, and a kind of Lucerne.
+
+The groves of Khargeh produce great quantities of excellent dates, and
+a considerable trade is done with the Nile Valley in rush matting,
+made chiefly in the southern portion of the oasis, at Boulak and
+Beris.
+
+Points of interest were the half-buried and utterly filthy village of
+Khargeh, the Persian Temple near Railhead in a very fair state of
+preservation, and the Roman Fort near Meherique. This was still
+remarkably intact--a large square with bastions at the four corners,
+and built of mammoth bricks--about 60 feet high, with walls 12 feet
+broad even at the top.
+
+The only notable natural feature was Gebel-el-Ghenneiem, which was
+just a portion of the original limestone plateau left standing. Its
+slopes were full of various sorts of fossils--sea-urchins and the
+like--so that evidently the sea had been there at one time. From its
+flat top one had a wonderful panorama of the desert.
+
+War, with a No-Man's-Land of eighty miles and a very doubtful enemy at
+the far end, is war at its very best--even though we did have only
+marmalade and nothing but marmalade. But no war is without its
+horrors--these came about once a month in the shape of inspecting
+generals, who ordered us to raze our defences and build fresh and
+proper ones--not a bad game in sand, where you do anyhow see some
+result for your labours.
+
+[Illustration: IN THE VILLAGE OF KHARGEH.
+_To face page 34_]
+
+[Illustration: CAPTAIN TUKE ON "JOSEPH."
+_To face page 34_]
+
+Every other week a squadron would go off to either Kilo 145, at the
+top of the Scarp, Meherique, the only place the engines could water,
+or Kharga (Railhead), and latterly to Water Dump A, to take over the
+outpost there with the I.C.C., or a troop of Gyppy Cavalry. Life there
+was not quite so pleasant on account of the mosquitoes (which, thanks
+to Dr Tuke, we had exterminated at Sherika), and the sand hill which
+formed the key to the situation at Kharga had a nasty habit of moving
+on and leaving our wire entanglements buried up to the neck. We owe a
+great debt of gratitude to Dr Tuke and his sanitary squad for the
+comfort and health of the Regiment at Sherika. At all hours of the day
+the doctor and his faithful mule waged war on the mosquito and the
+Gyppy sanitary squad indiscriminately, and with complete success. Fly
+and fellah, mosquito and reis--all fled at his approach, or buried
+themselves in the sand.
+
+After the departure of Lovat's Scouts for Alexandria, whence they
+emerged as 10th Camerons, and proceeded to Salonika, the West Somerset
+Yeomanry joined us, and on 1st August two detachments from the North
+Devon Hussars and the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry were attached to us.
+
+The half section of guns--old Nordenfeldts--had arrived without a
+crew, but a couple of officers and one or two N.C.O.'s and men who
+had once been Territorial gunners took the matter in hand with great
+alacrity. Mobility was their chief trouble. Camel harness was
+produced--they were taken out a couple of days before a field-firing
+practice, and the targets were adjusted till the guns could hit them
+every time, and really when the inspecting general arrived they gave a
+most creditable performance.
+
+We also had a mounted troop, under Lieutenant W. Gray, mounted mainly
+on mules for the longer patrols, and a Light Car Patrol (Lieutenant
+A.S. Lindsay) consisting of 2 officers, 45 other ranks, and seven Ford
+cars, fitted with Lewis guns, and one armoured car, which went out
+with the camelry. Lieutenant M'Dougal's bombing school and the rifle
+range combined instruction with amusement.
+
+The heat during the day was very trying-as much as 120° F. being
+recorded in the shade--but we only worked from reveille (5.30) to
+breakfast, and in the afternoon from 4.30 to 6. Polo and an occasional
+jackal hunt, cricket and football, and all kinds of foot sports kept
+us fit, but the most enjoyable time of all was in the swimming-baths.
+When we first went there, there was only a small swimming-bath built
+for the officials of the Western Oasis Corporation, which was reserved
+for officers and for sergeants twice a week. However, with the help of
+the Engineers, we built a beautiful swimming-bath, 26 yards long,
+which was formally opened by Lieut.-Colonel A. M'Neil, O.C. troops, at
+a swimming gymkhana on 6th August.
+
+[Illustration: SENTRY ON WATER DUMP "A."
+_To face page 36_]
+
+[Illustration: CAMEL LINES AT KHARGEH.
+_To face page 36_]
+
+Although we had abundant water at Sherika and Kharga, it had to be
+bored for. There was a river about 400 to 600 feet below ground, and
+the water came up quite warm--about 85° F. The problem was how to
+provide water for the 100-mile advance across the desert to Dakhla.
+For this purpose the R.E. started boring at Water Dump A, about
+twenty-five miles from Sherika, and were so far successful that, at
+the finish of the Dakhla expedition, they were obtaining sufficient
+water to work the bore. By that time also the light railway had
+advanced to within a few miles of Water Dump A.
+
+The campaign was brought to an abrupt termination through the overzeal
+of O.C. Light Car Patrol, who patrolled right up to Senussi outpost at
+the entrance to the Dakhla Oasis. At the sight of Mr Lindsay and his
+car the Senussi general fled, and when the I.C.C., after a very fine
+march, got into Dakhla, all they got were 197 miserable, underfed,
+diseased prisoners. Four officers and 100 other ranks from C Squadron
+(Captain D.D. Ogilvie), and 2 officers and 30 other ranks from the
+M.G.C. (Mr D. Marshall) set off on 25th October to relieve the I.C.C.
+It was a trying march. Cars dumped fanatis with water for the midday
+meal, twelve miles on and more for the evening meal, and breakfast
+seven miles beyond that. The second day out was a scorcher, blazing
+hot and no wind, over rough stony going for the most part, and Hell's
+Gate wasn't reached till 7 P.M., after a very exhausting march. The
+total march was seventy-six miles to Tenida, and of the 136 only 7
+failed to finish which, considering the circumstances, was very
+creditable. No sooner were we there than orders were received to
+return again. This time, however, we went in cars as far as Water Dump
+A, and there we commandeered a convoy of camels returning with empty
+fanatis, and we finished our trek mounted. Great credit is due to the
+Light Car Patrol and to the Ford cars which really were wonderful.
+Neither sand up to the axle, nor dropping down over rocks stopped
+them--they made a road for themselves as they went along, and always
+seemed to get there.
+
+That finished our 1916 campaign against the Senussi--the I.C.C. were
+relieved by a London Yeomanry Company of the I.C.C, and later on some
+Gyppy Cavalry went out and garrisoned Dakhla Oasis.
+
+On 13th November the Regiment started in relays by train for Gara.
+There we received orders to start infantry training, as we were to be
+converted into a battalion of infantry. Till then we had always done
+dismounted cavalry drill. We now started hammer and tongs at infantry
+drill, instructed by an officer and two N.C.O.'s from a neighbouring
+garrison battalion. We were all looking forward to becoming pukka
+infantry, as we had long realised that in our eccentric form as
+dismounted yeomanry we should only be given the odd jobs.
+
+We had just got our camp tidy when the water-spout burst, and not only
+washed out our lines and those of the Ayrshire and Lanarkshire
+Yeomanries, but also demolished the fine earth church which the
+Anglican Padre had had built.
+
+On 1st December we arrived at Moascar, a large camp on the Sweetwater
+Canal near Ismailia, and there our infantry training started in
+earnest. We ate our Christmas dinner there, and on Boxing Day had
+Brigade sports. There was very fair bathing in Lake Timsah, and we all
+enjoyed getting a sight of the Suez Canal, and being once more in
+comparative comfort and civilization.
+
+
+
+
+OFFICERS
+
+C.O.                 Lieut.-Colonel J. GILMOUR
+
+2nd in Command       Major J. YOUNGER
+
+A Squadron           Major C. G DE PREE and
+                     Capt. R.W. STEWART
+
+B Squadron           Major G.E.B. OSBORNE
+
+C Squadron           Capt. D.D. OGILVIE
+
+Adjutant             Lieut. H.S. SHARP
+
+Q.-M.                Lieut. R.H. COLTHART
+
+M.O.                 Capt. A. TUKE, R.A.M.C.(T.)
+
+
+[Illustration: SENUSSI PRISONERS, DAKHLA.
+_To face page 40_]
+
+[Illustration: THE SERGEANTS' REEL, MOASCAR.
+_To face page 40_]
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER IV
+
+EGYPT AND PALESTINE--1917
+
+
+New Year's Day saw the Regiment at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, and it was
+there that the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry were interred "for the
+duration," giving birth at the same time to a sturdy son--the 14th
+(Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Highlanders. We were all
+very sorry to see the demise of the Yeomanry and to close, though only
+temporarily, the records of a Regiment which had had an honourable
+career, and of which we were all so proud. At the same time we
+realised that, in our capacity as dismounted yeomanry, we were not
+pulling our weight either as yeomanry or infantry, and no other
+regiment certainly appealed to us as much as our own Territorial
+Infantry Regiment, and we were proud to link our record to the long
+and glorious record of the Black Watch.
+
+We spent five weeks altogether at Moascar, working hard at the
+elementary forms of infantry drill and tactics, and on 8th January we
+marched to our new camp El Ferdan, some ten miles along the Canal.
+Here we continued our training, but of a more advanced kind, brigade
+schemes, tactical tours and route marches, "jerks," bathing, and
+football kept us busy and fit.
+
+One day some of us went to see the Canal defences, dug the previous
+year, about four miles east of the Canal. The sand was so soft, no
+amount of ordinary sandbagging or revetting would make it stand up,
+and all the trenches were made by sinking complete wooden frames into
+a wide scooped out trench, and then shovelling the sand back on either
+side of the frame. The original digging had to be about 20 feet wide
+to allow them to sink the frames sufficiently deep in the sand. It
+must have been a colossal work, and this was only a small portion of
+the scheme, which included laying on water to the more important
+defences, and laying out lines of light railways and roads from the
+Canal eastwards, at intervals of seven and eight miles, the railheads
+being linked by a lateral road.
+
+On 4th March we left El Ferdan and marched to Kantara, the base of all
+operations up the Sinai Railway, and there entrained for El Arish to
+join the 74th (Yeomanry) Division. The journey of about ninety miles,
+over the very recently laid railway, was timed to take some eight or
+nine hours, and was uneventful and, though we travelled in open
+trucks, was not too unpleasantly hot. The frequent short gradients
+led to the most awful bumps and tearings at the couplings, but they
+stood the strain all right.
+
+[Illustration: THE BATTALION MASCOT.
+_To face page 42_]
+
+[Illustration: BATTALION COOKHOUSE, EL FERDAN.
+_To face page 42_]
+
+It was a very interesting journey to us, who knew only the Western
+Desert, to note the difference between it and Sinai. To our eyes Sinai
+did not appear to be a desert at all, as there were scrubby bushes of
+sorts growing in nearly every hollow, various kinds of camel grass,
+and even a few flowers--such as poppies and one or two species of
+lilies. After the waste of misshaped lumps of limestone and volcanic
+looking boulders, which were the only decoration of the Western
+Desert, this sort of landscape seemed positively verdant.
+
+At El Arish we were camped some three miles from the station, and a
+very long three miles it seemed, as a large part of the way was over
+the softest of sand and most exhausting marching, especially with a
+heavy pack. Here we had our first sight of hostile aeroplanes, some of
+which came over nearly every day; it was a very pretty sight to see
+them in the brilliant blue at about 12,000 feet, with the white puffs
+of shrapnel bursting now on one side of them now on the other (but
+seldom very close). We were at once set to dig ourselves funkholes,
+which we were supposed to occupy on the alarm being given, but they
+never once bombed us, or seemed to take any notice of us. They made
+one or two bold individual attacks on the railway, between Kantara and
+El Arish, but for the most part they appeared to be out purely for
+reconnaissance.
+
+At El Ferdan we had got our first infantry reinforcements--11 new
+officers--and now we received a welcome addition in the shape of 1
+officer and 373 other ranks, which necessitated the reorganisation of
+the battalion. We also had to acclimatise the new draft who felt the
+heat and heavy going very exhausting, and, to begin with, had to go
+easy.
+
+Our camp was pleasantly situated on a sandy plain, within half a mile
+of the sea, and dotted with scattered fig-trees just beginning to show
+a few leaves. The climate was perfect, but the water arrangements were
+most difficult. We began to realise that it does not pay to be the
+last comer when there is a shortage of anything. We were paid off with
+the minimum number of fanatis (copper vessels for carrying water on
+camel pack), and, instead of getting allotted to us the wells nearest
+our camp, we had just to take whatever wells were left. These proved
+to be on the other side of El Arish village, in amongst the steepest
+sandhills, and it was a very tough tramp for the fatigue party, which
+had to accompany the water camels and do the pumping. Our stay here
+was just inside a fortnight, before the end of which we had got our
+new drafts allotted to their various companies; and a very good lot
+they were, though we feared they would have great difficulty in
+standing the heat if we were called upon to do long marches.
+
+On 22nd March we started on our way to our first halting place El
+Burj. It was about nine miles, and we marched in the evenings, which
+was undoubtedly very wise. The going was not bad, there being a
+wire-netting track laid over all the softest parts: it is wonderful
+how satisfactory this is to march on, and many a time did we bless the
+man who invented it. The only sufferers were the mule leaders. They,
+naturally, could not lead their mules on the netting, and it was extra
+hard work for them, as they had to walk in the heavy sand and maintain
+the pace set by the troops who were on the good going. El Burj proved
+to be a most desolate spot, but it was at all events near wells; and
+we were so glad to hear that we were not to march straight on next
+day, that we didn't grumble much about the scenery.
+
+The Higher Command were a little nervous that the Turks might slip
+away again as they had already done at El Arish; but the next few days
+were to show that this information was not correct, and that the Turk
+had no intention of leaving the Gaza-Beersheba line so long as he
+could hold on to it.
+
+We stopped there four days, and marching once more in the evening, we
+did a comparatively short step to Sheikh Zowaid, camping about a mile
+short of the station. It was pitch dark when we arrived and we had no
+idea what our camp was like, and it was a great surprise to find in
+the morning that we were on the edge of a shallow salt lake. The
+sunrise on this sheet of water, fringed on the far side with a line of
+scattered palm trees, was really most exquisite. It was, however, the
+only good thing about the place. Water for breakfast was late in
+arriving, and we were told that the half-day's supply, which then
+arrived, had to fill the dixies for lunch, and also the water-bottles
+for the next march. There was not nearly enough for this, with the
+result that we had to start in the blazing sun about 1 P.M. with
+hardly anything in the bottles. The reason for this was, that the
+camels had to go on ahead to our next stop--Rafa--about thirteen miles
+distant, where it was hoped to have water drawn and ready for us on
+our arrival.
+
+This afternoon march was a gruelling experience. It was the hottest
+part of the day; we had practically nothing in our water-bottles, and,
+to add to our trials, the wire-netting road was not laid beyond Sheikh
+Zowaid, as the ground had appeared quite firm to the divisions who had
+preceded us. Since they had passed, however, the route had been cut up
+by guns and transport, until it was just as soft as the softest sand,
+and twice as dusty. Finally, when we did get to Rafa about 7 P.M.,
+there was no water waiting for us, and we found we had to take up an
+outpost line from the railway to the sea, a distance of about three
+miles, through the worst sandhills we had encountered. It was hopeless
+to move before the arrival of some water, and it was about 10 P.M.
+before we started to take up the line, and it was well after midnight
+before the left company had got the line extended right through to the
+shore. These sandhills were made of such fine sand that it was
+continuously blowing and drifting; any rifle pits dug out, say, a
+couple of feet, in the evening, would be completely obliterated in the
+morning.
+
+Sending out supplies, as soon as it was light, to this distant
+company, was a most difficult job. To begin with, we found that
+camels, loaded with water fanatis, could not negotiate the steep faces
+of sand, so we had to do our best with the Lewis gun mules, carrying
+the fanatis only half full. Then there was a thick mist--the same mist
+which hampered the attack on Gaza--and we had no accurate knowledge of
+where the company was, nor was it possible to follow the tracks of the
+previous night, as they were all obliterated by the drifting sand.
+Luckily, some active members of the company had found the morning too
+cold for sitting still, and had taken a morning walk back from the
+line, so we came upon their fresh tracks, which led us to the rest of
+the company.
+
+That night we had an alarm that the Turkish cavalry was out and had
+slipped round our right flank, and was likely to have a dash at our
+lines of communication either at Rafa or elsewhere, so we spent the
+night digging trenches which, during the next day or two, we improved
+into a sort of continuous line covering the water and railway station.
+
+During these few days the first attack was made on Gaza, but without
+success. We heard a good many tales of hardship from lack of water,
+and saw some prisoners come through, but there was no great
+excitement.
+
+From Rafa--which is on the Palestine Boundary--we moved on 30th March
+to Khan Yunis, said to be the home of Delilah. The march was once more
+in the evening, and was very comfortable, except for the last mile or
+two when we got in between the high hedges of prickly pear, and had to
+march through about a foot of dust in the most stifling atmosphere.
+When we arrived we found that we were once more on the fringes of
+civilisation: we could buy oranges in unlimited numbers, and also
+fresh eggs--not the Egyptian variety, about the size of a pigeon's
+egg, but real pukka hen's eggs. Water also was less scarce than it had
+been, and we were well content with our lot. We were in Brigade
+Reserve, which sounded very comfortable, but which was not so "cushy"
+as it sounded. It meant that we had to do all the unloading of
+supplies and ammunition at the supply depot and at the station, and
+also find the very large guards which were absolutely necessary, as
+the native was a diligent and skilful thief. The units in the outpost
+line really had much less to do, though, of course, they had their
+turns of night duty which we escaped.
+
+Here we were joined by another brigade of our new division, and felt
+that at last we were about to become like other people--organised in a
+proper division.
+
+This week, with its eggs and oranges, passed like a flash, and we once
+more moved on; this time quite a short way beyond Railhead at
+Deir-el-Belah, where we camped quite close to our compatriots the 52nd
+Division. After one night and a good bathe we took over, on 7th April,
+from the 54th Division a sector of trenches near Sheikh Nebhan,
+overlooking the hollow through which meandered the Wadi Ghuzzeh. This
+wadi--like all others in this part--is quite dry except during the
+storms of winter, but water could usually be got by sinking wells in
+the bed of the wadi at about ten or twelve feet down. Our cavalry by
+day and infantry by night held a line out beyond the wadi, covering
+the work of those who were sinking wells, making ramps for guns and
+transport crossings, and laying the water-pipe line. This line was to
+be carried to the cisterns of Um Gerrar, where it would come in very
+useful during the further operations for which we were preparing. It
+is rather wonderful to think that this water was carried with us by
+pipe line all the way from the Canal, and was actually Nile water
+brought to Kantara by the Sweetwater Canal.
+
+The banks of the Wadi Ghuzzeh were almost everywhere precipitous, and
+anything from ten to twenty feet high. All these had to be ramped, and
+during the period of preparation some thirty such crossings were made
+between Tel-el-Jemmi and the sea, and each unit was allotted its
+crossing for the coming advance. During these days of preparation our
+Battalion dug a strong line of trenches dominating the crossings of
+the Wadi Ghuzzeh, and most of the officers got the chance of a
+reconnaissance to a distance of about three miles beyond the wadi.
+
+The country beyond was very much cut up with smaller wadis, which at
+this time of year were a mass of wild flowers which grew most
+luxuriantly, and would have been welcome in most herbaceous borders;
+the anchusas--to name one--were several feet high, and covered with
+brilliant blue blooms, but the brightest effect was that of fields of
+mauve daisies. These grew as thick as poppies in Norfolk, and were
+almost as bright. One had plenty of time to look about at all the
+flowers, as there was practically no sign of a Turk, though, if one
+went too near up to the top of the watershed, an odd sniper would let
+off at one.
+
+As the day for the advance drew near, all the troops told off for
+battle surplus were sent back to Railhead and formed into a divisional
+camp. Each battalion had to leave behind the following:--Either C.O.
+or 2nd in Command, two of the four Company Commanders and two of the
+four Company Sergeant-Majors, and a proportion of instructors in P.T.,
+Lewis gun, musketry, gas, bombing, and signalling--in all, for a
+battalion at full strength, 120 of all ranks, including all officers
+above the number of 20.
+
+This was the dustiest and dirtiest week of the whole year, the only
+interest being the scraps of gossip which kept coming in, and from
+which we pieced together the disastrous tale of the second battle of
+Gaza. One could also ride up to the top of Raspberry Hill or Im Seirat
+and see something for oneself, but usually any movement of troops was
+invisible owing to clouds of dust.
+
+The fact that our main outpost line was, after this battle, advanced
+about live or six miles, was used to represent this battle as a
+British victory, but, as a matter of fact, it was a victory which
+failed to gain any main Turkish position. The positions which we held
+at the end of the battle, to which we had retired after being stopped
+at Ali-el-Muntar and Gaza itself, had been reached in the first
+instance with very few casualties, and it was on the glacis between
+these positions and the Turk that we suffered our main losses. This
+glacis was destitute of any cover, and was dominated by the heights of
+Ali-el-Muntar and the cactus hedges surrounding Gaza, and after many
+gallant efforts this had to be abandoned to form a No-Man's-Land of a
+mile or a mile and a half between ourselves and the Turk. On our left
+in the sandhills the progress was slower and steadier, and the line
+finished up a good deal nearer the Turk than on the right; but here
+again the cactus hedges lined with machine guns proved too much for
+us. Our Division was not used in this battle, being in reserve, which
+was lucky for us, as those who were in the front line of the attack
+all got a pretty severe knock.
+
+On 19th April the Battalion left the outpost line on Sheikh Nebhan and
+marched towards Gaza, resting during the middle of the day on a ridge
+west of El Burjaliye, and moving in the afternoon on to Mansura Ridge
+in support. On the evening of 22nd April the Battalion moved forward
+to construct and occupy trenches at El Mendur, which was on the right,
+or refused, flank of the line, and there the details again joined us.
+There we had a good defensive position, but the trenches still had to
+be dug and, as luck would have it, this digging, which ought to have
+been nothing to our men fit as they were, in ordinary weather, was
+turned into a very high trial indeed by a khamsin. This red-hot and
+parching wind, blowing off the desert, makes thirst a positive torture
+when water is limited, and it was very limited at that time. We were
+getting rather less than half a gallon per man for all purposes, which
+is perhaps just about the quantity used by the ordinary man for
+cooking and drinking in the cold weather at home; but in a khamsin
+when you are doing five or six hours' hard manual labour per diem, a
+gallon is easily consumed. Luckily these heat waves only last about
+three days, but it left us pretty limp.
+
+After a fortnight here a start was made with thinning out the line, in
+order to let some of those who had been engaged in the Gaza battle get
+a spell in reserve. We moved a step to our left, taking over with our
+Battalion the sector previously held by a brigade. Our portion of the
+line was taken over by the 12th (Ayr and Lanark Yeomanry) Battalion
+R.S.F., and we took over the line on the left previously held by the
+5th and 7th Essex Regiments. Battalion H.Q. had a very comfortable
+pitch at the top of the Wadi Reuben, near a junction of many tracks
+which had been named Charing Cross.
+
+Our week here meant another spell of steady work, as we had to convert
+what had previously been a continuous line into a series of strong
+posts, the intervals between which were covered by machine guns. This
+was known as the Dumb-bell Hill Sector of the Sheikh Abbas Line, being
+named from a hill whose contours on the map were a very fair imitation
+of a dumb-bell. Here we were still facing to a flank, but our left
+came up to the corner where the proper front began, which meant that
+we lay enfiladed from the main front, and they used to throw over a
+good deal of stuff if ever they spotted any movement.
+
+At the beginning of May we did another move, this time on to the real
+front in the Sheikh Abbas Sector. This was quite a pleasant place, as
+we lived on the reverse slope of a fairly steep bank, pretty well
+defiladed from all the Turk guns, and the trenches, though only in
+most places a single line with quite insufficient communication
+trenches, had a long view and a good field of fire. The wire was
+continuous though not very thick, and it was quite safe to leave the
+trenches during the day in charge of a few observation posts. Add to
+this the fact that all, except the posts, could walk about during the
+day in the open quite covered from view by the steep slope mentioned
+above, consequently it was trench warfare under the most pleasant
+possible conditions. All the same it was a trying life owing to the
+difficulty of getting a normal amount of sleep. We had to "stand to"
+from about 3 A.M. till dawn, and then work till breakfast, and on
+to about 9.30 A.M. By that time it was too hot to do any more, and the
+rest of the day had to be spent in idleness. Few of us could sleep
+during the day because of the heat, and the temperature seldom began
+to get much cooler before 8.30 P.M., and sometimes later. There was
+nothing doing in the way of warfare beyond continuous patrols at
+night, sometimes small, sometimes up to twenty or more. The only
+occasion during our first stay did anything in the nature of a
+skirmish take place, and that was brought on by one of our patrols
+having a narrow escape of being cut off at dawn near a place called
+Two Tree Farm. One of the platoons in the line saw what was happening
+and went out to support them, and managed to get them in all right. A
+very small affair, but quite exciting for the onlookers, when there is
+nothing more important doing. In this part there was about a mile of
+No-Man's-Land, and the Turk was very completely wired in and was
+seldom to be found outside his wire. Most of our patrols in
+consequence came in without having seen a Turk at all, but it was not
+a comfortable job, as machine guns were firing bursts all night.
+
+[Illustration: DUG-OUTS IN THE FRONT LINE. SHEIKH ABBAS.
+_To face page 54_]
+
+[Illustration: A RESERVE WADI, SHEIKH ABBAS.
+_To face page 54_]
+
+We had a fortnight in the line, and on 25th May came out to Brigade
+Reserve which was only a move of a couple of hundred yards and not
+half so comfortable; but it gave some of us the opportunity of riding
+over towards the sea and having a look at our own and the Turkish
+lines on the sandhills.
+
+While we were here we marched to Deir-el-Belah to be disinfected, and
+later relieved, first, the 16th (Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry) Devonshire
+Regiment, and then the Ayr and Lanarks, to allow them to do the same.
+On 13th June we took over the centre sector, the Abbas Apex Sector, of
+the Brigade line from the Devons, and remained in the line till 9th
+July when we handed over to the 4th Royal Scots, 52nd Division. Every
+night we sent out a patrol of 1 N.C.O. and 10 men, either as a
+standing patrol on Essex Hill or to patrol the wire in front of our
+area, and an officer's patrol consisting of an officer and 20 men to
+cover the ground between Two Tree Farm and Old British Trenches. These
+patrols were nearly always fired on, but we were in luck's way as
+regards casualties.
+
+We then marched back some four miles to the Dorset House area, where
+we at once got started on intensive training for open warfare, varied
+with some very hurried musketry in the Wadi Ghuzzeh. Whilst here we
+had a very thorough inspection by Lieut.-General Sir P.W. Chetwode,
+K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O., Commanding Eastern Force, and in the way of
+amusements managed to get one or two games of polo with a neighbouring
+brigade. The plain on which we played was in full view of some of the
+Turkish positions at Gaza, and on one or two occasions play was
+stopped by shells. Also, in rotation by battalions, we made bathing
+expeditions to the sea at Regent's Park. It was seven miles each way,
+but was well worth the trouble as it was months since most of us had
+been in the sea.
+
+At the beginning of August we again changed our camp, and while on the
+move put in a couple of days' field firing. For once in a way the
+ground lent itself to the purpose, and we had most interesting days;
+but it was pretty warm work, not being confined to morning and
+evening. Our new camp was right in the sandhills, near the aerodrome
+at Deir-el-Belah, where we did intensive divisional training. This was
+to have lasted three weeks, and was a very strenuous business. A full
+divisional day meant leaving camp any time after 2 A.M. and not
+getting back again until after midday; it was usually interesting for
+the senior ranks, but intensely boring for everyone else. Luckily we
+were able to fit in bathing, concerts, and sports, which kept everyone
+cheery.
+
+After a fortnight of this we found we were at last told off for a
+useful job of work--digging a new line of trenches in the sandhills
+facing Gaza, between Fusilier Ridge and Jones' Post, in front of those
+on Samson's and Fusilier's Ridges, at that time held by the 54th
+Division. We moved over the Wadi Ghuzzeh to Regent's Park, where we
+camped right on the shore about an hour and a half's march from the
+scene of our labours. After the second night it was decided that this
+was too remote, and we moved up nearer our work. Here we stayed for a
+week, with half of each battalion digging each night. It was a
+tiresome job, as the sand was so soft that a very wide ditch had to be
+dug and then faced with sandbags. The men were very quick about
+getting down, and after the first night they were practically working
+in safety for the remaining four or five days necessary to complete
+the sandbag revetting. All bags used had to be double, as single ones
+would not keep the sand in.
+
+Our first night was a pretty jumpy business. We were somewhere about
+500 yards from the Turk lines, and there was a bright moon, with the
+result that he spotted something and gave us quite a bombardment. For
+some time there was considerable doubt whether the work should be
+attempted at all, but thanks largely to Lieut.-Colonel J. Gilmour, who
+subsequently got a D.S.O. for his work that night, a good start was
+made at the cost of a few casualties. The rest of the week passed
+quietly, but we were quite glad at the end of it to be relieved by a
+battalion of the Norfolk Regiment of another brigade, as the march
+both ways, plus digging, was very hard work.
+
+[Illustration: A PLATOON MESS, WADI ASHER.
+_To face page 58_]
+
+[Illustration: "C" COMPANY OFFICERS' MESS, WADI ASHER.
+_To face page 58_]
+
+We did not return to the camp we had left, but to the Wadi Selke, a
+mile or two inland from Deir-el-Belah. The distance from the sea made
+bathing a bit of a toil, but otherwise it was a good camp, especially
+for the officers, whose bivouacs were in a fig grove which bore a very
+heavy crop of excellent figs. We stayed here about seven weeks, the
+longest spell we had in any one place, and made it into a good camp.
+There was a fair football ground on which we got through an
+inter-platoon American tournament, which kept everybody amused. There
+used to be a great turn-out when the officers' team was due to
+play--they occasionally won their matches. We also had a good 200
+yards' range with sixteen targets, and carried out innumerable
+experiments to decide upon the best methods of attack. We had
+exhibitions of wire-cutting and smoke screens, bangalore torpedoes,
+and many days of practising co-operation with aeroplanes. Very
+frequent night marches by compass, combined with digging in, and
+followed by an attack or advance at dawn. In fact, we were put through
+a very practical training for the task which we were later to
+undertake.
+
+In order to minimise the chance of anything going wrong with the plans
+for the concentration and attack on Beersheba, many officers were
+given the chance of making a reconnaissance as near as possible to the
+Turkish positions. This was done from Gamli, a place on the Wadi
+Ghuzzeh about fifteen miles inland and about eleven from us. We rode
+over there the night before, and in the early morning the cavalry
+moved out and pushed their line within a mile or two of the Beersheba
+defences. Covered by this, parties of officers rode out and
+familiarised themselves with the sector in which their unit was to
+operate, and they were thus able to hand in reports upon which Brigade
+Staffs could allot concentration areas and routes.
+
+At the moment of kicking off we were as well trained as we were ever
+likely to be, and, what is more important, were very fit and full of
+the offensive spirit. The concentration started on 25th October, when
+we marched some six miles to Abu Sitta. Our transport establishment
+had been very carefully thought out, and, though both animals and
+vehicles were undoubtedly overloaded at the start, this soon rectified
+itself, as consumable stores could not be replaced. We had one camel
+per battalion for officers' mess, and he started out very fully laden.
+He was a good deal less heavily loaded towards the end of the
+operations. Next day we marched on beyond the Wadi at Gamli--a very
+dusty and tiresome march--and were to have remained there throughout
+the next day. Word came in, however, that the Turk was attacking our
+outpost line at El Buggar, some ten miles out, and the Battalion had
+to move off at a moment's notice about noon. The march through the
+heat of the afternoon was most trying, and on arrival it was found the
+enemy were occupying part of the line we were to take up. They
+withdrew, however, in the evening, and we constructed a series of
+strong posts from the Beersheba road to south of El Buggar.
+
+During these days of concentration the plain lying between Shellal and
+Beersheba had been the scene of great activities. Karm had been
+selected as the position for a forward supply dump, and both light and
+broad gauge railways were being pushed out towards it at top speed.
+The first blow of the campaign was to be launched at the defences of
+Beersheba, which were facing west and extended both north and south of
+the Wadi Saba. They occupied a commanding position and were
+continuously wired. The main attack was to be pushed home south of the
+Wadi Saba by the 74th and 60th Divisions, and at the same time the
+enemy's extreme left flank was to be turned by the cavalry, who were
+to make a wide detour through very difficult and waterless country and
+attack Beersheba from the east, and, if possible, cut off the retreat
+of the garrison of the Beersheba area. Covering all these preparations
+an outpost line was established some miles east of Karm and El Buggar,
+held on the left by the 53rd Division, then the 74th Division, then
+the Imperial Camel Corps, and, south of the Wadi Saba, where it was
+much more lightly held, a mere line of cavalry observation posts.
+These cavalry posts were covering, and slightly in advance of, the
+positions selected for battle headquarters for the 74th and 60th
+Divisions.
+
+The preliminary arrangements for the troop movements went like
+clockwork, as did also the approach marches to the positions of
+deployment, and at the appointed time on 30th October, the Divisional
+H.Q. moved up the five or six miles to the battle stations selected.
+There was no sign of crowding or confusion--the only indication that
+there was anything unusual on, was the dust which could be seen here
+and there. The moves of the infantry began just as it was getting
+dusk, and long before dawn both the 60th and 74th Divisions had their
+two brigades on the line of deployment, which stretched southwards
+some three or four miles from the Wadi Saba.
+
+As soon as it was daylight a bombardment of the Turkish advanced
+position on Hill 1070 was started, smothering the entire landscape in
+clouds of dust. This first attack, which was carried through by one of
+the brigades of the 60th Division, was ordered at 8.30 A.M. Hill 1070
+was carried at 8.45, and during the next hour all the remaining
+advanced positions fell, and it was even reported that the enemy was
+here and there evacuating portions of his main line. There was now
+another interval for bombardment, whilst the gunners were
+wire-cutting for the attack on the main positions. During this period
+of waiting, which was longer than had been expected, our infantry
+suffered a good deal from shelling, much of which was in enfilade from
+positions north of the Wadi, and it was with relief that they received
+the order about 12.15 to proceed with the main attack. In about forty
+minutes all the trenches opposite the 60th Division were captured, and
+the 74th completed their task only about twenty minutes later, one
+brigade having had some difficulty owing to incomplete wire-cutting.
+The 60th had, by 2 P.M., advanced some way beyond the captured
+trenches towards Beersheba, and the 74th crossed the Wadi Saba and
+cleared the trenches northward to the barrier on the Fara-Beersheba
+road.
+
+[Illustration: TURKISH TRENCH WITH DEAD TURKS. HILL 1070, NEAR
+BEERSHEBA.
+_To face page 62_]
+
+[Illustration: BATHING, REGENT'S PARK.
+_To face page 62_]
+
+Meantime the cavalry had found their detour even lengthier than had
+been expected, with the result that they were some hours later than
+they should have been, and were held up for most of the day by
+trenches at Tel-el-Saba, a mile or more east of Beersheba proper.
+These were, however, rushed towards evening, and Beersheba was
+occupied that night. Very few of the troops allotted for the defence
+of Beersheba escaped, the whole operation being completely successful.
+The Engineers at first reported that the water supply and wells were
+intact; but this proved to be far from the fact, and within
+forty-eight hours the shortage of water was being severely felt.
+After this smashing success in the first stage of operations all our
+tails were well up, and everyone was keen to know what was to be the
+next move.
+
+The next day found the 60th concentrated at Beersheba; the 74th just
+north of the barrier on the Fara-Beersheba road, while an advance
+northward had been begun by the 53rd and, in the evening, by a party
+of the 74th. One brigade group for the former advanced in a northerly
+direction west of Ain Kohleh, and the remainder in a north-westerly
+direction on Kuweilfeh. The left advance was successful, and a line
+was established on the desired objective, a ridge running east and
+west some five or six miles north of Beersheba. The other advance was
+not so fortunate; something went wrong with the supplies both of water
+and ammunition, and strong opposition was encountered. Also, it was
+impossible country to campaign in; practically roadless, and very much
+broken up with wadis and rocky precipices, which made it most
+difficult to maintain communications, even though a mounted brigade
+was thrown in to help.
+
+The situation up here was much the same next day. No great progress
+had been made, nor were good communications established, but they had
+managed to get through both water and ammunition. Other divisions
+were, however, kept on the move. The 74th were moved up to take over
+some line from the left of the 53rd, the 60th were concentrated some
+three miles N.W. of Beersheba, and one brigade of the 10th was moved
+to Irgeig. This was an anxious day, as the 53rd seemed to be quite
+held up at Kuweilfeh and not too well provided with supplies, and
+there was considerable doubt, in view of the general scarcity of
+water, whether it would be possible to carry on the campaign, which
+involved rolling up the Sheria and Kuwauka defences from the east.
+
+Our Intelligence Department had for the moment "lost" a Turkish
+division, which complicated the situation very much as, if it were
+suddenly to appear on the right flank of our attack on Sheria, a most
+serious situation would be created. However, on the afternoon of the
+5th, word was received from the 53rd Division that they had captured
+prisoners from numerous different battalions, some of which were known
+to belong to the missing division. This settled the question, as it
+was quite clear that the 53rd were keeping them too busy at Kuweilfeh
+for them to be able to send any serious force to Sheria. The "lost"
+division it seems was one which had been sent to reinforce the forces
+defending Beersheba, but by the time it got to Sheria the Beersheba
+defences were taken, and it was obviously no use going there. It was
+accordingly then sent to Kuweilfeh in anticipation of an attempt by
+us to turn their extreme left flank.
+
+On the afternoon of the 5th orders were rapidly issued for the attack
+next day on the Sheria defences and the Kuwauka system.
+
+As most of the troops destined for the Sheria attack were at this time
+in the outpost line, this meant a concentration and deployment by
+night in an unknown country where map reading was very difficult
+indeed, and it was most creditable that it should have been, as it
+was, successfully carried out. There were certain minor mistakes, but
+in the main the attack came off as planned, and by midday all the line
+of the Sheria defences were in our hands.
+
+The spearhead of the attack was the 229th Brigade, with ourselves and
+the Somersets in the front line, and it was a brilliant affair from
+start to finish. The brigades on our right and left, the 230th Brigade
+and a brigade of the 60th Division, were echelonned in rear of us, and
+the prompt success of our attack greatly assisted the advance of the
+60th and 10th Divisions on the Kuwauka system. Our Lewis guns
+especially gave great assistance, and were successful in preventing
+the Turks from removing several of their guns, placed in rear of the
+Kuwauka system. This was acknowledged by the 60th Division who, in the
+true sporting spirit, let our Division know that they did not claim
+those guns as captured by them, though it was by their men that the
+guns were actually collected.
+
+The guns of the 60th and 10th Divisions served them well and cut the
+wire most thoroughly and, without any undue number of casualties, the
+positions were finally taken about 2.30 P.M. The 10th then took over
+the line from the 60th, who advanced to the attack on the wells and
+railway station at Tel-el-Sheria. Unfortunately it was by this time
+getting dark, and direction was to some extent lost. The Turk put up a
+good fight here, and it was not until the morning that the wells and
+station were in our hands. We could see their dumps blazing all night
+far to the north, and it was clear that they had made up their minds
+to a general retreat.
+
+These first six days in November had been strenuous days for the
+Battalion. On 30th October the Corps Cavalry and I.C.C. had passed
+through our lines, and we moved up to a position in Dundee Wadi. The
+231st Brigade then passed through and took over from us, attacking
+along with 230th Brigade working in conjunction with the 60th and
+Cavalry Divisions. On 2nd November we took over the outpost line from
+the 2/10th Middlesex Regiment (53rd Division), and on 4th November we
+again advanced our line, meeting with no opposition except sniping and
+intermittent shell fire. At 7 P.M. on the evening of 5th November we
+received orders for the attack on the enemy's position, were relieved
+at 9 P.M. by a battalion of the 230th Brigade, and at 11 P.M. moved
+off to the point of deployment.
+
+At 3.30 on the morning of 6th November we deployed for the attack, the
+230th Brigade being on our right, and the Somersets on our left. The
+advance began at five and we were badly enfiladed from the right where
+the attacking troops were being held up, and whence we continued to be
+enfiladed until we detached a couple of platoons, who carried the
+enemy's positions there by 6.15. By 5.55 we had taken our first
+objective and captured four guns, all limbered up and trying to get
+away. We promptly attacked the ridge beyond, and having captured it
+proceeded to consolidate. At midday we again advanced under pretty
+heavy fire, but the Lewis gunners were very well handled, and
+succeeded in knocking out the crew and teams of two field guns beyond
+the railway, and we carried on to the position just east of the
+railway.
+
+Our casualties at the Battle of Sheria were Major G.E.B. Osborne,
+Lieutenants J.D. Kinniburgh and E.A. Thompson, and 47 other ranks
+killed, and 5 officers and 182 other ranks wounded, of whom 13
+subsequently died in hospital. Among the wounded was Lieut.-Colonel J.
+Gilmour, who was hit at the very end of the day, and to whom was due
+no small part of the credit for the victory. His brilliant
+leadership and dash at Sheria earned him a well-won bar to his D.S.O.,
+and the admiration of the whole Brigade. The elan and dash of the
+Battalion, under his inspiring leadership, throughout the operations
+gained the highest praise from all quarters. Between 5 A.M. and midday
+the Battalion along with the Somersets had advanced some 10,000 yards,
+in the course of which they had captured several successive all-round
+positions held by considerable garrisons, and well provided with
+machine guns. In addition to 99 prisoners we had captured six field
+guns with limbers, three machine guns, and a large quantity of S.A.A.
+Our dead were buried in the cactus garden.
+
+[Illustration: BATTLE OF SHERIA
+_To face page 68_]
+
+Major J. Younger who had been acting as liason-officer between the
+60th and 74th Divisions was sent for to take over command of the
+Battalion, which was in the highest of spirits in spite of all it had
+come through, full of beans, very proud of themselves and the Colonel,
+and more than ready for another scrap.
+
+We were all thoroughly glad to have had such a good introduction to
+infantry work; not only had it been a success, but it had also been
+well planned. The staff work had been excellent and, above all, it had
+been open warfare for which we thought, rightly or wrongly, that our
+mounted training had prepared us.
+
+We had now got some news of the doings of the other corps on the
+coast. We knew that they had succeeded in taking Gaza and were
+advancing north, and we saw the cavalry divisions galloping through us
+brigade after brigade to take up the pursuit. The Turk was in a most
+awkward position, but proved himself a first-class rear-guard fighter.
+
+On the night of the 7th he had only the narrow neck between the
+cavalry and the XXI. Corps, who were advancing up the coast, and this
+neck was not more than five or six miles wide; but in spite of all
+difficulties he managed to get most of his infantry and some of his
+guns away. We ourselves expected to start our advance north following
+on the cavalry, but it turned out that the transport was not able to
+maintain two corps so far in advance of Railhead. The XXI. Corps,
+being already on its way north, was given the task of clearing the
+Plain of Philistia, and following up the Turkish retreat with the
+assistance of a considerable portion of our (XX. Corps) transport. As
+we were not to go on, the authorities were in no hurry to move us, and
+we spent a couple of days clearing up the battlefield before returning
+in a couple of the dustiest and most unpleasant marches to the
+neighbourhood of Karm.
+
+Our actual destination was Goz-el-Gelieb; but when we got near the
+spot it was so thick with dust that we could only see about 50 yards,
+and as the plain was quite featureless and all alike, we just
+bivouacked for the night, and hoped we should find in the morning that
+we were somewhere near the right spot.
+
+First thing after daylight, while the dew was still able to keep down
+the dust, we got our bearings and moved about three-quarters of a mile
+to the correct map reference. Here we were joined during the day by
+our "B" team or battle surplus, whom we had last seen a fortnight
+before, and a draft of 2 officers and 126 other ranks out from home.
+
+On 15th November Major-General E.S. Girdwood, commanding 74th
+Division, at a Brigade Parade presented Military Medals, awarded for
+gallantry at the Battle of Sheria, when 9 men from the Battalion
+received the honour.
+
+After a few days in the dust of this plain, we moved back in two
+marches to our old area near the coast. This time we were just south
+of the Wadi Ghuzzeh, on a hill which was beautifully green and fresh.
+All the lower ground round it had been used for camps for the best
+part of a year, but this hill had been so prominent and so fully under
+observation from Ali-el-Muntar, that it could not be occupied so long
+as the Turks held Gaza. Here we had a great presentation of medals by
+the Corps Commander (Lieut.-General Sir Philip W. Chetwode, commanding
+XX. Corps). Our share for Sheria was 1 D.S.O., 4 M.C., 5 D.C.M., and
+1 more M.M. making 10 M.M. in all, which we all agreed was a quite
+satisfactory allowance. Evidently the authorities at home thought so,
+if one may judge from the fact that there was practically nothing
+obtainable for the next six months.
+
+We were told by the authorities that we were certain to remain some
+time in the Gaza area, where we were fully occupied in salvage work,
+for the simple reason that the Q Branch could not feed us if we moved
+beyond Railhead. Some new factor must, however, have arisen, as we had
+only stayed some five days, and most of the Battalion was out some
+four or five miles away on salvage work, when suddenly orders arrived
+that we were to march that afternoon.--Starting point, the crossing of
+the Wadi Guzzeh, 4.30 P.M.
+
+Before describing our march it would be as well to give some idea of
+the position of the XXI. Corps, which had been, with the assistance of
+the cavalry, pushing the Turkish forces back on to Jerusalem and
+Jaffa. This pursuit, which met with a pretty stout resistance
+throughout, had been going on for nearly a fortnight, and the Plain of
+Philistia was cleared of the Turk, whose main forces had retired on
+our left a little beyond Jaffa, and on our right into the precipitous
+Judæan Highlands defending Jerusalem. Our Railhead had only reached
+Deir Sineid, a few miles north of Gaza, and about thirty-five miles
+south of the battle front. The Turkish railway, which went as far as
+Junction Station, and from which much had been hoped, proved almost
+useless owing to shortage of rolling stock, and consequently supply
+depended almost entirely on motor lorry and camel from Railhead, or
+from the Wadi Sukharieh, where some supplies were being landed in surf
+boats. The question of supply had been most difficult, and water
+supply hardly less so, even for the one corps, and it looked as if we
+might come in for some scarcity when we got up nearer the front. In
+the pursuit of the portion of the Turkish Army, which was retiring on
+Jerusalem, our cavalry had penetrated some way into the hills, and
+were endeavouring to hold on until the infantry could get up to
+relieve them. The process of relief was going on during the few days
+we were marching up.
+
+Now to return to our part in the affair. Our first march was a short
+one of some seven or eight miles to a bivouac a mile beyond
+Ali-el-Muntar, the prominent height dominating Gaza at which we had
+been looking the whole summer. We stayed here for a day, partly to
+wait for the arrival of greatcoats, which would be so necessary in the
+Judæan Highlands, and to get rid of our helmets, and partly to give
+the supply people a chance. Most of us spent an hour or two examining
+Ali-el-Muntar and its defences. It looked very much less knocked about
+than one would have expected after the severe bombardments to which it
+had been subjected, and we came to the conclusion that there had never
+been very many troops actually holding it. The infantry had evidently
+been in trenches well away from the hill, which appeared to have been
+used entirely for observation purposes. It must have been a pretty
+uncomfortable corner for an F.O.O., as the top used to appear to be
+blown off about three times a day. Concealment of trenches had been
+made very easy by the presence of numerous cactus hedges, and it is
+doubtful whether our guns, except in the actual assault, had ever had
+a really satisfactory target.
+
+After this day of rest, 24th November, we marched just over twelve
+miles to Mejdal. The weather was not too hot, and there was quite a
+good beaten mud road, and we should have found it a fairly easy march
+if it had not been for foot troubles. We had been more than six months
+without having ever marched on a road--it had usually been soft
+sand--and the sudden change to the flat hard surface of the baked mud
+fired the men's feet at once. When we arrived in camp at Mejdal we had
+a foot parade, and found that there were over a hundred cases of
+blisters and dressings for the medical officer and his satellites.
+This Mejdal was quite a considerable village, and as we marched in we
+met the most dignified specimens of native we had yet seen. Mounted on
+donkeys and wearing the flowing robes of the Old Testament, they
+really did remind one of the patriarchs in our stained glass windows.
+All the brilliant colours--purple, crimson, and orange--were
+represented, and many of them had the regulation beard. There were
+also numbers of the usual class selling oranges and, oddly enough,
+also cigarettes.
+
+Next morning we were again on the road and not feeling too cheery
+about it, as we were told we were to do a 19-mile march--rather a
+formidable proposition when every second man already had sore feet--as
+it was the intention of the authorities to get us up to Jaffa in two
+strenuous marches. However, during the course of the day the plan of
+campaign was changed, and we were told that we should probably have to
+go to the Judæan Hills instead of to the Ramleh-Jaffa Sector near the
+sea. This was not the best of news, as there was no doubt which was
+the more salubrious spot; but it had this compensation that it knocked
+six miles off our day's march, our camp being pitched near the Wadi
+Sukharieh mentioned above, which was a convenient starting-point for
+the next day whether we were ordered to Ramleh or to Junction Station.
+We found, to our surprise, that the feet were no worse than the
+previous night; some few were getting pretty bad, but most of them
+looked as if they were on the mend.
+
+The next day we were finally labelled Judæa, and did a most trying
+march--only about eleven miles, but a frightfully hot day--at first
+through various pleasant looking farm colonies, and later through a
+most desolate piece of country to Junction Station. On this trek we
+were lucky enough to come under the eye of the Commander-in-Chief, who
+at once noticed what we all very well knew--that we were carrying a
+much greater load than could reasonably be expected in such a climate.
+We had to do it, as the necessary camels had simply not been
+available. However, the Commander-in-Chief quickly remedied this, and
+from here onwards we had camels provided to carry our greatcoats,
+leaving us pack and blanket only.
+
+At Junction Station we had our first taste of water trouble. As we
+were making our way from west to east, we were changing places with a
+division of the XXI. Corps. This division had spent the previous night
+at Junction Station and had drunk the wells dry, so that no water was
+obtainable on our arrival. We were told we should get it by 9 P.M.,
+and then a later hour was mentioned; but the net result was that we
+got just enough to make our breakfast tea, but not enough to fill the
+water-bottles, so we started on our next stage in the very worst of
+tempers to find that we had hardly got out of camp before we were
+involved in a regular block at the railway crossing which, needless to
+say, was frightfully dusty. This delay proved, however, to be a
+blessing in disguise, as it enabled our water camels to catch us up
+with a small ration of water for lunch. If we had not got this water
+we should probably not have got more than 75 per cent. of the Brigade
+to the end of the day's journey. We got into camp on a rocky slope
+near Latron about dusk, and almost at once were warned to be ready to
+start again at 9 P.M. to march another ten miles and take over part of
+the line in the hills. This was soon altered to starting at 3 A.M.
+owing to better news from the front, and again to 8 A.M. the next
+morning as the situation calmed down.
+
+It was now becoming really interesting, as we expected to be in the
+line within twenty-four hours, and all sorts of rumours were current.
+Generally it was understood that we had penetrated successfully into
+the hills until we were brought to a halt by the difficulties of
+supply, and that now the Turk was beginning to recover from the
+effects of his long retreat and was launching counter-attacks, which
+had in some cases been fairly successful, and that he had given the
+XXI. Corps a couple of heavy knocks to the north-west of Jerusalem. It
+was expected that the XXI. Corps would be pulled out to the
+comparative comfort of the Coastal Sector, while we--the XX.
+Corps--were to have the honour of attacking, and we hoped, capturing
+Jerusalem.
+
+We had now been marching for six days and most of us found our feet
+improving and getting accustomed to the roads, though we had lost some
+twenty-five good men, who had kept going like good 'uns with really
+sore feet until they had to be sent to hospital by the M.O. That is
+one great joy about the British Tommy, if things are really "business"
+he will stick almost anything. Men who had protested before and during
+every route march in training that they could not carry a pack more
+than a few miles, and who literally had to be hunted home, did all
+these marches up to the front without faltering, though they were
+incomparably harder and though a heavier load was being carried.
+
+Our next march was a short one of six miles into the foothills to Beit
+Sirra, a spot quite close to Likia, in a piece of country we were to
+know very thoroughly before we were done. Here we spent an uneasy
+night "in readiness to move"; but it was not till next morning that we
+really took to the hills, marching up a most precipitous Roman road to
+a spot which can only be described as Q 20, central. It was close to
+the Roman road and about half-way between Likia and Kubeibe, and lay
+on the covered side of the ridge south of that on which our line was
+at that time established.
+
+Next day we got orders to take over a bit of the line, and towards
+evening we climbed down into the Wadi Selman, and up the other side to
+relieve another brigade of our Division. This turned out to be a
+pretty jumpy business, as there had been some heavy fighting on our
+right during the afternoon, and the people we relieved told us that,
+to our right, all the ridge north of the Wadi Selman was in the hands
+of the Turks, and that they might be expected to advance at any time
+against our right flank, and that they themselves, though they had not
+got it definitely, understood that our line was to be withdrawn behind
+the Wadi Selman.
+
+The sector which we were supposed to take over extended from Hill
+1750--where, presumably, even if we ever had had touch with our own
+troops, our flank would now be right in the air--to the Wadi Zait. A
+deep and precipitous wadi--the Shebab--ran from the Turkish positions
+through the centre of our sector down to our Battalion H.Q. in the
+Wadi Selman. We had no news of any change in the situation on our
+left, so assumed it must be all right, and one company was sent up the
+hill to occupy the portion of the line to the left (or west) of the
+Wadi Shebab, getting touch with the 52nd Division on their extreme
+left. This lot were lucky enough to find an enamelled wire already
+laid from Battalion H.Q. to their Company H.Q. and, though it was
+broken in one or two places by mules during the relief, they soon got
+it patched up and in communication with Battalion H.Q. A company and a
+half was sent to the right of the Wadi Shebab to move in fighting
+order towards Hill 1750, making good the ridge as they proceeded.
+There was no chance of getting wire out here, nor had we enough lamps
+to establish a transmitting station, which was necessary; but by using
+our own Orilux torches we managed to get through one or two brief
+reports of progress, and at last, about 2 A.M., a message came through
+that they thought they were on the hill and had encountered no
+opposition.
+
+In the morning as soon as it was light, Lieut.-Colonel Younger started
+out to see the right flank, and soon decided that they were not on
+Hill 1750, which he made out to be twin knolls some half a mile
+further on, and just about the same height as the hill we were
+occupying. On one of these peaks we thought we saw a few Turks, and
+about midday D Company (Captain H.S. Sharp) made a detour down
+half-way to the Wadi Selman in our rear, and then advanced straight up
+the cliff at these two peaks. They got to the top unopposed, but the
+moment they showed over the skyline they were met with a hail of
+machine-gun bullets and shrapnel, the position being completely
+dominated by the Turks at medium range. How it was no one could
+understand, but the attackers only had one casualty on the top, and he
+was very gallantly brought back by the officer in charge of the
+company. We stuck to one twin peak but evacuated the other, and it was
+now clear that 1750 was still farther on, and that the Turk was
+occupying it, so that, in order to have a dash at it, the first thing
+to do was to extend our line farther to the right and get in touch
+with some of our own troops. Distances and contours were almost
+impossible to appreciate from the map, and it was not realised what a
+great extent of line we were being asked to hold with a battalion, and
+really, faulty map reading was excusable, considering the maps we had
+to work with.
+
+To begin with, the map was two miles to the inch, and was not
+contoured--merely hachured--which is no earthly use where the peaks
+are crowded up within a few hundred yards of each other, so that three
+peaks in line appear on the map as one ridge, though there may be dips
+of 500 feet between them, and looking at it the other way, it is very
+hard to believe that a place which it takes you one and a half hours
+to reach walking is less than a mile on the map. We were all deceived,
+but by good luck on this occasion no harm was done.
+
+Brigade at once sent up three companies and some machine-gunners to
+support us, so we were all right in the line; but they proved to be
+too many for the signal communications, which all had to come through
+Battalion H.Q., and the signallers were worked to death. All these odd
+companies and the machine-gunners had to arrange for their own supply
+of ammunition, water, and rations with their own units, as they were
+the only people who could supply the necessary pack animals to bring
+the stuff as far as Battalion H.Q. From here the stores had to be
+carried by hand by fatigue parties, and these parties had to be
+advised by signals whenever their stores arrived. This meant
+continuous work for the signallers, who had to keep their stations
+going with insufficient reliefs, a thing that can only be done for a
+very limited time.
+
+We had hardly got this extended disposition complete when orders were
+received to relieve two companies of the Devons, as their battalion
+was down to carry out an attack that night. Of course as luck would
+have it, the companies were right up on the top of the hill, and the
+only people available to relieve them were the companies which had
+just come down after having done a couple of days up there. However,
+there was nothing else for it, and they just had to go back, with the
+promise that they would be relieved as soon as Brigade sent the troops
+to replace them. During the afternoon the senior officers from the
+attacking battalion came down to reconnoitre, but it was about 4 P.M.
+by the time they got down, and consequently they had only time to see
+their objective from one point of view which, as it happened, was a
+fatal misfortune, as it left them with quite a false impression of
+what their position would be when once they got their objective. There
+was some discussion as to whether it should be a raid or a
+consolidation. All those on the spot favoured a raid, but judging from
+the map it appeared a desirable position to consolidate, and this was
+finally ordered.
+
+Almost every division made one such mistake when first operating in
+this mountainous country, and this was to prove to be ours. The
+objective was the hill and village of Beit-ur-el-Foka--the Upper
+Bethhoron of the Bible, where the sun stood still for Joshua--which
+seemed to occupy a commanding position on the old Roman road between
+Beit-ur-el-Tahta and El Jib, and was marked clearly on the map. It was
+also supposed to contain water, and to be desirable for that reason.
+The attack was carried out by an advance up the Wadi Zait to a
+position of deployment at the foot of Foka Hill itself, whence the
+summit was successfully rushed. There were few casualties and a good
+haul of prisoners--somewhere about 150. But it was to prove impossible
+to remain there. The position itself was not sufficiently roomy for a
+battalion, and no digging was possible owing to the rocky ground. It
+was also too exposed from no less than three sides.
+
+Opposite, across the Wadi Imaish, which ran east and west, roughly
+N.N.E. from Foka, was the dominating ridge of Zeitun, some hundreds of
+feet higher than Foka and under 1800 yards away; to the N.N.W.,
+perhaps 2000 yards off, was the crest of Khirbet Kereina, fully as
+high as Foka; and, as if these two dominating positions in front,
+giving first-class artillery observation, were not enough, there was
+also a hill, subsequently known as Hill A, which was just about the
+same height as Foka, was held by some Turks with one or two machine
+guns, and fired slap into their right rear from the south-east. This
+last was only some 500 or 600 yards away, but was divided from Foka by
+a deep ravine, and it was found impossible to send a detachment to
+storm it. It was this hill in rear that sealed the doom of the
+business. They might have managed to stick it out in spite of the
+rifle and artillery fire in front until the Turks got tired of it, but
+the fire from the rear limited all movement and all getting up of
+bombs and ammunition. Under cover of rifle fire and shrapnel the Turks
+stormed up again and again, climbing up the steep face of the Wadi
+Imaish where our guns could not have touched them, even if they had
+had--which they hadn't--any decent arrangements for observation. Once
+up within bombing distance, the Turk had the great advantage of a
+large supply of bombs, whereas we had not had time to get up more than
+a few which were soon exhausted. Even ammunition was not too
+plentiful, as everything had to be carried up the very steep Wadi
+Zait, the top portion of which was commanded from Hill A. The best way
+for evacuating wounded proved to be down the Roman road to
+Beit-ur-el-Tahta, where they were handed over to the 10th Division who
+were now on our left.
+
+To make a long story short, the O.C. Battalion had to make up his mind
+to quit, and he had a hard job, even with some assistance from the
+10th Division on Tahta Ridge, to bring away his wounded who were very
+numerous. About 3 P.M. the last of them came out, having had a
+terrible day, only four or five officers remaining unwounded. They
+stuck to it well, but it was an untenable position. The Turk contented
+himself with driving them off the Foka Heights, and did not attempt to
+advance farther--if he had, it might have proved just as bad for him
+as Foka had been for us.
+
+On 4th December we were relieved by the 6th Munster Regiment and went
+back to our old camp at Q 20 central, where our transport had remained
+all the time. Here we rested for a couple of days. We found that our
+Division had been pulled out, in order to take part in the sweeping
+movement by which it was hoped to capture Jerusalem. On the third day
+after our relief we moved out, in floods of rain, along the so-called
+road to Kubeibe, where, along with the battalion which had been in
+Foka and half the machine-gun company, we were to form the Divisional
+Reserve for the first phase of the operations. It was an awful night,
+and the track was so steep and slippery that the camels could not get
+on, and there was broken-down transport every few hundred yards along
+the track which was charitably described on the map as a road. The
+site of our bivouac was partly rocky ledges and partly slippery mud,
+and we spent a most uncomfortable night. The attacking troops of the
+Division moved to their positions of deployment the same night, and in
+the early morning successfully took the Beit Iksa trenches, which were
+the first objective. The next stage--the capture of the El Burj Ridge
+and Neby Samwil--was not so rapid, but all were in our hands on the
+following day (8th December) and, on our right, the 60th Division had
+made equally good progress in face of determined opposition south of
+the Jaffa-Jerusalem road.
+
+On 8th December 3 officers and 100 other ranks went off road-making.
+One officer and 30 other ranks formed a military cordon round
+Kubeibeh, and 1 officer and 50 men proceeded to Enab to represent
+Scotland in the Guard of Honour which it was hoped would be required
+for the entry into Jerusalem. Thirty more for A.S.C. fatigues at
+Kuryet-el-Enab, and another lot to fetch from Latron a lot of donkeys,
+which were to be added to our transport establishment. The result was
+that, when about 5 P.M. we were ordered to rejoin the Brigade in the
+neighbourhood of Beit Iksa, we could only muster about 200 of all
+ranks. The Senior Company Commander was accordingly left behind to
+collect what he could and follow on, and we started off with the rest
+of the Divisional Reserve to do the six or seven miles in the dark in
+single file. We could not use the road--so-called--from Kubeibe to
+Beit Iksa, as we could not discover whether the village was wholly in
+our hands, so we wandered on in pitch darkness with no path of any
+kind to show us the best way along the most precipitous slopes, and
+the most dangerous wadis. The camels were entirely unable to follow,
+and even the mules were in difficulties, several of them falling over
+ledges and down terraces. It was 1 A.M. (we started about 5 P.M.)
+before we reached the locality in which we had expected to find the
+Brigade, but we could find no trace of them, and there was nothing to
+be done but send out a few scouts to look for them, and lie down and
+sleep until daylight.
+
+The situation was not improved by the fact that all ration convoys
+had broken down the day before owing to the slippery tracks, and we
+had only the unexpired portion (_i.e._, breakfast) instead of two
+days' ration plus the unexpired portion as we should have had, and as
+the authorities no doubt thought we had. We had also no confidence
+that those who were responsible for bringing up the overdue rations
+had any idea where to look for us even if the weather improved
+sufficiently to allow them to make use of the tracks. We understood
+that we were in for a four days' push, and it looked like being a real
+hungry one. This proved to be the case, as no rations reached us until
+the end of the operations; but luckily they lasted only two days
+instead of four.
+
+Next morning, the 9th, just before dawn, someone came rattling down
+the steep slope above us, and to our joy we found it was the
+Brigade-Major coming to look for us, and that Brigade H.Q. was just
+above us--"just above" being 600 feet up one of the steepest slopes
+one could climb. However, we got up all right about 7 A.M. and managed
+to get a bit of our precious food disposed of before we received
+orders to move.
+
+Our part in the assault of Jerusalem was to march with all speed to
+take up a position on Tel-el-Ful, a hill some 2500 feet high, a mile
+or so north of the town, so as to cut off the Turks from retreating up
+the Nablus road. We were, as Divisional Reserve, carrying full
+packs--not light fighting order--and it was an awful piece of country
+to cross without even a track. We had first to climb down some 600
+feet into the Beit Iksa Wadi; then up the precipitous face of El Burj
+about 1000 feet from the bottom to the top; then a couple of
+comparatively easy miles down into the Wadi Hannina, and up the other
+side some 1200 feet to Tel-el-Ful. Our Battalion did not have to go
+very far beyond the Wadi Hannina, but we certainly thought it quite
+far enough. This was to be one of our worst nights, as it rained hard
+and blew a gale, and we were on the exposed side of the hill; also, no
+rations had arrived or were likely to arrive, nor was there any sign
+of them when we started off on a further advance north the next
+morning. However, we knew that Jerusalem had fallen, which cheered us
+up and made us hopeful that the operations would last less than the
+promised four days.
+
+Our advance north was an attempt to get us into line with our own
+people on Neby Samwil, which was easily the most commanding feature of
+this part of the country. The battalion on our right had to attack up
+the exposed ridge along which ran the Nablus road, while we were lucky
+enough to have the frontage just east of the Wadi Hannina, where our
+objective, the steep and massive feature of Bab-el-Muallek covered us
+from artillery observation. The Turk soon spotted the movement and
+during our advance treated us to heavy shelling, which took a
+considerable toll from the exposed right battalion, whereas they were
+firing at us without observation, and did us no damage, though the
+machine-gunners, who advanced along with us, lost both men and mules.
+The actual crest of Bab-el-Muallek was most uncomfortable, as shells
+were bursting all along it; but though they searched the back of the
+hill most thoroughly, it was so steep that we were pretty safe so long
+as we lay snug. About 4 P.M. a couple of mules arrived with some
+rations. It did not go far, but was enough to give everyone a bite,
+and we were told that the rest would soon arrive.
+
+Just on the top of this, we were told that the 60th Division was
+holding the line Tel-el-Ful-Beit Hannina, and that we might, as soon
+as we were ready, retire through them into support in the Wadi
+Hannina. Not much time was lost in getting under way--we did not even
+wait for the Lewis gun mules, which were away being watered, but
+man-handled the guns and heavy valises. These proved really too heavy,
+and the men responsible for them were very much exhausted by the time
+we got into bivouac, though the distance cannot have been more than
+two or three miles. Here we found a regular haven of rest.
+Comparatively smooth, lying in an olive grove, and _all_ the missing
+rations waiting for us. We ate about one whole day's rations in one
+enormous feed, and then went to sleep. We all needed it pretty badly,
+and even at dawn the whole camp was still sound asleep in spite of the
+fact that they had no covering but their greatcoats, and there was
+half an inch of ice on the water-buckets.
+
+This proved to be the end of the Jerusalem push, and next day, 11th
+December, in glorious weather we marched back to a bivouac near Beit
+Iksa on the slopes of the wadi leading down from Neby Samwil to
+Kulonieh. Here we received our donkeys--forty per battalion--but they
+were in miserable condition and felt the cold terribly, most of them
+having come from the semi-tropical Nile Valley. They had also had a
+tough journey up, having had to carry loads most of the way from
+Railhead, when what they required was rest and food. Here we were
+within four miles of Jerusalem, and all ranks had the chance of seeing
+the city.
+
+During the next week or so we managed to supplement our rations with
+dried figs, and the most excellent native brown bread; but the supply
+of the latter soon stopped, as we were forbidden to buy it, as it
+would just mean that the B.E.F. would have to supply bread to the
+population later on if we were allowed to consume their stocks of
+flour. H.Q. actually managed to secure a turkey, which was picketed
+out near the Quartermaster's stores to wait for Christmas. The
+programme here was "Road Improvement," but all the same we had a slack
+time for ten days or so, when we were told what was to be the next
+stunt. We were to assist in a big turning movement in which we were to
+go along the Zeitun Ridge, the object being the gaining of some elbow
+room to the north of Jerusalem. The 60th Division were to make an
+advance up the Nablus road, with which was to be combined a sweep by
+the 10th Division, with our Brigade attached, on to Bireh and Ram
+Allah from the west. The country favoured such a movement, as the main
+ridges ran east and west. We were to be at the same time the point of
+the echelon (the brigades being more or less echelonned from the
+right) and the inside of the wheel.
+
+Our course lay along the Zeitun Ridge to Beitania, and on our left,
+and slightly in rear of us, brigades of the 10th Division were to
+sweep clear the Kereina Ridge south of the deep Wadi Ain Arik, and the
+Deir Ibzia-Ain Arik-Kefr Skeyan Ridges again farther to the north.
+This meant that we had to get back to our old home in the Wadi Zait,
+at the point where it joins the Wadi Selman, advance by night to the
+Wadi Imaish, which lay between Foka and Zeitun, and deploy there for
+the main attack. This was some twelve miles from Beit Iksa, and the
+preliminary reconnaissance was a hard day's work. We found that the
+10th Division had, since we were there, secured Foka and Hill A, from
+which we got an excellent view of our objective--Zeitun--but we failed
+to find or hear of any path down to the Wadi Imaish. As nearly all the
+hills here about are steeply terraced, that meant we could take no
+mules with us to our position of deployment, as it would have been
+hopeless to have them clattering about on the rocks in the dark, and
+would have been certain to give the show away. We had expected to be
+able to do this assembly and approach in our own time, but through our
+secret service a copy was obtained of a Turkish order for an attack
+down the Nablus-Jerusalem road by two fresh divisions, timed for 6
+A.M. on 27th December. This was only secured, however, three days in
+advance, and it was not till 3 P.M. on Christmas Eve that we got
+orders to move at once to our position of readiness in the Wadi Zait.
+
+We hurriedly packed up, H.Q. cursing their luck at not being able to
+enjoy their turkey in peace, and got off about 6 P.M. Just after we
+started it began to rain heavily, and by 8 P.M., when the camel convoy
+tried to climb the hill out of the wadi, it was so slippery that they
+had to give it up. The quartermaster's hopes were then pinned on the
+donkeys, who were being tried for the first time, but the mud and
+cold proved too much for them. They managed to get most of them as far
+as Kubeibe--about half way--but they were quite incapable of going any
+farther. It was an awful night; such squalls and rain that the best
+mackintosh, much less greatcoat, was quite useless, and as our course
+lay along the Roman road we never left the exposed top of the ridge.
+It was not so bad while we were moving, but with a brigade in single
+file and a good many obstructions on the track, the rear of the column
+sometimes had to halt for half an hour while those in front negotiated
+some specially rough or slippery place.
+
+Up till midnight there were fair intervals, and we kept on getting wet
+and then drying again; but midnight found us quite near our old camp
+at Q 20 central, fully exposed to a gale and torrents of rain.
+
+The battalion in front of us had to descend the steep and slippery
+side of the Wadi Selman, which was just like a mud slide, and we had
+to stand at the top for more than half an hour. The length of the
+descent was only about 500 yards, and in the daylight and when it was
+dry fatigue parties and even camels used to get down in about ten
+minutes, but now, what with the rain and the passage of the unit in
+front of us, it had become indescribably slippery. Men were falling
+down every few yards, and the mules were not much better. It took two
+hours for the Battalion to cover this 500 yards.
+
+Wishing each other a very happy Christmas, we started on the last
+stage of our journey along the bottom of the wadi, which was almost a
+river, to our pitch in the Wadi Zait. We sat there till dawn--sleep
+was out of the question--and then started everyone on physical drill
+to get up some circulation. By this time we knew that the camels and
+donkeys were both--in the language of the country--"mafisch" (which is
+the same as "nahpoo"), and also that the wheeled transport, which
+could not come across country as we had done, was not due till the
+afternoon. Even then it was unlikely that they would bring any food,
+as their proper load was Lewis gun stuff and ammunition. One can
+realise what disaster had overtaken even the best arrangements, when
+even Brigade H.Q., with a whole staff captain to look after them,
+hadn't so much as a crust for breakfast. The Brigadier, however, was
+as cheery as ever, and almost as soon as it was light he was up in our
+lines cracking jokes with everyone he met, and asking "are we
+downhearted," to which he got the usual roar as answer. It really
+never stopped raining all day, and never again it is to be hoped will
+any of us spend another Christmas like it. By superhuman efforts some
+few ration donkeys were persuaded along by their drivers, and arrived
+that night, but what they carried was only a small part of a ration.
+Our hopes were fixed on the wheeled transport, which had brought their
+loads of guns and ammunition, and had gone back to Kubeibe, to which
+half-way house our camel loads were being brought by the wheeled
+transport of the rest of the Division, who were not taking such a
+leading part in the coming stunt.
+
+Next day, the 26th, was spent in reconnaissance by company officers
+who had not already done one, and in pow-wows at Brigade, at which
+were decided the final details and also the scheme under which the "B"
+teams were to undertake the carrying forward of ammunition and bombs
+in rear of the advance. Each battalion left behind some half dozen
+officers and about 50 men, so there was quite a fair number available
+for the work. Our spirits rose rapidly that day, partly owing to the
+prospect of something doing, partly because of a marked improvement in
+the weather, but chiefly on account of the arrival of rations in
+satisfying quantities, which allowed of a huge feed before we had to
+start at about 10.30 P.M. There was a nice moon, and our march in
+single file up the Wadi Zait to Foka was quite uneventful, and we got
+a pleasant surprise when we topped the crest and found that, by pure
+luck, we had struck a small footpath--the only one for miles, we
+afterwards discovered--which made the descent beautifully easy and
+comparatively silent. With some diffidence we made for what we
+thought was our map reference, and found to our joy, that we were
+exactly right. Our "perch," as really it should be called, was on
+numerous ledges on the face of a very steep cliff, and it was a
+lengthy business getting the Battalion arranged with its different
+companies respectively in their right places; but by 4 A.M. we were
+all snug like gannets on the Bass Rock, and quite easy in our minds,
+except for the uncertainty as to whether dawn would discover the place
+to be under Turkish machine-gun fire. This was pretty important, as we
+were not to attack until 8 A.M., so there was time for a very
+uncomfortable two or three hours before we could start. However, dawn
+broke, and all was quiet, and we were able to have our breakfast
+undisturbed just about the time the Turks must have been attacking
+down the Nablus-Jerusalem road.
+
+The first attack was to be led by the Ayr and Lanarks on the right,
+who were to scale the salient spur running up to their objective--Kh.
+Mahmeh, and by the Somersets on the left, who were to advance up the
+spur which led in a N.E. direction to Sh. Abu-el-Zeitun, which was
+their objective. We, in close support, and the Devons in reserve, were
+to follow the left battalion. This plan was adopted to avoid having to
+advance up the re-entrant which was too dangerous.
+
+At 8 A.M. the advance started. Our position was in close support, and
+the chief difficulty was to prevent the leading lines from going too
+fast, and getting mixed up with the battalion in front. By 9 A.M. the
+ridge was taken with a nice little bunch of prisoners, and very few
+casualties to us. The face, up which we had advanced, was so steep
+that the defenders could not get a really good shot at us, except in
+certain places; but the Somersets and ourselves had to slide to the
+east side of the spur, as we were being heavily fired at by machine
+guns from the direction of Kh. Kereina.
+
+Our programme now was to turn east and sweep along the Zeitun Ridge,
+but this depended, to some extent, on how the 10th Division were
+getting on to our left. We were intended to be in advance of them, but
+not more than a mile or so or we should get it too badly from the
+flank. They had not expected us to get Zeitun much before 11 A.M., so
+we were ahead of time, and the brigade on our left must have been a
+bit late, as it was some time before they were visible at all, and
+then they were some three miles behind. We sat all day on the safer
+side of the crest, watching a stubbornly contested battle being fought
+on Hill 2450, which was taken and lost more than once, and in getting
+shelled continually by field guns. They did not hit many, but, as bad
+luck would have it, they got our adjutant, Captain W.D. Brown, as
+game a fellow as ever walked, and he was carried off evidently very
+badly hit, and died that night in the dressing-station. We were not at
+the time in touch with Brigade, but the brigade-major was over on the
+ridge with us, so we had to get out orders for the further advance.
+
+It was our Battalion's turn to lead, and we went for the main
+objective, the Hill of Shafa, at the extreme end of the ridge about
+one and a half miles away. The Ayrs and Lanarks were sent to seize a
+hill on our right, another to maintain touch with the 10th Division on
+our left (we were responsible as far as the W. Sunt), and the fourth
+in support of us. We started the advance just after dark, and all went
+well until we had almost reached the objective. One could see the
+other battalion in the moonlight on the crest of the lesser hill to
+our right, and we were ourselves about half way up Shafa, when we
+suddenly bumped right into the Turk. Both sides were rather taken by
+surprise, and our men at all events were thoroughly excited and firing
+wildly in the dark without much chance of hitting anything. There was
+a natural rock face about 8 feet deep right across the face of the
+hill, and only about two spots where it could be climbed, and this
+held us up for some time. The Turk began to try to work round the
+flanks and the situation was looking rather unpleasant, especially as
+we were wasting, at a great rate, ammunition which might be badly
+wanted next day, the Lewis guns expending thousands.
+
+However, shortly before midnight, the excitement calmed down a bit,
+and we managed to get up the rock face on to a sort of false crest,
+and scouts, sent out to the front, reported that the Turk had cleared
+right off the whole hill. Two platoons advanced and occupied the
+farther crest and then we settled down to get what rest we could
+though it was too cold to sleep, and a good many spent most of the
+night walking up and down to keep warm. We found next day that our
+ammunition had not been entirely wasted, as there were a lot of dead
+Turks and quantities of rifles and machine-gun equipment left behind
+when they retreated. Our casualties that night were 2 officers and 7
+other ranks killed, and 22 other ranks wounded, 3 of whom died of
+wounds.
+
+In the morning we expected orders to advance, but as soon as we could
+use our glasses we found that we were far ahead of our neighbours, and
+were, in fact, enfiladed from the Turkish positions on our left.
+Fortunately we could get into cover by going about 100 yards round the
+hill, but rations and supplies had to come across about 80 yards of
+open, under machine-gun fire, and it was a marvel that no one was hit.
+It was impossible to get out in front to see our next objective, as
+the Turks had us well marked and machine guns opened on anyone who
+exposed himself. We had the Brigade-Major with us, but were again out
+of touch with Brigade, and Lieut.-Colonel Younger was again tackling
+the dispositions for the next advance, when the Brigadier himself rode
+up, very nearly getting sniped as he trotted in. After telling us
+exactly what he thought of us for having chosen such an exposed place
+for our headquarters, he got out his orders for the assault of
+Beitania. There was really no choice as to who should go first this
+time, as there was no time to reshuffle units, and they just had to go
+over in the order in which they were at the time disposed.
+
+This made us right leading battalion--objective Beitania--with the
+Ayrs and Lanarks in close support. The left leading battalion--the
+Somersets--were to make for Hill 500 about three-quarters of a mile
+north of Beitania. The Devons were to advance in close support of the
+Somersets, and we were given the K.S.L.I. from the 231st Brigade to
+remain in reserve on Shafa, where Brigade H.Q. also remained. The left
+battalion also had El Muntar as a further objective, so that the
+Brigade, when finished, would be on a line running north and south to
+the Wadi Kelt. We knew we should get a warm reception going over the
+crest, as there were quite a number of machine guns in the village
+and they were all laid on the crest. They also put over a lot of
+shells while we were preparing to start but did not do much damage.
+
+We got off the mark at 2 P.M. in four waves, and went at record speed
+to the bottom of the ravine. One could hardly have believed that men
+carrying Lewis guns could have covered the ground so fast. In this
+case it was our salvation, as we not only got over before the whole of
+the machine guns had got properly going, but most of the shelling also
+fell behind us. Once in the bottom we were quite safe from the machine
+guns, and nearly so from the artillery. As it was we reorganised for
+the attack in our own time and were very soon at the edge of the
+village after a precipitous climb. Here we were held up for a short
+time by fire from a spur to our right. The leading Company Commander,
+Captain P. Campbell, A. & L.Y., of the supporting battalion, agreed to
+take his own and another company to clear this spur. This movement was
+rapidly and brilliantly carried out with the desired result, and in a
+very short time we were in the village and through the far side,
+holding the ridge to left and right, and in touch with our left
+battalion. It was not until the following morning that we began to
+count the spoils, which ran to about 150 prisoners, including a
+battalion commander and nine machine guns. We buried about 80 Turks,
+and there were a good many in odd places that we didn't find at the
+time. That night we took up an outpost line east of the village, and
+in the morning saw the 230th Brigade march across our front into Bireh
+without firing a shot. So well, too, had the supply of ammunition
+worked, that at the close of operations we had 50,000 rounds in
+Beitania. We spent two days there clearing up the battlefield and
+reorganising the companies. On the second night we were told that we
+were to be taken out into reserve for a long and well-earned rest.
+
+From St James's Park to Beitania the Battalion had been continuously
+engaged in very strenuous operations, marching, fighting, or
+road-making over the roughest of country, without roads or landmarks,
+up precipitous hills, through boulder-strewn wadis, against an
+obstinate and determined foe, never sure of the next meal, tired
+almost beyond endurance and many almost bootless, in the worst of
+weather, cold and wet, and only slightly less miserable than the
+camels. And the result? The capture of Jerusalem and turning of the
+Turkish left flank; a loss of prestige and a military disaster from
+which they never recovered. We had taken part in most difficult and
+arduous fighting in most difficult and arduous country; difficult
+because of the badness of the maps, which made it almost impossible to
+locate one's position or maintain touch, and arduous as only those
+who know that rocky precipitous country can realise. For artillery it
+was practically impossible, and though they did wonders in bringing
+guns up over the roughest of roadless hills, the assistance they could
+render the infantry was very slight. Nor are the transport or camel
+leaders likely to forget that trek, and it was greatly to Mr
+Drysdale's credit that he managed to get them all safely to Kubeibeh
+early on the morning of the 8th December. The heavy rains made the
+Roman road almost impossible, and troops "resting" (so-called) were
+turned on to road-making. The difficulty of command may be illustrated
+by the fact that in marching to Beit Iksa the whole Battalion was
+strung out in single file along a sheep track.
+
+It was very largely owing to this threat on his line of retirement
+that caused the evacuation of Jerusalem which was entered by our
+troops on 9th December. On the 8th 1 officer and 50 other ranks had
+gone to Enab to furnish guards for Jerusalem, and to this Battalion
+fell the honour of supplying the first Christian guards over the holy
+places in Jerusalem after a Moslem occupation of seven centuries.
+
+Beitania, which brought the operations to a close, was quite a
+brilliant piece of work. Our casualties were 1 officer and 8 other
+ranks killed, and 4 officers and 40 other ranks wounded, of whom 2
+subsequently died of wounds; but, as we found afterwards that Zeitun
+and Beitania had both been held by picked fresh troops, whose morale
+had not been tried by the continuous fighting of the November retreat,
+that number could not be called excessive.
+
+To single out individuals when everyone did so well is an invidious
+task, but one cannot close an account of these operations without
+mentioning the really splendid work of Lieut.-Colonel Younger, Captain
+H.S. Sharp, and Captain W.D. Brown, also of Lieutenant R.A. Andrew,
+whose energy and determination in bringing up rations and ammunition
+over the most Godforsaken country, cannot be too highly praised.
+
+The news of the previous night proved to be correct, and the Battalion
+moved off from Beitania about 9 A.M. on New Year's Day down the Wadi
+Sunt. The Wadi Sunt was by far the most attractive wadi we had yet
+struck, being steep sided, and on the south side especially clothed
+not only with the usual olive tree, but also with many sorts of
+creepers and wild flowers which we had not seen before. The whole side
+rose in terraces, and from almost every terrace, overhanging on to the
+one below, was a very pretty dark leaved creeper, which was at the
+time in full bloom with clusters of creamy coloured flowers which
+looked as if they were made of wax, and the ledges were carpeted with
+various wild flowers, mostly cyclamen and anemone. A mile or two took
+us to the junction of the Wadis Sunt and Imaish, where we were within
+a few hundred yards of the ledges where we had perched before taking
+Zeitun Ridge, and there it began to rain in torrents. We continued
+down the Sunt until we came to a rough path, made more or less
+possible for traffic by the 10th Division, which led up to
+Beit-ur-el-Tahta, in the neighbourhood of which the Brigade was to
+bivouac. Next day we proceeded via the Wadi Melab to Beit Sira, and so
+to our rest camp at Yalo.
+
+[Illustration: Operations in PALESTINE 1917-18
+_To face page_ 106]
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER V
+
+PALESTINE--1918
+
+
+From 4th January to 14th March when we went into the line at Khan Abu
+Felah, we were employed continuously on road-making. The great
+difficulty experienced in bringing supplies forward over the roadless
+mountainous country, impassable to motors and often even to camels and
+mules, made road-making an absolute necessity before any further
+advance could take place. The only metalled roads were the
+Jerusalem-Nablus road, running north from Jerusalem, and the
+Jerusalem-Jaffa road, running west and north-west, passing Latron
+about four miles from our camp at Yalo. The rest were mere donkey
+tracks over cultivated unbottomed ground in the valleys, and winding
+up wadis, over boulders, and through trees in the uplands and hills.
+
+Yalo, the ancient Ajalon, a city of the tribe of Dan, was our camp
+till 24th February. Brigade H.Q. were at the head of the next wadi to
+us, and below them the Devons and Somersets, while we occupied the
+other side of the ridge with the 229th Field Ambulance beyond us. The
+Ayrs and Lanarks were in a separate camp at Amwas. When we arrived we
+found a rocky barren hill--when we left, it was almost a garden city.
+The only "houses" were Battalion H.Q. and the kitchens, but every two
+or three had built a home for themselves out of stones and mud, roofed
+with waterproof sheets, while JOCK'S LODGE, a company sergeants' mess,
+was quite an architectural triumph. Paths lined with stones ran in all
+directions, and almost every "villa" had its little garden of wild
+flowers, chiefly scarlet anemones transplanted from the wadi. Below us
+was the Valley of Ajalon, where Joshua defeated the kings of the
+Amorites and the moon was stayed, a rich fertile plain stretching to
+the hills which circled it on three sides. North-east we could see
+nestling in the hills the two Beth Horons, and south of us lay the
+picturesque capital of the tribe of Dan.
+
+While we were still settling down we sent 4 officers and 200 other
+ranks daily on road-making fatigue, but later on the entire battalion
+was turned on to repair the road from Latron to Beit Sara. At the same
+time Captain Andrew was busy with a large class teaching the Lewis gun
+to officers and men, Mr Scott's flags "spoke" from every knoll, and Mr
+Gall smartened the backward squad on the drill-ground below. We had
+quite a good rifle range, and quite a fair football field, and life
+was really very pleasant.
+
+On 18th February Lieut.-Colonel Younger rejoined us. He had gone off
+to Cairo on leave where he was seized by Dr Tuke and put to bed in the
+Citadel.
+
+We had now pretty well completed our road, so on the 24th we left our
+comfortable camp and marched six miles to our new bivouac area in an
+olive grove just north of Beit Sira. We had to make a new road to link
+up with the Ram Allah road at Tattenham Corner. It was a most
+picturesque wadi covered with olive trees, and what was more important
+with any amount of stones suitable for road-making just at hand. On
+the Latron-Beit Sira road stones were scarce and had to be man-handled
+in limbers or baskets often quite a distance, but here were stones of
+every size within a few yards of the road. It was a 16-foot road
+bottomed with large stones, then two layers of smaller stones and
+blinded with gravel. Everyone went at it like a schoolboy on holiday,
+and we completed our road two days before scheduled time, on one
+occasion actually doing 1-1/2 yards of road per man.
+
+On 5th March we left our camp going by our newly completed road to
+Tattenham Corner, into the Wadi Ain Arik, and up the Wadi Sad to our
+halting place not far from the village of Ain Arik. We were now
+campaigning again and our baggage was cut down to the bare
+establishment, with one notable exception--oatmeal. We had arranged
+for a regular supply from home to start as soon as we went abroad, and
+though we were often short of many things we always had our oatmeal.
+Our supplies had accumulated while we had been in the hills, and we
+now found ourselves with about 30 cwt. for which there was no room on
+the transport. This we were absolutely determined not to lose, so we
+sent it on ahead about ten miles and dumped it in a wadi with a couple
+of men to look after it.
+
+Next day we continued our journey through Ain Arik, where a friendly
+brass band played us past with "Bonnie Dundee" till just below the top
+of the pass at Kefr Skeyan, where we rested for the afternoon as we
+might not cross the skyline in daylight. This resulted in a most
+tedious night march, finishing in pitch darkness over very rough going
+with a bad bivouac area at the end of it. Next morning we were
+surprised to find ourselves by the side of a small lake--Lake
+Baluah--shallow and muddy, but welcome as giving water for the animals
+quite close to their lines. Road-making near Ram Allah was the order
+of the day, and one company anyhow found the return journey not
+without its excitement. A Taube dived at them and opened fire at very
+close range, but fortunately their aim was distinctly bad, and it was
+our nervous system only that suffered.
+
+[Illustration: BATTALION BIVOUAC, NEAR SUFFA.
+_To face page 110_]
+
+[Illustration: THE IRISH ROAD CROSSING THE WADI AIN ARIK.
+_To face page 110_]
+
+We were now only a few miles behind the line, and though our
+Brigade was only to be in support for the next advance the C.O. and
+Company Commanders climbed Sheikh Abdullah, from which a good view of
+the surrounding country could be obtained. This was an easy climb, but
+the view from here showed us that the next advance would be no picnic
+even if the country alone had to be overcome. Ridge upon ridge faced
+us, rising higher and higher to the horizon about six miles away where
+Burj Lisaneh stood up like a sugar-loaf, while to our half-right
+steepish slopes covered with fig trees, not yet in leaf, rose up to
+the heights of Tel Asur 3318 feet high. In all this country there was
+but one road which wound its way among the hills towards Nablus (the
+ancient Shechem) and the north. There were a few miles of road up as
+far as Beitin (the Bethel of the Bible), but there it stopped short,
+which meant that the 53rd Division on our right would have to do their
+advance without any road at all; but we had all done without roads
+before, and no doubt we should do equally well again. However, we had
+now completed a road through from Latron to Ram Allah and the Nablus
+road, so that a further advance was possible as supplies could now be
+brought up. The corps had been more or less stationary across the
+Jerusalem-Nablus road for six or seven weeks, though there had been a
+lot of activity on the eastern flank towards Jericho.
+
+On 8th March B Company (Captain D.D. Ogilvie) started off to report to
+the gunners near Ain Yebrud and make the track passable for the
+artillery as far as Selwad on the far side of Tel Asur. The track was
+a dry river bed between two very thick walls most of the way, and
+where it was impassable a track had to be made across country, which
+meant cutting down trees and levelling terraces. Though there was
+about five miles of road to prepare, so well did they work at it that
+they were actually working on the road in front of the supports before
+Tel Asur was finally captured, and the guns were able to move forward
+that night.
+
+Meanwhile the other three companies had gone up the Nablus road to
+repair it, as it had not only been heavily shelled by our artillery
+but also blown up in a great many places by the retreating Turks. The
+enemy were offering a stout resistance to our advance, and held a
+strong line across the road. Tel Asur was captured and lost three
+times before it finally remained in our hands, and it was not until 1
+P.M. that our line was sufficiently far forward for us to proceed to
+Ain Sinia for road repair. Even then the road was being so heavily
+shelled that we had to make our way by side paths and across country.
+We were busy road-repairing for the next day or two, and officers were
+reconnoitring forward to see the lie of the country which we were to
+take over.
+
+On 14th March we moved on again, halting behind the skyline for the
+midday meal while the C.O. and Company Commanders went on to see the
+line we were to take over. It had been a rough journey. The tracks
+were positively heart breaking. The usual pattern was 4 to 6 feet wide
+with stout drystone walls on either side; the "pathway" being over
+rough and uneven rocks with an occasional boulder, and here and there
+the walls had collapsed completely, blocking the track--or else over
+cultivated soil which was immediately converted into a muddy morass of
+uncertain depth. On such paths only single file was possible, and pack
+mules and donkeys had to be almost carried over some of the places.
+But the worst was yet to come, and though we were not intended to go
+down into the Wadi Kolah by day as it was in full view to the Turkish
+artillery, the track down was so bad the C.O. wisely preferred risking
+a shell or two to certain suicide going down in the dark. A mist
+helped us, and we got down unmolested and had taken over the new line
+by 5 P.M. The track down into the wadi was so steep and slippery from
+the rain that donkeys were actually lowered down in some places by
+their tails.
+
+The line we took over was a long one--about two and a half
+miles--previously held by nine companies of the 159th and 160th
+Brigades (53rd Division). There were three mountains with steep wadis
+in between, and each company was given a hill which formed an isolated
+post. Touch even between companies was very difficult to maintain at
+night, and touch with the units on either flank was found impossible
+and had to be abandoned. So sketchy was our line that we sometimes
+discovered in the morning a miserable Turk or Arab well inside our
+lines trying to desert but finding no one to whom to surrender. When
+"captured" their joy was complete. Miserable, half-starved, ill-clad
+wretches, conscripted to fight for a nation they loathed and feared.
+
+D Company (Captain J. M'Nab) held the Round Hill on the right and a
+platoon of A Company held the village of Khan Abu Felah. C Company
+(Captain I.C. Nairn) held the centre hill and B Company (Captain D.D.
+Ogilvie) were on the left holding a "hog's back" known as Fusilier
+Ridge, and the wadi on either side. A Company (Captain Sir W.A.A.
+Campbell) were in reserve at Battalion H.Q. Later A Company relieved D
+Company, and D and C Companies moved a hill to their left, while B
+came into reserve. Our horses, mules, and donkeys were with us, but
+camels could not negotiate the steep slopes and remained on the high
+ground above us along with the wheeled transport.
+
+Our stay here was uneventful. The Turks shelled us regularly but
+without doing much damage, and we sent over one or two patrols every
+night, but there was no great activity on either side. On 22nd March a
+company of the Ayrs and Lanarks (Captain P. Campbell) carried out a
+most successful raid on the isolated hill Amurieh opposite B Company.
+Mr Cruickshank with 12 men from his platoon held White Hill, a small
+intermediate knoll, and covered the advance, returning when the raid
+started. Fully 100 prisoners were taken, with the loss of only one or
+two wounded. At the same time we made a demonstration from Kent Hill,
+firing off rifle grenades and rifles, which drew a lot of fire from
+the raiding party on Amurieh.
+
+On 7th April the enemy attempted a bombing raid on A Company's hill,
+but it was a halfhearted affair, and they were easily driven off and a
+few casualties inflicted.
+
+We had two or three days of very heavy rain just after we took over,
+which made life very miserable for the outpost companies on the hill
+tops, and especially for the mule leaders who had to make the journey
+up and down that perilous wadi with rations and water at least once
+and sometimes twice a day, and then wade through the mud to the
+companies. The rain, however, helped them, as it gave us water close
+at hand which was excellent for cooking and washing purposes. On the
+whole, however, the weather was glorious, and the wild flowers were a
+great joy to us all.
+
+After we had done a fortnight in the line we were to have been
+relieved by another battalion in the Brigade when news came through
+that the whole Division was to be relieved and march to Railhead,
+which was now at Ludd. This, combined with a memo, which said "All
+units XX. Corps except 74th Division will indent for shorts
+forthwith," made it quite clear that we were bound for France, and so
+it proved.
+
+On 9th April we were relieved by the 2/4 R.W.F. (53rd Division), and
+bivouacked that night at our transport lines on the shoulder of Tel
+Asur. Next day the Brigade marched via Beitin to Bireh and bivouacked
+just west of Ram Allah. The following day we went down the Ain Arik
+road to Tattenham Corner, along the road we ourselves had made to our
+bivouac area, near the old Devon Camp below Suffa.
+
+On 12th April we made Amwas, and next day after a long and dusty march
+we reached our destination Ludd. We spent a busy day there drawing
+stores from Ordnance and returning things for which we had no further
+use. H.Q. and B Company entrained that evening, and the remainder the
+following morning, and we all got to Kantara that night, or very early
+on the morning of the 16th.
+
+We were at Kantara just a fortnight, during which time we were
+disinfected and refitted, put through gas and exercised in field days
+on the desert. We had never been allowed to draw clothing in
+Palestine after Yalo as we were on the waiting list for France, and
+when we arrived at Kantara we were a most disreputable looking
+crowd--clothing patched and torn, garments showing where they should
+never be seen, and boots in some cases almost without soles at all.
+But when we marched out we were clad once more in new tunics, new
+trousers, and new boots, and looked very smart.
+
+The transport left on 19th April under Mr J. Drysdale, and the
+Battalion followed on the 29th, reaching Alexandria early next
+morning, and embarking at once on H.M.T. _Indarra_. Brigade H.Q. were
+with us. Lieut.-Colonel Younger was O.C. troops, and Mr R. Colthart,
+ship's adjutant.
+
+We left Alexandria on 1st May, and so bade good-bye to Egypt and the
+East after a sojourn there of over two and a half years. We had all
+had a great experience, at times very strenuous and unpleasant, but on
+the whole interesting and not too bad. Our fighting had been almost
+entirely open warfare, for which as yeomanry we were well adapted, and
+which contrasted very favourably with the trench warfare on the
+Western Front. But few were sorry to go. None of us anticipated
+Allenby's triumphant drive to Damascus, and felt we would be "doing
+our bit" more effectively on the Western Front where we well knew the
+final decision rested. But what counted much more was relief at
+escaping another hot, dusty, thirsty summer in the East, and the
+change to the civilisation and comparative comfort of France, and of
+course most of all to the proximity of Blighty, and the prospect of
+leave home. Though short local leave had not been so difficult to
+obtain, home leave, owing to the difficulty of transportation, had
+been very much restricted, and the great majority had never been home
+since coming out.
+
+We had a very good trip to Marseilles. The captain laid himself out to
+make everything as comfortable as possible; the feeding was excellent,
+plenty of cabin accommodation for officers and N.C.O.'s, and the men
+were as comfortable as they ever can be in a crowded troopship. There
+were seven ships in the convoy which was escorted by British
+destroyers as far as Malta, and there relieved by Japanese destroyers
+who took us in safely to Marseilles. There was only one piece of
+excitement on the fourth day out. A destroyer sighted a submarine,
+rushed ahead at great speed and dropped a couple of depth charges.
+Nothing more was seen of the submarine, and we proceeded on our
+journey uninterrupted.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER VI
+
+FRANCE--1918
+
+
+On disembarking at Marseilles on 7th May we opened a new chapter in
+the history of the Regiment. The contrast from the East was indeed
+marked and delightful, and the long train journey passed quickly in
+our joy at seeing once more green fields and green trees, villages,
+and farms, long fair hair and fair complexions. We could hardly have
+had more beautiful scenery than we had during the first day through
+the south of France. We kept to the branch lines to the west of the
+main Rhone Valley line, and wound in and out all day at the foot of
+steep hills crowned with old castles and picturesque villages which
+looked so peaceful that it was hard to realise that there was a war
+on. The second day saw us skirting Paris by Juvisy, and gave us a good
+view of Versailles and the numerous airships at St Cyr. The last day
+our route lay chiefly through water meadows, and by 9.30 we had
+reached our detraining station--Noyelles--whence after a hot breakfast
+we marched ten miles to our destination--St Firmin near the mouth of
+the Somme. Our transport had already been here about a week, and we
+found excellent quarters in the long straggling village.
+
+Here we spent ten days, being fitted out with gas helmets, and passed
+through gas, a form of warfare of which we had had no practical
+experience out East, and in bayonet fighting also, under experts who
+found we had not very much to learn in that line. Our number of Lewis
+guns were doubled, and we started lots of classes of new Lewis gunners
+to form the new gun crews and provide a large nucleus of trained men
+as reinforcements. Our transport establishment was also completed
+here. We entrained at Rue early on the morning of the 21st, and made
+our way via Etaples and St Pol to Ligny St Flochel, whence we had a
+long fifteen miles march to Humbercourt. That night we had our first
+experience of night bombing. From here several senior officers went
+for a day or two's experience of trench life to a New Zealand Division
+in the Hebuterne sector north of Albert.
+
+On the 25th May we moved to a very much better area at Grand
+Rullecourt where we stayed for just a month. Here there were much
+better facilities for training, and we worked away steadily at wood
+fighting, fighting through crops, co-operation with tanks, and all the
+while paying special attention to the Lewis-gun personnel. We also
+gave an exhibition of the attack in open warfare, for the edification
+of the Canadians who were in the neighbourhood, and put in a good
+deal of musketry at the rifle ranges, and throwing and firing
+grenades. We had quite a good field for football, and had an
+inter-platoon competition, won by No. 6 platoon, but the great event
+was the defeat of the Scots Guards by the Battalion team. The Scots
+Guards were the winners of the Bull Dog Cup at the Crystal Palace, and
+had only once been beaten, and to defeat them 2-0 was a great
+achievement.
+
+The Ayr and Lanark Battalion of the R.S.F. left us here to form a new
+brigade along with the 12th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Battalion; the Norfolk
+Regiment from the 230th Brigade, and the 24th (Denbigh Yeomanry)
+Battalion; the Royal Welsh Fusiliers from the 231st Brigade. We were
+all very depressed at the departure of the Ayrs and Lanarks. We had
+been together close friends and keen rivals on the football field ever
+since we had been made into an infantry battalion, and though we all
+knew that the Brigade was sure to be reduced from four to the normal
+French establishment of three battalions, we had somehow never
+contemplated parting from our special friends, the only other Scotch
+battalion in the Division.
+
+Spanish influenza, which was so prevalent everywhere, now began to
+attack us, and when we left Grand Rullecourt on 26th June, as we had
+about nine miles to march to our entraining station Ligny, 150 were
+considered unfit to march, and had to come on by motor lorry the
+following day. This was an excellent arrangement, as it enabled us to
+keep on the men who we knew would be quite fit again in a day or two,
+instead of sending them to hospital, and probably to another
+battalion. Fortunately it was a mild type, the patient being
+completely knocked out for a day or two and then rapidly recovering,
+but it left us all pretty weak for a bit. We detrained at Aire, and
+though we had only another four miles to go to our billets at Fontes,
+it was quite enough for anyone with a touch of the "'flu." From here
+parties went out every day to reconnoitre the various lines in the
+Robecq-St Venant sector, and to get to know the country before we were
+told to take over the line.
+
+We left Fontes with practically all our invalids cured after a
+fortnight's stay, and moved on to Ham en Artois, only a few miles
+farther east, where we became Divisional Reserve, our Division having
+taken over a sector of the line in the Lys area. Here we carried on
+our company and specialist training while parties reconnoitred
+forward, and after twelve days in reserve we again made a short move
+forward on 23rd July to La Pierriere where we became Brigade Reserve,
+the Brigade having the other two battalions now in the line. This was
+a strenuous business, as not only had we to provide small working
+parties by day and guards over about eleven bridges over the Aire-La
+Bassée Canal, but we had also to supply 100 men per company each night
+to dig in the support line, which meant very hard work for both
+company officers and men, and it was with relief that we saw our eight
+days finished, and moved ourselves into the line. It was not that the
+digging was such hard or jumpy work, but the fact that it took two
+hours to get there and two more to come back, which made it such a
+trying business. There were very few casualties, though B Company had
+a lucky escape. A shell landed right in the middle of them and wounded
+thirteen, five of whom had to go to hospital, while the other eight
+asked to remain on duty, fearing lest, if they went to hospital, they
+might be posted to another battalion.
+
+On the night of 31st July/1st August, we took over the right
+sub-sector of the line from the Somersets, and were lucky in having to
+keep only one company in the line. This front line consisted of a
+series of posts, each held by a section and built up as a breastwork,
+trenches being impossible. The Noc and Clarence Rivers sluggishly
+meandered through our line, and even in summer the water level was
+only about nine inches below the surface. Behind these posts was a
+semi-continuous support line, and half a mile farther back a
+continuous main line, fairly well complete as to wire and parapet,
+but hardly anything in the way of parados, so there was plenty of work
+for everyone. D Company (Captain R.A. Andrew) held the front line with
+their H.Q. at Baquerolles Farm, A and B Companies were in support, and
+C back at Robecq in reserve. Battalion H.Q. were at Carvin Farm.
+Frequent patrols were sent out, and the Bosche paid us a certain
+amount of attention both with high explosives and gas, and at night
+turned on his machine guns along the routes by which rations came up,
+but at no time could it have been called anything but a quiet sector.
+
+We had been six days in the line when about four o'clock in the
+afternoon word came from the battalion on the left that the enemy were
+massing in front. Captain Andrew at once sent out officers' patrols
+who discovered no signs of the enemy, so he took his company forward
+and occupied the German trenches, and by evening held a line about
+half a mile farther forward. It was now evident that the enemy
+intended evacuating the salient which our gunners had made so
+unpleasant for him for some time past, and by nightfall our whole line
+was moving forward. To D Company fell the distinction of initiating
+the advance on the whole corps' front, and then B Company passed
+through them and advanced the line to Rues des Vaches Farm. So rapid
+had been our advance that a party of Germans, still under the
+impression that they were behind their own lines, bumped right into a
+section of Mr Wood's platoon in a "grouse butt." On being challenged,
+the Bosche sergeant-major called out, "Welche Kompanie ist das?"
+(which company is that?) which seemed to annoy one Jock who replied
+"Welsh Company be damned. Take that, you ----, it's the Black Watch
+you're up against this time." Their carelessness cost them five
+killed, including the sergeant-major, and twice as many wounded.
+
+Next day we advanced to just beyond the Quentin Road, meeting with
+practically no opposition, and later A Company (Mr C.G. Duncan) passed
+through B, and advanced to the Turbeauté River. The Bosche guns were
+very busy all day, and considering the number of shells they threw
+over us and our lack of any cover, we were lucky in having as few
+casualties as we did. We had a good deal of gas in our area and on the
+main road, and the following day after a short but severe
+trench-mortar bombardment they attacked one of our posts on the
+Turbeauté River which repulsed them at the point of the bayonet. That
+night we were relieved by the 15th Battalion, the Suffolk Regiment
+(230th Brigade); our relief was managed quite successfully, and we
+went back into support at Robecq, with garrisons in the main line of
+the Amusoires trench system.
+
+Only very short parade hours and daily bathes in the Lys or La Bassée
+Canals made this a delightful week. We were asked for no digging
+parties, and the only fatigue--which the men thoroughly enjoyed--was
+harvesting under Mr H. Adamson's supervision.
+
+On 16th August we moved a few miles farther back across the Canal to
+La Miquellerie where we had as good billets as we had seen in France.
+Up to now we had received a few kilts of the large size only, so we
+had only a few of the biggest men fitted out, and drill order was
+always trousers. On getting to Miquellerie we found a huge assortment
+of kilts awaiting us, and the sergeant-tailor (Sergeant Ferguson) had
+two hectic days fitting the Battalion for the Divisional Church Parade
+in a field between La Miquellerie and Ham en Artois. The Army
+Commander, General Sir Wm. Birdwood, was present, and after the
+service he gave us a most inspiring address, and saw us march past him
+in fours as we left the field. The two following days were devoted to
+a detailed inspection by the Corps Commander, Lieut.-General Sir R.
+Haking, who seemed favourably impressed and made some very
+complimentary remarks.
+
+On the 24th we moved up into support relieving the 25th R.W.F. The
+Battalion was disposed in two halves supporting the right and left
+battalions respectively--A and C Companies at Quentin and B and D
+Companies in front of Calonne with Battalion H.Q. After spending
+three quiet days here we were relieved by the 2/6th Battalion D.L.I.
+(59th Division), and marched back to Molinghem where our transport had
+been all the time. B Company left that afternoon, and the rest of the
+Battalion entrained next day on a tactical train for the Somme. We had
+a very slow journey, and arrived at La Houssoye about midnight and
+found our billets there. On 31st August the B Team moved to the
+Divisional Reception Camp at Franvillers, and about midday we got
+sudden orders to proceed to near Franvillers where buses would be
+awaiting us. We went by bus to a farm a couple of miles west of
+Maricourt, dumped our packs there and reached our destination Le Foret
+about midnight, where to our joy we were run to earth by the transport
+with rations and ammunition.
+
+Next day, 1st September, was spent in reconnaissance towards
+Bouchavesnes, out of which the Bosche had been pushed that morning. At
+7.30 P.M. we set out for the position of deployment east of
+Bouchavesnes, and were met by guides who conducted us by the longest
+possible route over the worst country they could find, and it was 3
+A.M. before the relief of the 2/4th London Regiment was complete and
+our men in the assembly trenches. Zero hour was 5.30 A.M., at which
+time it was barely light and rather misty. The first objective was the
+system of trenches (Opera and Monastir Trenches) on the far side of
+the Canal Du Nord, the second objective the strong system of trenches
+half way up the slope, and the final objective the crest of the ridge
+south of Nurlu Village, a good four miles away. We were to advance
+across the Tortille River keeping Moislains on our left, across the
+Canal and then swing northeast and push on to the high ground. This
+meant squeezing through a narrow neck between Moislains and Allaines
+and then after we were through the neck, changing direction and
+extending our front to almost double.
+
+After the preliminary bombardment and following the creeping barrage
+the Brigade moved forward--the Somersets leading on the right with
+ourselves following. The Devons were to mop up the village of
+Moislains, and once clear of the village we were to come up on the
+left of the Somersets and take the first objective. The barrage fell a
+long way ahead of us and left untouched a party of the enemy holding
+the trench immediately in front of us. This delayed us but for a
+moment, but the Somersets were having a good deal of trouble from the
+direction of Allaines which had to be dealt with and this took them
+and us more to our right than we should have been. The advance was
+again momentarily held up by heavy machine-gun fire on the Canal, but
+pushing on in most gallant style the leading companies got across all
+right and up the slope, driving the Bosche out of the wooden huts at
+the point of the bayonet and accounting for a great many at the same
+time. So far the advance had gone splendidly. The first objective had
+been taken, and the advance begun towards the second when murderous
+machine-gun fire was opened upon us from the left and left rear. The
+battalion of Londoners on our left north of Moislains had withdrawn,
+the village of Moislains itself was never mopped up, and the eight
+Bosche machine-guns holding Moislains seeing this moved quickly to the
+south of the village and opened on our backs. In addition to this we
+were being subjected to very heavy fire on our left flank, which was
+now completely in the air, and we could actually see their gun teams
+working the 77's on the crest of the ridge. The Bosche had paid us the
+compliment of rushing up his best troops to meet our Division, and
+certainly the Alpini Corps were most gallant fighters. To advance
+unsupported was out of the question, and our casualties were by now
+very heavy, so there was nothing left but to withdraw to the west side
+of the Canal again and reorganise the remains of the companies. Next
+day we pushed forward to the trenches south of Moislains and to the
+Slag Heap on the canal bank, and at dusk on the evening of the 4th we
+were relieved by the 19th Battalion London Regiment and marched back
+to rest and reorganise.
+
+Our casualties had been heavy--the C.O. wounded; of the four Company
+Commanders Captain R.W. Stewart and Captain I.C. Nairn had been killed
+and Captain J. M'Nab and Mr C.G. Duncan wounded. Mr Darney was killed
+and C.S.M. Aitken died of wounds--a total of 3 officers and 38 other
+ranks killed and 14 officers and 157 other ranks wounded. The
+Battalion got great praise for its gallant performance that day, and
+though the attack was apparently unsuccessful we had advanced farther
+than the authorities had expected, and, moreover, had the pleasure of
+seeing the 230th Brigade, who passed through us, make good about six
+miles without firing a shot--a peace march, which as Brig.-General
+Hoare was at pains to point out was entirely due to the offensive
+spirit of the 229th Brigade.
+
+We were given a day and a half in which to rest and reorganise and
+then off again on the retreating Bosche. Just as we were leaving we
+heard that Mr J.C. Drysdale had been hit by a shell which landed right
+at the mouth of his bivouac, at least six miles behind the line. In
+him we lost a most efficient and hard-working transport officer. After
+a night at Aizecourt and another at Longavesnes we were again in the
+line relieving the 25th (Montgomery and Welsh Horse Yeomanry)
+Battalion Welsh Regiment in the left sector of the divisional front
+holding the horse-shoe line of trenches round St Emilie, with
+Battalion H.Q. behind the railway embankment between Villers Faucon
+and St Emilie. A Company of the Somersets was attached to us to help
+to hold the long length of this salient. They linked up with the
+Devons on our right, while on our left and considerably to our rear
+was the 58th Division. We had about one and a half miles of half-dug
+trench to hold with less than 400 men all told. They were probably the
+worst sited trenches in France, with no field of fire and not
+continuous, completely dominated by the German guns at Epehy, who
+could fire down them, and by snipers who, by crawling through the
+thistles and broken country on our left rear (and the Alpini were bold
+snipers and deadly shots), could fire right up some portions of the
+trench. The salient held by the 74th Division was considerably in
+advance of the line held by the Australians on our right and by the
+Londoners on our left, and was quite an unhealthy spot until the
+Bosche were pushed out of Epehy.
+
+9th September passed fairly quietly until evening, when D Company (Mr
+Brodie Brown) was sent to reconnoitre to the front, and if possible
+establish themselves on the ridge on the far side of the valley in
+front of us. They had got about three quarters of the way when their
+patrols reported at least two companies of the enemy going into the
+trenches which D were to occupy and two strong patrols working
+forward on either side of them. To push on was impossible, so they
+returned to the trenches they had left. Though this merely confirmed
+what we already knew--that the enemy were holding that line in
+strength--and though a report was sent in to this effect, because the
+Air Force had reported that they could see no signs of the enemy,
+Corps ordered us to push forward at dawn next morning and occupy the
+crest of the ridge. These orders were only received at 2 A.M., and
+though Company Commanders were summoned at once A Company (Sergeant W.
+Collier) only received his orders at dawn--the runner having missed
+the way in the dark. The company of Somersets were to attack on the
+right, keeping touch with the Devons, C Company (Mr I.W. Cruickshank)
+in the centre, B Company (Mr J. M'Lean) on the left, with D Company
+(Mr Brodie Brown) in reserve. A Company (Sergeant W. Collier) was to
+keep in touch with the Londoners (58th Division) on the left and
+advance in conjunction with them. The time for our barrage opening was
+postponed, but the wire from Brigade never reached us and we advanced
+without any preliminary bombardment. C Company and the Somersets
+almost reached their objectives unobserved when they were met by very
+heavy machine-gun and rifle fire. B Company on the left were unable to
+push on which left C Company's left flank exposed. Into this gap the
+enemy quickly rushed fresh troops and attacked in force with the
+result that the two companies were overwhelmed by numbers and nearly
+surrounded. They were ordered to retire but not more than a quarter
+got back.
+
+We consequently were forced to hold our old line as a defensive line
+and get liason with the 58th Division, who also found the enemy in
+great strength and were unable to hold what they gained. We learned
+afterwards that a regiment (three battalions) of the enemy were
+holding the line between Ronssoy and Templeux le Guerard with orders
+to fight to the last. The Battalion was now very exhausted, the
+trenches were knee-deep in water, and a great number of Lewis guns and
+rifles were out of action with mud and water. Major D.D. Ogilvie and
+Mr Brodie Brown were the only officers left in the line, with Mr J.W.
+Ormiston doing liaison between Battalion H.Q. and Captain R.H.
+Colthart at Battle H.Q.--telephonic communication was almost
+impossible as the line was broken every five minutes. We were
+consequently very pleased when we were told we were to be relieved by
+the 10th East Kent Regiment (230th Brigade), who took over from us
+that night and we moved back to Longavenes.
+
+Here we found a draft of twelve Black Watch officers awaiting us, and
+the day was spent in cleaning ourselves. Next day (12th September) we
+moved back to Templeux la Fosse, with Battalion H.Q. in the old
+Prisoners of War compound and the companies in trenches. Major J.M.
+M'Kenzie, Royal Scots, arrived to take over command of the Battalion
+from, Major D.D. Ogilvie, and Brig.-General F.S. Thackeray (H.L.I.)
+assumed command of the Brigade which Lieut.-Colonel C.J.H.
+Spence-Jones, Pembroke Yeomanry, had commanded since Brig.-General R.
+Hoare had been wounded. We had six restful days here and then moved up
+to Faustine Quarry in reserve for the attack by the Division. A
+Company (Mr P. Dane) were attached to the Somersets, who had suffered
+a lot of casualties from gas.
+
+The III. Corps continued the attack on 18th September with a view to
+securing a position affording good observation on the Hindenburg line.
+The 1st Australian Division co-operated on our right and the 16th
+Division on our left. Against us was the 38th Division (German)
+holding from Templeux le Guerard to Ronssoy.
+
+Our divisional frontage had been reduced by nearly half, each brigade
+having been responsible for about 1000 yards. The 230th (and the
+Somersets) were on the right, 231st (with the Devons) on the left,
+leaving only ourselves in reserve. Aided by a haze and a very
+effective barrage the attack was a complete success, the first
+objectives being gained by 7.45 A.M. with very few casualties and a
+large bag of prisoners. On advancing over the ridge towards the second
+objective A Company came under very heavy machine-gun fire from
+Rifleman Post, but our artillery soon silenced that, and we were in
+occupation of Rifleman Post by one o'clock--an advance of 4500 yards.
+Here we consolidated, and remained till relieved by the Sussex. A
+Company's casualties were 4 killed and 25 wounded, and they had a
+number of prisoners and machine guns to their credit.
+
+[Illustration: The Divisional Boundaries for the three phases of the
+advance are shown by shaded lines. The first two advances were on a
+1-Brigade frontage, the third on a 2-Brigade frontage with only our
+Battalion in Reserve. Opposed to us were the Alpine Corps (1st
+Bavarian Jaeger Regiment and Body Infantry Regiment), with the 6th
+Cavalry Division on their right and the 96th and 95th Imperial
+Regiments of the 38th Division on their left.
+
+MAP SHOWING THE TRENCH SYSTEM ON THE SOMME.
+In addition to the principal trenches, use was made of all sunken
+roads and belts of barbed wire stretched across the country.
+_To face page 134_
+Emery Walker Ltd. Sc.]
+
+20th September was spent in salvage work on the battlefield, and at 10
+P.M. we moved forward to relieve the Suffolks at Toine and Pimple
+Posts--the first objectives in the attack. On the 22nd we relieved the
+25th R.W.F. in the front line, and held from Carbine Trench to
+Benjamin Post with A Company in support at Artaxerxes Post. The enemy
+shelled the position heavily both with high explosives and gas and we
+suffered some casualties.
+
+The Division was now consolidated on the line of the second objective,
+and it was obvious that the Bosche were holding the high ground,
+particularly Quennet Copse and Quennemont Farm, very strongly, and it
+was impossible for the tired and depleted Division to advance without
+further preparation. The line held by the enemy was our old front line
+of March overlooking the Bellicourt-Le Catalet section of the
+Hindenburg line, and they were determined to hang on to that at all
+costs. The attack on the Hindenburg line was not for us. The 74th
+Division was booked for the advance further north.
+
+On the night of the 24/25th September we were relieved by two
+companies of the 106th American Battalion; got to Faustine Quarry by 5
+A.M. and at 8 marched to Tincourt, where we entrained for
+Villers-Bretonneux. From Villers-Bretonneux we marched to Corbie
+(fifteen miles east of Amiens) and got into billets there. This was
+the last we were to see of the Somme, for we were destined for another
+front. That our services on the Somme front were appreciated is shown
+by the following letter received by our Division from General
+Rawlinson, Commanding Fourth Army, dated 28th September:--
+
+    "_74th Division._--The 74th Division has taken a prominent part
+    in the successful advance of the Fourth Army during the past
+    month, and, much to my regret, has been ordered to another part
+    of the British front.
+
+    "The work of this Division during a period of severe and
+    continuous fighting is worthy of the best traditions of the
+    yeoman stock of Great Britain.
+
+    "Brought to this country from a hot climate, where they took
+    part in a very different method of warfare, the 74th Division
+    has quickly adapted itself to the altered conditions, and has
+    fought with a determination and courage which is beyond praise.
+
+    "In the capture of AIZECOURT, DRIENCOURT, TEMPLEUX LA FOSSE,
+    LONGAVESNES, VILLIERS FAUCON, and TEMPLEUX LE GUERARD, the
+    Division has made a name for itself which ranks with the best
+    division fighting in the British Army, and I desire to offer to
+    all ranks my warmest thanks for their gallantry and
+    self-sacrifice.
+
+    "In addition to the considerable area of ground gained the
+    Division has captured over 1700 prisoners.
+
+    "I greatly regret that the Division is leaving the Fourth Army,
+    and in wishing all ranks every good fortune, I trust I may at
+    some future time find the 74th Division once more under my
+    command."
+
+We left Corbie early in the morning of the 28th for Mericourt where we
+entrained for Berguette, reaching our destination the following
+morning, whence we marched to our billeting area in Bourecq, just
+south of our old billeting ground at Fontes. Here we stayed till 2nd
+October when we moved by the light railway to "what was Locon." Two
+days later we were at Herlies. On the night 10/11th October the 229th
+Brigade took over from the 231st Brigade, and on the 14th we moved
+into the line relieving the 12th Battalion S.L.I., D Company on left,
+A in centre, and B on right, with C in support in Ligny Wood. On 15th
+October we occupied the railway line east of Ligny, and next day our
+patrols had pushed forward to the outskirts of Haubourdin (a suburb of
+Lille). On the 17th we again advanced, crossed the Haute Deule Canal,
+and on reaching our final objective handed over to the 16th Devons
+while we remained in support. Petit Ronchin, Ascq (on the
+Lille-Tournai road), and Baisieux gave us billets for the following
+nights. We were now in support to the Somersets, who carried on the
+advance until held up outside Marquain. The 231st Brigade had been
+withdrawn, so the Division was advancing on a one-battalion frontage.
+
+As soon as Orcq was gained we were to pass through the Somersets and
+carry on the advance. The enemy's resistance, however, was stiffening,
+and the Somersets were unable to push on. On the 22nd we took over the
+line in front of Orcq, but found it impossible to patrol much to the
+front owing to the heavy machine-gun fire. The trenches opposite were
+well wired in and strongly manned, and the attack by B Company on the
+23rd was held up within 100 yards of the objective by intense
+trench-mortar and machine-gun fire and artillery barrage, and the two
+platoons were compelled to withdraw to their original line after
+suffering 32 casualties.
+
+Next day we were relieved by the 10th Buffs and moved back to billets
+in Baisieux, where we rested for ten days and got through an
+inter-platoon football competition. On the evening of 1st November the
+enemy put over a few shells, and in going to regulate the traffic into
+the cellars Captain R.H. Colthart was mortally wounded. The death of
+our adjutant was a great loss to the Battalion. As Sergeant Colthart
+he had gone out with the Regiment to Gallipoli, was appointed
+quartermaster and then adjutant, and had been with the Regiment or
+Battalion in every engagement in which it had taken part, being
+mentioned in dispatches. Lieutenant J.W. Ormiston succeeded him as
+adjutant.
+
+Tournai was evacuated by the Germans on 9th November. The 231st
+Brigade promptly passed through it, and formed a bridgehead east of
+the town with the 55th Division on their right and the 57th Division
+on the left. The 230th Brigade occupied the town while we moved
+forward to Lamain. Next day we marched through Tournai, and had a
+tremendous reception. The skirl of the pipes and the sight of the
+kilts moved the population to great enthusiasm, both vocal and
+osculatory, and we had a regular triumphal procession. Our destination
+was Beclers, five miles east of Tournai.
+
+On 11th November we were continuing our advance east, and had reached
+the main road just west of Frasnes, when at twenty minutes before 11
+o'clock the Brigade-Major (Captain A.J.M. Tuck, M.C.) informed us that
+an armistice had been signed which came in force at 11 o'clock. The
+consequent halt threw our time-table out of gear, and we finally
+stumbled in to our billeting area in the dark, covered with mud and
+very weary.
+
+The following day our Brigade relieved the 230th Brigade in holding
+the outpost line, and we were billeted at Izieres. The inhabitants
+could not do too much for us, and we were quite sorry when orders were
+received on the 17th to proceed to Moustier. We had been transferred
+back again into the Fifth Army. Here we rubbed up our ceremonial drill
+and practised guard of honour for the King's visit. This, however,
+fell through, and on the 7th December we marched to a point on the
+Leuze-Tournai road, near Barry, where His Majesty held an informal
+inspection.
+
+While at Moustier we started elementary educational training, which
+was more fully developed after we moved to Grammont on 16th December.
+Here our wanderings finally ceased, and demobilization commenced. We
+had a most successful and sumptuous dinner on Christmas Day, the whole
+N.-E. of France having been ransacked for geese and turkeys. On New
+Year's Day Lieut.-Colonel J.M. M'Kenzie went home sick, and Major D.D.
+Ogilvie assumed command. Educational training in the forenoon and
+sports in the afternoon was the order of the day, and everyone looked
+forward to demobilization and Blighty once more.
+
+After defeating the K.S.L.I, in the semi-final we met the M.G.C. in
+the final for the Divisional Cup on 22nd January, whom we beat 3-0.
+Considering we had only four of the original team left it was all the
+more creditable that we managed to pull it off. Major-General E.S.
+Girdwood, C.B., presented a very beautiful silver cup and medals to
+the winning team, and Battalion medals were also sent to all members
+of the team. For the Divisional Cup our record was:--Played 6: won 5:
+drawn 1: goals for 25: goals against 6. Unfortunately a complete
+record of the Regimental and Battalion team was not kept, but we have
+records of the last 74 matches. Of these 66 were won: 3 lost: 5 drawn:
+goals for 217: goals against 45.
+
+[Illustration: THE BATTALION FOOTBALL TEAM.
+_Standing_ (_left to right._)--Sgt. Patterson, 2nd. Lt. Gourlay, Pte.
+Davidson, Pte. Buchanan, Pte. Thomson, Sgt. Fyall, Pte. Gair.
+_Sitting_--Sgt. Goodall, Lt.-Col. Ogilvie, Pte. M'Guffog, Cpl. Davis,
+Capt. Andrew. _In front_--Pte. Petrie, Pte. Moir.
+_To face page 140_]
+
+The Divisional Cross Country Run was also won by us, and we were
+selected to run in the Inter-Corps Run. One or two successful mule
+gymkhanas were got up, and we also tried our hand at baseball,
+cricket, and paper chases, both mounted and on foot. Two or three
+nights a week we had dances, and one or two good concert parties
+entertained us.
+
+Each week we kept sending men off for demobilization, and about the
+third week in March we sent about 100 men to the 8th Battalion the
+Black Watch, and half a dozen officers to the 6th Battalion in the
+Army of the Rhine. This reduced us to cadre strength. On 18th June the
+cadre consisting of 2 officers and 22 other ranks proceeded home via
+Boulogne, and a few days later the baggage guard followed, after
+handing over all Battalion stores at Dunkirk. Of those who went out on
+the _Andania_ only four remained--Lieut.-Colonel D.D. Ogilvie,
+Captain R.A. Andrew, M.C., R.Q.M.S. W.J. Galbraith and Sergeant-Major
+W. Nisbet. The cadre reached Kirkcaldy on 25th June, where they were
+entertained by the Provost on behalf of the Corporation, and in the
+afternoon were all demobilized at Kinross.
+
+So ends the history of the 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion,
+the Black Watch, Royal Highlanders.
+
+On 6th September 1915 Lord Lovat received the following wire from
+Windsor Castle:--
+
+    "I send you and your Brigade my best wishes on your departure
+    for Active Service. I feel sure that the great and traditional
+    fighting reputation of Scotsmen will be more than safe with you,
+    and that your Brigade will spare no effort in the interests of
+    the Empire's cause to bring this war to a victorious conclusion.
+
+    GEORGE _R.I._"
+
+The purport of this short history is to show how we did our best to
+carry out His Majesty's command.
+
+[Illustration: THE LYS SECTOR
+_To face page 142_]
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER VII
+
+SOME PERSONALITIES
+
+
+In writing this short history of the regiment I have carefully
+abstained from all personalities. These few notes on some of our best
+known characters are only added to recall pleasant--or other--memories,
+and the subjects are asked to forgive the liberty taken.
+
+To criticise one's superiors is both impolitic and impertinent, but
+there are three who cannot be omitted--two of them live in England and
+may never see this book, and the third--well, he has expressed his
+opinion of me quite bluntly more than once already.
+
+At Grammont I received a letter from a very well-known member of the
+football team thanking me for the medals, in which he said:--"We
+always liked General Girdwood for his kindly consideration for the
+men, and I know I am only expressing the opinion of all the boys when
+I say we would not have changed him for Haig himself." There is no
+doubt that was the opinion of the whole Division about our
+G.O.C.--and, fortunately, we only had the one. Whether he was talking
+to the men after a good bit of work in the line, or at a formal
+inspection in the "back area," one always felt how keenly interested
+he was in the men. They loved his "Beatty" cap--but not his roasts of
+beef. He always expressed his appreciation of good work, but
+apparently disliked the growing of oats on the spare pole of one of
+the limbers--but the transport know more about that than I do!
+
+The G.O.C. had certainly a brain-wave when he adopted the "Broken
+Spur" as our Divisional badge. We were all very proud of our "Broken
+Spur." An Australian officer, seeing it at Faustine Quarry, asked if
+it was the badge of the 74th Division. "Well," he added, "we call you
+'Allenby's Harriers,' because you are the only Division we can't keep
+up with." Coming from an Australian that was "some" praise.
+
+I don't know which was the more popular--the G.O.C. or "Reggie."[1]
+But "Reggie" took some knowing, and though it was capital fun watching
+him strafing others--which he did "full out"--it was quite another
+thing when he turned his guns on you! He was a tremendous sportsman,
+and it didn't seem to matter whether he was hunting sentries or
+jackal--so long as he was hunting he was quite happy--while the
+feelings of the sentry and the jackal were also probably similar! He
+took a tremendous pride in the Brigade--"I take off my hat every time
+to the 229th"--and I fancy what pleased him far more than defeating
+Turk or Bosche was our victory over the Scots Guards at Grand
+Roullecourt.
+
+If we had gone abroad within three months after mobilization nothing
+would have saved "Black Mick"[2]--if within six months it was about
+even odds. At nine months all the N.C.O.'s, a good many of the men, and
+even one or two subalterns might have tried to save him; while after a
+year, if any one had dared to lay hands on him, he would have been rent
+in twain by the entire Regiment. And the reason was obvious. Realising
+what capital material he had to deal with, Mick was determined that,
+whatever people might think of him, his job was to get the Regiment to
+the highest state of efficiency in the shortest possible time. The pill
+certainly was a bit bitter, and it was only when the effects began to
+be felt that we realised what a thundering good Doctor "Mick" was.
+Shortly before we went out he admitted that we were as good as any
+cavalry regiment in the Army, but characteristically added--"but don't
+tell the ----!" A very effective combination were the Colonel and Mick,
+and if we didn't love them much at the time we realise now how much we
+owe them.
+
+Subalterns and N.C.O.'s were to Mick as a bone to a puppy--he could
+chew us as much as he liked to-day, but we were still there for
+similar treatment on the morrow! But how pleased we were when his big
+black horse played up one day and knocked his cap off!
+
+His language was pointed and all-embracing, and our ancestry and
+morals both seemed to meet with his disapproval. It is therefore
+impossible to give any anecdote about Mick. When the narrator's
+opinion of Mick is added to Mick's opinion of the narrator, the story
+could only be told in Russian. "Always have an answer ready," was his
+advice, "even if it isn't the truth--like Mr Sharp's answer just now."
+
+Sharpie[3] and Ralph Stewart were quite the best at looking after
+themselves, and carried more gear than all the rest of us put
+together. At Syderstone Common an inquisitive general ordered the
+tarpaulin to be taken off the General Service wagon, and the first
+things which caught his eye were Sharpie's tennis racket and golf
+clubs. At Gara munitions of war had to be left behind to find room on
+the truck for his patent washstand. By the time he got to Palestine
+Johnnie Smith really could not compete with his belongings, and had to
+"borrow" a donkey to carry what could not possibly be left at Cox's
+Go-down--and it took eight months after the Armistice was signed
+before sufficient shipping could be collected at Alexandria to bring
+that home.
+
+"Tukie"[4] and "Doctor" Ross[5] of course go together--I don't know
+which had the more character.
+
+"What's the guid o' gaen tae oor Doctor? He wadna believe yer ill till
+yer deid, and he wadna believe yer deid till yer stinkin."
+Scrimshankers got little sympathy from either. "I've got awful pains
+in my back, Doctor," said one man, and a knowing look passed between
+the Doctor and Ross. "Off with your shirt then." A good old smack on
+his bare back and--"that's all right, my man. A good dose of castor
+oil, Corporal Ross. Medicine and duty."
+
+Corporal Ross was a wonderful detective. He knew the past history and
+character of every man in the Regiment, I am sure. Though no two could
+have taken more care over you when you were really sick than Tukie and
+his corporal, no two were harder on anyone they knew was shamming. How
+these two worked on Gallipoli! Finally Tukie had to give in and was
+literally pushed on board a hospital ship, but he was as bad as a
+patient as he was good as a doctor, and they were glad to get rid of
+him at Malta after a short time and return him to his beloved Unit.
+Egypt, of course, afforded great scope for Tukie's fly-extermination
+crusade, and I have already referred in the text to his extraordinary
+success in exterminating mosquitoes at Sherika.
+
+In Palestine his sanitary schemes were almost universally adopted, and
+his award of a Military Cross hardly represents the great improvements
+he introduced into the sanitation and health of the Force. We were all
+very sorry to lose Tukie, but realised that his ability was wasted as
+a regimental doctor, and felt he was better employed at the citadel
+where he had more opportunity of using his great surgical powers. We
+only hope he didn't drop cigarette ash into the interiors of his
+patients.
+
+Others we lost far too soon were Ronnie Hutchison, O.C. Machine Gun
+Section, who went to the M.G.C. His favourite word of command was
+"Gallop," and his joy to jump ditches and hedges with his carts; Pat
+Rigg and David Marshall, also Machine Gunners; Willie Don, who had to
+leave us in Egypt owing to heart trouble. His Grace of Canterbury
+himself could not have intoned words of command more melodiously than
+Willie did. Charlie Herdman, our finest exponent of horsemanship. He
+left us in Egypt to go to Remounts, and there he was absolutely in his
+element, horse, camel, and donkey-coping. Spreull the Vet., who went
+to the R.A.V.C. in France. Nor is anyone likely to forget "Daddy"
+Ricketts, the Q.M., if he ever tried to extract anything from his
+stores, or Gervase Babington (family motto "What is thine is mine")
+if he happened to possess anything Gervase or his troop coveted.
+
+"Ackety-ack"[6]--otherwise Willie Campbell--had one great failing. He
+could see no farther than A Squadron or A Company, and if anyone ran
+down "A" he foamed at the mouth. Ask him how many sergeants there were
+in No. 1 platoon--which won one of the inter-platoon football
+competitions--and he was abusive for a week! "Ackety" was perhaps seen
+at his best playing for the officers' team. On the advice of the
+crowd, "Go for the man, sir, never mind the ball," he invariably went
+for Collier or Herd or Dommett, the adjutant of the Somersets--each
+one quite two or more stone heavier than himself. He and
+"Aeroplane"[7] were well matched, nothing striking to look at but
+grand stayers. Willie was due for leave about the first week of
+January 1919, but as he had spent all his money, and about £200 of
+other people's, on the men's Christmas dinner, he had just to stay
+where he was from want of funds to take him home.
+
+While at Sherika, Ross Robertson left us to join R.F.C. He was our
+first signal officer, and when he left was second in command B
+Squadron. We lost in Rossie a very capable and popular officer, and
+his death on his first solo over the German lines at Cambrai was
+keenly felt by the entire Regiment. Morning stables were of no
+interest to Rossie--all the energy he could raise was devoted to
+flicking the heads off the daisies in his lines, but give him a
+definite job to do and no one could do it better.
+
+Unlike his successor, nothing could worry him--Bill Scott, on the
+other hand, took his telephones very seriously. Till the day he went
+home we pulled his leg about his 'phones. Ormy,[8] in particular,
+being lavish in advice as to what to do, and threatening to get Jock
+Clark if he (Scott) couldn't do it.
+
+Ormy was a great fellow. The less he knew about a subject, the more
+advice he would give and would argue the point _ad nauseam_. He was
+reading Law at the time--perhaps that is why.
+
+Perhaps "Dinkum's"[9] best _bon mot_ was when he nicknamed
+M'Dougal[10] the "Gallipoli Spider," and Mac certainly had a wonderful
+knack of gathering all things into his web. Gallipoli gave him
+splendid opportunity for his Autolycus-like habits, and rumour has it
+that, though really ill with dysentery, he took off with him from
+Suvla seventeen ground sheets and nearly as many blankets. At Sherika,
+rather than lose his share of the ice, he took it with his tea.
+
+Bombing was his strong point, and as an instructor in hand and rifle
+grenades he was first class. Routine he hated like poison. Mac is
+perhaps the only officer who was witty once--and only once--in his
+trench report. I don't know if H.Q. see the point of his remarks to
+this day. He it was, who, having overshot the mark, and lost his way
+in Palestine, was shown back to our lines by a Turkish officer!
+
+"George Washington," Cummins,[11] "lost his nerve," so he said,
+through being mauled by a lion in South Africa. This is purely
+supposition on his part, as he had no notion what nerves were. We
+sometimes wondered if he even knew what pain was. He was badly
+frost-bitten on Suvla, and had to be pushed off the Peninsula--at
+Sheria a bullet passed through his forearm and grazed his upper arm
+and ribs. He got it tied up, and continued with the advance, and then
+assisted wounded all night at the dressing-station. The C.O. ordered
+him to go to the Field Ambulance at once to have his wound seen to,
+but George put in four more hours before complying with the order.
+
+At Fakenham an officer joined us from the Wild West--a cow-puncher and
+lassoo expert. The obvious name for him was Arizona;[12] and Arizona
+he remained. I have even heard him referred to as Captain Arizona. An
+enthusiast in whatever he took up, he was in turn scout officer,
+transport officer, Lewis gun officer, quartermaster and company
+commander. But it is as sports officer that he will be best
+remembered--training the football or running teams, coaching the
+tug-of-war, organising cricket or baseball, or arranging mule
+gymkhanas or swimming matches. One of his best efforts was coaching
+the tug-of-war team in the final against Lovats at Sohag. Only when
+his handkerchief was in his right hand were his instructions
+"genuine."[13]--"Heave" with it in his left meant nothing, and
+completely mystified the opposing coach. Poor old Arizona! He went out
+with us to Gallipoli, and was with us to the very end. Shortly after
+coming home he had an operation on his broken nose, and everything
+seemed all right, but pleuritic pneumonia set in, and he died very
+suddenly in a nursing home in St Andrews in February of this year.
+
+There is one officer about whom innumerable stories could be told--no
+need to mention his name. He, it was who, looking through a periscope,
+well below the parapet, waved to a Turkish deserter to come in, and
+could not understand how the Turk didn't see him.
+
+When he was mounting his horse one day it collapsed and died on the
+spot.
+
+"That's a funny thing, Sergeant Cooper; I've never known this horse do
+that before."
+
+"Will you take my punishment or go before a court-martial?" "Your
+award, Sir."
+
+"Well, go away, and don't do it again!"
+
+When asked how he got on when torpedoed on the way home, all we learnt
+from him was, "It was very wet."
+
+Then there is the oft quoted, "What are you complaining about? It's
+only another five miles, and you've cocoa for your tea!"
+
+Mac Lindsay,[14] the stock-whip expert and jack-of-all-trades,
+confessed to only one ambition in life--to dress ---- in a little red
+jacket and fez and lead him round on a chain! The report that he made
+a Ford car out of bully-beef tins has, I understand, been officially
+denied.
+
+Just a week before the Armistice we lost Colthart, the best
+quartermaster in the Army, and one of the best of fellows. He had a
+wonderful "way with him," and could get for us all sorts of stores,
+etc., which other quartermasters were unable to get. He was with us
+all the time, and never missed a "show."
+
+Colthart once "took pity" on a stray donkey in Palestine. Government
+oats soon made a tremendous difference, and the donkey was sold at
+Yalo for, I think, £11. Unfortunately, the previous owner met the new
+purchaser with the donkey, and all explanations being unavailing, a
+court of enquiry was the result, to which witnesses seemed to come
+from all over Palestine. Eventually, the donkey was returned to its
+previous owner, and all parties satisfied--except the donkey.
+
+Dick Wood and Harry Fraser were two of the best we got from the Black
+Watch. Dick Wood looked benevolent enough behind his spectacles, but
+in a scrap his lust for blood was insatiable. Harry's penchant was
+stalking Bosche machine gun posts. Unfortunately, he got it badly in
+the neck just as success was at hand, and was away from us till about
+the Armistice.
+
+He and the other Harry (Adamson) looked after the transport lines.
+Arizona told Harry Adamson to take his platoon forward and see if the
+Bosche were still holding their trenches on the Lys Sector. "Hairy's"
+method was typical of the man. Thinking it might be a "dirty" job,
+"Hairy" left his platoon under cover and went on himself. Having
+failed to find any Bosche in their trenches, he got up on the parapet
+and waved to his platoon to come on!
+
+Of the N.C.O.'s and men it is possible only to mention a few.
+
+I always associate S.M. Alec. Ogilvie with Hogsthorpe at early morning
+stand-to going round the lines, abusing everyone for making a noise,
+and himself making as much noise as all the rest of us put together.
+He was the life and soul of C Squadron. Heaven knows what C would have
+done without him on the Peninsula. He and Edie and M'Laren, our three
+squadron sergeant-majors, were a very strong trio. Edie was an example
+to all of us--however tired he might be himself he never thought of
+resting till he was satisfied his men were all right.
+
+One man, I know, will never forget Sergeant Craig (he was made
+R.Q.M.S. just a few days before his death on Suvla). Craig found lice
+"doing squaderron drrrill up his legs," and he was pegged out in an
+outhouse till his clothes were fumigated.
+
+S.M. Bradfield was another splendid fellow who lost his life--the
+result of frost bite--on Gallipoli. Corporal "One 'wo" was a physical
+instructor in civil life, and no one could twist one better at "jerks"
+than he could.
+
+Then there was the one and only Jock Lumsden. Regularly once a week at
+morning stables he turned the whole troop out to water, while he and
+"Dinkum" swept the entire garage out--a sure sign that the previous
+night had been pay night. He always was a hard worker, but a perfect
+demon for work the morning after the night before. A squadron leader
+was showing a man how to use a pick, cutting trenches in the sandstone
+at Sherika. Up strolled Jock--hands deep in his pockets. "Here,
+Sergeant-major--this man hasn't the foggiest notion how to use a pick.
+I've just been showing him." "I've been watching ye, sir. I'm thinking
+it wad need tae be war time for you to earn ten shillings a day in the
+pits."
+
+"How many men in this bay for rum, Sergeant Lumsden?" "Four men and
+myself, sir. That will be nine." When handed his tot, he looked at the
+bottom of the mug, and handed it back to the orderly sergeant, "Hoots,
+Gorrie, dinna mak a fule o' my stamach."
+
+An inveterate gambler, but a great sportsman, no one could have been
+more loyal to his Company than Jock.
+
+When a man on manoeuvres crawls up to a ditch within twenty yards of
+a very wide awake post, leaves his cap just showing above the bank,
+and then proceeds up the ditch so as to get within five yards of the
+sentry, and could only be dislodged from there by stones, one spots
+him at once as a keen, hard-working fellow. Such was Private Gall, who
+eventually became R.S.M. He taught us to bayonet fight with "dash,
+vigour, and determination," and gave us Irish songs and recitations at
+our smokers.
+
+Another star performer was Craig of the Machine Gun Battery, with his
+whistling and patter. He eventually got a commission (and the D.S.O.)
+in the Grenadier Guards.
+
+Then there was Sergeant Renton--who, though badly frost-bitten,
+refused to leave the front line, and always showed his other foot to
+the Doctor. He could only hobble with the help of spades as crutches.
+Young Roger who "saw red" in the Dere and nearly bayonetted the
+Doctor. Hastie Young, an "old soldier," the regimental barber: he cut
+the Brig.'s hair, until the Brig. unfortunately ran into Hastie
+holiday-making in Jerusalem.
+
+Lowson who snored quite happily within a few yards of the Turkish
+machine gunner at "Amulree"[15] and finally got lost, and "fetched up
+among the 'Duffs,' I think ye ca' them" (it is as the "Buffs" that
+they are generally known)!
+
+S.-M. Elder, an old Black Watch man, who when asked if he were dead
+stoutly denied it.
+
+Little Batchelor, the runner, never flurried and always so polite,
+however nasty the Bosche might be, was nearly kidnapped by the
+Australians as a mascot.
+
+"Honest John" M'Niven who would work twenty-four hours a day to make A
+Company more comfortable.
+
+S.M. Hair whose wonderful pronunciation of words of command always
+amused us. His "Stind at ---- ice" electrified everyone; unlike poor
+old Aitken, whose staccato and rapid "Company company 'shun'" was
+never heard by anyone! And then the footballers Savage, Herd, Collier
+(who commanded "hauf a Batt-al-i-on" at St Emilie); Todd, M'Guffog
+(who captained the team that won the Final of the Divisional Cup, with
+a bit of Turkish shrapnel so close to his spine that they dared not
+operate); Davis with a heart like a lion and a kick like a mule;
+M'Lean who could head the ball about as far as he could kick it;
+Durham who seemed always half asleep and too lazy to worry--and many
+another first-rate footballer.
+
+Leitch, the biggest and strongest man we had, the end man of the
+tug-of-war team, one of our best Lewis gunners, who, when shot in the
+hand, so that he could not fire his gun, carried on bringing up
+ammunition boxes all that day.
+
+Henderson, D Coy's S.M.; Galbraith on whom descended Colthart's
+wonderful knack of obtaining whatever he wanted; Storrer Mosh alias
+Morrison Storrar of A Squadron and A Coy.
+
+Mack, one of the best we got from the 10th Battalion, and they were
+all good fellows; Corporal Gibb, who looked the part so well that he
+was appointed Acting Q.M.S. by the Stores Officer at Kantara!
+
+
+And Many More.
+
+Names and episodes crowd one another out--the more one writes, the
+more one recalls. These random jottings, however, will call up many
+more to the reader's memory. Such is my hope--that, having started you
+in a reminiscent frame of mind you will now carry on "spinning the
+yarn" yourself.
+
+    "Here's tae oorsel's! Wha's like us! Damned few!"
+
+[Illustration: THE FIFE AND FORFAR IMPERIAL YEOMANRY AT ANNSMUIR.
+_To face page 15_]
+
+
+FOOTNOTES:
+
+[1] Brigadier-General R. Hoare, C.M.G., D.S.O.
+
+[2] Capt. (later Lieut.-Col.) M.E. Lindsay, D.S.O., 7th D.G.
+
+[3] Capt. H.S. Sharp.
+
+[4] Capt. A.L. Tuke, M.C., R.A.M.C.(T.).
+
+[5] Cpl. (later Sgt.) A.J. Ross, M.M., R.A.M.C., attd. F. and F.Y. and
+14th R.H.
+
+[6] Capt. (later Major) Sir W.A.A. Campbell, Bart., M.C.
+
+[7] His charger.
+
+[8] Lieut. (A/Capt.) J.W. Ormiston.
+
+[9] Pte. Henderson, B Squadron.
+
+[10] Lieut. (later Capt.) A.R. M'Dougal.
+
+[11] Lieut. (late Capt.) W.W. Cummins.
+
+[12] Lieut. (late Capt.) R.A. Andrew, M.C.
+
+[13] Pronounced "_genu-eine_."
+
+[14] Lieut. A.S. Lindsay, M.B.E., M.C.
+
+[15] Amurieh, an isolated hill held by the Turks, raided by the Ayrs
+and Lanarks, 22nd March 1917.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER VIII
+
+THE PREDECESSORS OF THE FIFE AND FORFAR YEOMANRY
+
+
+During the troublous times in France at the end of the eighteenth
+century the fear of invasion was as acute as it was during the first
+years of the European War. To meet this danger Pitt issued his famous
+appeal, and towards the end of 1793 the first yeomanry regiment was
+raised in Suffolk. Others quickly followed, and in 1794 we find a
+regiment was raised in Forfar called the Forfar Yeomanry or Angus
+Cavalry, which continued twenty-five years until disbanded in 1819.
+
+In Fife the first unit raised appears to have been a regiment of
+"Fencible Cavalry" named "The Fifeshire Light Dragoons"; like other
+Fencible Units throughout the country this regiment seems to have been
+more or less a Regular Unit enlisted for the period of the war and for
+home service only. It was apparently the force on which the Government
+relied for keeping a check on local unrest, and was disbanded in 1797.
+
+In 1798 the Fife Yeomanry Cavalry and the Stirlingshire Yeomanry
+Cavalry were raised, and later on Perthshire, Clackmannanshire, and
+Kinross-shire all had their yeomanry regiments, which, however, seldom
+exceeded 150 in strength.
+
+In Fife, however, thanks to the inspiration and energy of Sir William
+Erskine and Mr Wemyss of Cuttlehill, it was very popular; and when the
+Earl of Crawford was appointed Colonel Commandant in September 1798
+there were already seven mounted troops.
+
+With change of name to the Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry, and under
+the successive command of Lieut.-Colonel Morison of Naughton (1803),
+Colonel J. Anstruther Thomson of Charlton (1809), and Colonel W.
+Wemyss (1823) the Regiment continued to flourish, receiving in
+1814--the year which saw the close of the war--the thanks of both
+Houses of Parliament for its services.
+
+In 1822 the Regiment took part in the Review held by His Majesty King
+George IV. on Portobello sands where, according to a contemporary
+account, "the novelty of an exhibition of this order, and the passion
+allowable of the ladies to see their gallant and rustic lords and
+lovers relinquishing the habiliments of common life and flourishing in
+scarlet and glory, produced an immense crowd."
+
+In December 1827 an Order was circulated announcing the disbandment
+of many yeomanry regiments, and among those on the list was The Royal
+Fife. Arms were returned to store, and the Regiment actually disbanded
+in 1828. The Perthshire, Clackmannanshire, and Kinross-shire
+Yeomanries were also disbanded at this time.
+
+[Illustration: DETACHMENT AT H.M. THE KING'S VISIT TO EDINBURGH.
+_To face page 160_]
+
+[Illustration: REGIMENTAL DRILL AT ANNSMUIR WITH SKELETON ENEMY.
+_To face page 160_]
+
+The troublous times of 1830 reached their height in the winter of that
+year, and many yeomanry regiments were re-established, amongst them
+being the Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry, commanded by General Balfour of
+Balbirnie. The Regiment was again disbanded in 1838, the same fate
+overcoming the Stirlingshire Yeomanry.
+
+In 1856 the Forfar Yeomanry were re-raised, and in 1860 the Fifeshire
+Mounted Rifle Volunteers, under command of Lieut.-General The Earl of
+Rosslyn, Captain Anstruther Thomson, son of the officer who had
+commanded the Fife Yeomanry and Fife Fencible Cavalry half a century
+before, Captain Whyte Melville of the 9th Lancers, Captain Oswald of
+the Grenadier Guards, son of Captain Oswald of Dunnikier of the Royal
+Rifles, and Captain Sir Arthur Halkett, who had carried the colours of
+the 42nd Royal Highlanders at the Battle of the Alma, were the Troop
+leaders.
+
+Though the Regiment was only officially accepted in June, they were
+present at the Royal Review in Edinburgh in September, marching past
+Her Majesty The Queen in rear of the Scots Greys.
+
+In 1862 the Forfar Yeomanry were disbanded, and for the next fourteen
+years there were no Yeomanry in Forfarshire.
+
+In 1870, on the application of Lieut.-Colonel Anstruther Thomson, the
+Mounted Rifle Volunteers were turned into Light Horse, and the Corps
+was called the 1st Fifeshire Volunteer Light Horse Corps, with an
+establishment of 240 all ranks.
+
+Towards the end of 1875 a movement was made to raise a Forfarshire
+Troop of Light Horse, and early in 1876 a strong Troop, known as the
+1st Forfarshire Light Horse Volunteer Corps, was raised at Dundee
+under command of Captain P.A.W. Carnegy of Lour and attached to the
+Fife Light Horse.
+
+In 1895 Lieut.-Colonel John Gilmour of Montrave succeeded to the
+command of the Regiment, and introduced the Squadron System--"A"
+Squadron having its headquarters at Cupar, "B" Squadron at
+Dunfermline, and the "Forfar" Squadron at Dundee.
+
+In October 1899 the South African War broke out, and early in 1900 the
+20th Company Imperial Yeomanry was formed. Captain Chappell Hodge,
+late 12th Lancers, was given command, and under him were Lieutenants
+J. Gilmour and J. Simpson. They embarked on 27th February for Cape
+Town where they were given their horses, and proceeded to join General
+Sir A. Hunter's Division for the relief of Mafeking. The "Fifes"
+crossing the Vaal captured the town of Christiana in the
+Transvaal--the first act of war on Transvaal soil.
+
+After the death of Captain Hodge, Captain R. Purvis took command till
+wounded at Nooitgedacht, when Lieutenant J. Gilmour succeeded him.
+
+In May 1901 the first contingent, after having marched 2575 miles and
+taken part in 85 engagements, proceeded home.
+
+The 20th Company Imperial Yeomanry continued to serve till the end of
+the war, receiving in all 498 officers and men from the Fife and
+Forfar Light Horse.
+
+The conversion of the Light Horse into Imperial Yeomanry took place in
+1901, and the Regiment then became the Fife and Forfar Imperial
+Yeomanry--in 1908, on the formation of the Territorial Force, the word
+"Imperial" was dropped.
+
+In 1901 Lieut.-Colonel Sir John Gilmour retired and was succeeded by
+Lieut.-Colonel T.H. Erskine of Grangemuir, the present Honorary
+Colonel of the Regiment.
+
+On the outbreak of war in 1914 the Regiment was commanded by
+Lieut.-Colonel A. Mitchell of Luscar, subsequent Commanding Officers
+being Lieut.-Colonels J. Gilmour, J. Younger, J.M. M'Kenzie, and D.D.
+Ogilvie. During this period the Adjutants were Captains M.E. Lindsay,
+H.S. Sharp, A.C. Smith, W.D. Brown, R. Colthart, and J.W. Ormiston.
+
+[Illustration: GROUP SHOWING SIX SUCCESSIVE COMMANDING OFFICERS.
+_Standing (left to right)_--Lt. Younger, Capt. Lumsden, Lt. Stewart,
+Capt. Haig, Col. Anstruther Thomson, Lt. Russell, Lt. Wright
+(Yorkshire Dragoons), Lt. Nairn, Capt. Dewar.
+_Sitting_--Major Osborne, Major Gilmour, Major Mitchell, Major
+Erskine, Lt.-Col. Sir J. Gilmour, Capt. Burgoyne (Adjutant), Major
+Marshall, Major Lawson.
+_To face page 164_]
+
+[Illustration: THE CADRE ON ARRIVAL AT KIRKCALDY (see page 142).
+_To face page 164_]
+
+
+
+
+APPENDIX
+
+HONOURS AND AWARDS
+
+
+=D.S.O.=
+
+Lieut.-Col. John Gilmour.
+Lieut.-Col. James Younger.
+
+
+=M.C.=
+
+Capt. Ian Couper Nairn.
+Capt. Sir William A.A. Campbell, Bart.
+Capt. A.L.S. Tuke, R.A.M.C.(T.).
+Lieut. Robert A. Andrew.
+2nd Lieut. Alec C. Smith.
+2nd Lieut. William Jeffrey Johnstone.
+2nd Lieut. John Crawford Houston.
+2nd Lieut. A. Richard Wood. D.C.M., M.M.
+2nd Lieut. T. Brodie Brown.
+345626 C.S.M. John Cameron.
+
+
+=D.C.M.=
+
+   131 S.S.M. Alexander Ogilvie.
+345018 C.S.M. William Henderson.
+345416 Sergt. William Collier.
+345200 Sergt. William Syme.
+345314 Sergt. William R. Chalmers.
+  1437 L/Sergt. J. Valentine.
+290604 Private James Birrell.
+345094 Private H.A. Dickie.
+  2029 Private W. Roger.
+345209 Private Thomas Spence.
+
+
+=M.M.=
+
+345674 Sergt. Alex. Park Gordon.
+345375 Sergt. William Herd.
+345380 Sergt. James Johnston.
+345749 Cpl. J. Black.
+300005 Cpl. Alexander J. Ross, R.A.M.C.
+345074 L/Cpl. John J. Leitch.
+345320 L/Cpl. E. Lippiatt.
+345409 L/Cpl. A. Sinclair.
+345116 L/Cpl. David Maxwell Telfer.
+ 11463 Private J. Armour.
+ 16877 Private Alex. Black. D.C.M.
+345446 Private William Blair.
+345259 Private A. Campbell.
+ 26870 Private Richard Izatt.
+345075 Private Douglas Rodger.
+345740 Private W.T. Smith.
+
+
+=M.S.M.=
+
+345141 R.S.M. George Call.
+345166 C.S.M. John Skinner Lumsden.
+345191 R.Q.M.S. William James Galbraith.
+345021 C.Q.M.S. William Blyth.
+345095 C.Q.M.S. John M'Niven.
+
+
+=Serbian Gold Medal=
+
+  2025 S.S. D.H. Pringle.
+
+
+=Italian Bronze Medal=
+
+345031 L/Cpl. Alexander Wilson.
+
+
+=Medaille Barbatie si Credinta--1st Class=
+
+345426 Sergt. Robert Ballantyne.
+
+
+=Mention in Dispatches=
+
+Lieut.-Col. John Gilmour.
+Major James Younger.
+Major Cecil George de Prée.
+Capt. Michael E. Lindsay.
+Capt. D. Douglas Ogilvie.
+Capt. Sir William A.A. Campbell, Bart.
+Lieut. David Colville.
+Lieut. Henry Adamson.
+2nd Lieut. Alec C. Smith.
+2nd Lieut. A.S. Lindsay.
+Lieut. (A/Capt.) Robert Herd Colthart.
+Lieut. Robert A. Andrew.
+2nd Lieut. (A/Capt.) John W. Ormiston.
+   131 S.S.M. Alexander Ogilvie.
+   977 S.Q.M.S. J. Edmund.
+345113 Sergt. Alex. Sievewright.
+345185 Sergt. William Scott.
+345424 Sergt. D. Low.
+345943 Sergt. Duncan Campbell.
+   792 Sergt. Nathaniel Mack.
+  1860 L/Sergt. James R. Barron.
+345165 L/Sergt. R.M. Hogg.
+345476 Cpl. William A. Milne.
+   650 Cpl. Alex. J. Ross, R.A.M.C.
+345245 L/Cpl. J. Brown.
+345302 L/Cpl. John Clark.
+345031 L/Cpl. Alexander Wilson.
+345180 Private Thomas Blease.
+345154 Private William Dunn.
+345052 Private Frederick Paterson.
+
+
+=Certificates of Gallantry=
+
+  1860 Cpl. James Barron.
+  1826 Private James Benton.
+  1851 Private James Salmond.
+  2441 Private W. Whyte.
+
+
+=Honours gained by Officers extra Regimentally employed=
+
+Lieut.-Col. Alex. J. King, C.M.G. D.S.O.
+Lieut.-Col. Andrew Spreull, R.A.V.C. D.S.O.
+Major George Erskine Jackson. O.B.E., M.C.
+Major (A/Lt.-Col.) Ronald G.O. Hutchison. D.S.O., M.C.
+Capt. Harold S. Sharp. Mention.
+Capt. Charles W. Herdman. Mention.
+Capt. Harold W.V. Temperley. O.B.E.
+Capt. A.S. Lindsay, M.B.E. M.C., Croix de Guerre.
+Capt. David Marshall. M.C.
+Lieut. R. Warburton. M.C.
+Lieut. A.G. Brown. M.C.
+Lieut. W.J. Rae. M.C.
+
+
+=Honours gained by former Adjutants=
+
+Colonel (Hon. Brig.-Gen.) M.L. MacEwen, C.B. Legion d'Honneur.
+Lieut.-Col. (Hon. Brig.-Gen.) G.R.H. Cheape, C.M.G. D.S.O., M.C.
+Lieut.-Col. E.C. Jury, C.M.G. M.C.
+Major (Temp. Lieut.-Col.) M.E. Lindsay. D.S.O.
+
+
+CASUALTIES
+
+DATE.      REGT.    RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+           NO.
+
+ 28.9.15    2635   Private     Carnegie, G.      Wounded.
+            2529   Private     Dow, D.           Wounded. Died 8.10.15
+            2056   Private     M'Kenzie, F.W.    Wounded.
+ 30.9.15    1998   Private     Maloney, James    Wounded.
+ 2.10.15    1617   Private     Scott, D.         Wounded.
+ 3.10.15     966   Sergt.      Petrie, R.        Killed.
+ 4.10.15    1799   Private     Clark, T.         Wounded.
+ 6.10.15    1681   Private     Gourlay, J.       Wounded.
+ 9.10.15    2405   Private     Doig, W.S.        Wounded.
+11.10.15    2487   Private     Grieve, J.        Wounded.
+            1816   Private     Robertson, J.     Wounded.
+12.10.15    2039   Private     Westwater, A.C.   Wounded. Died of wounds.
+18.10.15    1541   Cpl.        Maxwell, J.       Killed.
+            1985   Private     Haworth, F.       Killed.
+            1730   Private     Pattinson, J.     Killed.
+            1437   L/Sergt.    Valentine, J.     Wounded.
+            2029   Private     Roger, W.         Wounded.
+19.10.15    2069   Private     Carnegie, R.Y.    Wounded.
+20.10.15    2534   Private     Lumsden, T.       Wounded.
+            2486   Private     Morris, J.        Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  20.10.15.
+21.10.15    2489   Private     Beveridge, H.     Killed.
+            1835   Private     Macfarlane, J.    Killed.
+            1727   Private     Brown, A.         Wounded.
+            2536   Private     O'Neill, J.A.     Wounded.
+            1826   Private     Renton, J.        Wounded.
+24.10.15    1995   L/Cpl.      Blease, T.        Wounded.
+            2081   Private     Young, W.K.       Wounded.
+26.10.15    1704   Private     Ford, C.          Killed.
+            2201   Private     Henry, J.         Wounded.
+27.10.15    2276   Private     Campbell, G.W.    Wounded.
+29.10.15    1496   Private     Clark, D.         Killed.
+            1449   Sergt.      Farrell, A.       Wounded.
+30.10.15    1758   Private     Baxter, J.        Killed.
+31.10.15    1971   Private     Kennedy, J.       Killed.
+ 2.11.15    2010   Private     Millar, D.        Wounded.
+ 3.11.15    1989   Private     Rushworth, G.     Died of wounds.
+ 4.11.15    2075   Private     Whyte, J.L.       Wounded.
+ 5.11.15    2535   Private     Jarvis, T.        Wounded.
+12.11.15    1705   Private     Cowan, R.         Killed.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Herdman, C.W.     Wounded.
+            1817   Private     Fotheringham, H.  Wounded.
+            1751   Private     Harris, W.H.      Wounded.
+            1921   Private     Wilson, R.        Wounded.
+16.11.15    1621   Private     Fyffe, T.W.       Wounded.
+            2216   Private     Gordon, W.        Wounded.
+            2204   Private     Pearson, W.       Wounded.
+26.11.15    1811   Private     Robertson, R.W.   Wounded.
+28.11.15    2043   L/Cpl.      Fairweather, T.   Killed.
+            2048   L/Cpl.      Howie, W.         Killed.
+            1901   Private     Hood, J.T.        Wounded.
+            1735   Private     Mitchell, R.R.    Wounded.
+            2458   Private     Wilson, J.M.      Wounded.
+            2089   Private     Roger, J.M.       Died.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+29.11.15    1595   Cpl.        Bowie, R.         Wounded.
+            2412   Private     Adamson, D.       Wounded.
+            1685   Private     Hamilton, T.      Wounded.
+            1930   Private     M'Kechnie, W.     Wounded.
+            1563   Private     Millar, T.        Wounded.
+            2456   Private     Potter, A.        Wounded.
+            2455   Private     Rough, J.         Wounded.
+29.11.15    2337   Private     Wright, C.        Wounded.
+            1684   S.S. Cpl.   Pearson, W.       Missing (prisoner).
+                                                 Died at Sivas, 25.5.16.
+30.11.15    1886   Private     M'Gregor, R.      Died at Sivas, 25.5.16.
+            2083   Private     Moffat, T.        Died at Sivas, 25.5.16.
+            2360   Private     Halley, J.        Wounded.
+            1581   Cpl.        Peter, A.         Wounded. Died 5.12.15.
+ 1.12.15    2440   Private     Stewart, J.       Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  3.12.15.
+ 2.12.15    1987   R.Q.M.S.    Colclough, W.T.   Wounded.
+ 8.12.15    2209   Private     Batchelor, A.     Wounded.
+10.12.15    2021   Private     Galloway, J.      Wounded.
+12.12.15    1618   Private     Paton, D.S.       Wounded.
+15.12.15    2155   Private     Finlayson, P.     Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  16.12.15.
+19.12.15    2057   A/R.Q.M.S.  Craig, J.         Died of wounds.
+ 6.11.15    2186   Private     M'Laren, A.       Died of disease.
+ 8.11.15    2024   Private     Cairns, R.D.      Died of disease.
+18.11.15    2129   Private     Harley, A.B.      Died of disease.
+15.12.15    2059   S.S.M.      Bradfield, T.     Died of disease.
+ 27.5.16    2026   Private     Hendry, J.M.      Died of disease.
+27.11.16    2583   Tptr.       Shearer, W.       Died of disease.
+ 19.4.17  345413   Private     Robertson, R.     Wounded. Mansura Ridge.
+          345542   Private     Wilson, H.J.R.    Wounded. Mansura Ridge.
+ 14.5.17  345122   Private     Yule, G.          Wounded.
+ 16.5.17  345060   Saddler     Brown, J.         Wounded and at duty.
+ 25.5.17  345945   L/Sgt.      Bannigan, P.      Killed. Dumb-bell Hill.
+          345555   Private     Floyd, J.         Wounded. Dumb-bell Hill.
+          346003   Private     Wiseman, W.       Wounded. Dumb-bell Hill.
+ 26.5.17  345561   Private     Calder, J.        Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Dumb-bell Hill.
+          340020   Private     M'Donell, D.      Wounded. Dumb-bell Hill.
+          340016   Private     Milne, J.W.       Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Dumb-bell Hill.
+ 31.5.17  345402   Private     Aitkenhead, M.    Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Dumb-bell Hill.
+ 12.6.17  345934   Private     Davidson, R.      Wounded. Dumb-bell Hill.
+ 17.6.17  345549   Private     Keith, H.         Wounded.
+ 30.8.17   ...     2nd Lieut.  Crawford, W.S.    Wounded.
+                               (Lanark Yeomanry)
+          345180   L/Cpl.      Blease, T.        Wounded.
+          345703   Private     Davidson, A.      Wounded and at duty.
+          345758   Private     Edwards, J.       Wounded.
+          345497   Private     Potter, S.        Wounded and at duty.
+ 1.11.17  345461   L/Cpl.      Harley, R.        Killed.
+          345190   Private     Lister, L.        Missing (prisoner).
+ 3.11.17  345073   Cpl.        Dougal, J.F.      Missing (prisoner).
+            9276   Private     Bell, A.          Missing (prisoner).
+           17468   Private     Brady, J.         Missing (prisoner).
+ 4.11.17   ...     2nd Lieut.  Inglis, T.H.      Wounded.
+                               (att. Glo'ster
+                                Yeomanry).
+           ...     2nd Lieut.  M'Lean, J.        Wounded.
+          345335   L/Lieut.    Wyles, A.         Wounded.
+          340021   Private     Adams, W.         Wounded.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+ 4.11.17  345207   Private     Dow, R.           Wounded.
+          S/8885   Private     Kirk, G.B.        Wounded.
+ 6.11.17           Major       Osborne, G.E.B.   Killed. Sheria.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Kinniburgh, J.D.  Killed. Sheria.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Thomson, E.A.     Killed. Sheria.
+          345172   Sergt.      Spence, A.        Killed. Sheria.
+          345951   Sergt.      Sharp, J.         Killed. Sheria.
+          345633   Cpl.        Dow, J.           Killed. Sheria.
+          345161   Cpl.        Ovenstone, P.     Killed. Sheria.
+          345264   Cpl.        Rattray, J.M.     Killed. Sheria.
+          345627   L/Cpl.      Adamson, H.       Killed. Sheria.
+          345953   L/Cpl.      Baxter, R.        Killed. Sheria.
+           13133   L/Cpl.      M'Donald, G.      Killed. Sheria.
+          345289   L/Cpl.      Prain, G.         Killed. Sheria.
+           20382   Private     Anderson, J.      Killed. Sheria.
+            2819   Private     Aston, T.         Killed. Sheria.
+          345332   Private     Braid, D.         Killed. Sheria.
+          340004   Private     Combe, W.         Killed. Sheria.
+           16294   Private     Dalgleish, W.     Killed. Sheria.
+          345545   Private     Downie, H.        Killed. Sheria.
+          345605   Private     Fyfe, T.          Killed. Sheria.
+           21841   Private     Gault, J.         Killed. Sheria.
+          345962   Private     Geddes, C.        Killed. Sheria.
+           20390   Private     Hendrie, J.       Killed. Sheria.
+            8913   Private     Hoban, P.         Killed. Sheria.
+          345301   Private     Howie, G.         Killed. Sheria.
+ 6.11.17    8224   Private     Hynd, H.          Killed. Sheria.
+          345247   Private     Johnstone, J.R.   Killed. Sheria.
+          345609   Private     Kemp, W.          Killed. Sheria.
+          345717   Private     King, L.          Killed. Sheria.
+          345358   Private     Lawrence, A.H.    Killed. Sheria.
+            9916   Private     M'Donald, D.      Killed. Sheria.
+          340018   Private     M'Millan, D.      Killed. Sheria.
+          345679   Private     Milne, J.         Killed. Sheria.
+          345871   Private     Milne, J.         Killed. Sheria.
+          340016   Private     Milne, J.W.       Killed. Sheria.
+           16758   Private     Mudie, F.         Killed. Sheria.
+          345350   Private     Muir, J.K.        Killed. Sheria.
+           20362   Private     Mutch, C.         Killed. Sheria.
+          345115   Private     Nicoll, J.        Killed. Sheria.
+          345769   Private     Notman, J.        Killed. Sheria.
+          345394   Private     Pake, J.          Killed. Sheria.
+           16204   Private     Peattie, D.       Killed. Sheria.
+          345598   Private     Ritchie, J.       Killed. Sheria.
+          345239   Private     Rodger, W.        Killed. Sheria.
+           21819   Private     Ross, D.          Killed. Sheria.
+          345735   Private     Scott, R.         Killed. Sheria.
+           20889   Private     Staff, J.         Killed. Sheria.
+          345861   Private     Stewart, A.       Killed. Sheria.
+          345622   Private     Symon, A.         Killed. Sheria.
+          345444   Private     Watson, N.        Killed. Sheria.
+          345325   Private     Wilson, D.        Killed. Sheria.
+           19663   Private     Woodward, J.      Killed. Sheria.
+                   Lt.-Col.    Gilmour, J.       Wounded. Sheria.
+                   Captain     Campbell, Bart.,
+                                Sir W.A.A.       Wounded. Sheria.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+ 6.11.17           Captain     Cummins, W.W.     Wounded. Sheria.
+                   2nd Lieut.  M'Carrick, F.     Wounded. Sheria.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Martin, J.M.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345426   Sergt.      Ballantyne, R.    Wounded. Sheria.
+          345128   Sergt.      Ballantyne, J.    Wounded. Sheria.
+          345416   Sergt.      Collier, W.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          345098   Sergt.      Goodall, J.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          345947   Sergt.      M'Gregor, H.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345334   Sergt.      Saunders, A.M.    Died of wounds 18.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345164   Sergt.      Taylor, D.        Died of wounds 11.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345251   Cpl.        Chalmers, G.C.    Died of wounds 8.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345097   Cpl.        Farmer, D.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345950   Cpl.        Hedley, W.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345138   Cpl.        Hood, J.T.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345234   Cpl.        Moir, A.          Wounded. Sheria.
+          345341   Cpl.        Patterson, T.     Wounded. Sheria.
+          345398   Cpl.        Rollo, D.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345196   Cpl.        Stewart, G.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          345030   Cpl.        Whyte, J.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345223   Cpl.        Wright, R.H.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345225   L/Cpl.      Black, D.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345917   L/Cpl.      Cairncross, H.    Wounded. Sheria.
+          340001   L/Cpl.      Dick, J.          Wounded. Sheria.
+          345816   L/Cpl.      Doig, R.          Wounded. Sheria.
+          345054   L/Cpl.      Fleming, A.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          345174   L/Cpl.      Flynn, W.         Died of wounds. Sheria.
+ 6.11.17  345244   L/Cpl.      Hamilton, W.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345780   L/Cpl.      Holmes, R.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345844   L/Cpl.      Honeyman, J.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345074   L/Cpl.      Leitch, J.J.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345015   L/Cpl.      Lister, H.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345188   L/Cpl.      Ogg, J.           Wounded. Sheria.
+          345471   L/Cpl.      Stephen, E.       Wounded. Sheria.
+           18945   L/Cpl.      Ward, C.          Wounded. Sheria.
+          345395   L/Cpl.      Wright, W.        Wounded. Sheria.
+           15545   L/Cpl.      Younger, J.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          345918   Private     Alexander, P.     Wounded. Sheria.
+           15794   Private     Allan, J.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          340002   Private     Angus, T.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345576   Private     Armstrong, W.     Died of wounds 29.11.8.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345834   Private     Bagridge, H.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345998   Private     Barlow, W.R.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345579   Private     Beaton, J.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345496   Private     Birrell, H.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          345577   Private     Bisset, A.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345405   Private     Black, G.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345695   Private     Black, J.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345478   Private     Blyth, J.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345747   Private     Boyle, J.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          346000   Private     Bradshaw, A.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345890   Private     Bremner, F.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          345561   Private     Calder, J.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345312   Private     Calderhead, J.    Wounded. Sheria.
+          345268   Private     Campbell, G.W.    Wounded. Sheria.
+          345635   Private     Campbell, J.      Wounded. Sheria.
+           18725   Private     Cant, A.          Wounded. Sheria.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+6.11.17    20876   Private     Chalmers, J.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345878   Private     Chalmers, W.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          241313   Private     Clarkson, J.R.    Wounded. Sheria.
+          340006   Private     Colthart, T.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345678   Private     Conning, J.       Wounded. Sheria.
+           22141   Private     Cooper, W.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345092   Private     Coupar, D.L.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345869   Private     Craig, G.         Wounded. Sheria.
+           11824   Private     Craig, J.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345152   Private     Crichton, W.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345854   Private     Crighton, A.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345591   Private     Cumming, J.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          345275   Private     Denholm, C.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          345648   Private     Devlin, C.        Wounded. Sheria.
+           43091   Private     Donaldson, D.     Wounded. Sheria.
+           18718   Private     Drysdale, A.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345704   Private     Duffin, J.        Died of wounds 23.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345238   Private     Duncan, G.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345154   Private     Dunn, W.          Wounded. Sheria.
+           20381   Private     Edwards, D.       Died of wounds 8.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+           21824   Private     Ellison, S.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          345567   Private     Emerson, F.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          340013   Private     Ewart, J.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345649   Private     Ferguson, H.      Wounded. Sheria.
+           20878   Private     Findlay, W.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          345963   Private     Finlayson, A.C.   Wounded. Sheria.
+ 6.11.17  345568   Private     Forsyth, J.B.     Wounded. Sheria.
+          345434   Private     Gibb, D.          Wounded. Sheria.
+            4570   Private     Gordon, W.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345507   Private     Grant, A.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345534   Private     Gray, J.          Wounded. Sheria.
+           20378   Private     Gunn, A.          Wounded. Sheria.
+           22331   Private     Gunn, D.          Wounded. Sheria.
+          345713   Private     Guyan, D.         Died of wounds 11.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345654   Private     Helmsley, P.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345898   Private     Henderson, W.     Wounded. Sheria.
+          345495   Private     Henderson, J.     Wounded. Sheria.
+          345282   Private     Henry, T.B.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          241311   Private     Herbertson, J.    Wounded. Sheria.
+           10507   Private     Herd, D.          Wounded. Sheria.
+           10507   Private     Hirst, R.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345510   Private     Hunter, R.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345763   Private     King, B.          Died of wounds 6.1.18.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345990   Private     Laing, J.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345926   Private     Langston, H.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345965   Private     Lawson, A.M.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345611   Private     Linn, J.          Wounded. Sheria.
+          345612   Private     Livingstone, G.   Wounded. Sheria.
+          345901   Private     Lockhart, A.      Wounded. Sheria.
+            3752   Private     Lyall, P.         Died of wounds 7.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345783   Private     M'Aree, H.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345385   Private     M'Call, J.        Wounded. Sheria.
+           20379   Private     M'Carthey, J.     Wounded. Sheria.
+          345483   Private     M'Cartney, W.H.   Wounded. Sheria.
+          345266   Private     M'Donald, A.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          340020   Private     M'Donald, D.      Wounded. Sheria.
+
+ DATE.     REGT.    RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+           NO.
+
+ 6.11.17  345269   Private     M'Donald, F.      Died of wounds 8.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345975   Private     M'Donald, J.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345354   Private     M'Ewan, T.        Died of wounds 8.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345628   Private     M'Fadden, H.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345822   Private     M'Goldrick, F.    Wounded. Sheria.
+          345460   Private     M'Graw, D.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345724   Private     M'Inroy, D.       Wounded. Sheria.
+          345401   Private     M'Kechnie, W.     Wounded. Sheria.
+          345587   Private     M'Laggan, J.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345611   Private     M'Millan, A.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345680   Private     M'Millan, J.      Died of wounds 6.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345967   Private     M'Rae, M.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345971   Private     Marshall, J.      Wounded. Sheria.
+           16505   Private     Martin, J.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345659   Private     Martin, W.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345406   Private     Mathew, J.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345728   Private     Meekison, C.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345824   Private     Meldrum, A.       Wounded. Sheria.
+           20394   Private     Mercer, H.        Died of wounds 8.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345439   Private     Moir, J.          Wounded. Sheria.
+          345260   Private     Moonie, J.W.      Wounded. Sheria.
+          345566   Private     Morgan, S.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345658   Private     Mudie, W.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345910   Private     Murray, T.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345482   Private     Penman, A.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345290   Private     Pennycook, J.M.   Wounded. Sheria.
+ 6.11.17   16033   Private     Petrie, D.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345597   Private     Prain, S.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345929   Private     Purvis, D.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345976   Private     Ramsay, W.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345977   Private     Reid, M.          Wounded. Sheria.
+           20875   Private     Reid, R.          Wounded. Sheria.
+          345573   Private     Rennie, C.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345982   Private     Robertson, A.     Wounded. Sheria.
+          345556   Private     Robertson, J.     Wounded. Sheria.
+          345392   Private     Robertson, W.     Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          346010   Private     Roy, A.           Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345575   Private     Scott, A.         Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345486   Private     Seath, J.         Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+           18720   Private     Shepherd, D.      Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345249   Private     Simpson, A.       Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345995   Private     Simpson, J.       Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345808   Private     Smith, R.         Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345333   Private     Smith, W.         Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+           20865   Private     Smith, W.A.       Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          340012   Private     Soutar, W.        Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345741   Private     Spence, G.        Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          346011   Private     Stewart, C.       Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345585   Private     Storey, C.        Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345068   Private     Storrar, M.       Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345775   Private     Stronner, J.      Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345529   Private     Stuart, J.        Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345415   Private     Thomson, H.       Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345862   Private     Turner, G.        Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+           19848   Private     Twist, T.         Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345599   Private     Urquhart, J.      Died of wounds 12.11.17.
+                                                  Sheria.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+ 6.11.17  345468   Private     Veale, L.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          340022   Private     Walker, G.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345687   Private     Waterson, T.      Wounded. Sheria.
+           15462   Private     Weston, A.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345784   Private     Whyte, R.         Wounded. Sheria.
+          345506   Private     Wilson, J.        Wounded. Sheria.
+          345317   Private     Wilson, J.        Wounded. Sheria.
+           20895   Private     Williamson, T.    Wounded. Sheria.
+           20376   Private     Woodward, R.A.    Wounded. Sheria.
+                   Captain     Brown, W.D.       Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345946   Sergt.      Mackie, A.        Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345087   L/Cpl.      Reid, I.          Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345020   L/Cpl.      Robertson, K.     Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345615   Private     M'Leod, N.        Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345666   Private     Petrie, M.        Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345075   Private     Rodger, D.        Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345383   Private     Ross, G.R.        Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Sheria.
+          345317   Private     Wilson, J.        Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Sheria.
+30.11.17  345002   C.Q.M.S     Morrison, D.      Wounded. Wadi Selman.
+          345051   Sergt.      Watson, J.        Wounded. Wadi Selman.
+          345430   L/Sergt.    M'Neil, R.        Wounded. Wadi Selman.
+          345638   Private     Benson, H.        Wounded. Wadi Selman.
+          345899   Private     Higginbottom, R.  Wounded. Wadi Selman.
+           18845   Private     Huckerby, W.      Wounded. Wadi Selman.
+          293275   Private     Smith, E.J.       Wounded. Wadi Selman.
+           13401   Private     Paxton, R.        Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Sheria.
+ 1.12.17           2nd Lieut.  Greenlees, G.D.   Killed. "1750."
+          345352   Private     Dickson, D.G.     Killed. "1750."
+          345857   Private     Plant, H.         Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  "1750."
+ 3.12.17  345712   Private     Gray, W.          Missing (prisoner).
+10.12.17  345814   Private     Connaghan, M.     Wounded.
+27.12.17           2nd Lieut.  Forrest, P.T.A.   Killed. Zeitun.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Armstrong, W.W.   Killed. Zeitun.
+           21840   Private     Anderson, J.      Killed. Zeitun.
+            9388   Private     Brand, J.         Killed. Zeitun.
+          345698   Private     Brookland, F.     Killed. Zeitun.
+           21826   Private     Goodfellow, J.    Killed. Zeitun.
+          345969   Private     Jack, A.          Killed. Zeitun.
+          346009   Private     Patterson, J.C.   Killed. Zeitun.
+          345524   Private     Young, P.         Killed. Zeitun.
+                   Captain     Brown, W.D.       Died of wounds 27.12.17.
+                                                  Zeitun.
+          345214   Sergt.      Menzies, J.B.     Wounded. Zeitun.
+            5756   L/Sergt.    Grant, D.         Wounded. Zeitun.
+          345422   Cpl.        Bisset, D.        Wounded. Zeitun.
+          345080   L/Cpl.      Mackay, R.B.      Wounded. Zeitun.
+          345565   L/Cpl.      M'Whirter, D.     Wounded. Zeitun.
+            2491   L/Cpl.      Silvester, W.     Wounded. Zeitun.
+           21715   L/Cpl.      Williams, J.P.    Died of wounds 28.12.17.
+                                                  Zeitun.
+          345425   Private     Braid, T.         Died of wounds 29.12.17.
+                                                  Zeitun.
+           26887   Private     Clunie, R.        Died of wounds 28.12.17.
+                                                  Zeitun.
+          345647   Private     Dunk, P.          Wounded. Zeitun.
+          345838   Private     Ferguson, W.      Wounded. Zeitun.
+            7194   Private     Freal, S.         Died of wounds 2.1.18.
+                                                  Zeitun.
+          345842   Private     Hickman, C.       Died of wounds. Zeitun.
+          345384   Private     Knox, R.          Wounded. Zeitun.
+           18716   Private     M'Intosh, E.      Wounded. Zeitun.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+27.12.17  345586   Private     M'Intyre, W.      Died of wounds 11.4.18.
+                                                  Zeitun.
+          345662   Private     M'Kendrick, A.    Wounded. Zeitun.
+          345522   Private     M'Pherson, M.     Wounded. Zeitun.
+           20368   Private     Paton, F.         Wounded. Zeitun.
+          268743   Private     Patterson, A.     Wounded. Zeitun.
+          240198   Private     Smith, R.M.       Wounded. Zeitun.
+          345337   Private     Tocher, A.        Wounded. Zeitun.
+           22243   Private     Van Riel, H.F.,   Wounded. Zeitun.
+          345273   Sergt.      Halley, R.        Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Zeitun.
+28.12.17           Lieut.      Johnstone, W.J.   Killed. Beitania.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Paisley, G.W.     Killed (with A. & L.
+                                                  Yeo.). Beitania.
+          345200   Sergt.      Syme, W.          Killed. Beitania.
+          345009   L/Sergt.    Oliver, R.        Killed. Beitania.
+          345270   L/Cpl.      Dickson, W.       Killed. Beitania.
+          345751   Private     Byrne, T.         Killed. Beitania.
+          345815   Private     Crighton, C.      Killed. Beitania.
+          241316   Private     M'Kinnon, A.      Killed. Beitania.
+          345311   Private     Reid, J.          Killed. Beitania.
+           18698   Private     Ross, D.          Killed. Beitania.
+                   Captain     Duncan, P.F.      Wounded. Beitania.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Cummings, D.      Wounded. Beitania.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Haggart, J.       Died of wounds 3.1.18.
+                                                  Beitania.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Robson, P.L.      Wounded. Beitania.
+          345053   Sergt.      Boath, W.         Wounded. Beitania.
+          345273   Sergt.      Halley, R.        Wounded. Beitania.
+          345165   Sergt.      Hogg, R.M.        Wounded. Beitania.
+28.12.17  345404   L/Cpl.      Kilpatrick, W.    Died of wounds 29.12.17.
+                                                  Beitania.
+           18684   L/Cpl.      Rankine, T.       Wounded. Beitania.
+          345511   L/Cpl.      Rodgerson, D.     Wounded. Beitania.
+          345578   Private     Beveridge, R.     Wounded. Beitania.
+          345786   Private     Blyth, G.         Wounded. Beitania.
+          345194   Private     Brady, H.         Wounded. Beitania.
+          203197   Private     Buntain, J.       Wounded. Beitania.
+           16034   Private     Christie, G.D.    Wounded. Beitania.
+            3688   Private     Cowan, A.         Wounded. Beitania.
+           14709   Private     Davidson, A.      Died of wounds 30.12.17.
+                                                  Beitania.
+          345459   Private     Davidson, H.      Wounded. Beitania.
+          340025   Private     Easson, W.        Wounded. Beitania.
+          200549   Private     Flynn, W.         Wounded. Beitania.
+          345236   Private     Henderson, W.     Wounded. Beitania.
+           22027   Private     Inglis, J.        Wounded. Beitania.
+          345252   Private     Johnstone, G.A.   Wounded. Beitania.
+          240369   Private     M'Callum, W.      Wounded. Beitania.
+           13009   Private     M'Ginley, R.      Wounded. Beitania.
+          345613   Private     M'Kay, P.         Wounded. Beitania.
+          345927   Private     M'Killop, P.      Wounded. Beitania.
+           17064   Private     Minchella, P.     Wounded. Beitania.
+           14227   Private     Mitchell, A.      Wounded. Beitania.
+           21828   Private     Morrison, G.      Wounded. Beitania.
+            8742   Private     Munro, S.         Wounded. Beitania.
+          345682   Private     Potter, L.        Wounded. Beitania.
+          345512   Private     Robertson, W.P.   Wounded. Beitania.
+           20390   Private     Roper, J.         Wounded. Beitania.
+           18978   Private     Small, A.         Wounded. Beitania.
+           12500   Private     Smith, J.         Wounded. Beitania.
+          345984   Private     Smith, W.         Wounded. Beitania.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+28.12.17  345209   Private     Spence, T.        Wounded. Beitania.
+           21820   Private     Taylor, T.        Died of wounds 29.12.17.
+                                                  Beitania.
+           40617   Private     Watterson, J.     Wounded. Beitania.
+          345745   Private     Wheeler, J.       Wounded. Beitania.
+          345518   Private     Williamson, J.A.  Wounded. Beitania.
+          345464   Private     Young, W.D.       Wounded. Beitania.
+          345575   Private     Mitchell, W.      Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Beitania.
+          345130   Private     Young, H.         Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  Beitania.
+14.4.17    12701   L/Cpl.      Drinnan, G.       Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Arcadian._
+           18724   Private     Findlater, J.     Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Arcadian._
+           18703   Private     Wann, R.          Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Arcadian._
+           18697   Private     Williams, A.      Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Arcadian._
+ 4.5.17    20373   Private     Brown, W.J.       Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Transylvania._
+           20880   Private     Chisholm, A.      Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Transylvania._
+           20386   Private     Denholm, J.       Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Transylvania._
+           20380   Private     Houston, W.       Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Transylvania._
+           20393   Private     Jones, W.L.       Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Transylvania._
+           20366   Private     Shenken, P.       Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Transylvania._
+           20890   Private     Smith, J.         Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Transylvania._
+           20893   Private     Stewart, C.       Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Transylvania._
+           20867   Private     Thompson, J.      Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Transylvania._
+30.12.17  202466   L/Cpl.      Stenhouse, J.     Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Aragon._
+          266648   Private     Small, R.         Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Aragon._
+          292849   Private     Wood, E.          Drowned ex H.M.T.,
+                                                  _Aragon._
+ 20.3.17  345774   Private     Reid, J.          Died.
+ 14.4.17  345736   Private     Shepherd, J.      Died.
+12.11.17  345411   Private     Melville, J.      Died.
+ 4.12.17  345494   Private     Ewing, A.         Died.
+ 10.3.18   20121   Private     Keith, J.         Wounded and at duty.
+ 22.3.18  300030   Sergt.      Livingstone       Wounded and at duty.
+                               R.A.M.C. (attached).
+ 26.3.18  345445   Private     Ferguson, R.      Killed.
+          345140   Private     Carrie, A.F.      Wounded.
+          345852   Private     M'Guffog, A.      Wounded.
+          345130   Private     Young, H.         Wounded.
+          345104   Cpl.        Conacher, J.      Wounded and at duty.
+  2.4.18  345550   Private     Fagan, H.         Wounded and at duty.
+  6.4.18           Captain     Down, N.C.S.      Wounded.
+          345021   C.Q.M.S.    Blyth, D.         Wounded and at duty.
+          345648   Private     Devlin, C.        Wounded and at duty.
+          345177   Private     Ramsay, J.        Wounded and at duty.
+ 24.7.18  345636   Cpl.        Bruce, W.         Wounded.
+          345395   L/Cpl.      Wright, W.        Wounded.
+           22156   Private     Bingham, J.       Wounded.
+          345699   Private     Rodger, A.        Wounded.
+          345884   Private     Young, J.         Wounded.
+          345157   Sergt.      Paris, J.         Wounded and at duty.
+            9090   Cpl.        Halkett, J.       Wounded and at duty.
+          345646   Private     Clark, C.         Wounded and at duty.
+           20881   Private     Florence, R.      Wounded and at duty.
+           15200   Private     Fraser, D.        Wounded and at duty.
+           22177   Private     Heddleston, J.    Wounded and at duty.
+          345655   Private     Herd, J.          Wounded and at duty.
+          345669   Private     Samson, A.        Wounded and at duty.
+ 25.7.18   18192   Private     Findlay, W.       Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  24.9.18.
+ 31.7.18  203396   Private     Braynion, W.      Wounded.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+  4.8.18           2nd Lieut.  Fraser, H.L.      Wounded.
+          345277   Sergt.      Campbell, W.      Wounded.
+          345447   Private     Allen, J.         Wounded.
+          345559   Private     Donald, J.        Wounded.
+          345628   Private     M'Fadden, H.      Wounded.
+          203190   Private     Nimmo, R.         Wounded.
+           21837   Private     Taylor, J.        Wounded.
+          345438   Private     Wilson, A.        Wounded.
+          345237   Private     Cameron, D.       Wounded and at duty.
+          345968   Private     Mann, G.          Wounded and at duty.
+  5.8.18  346042   Private     Morgan, G.        Wounded and at duty.
+           20888   Private     Kane, J.          Wounded and at duty.
+  7.8.18   11944   Private     Walker, D.        Killed.
+          315095   Sergt.      M'Niven, A.,      Wounded.
+                               R.A.M.C. (attached).
+           11463   Private     Armour, J.        Wounded.
+           16360   Private     Berry, C.         Wounded.
+          345500   Private     Hunter, J.        Wounded.
+          345252   Private     Johnston, G.A.    Wounded.
+          345824   Private     Meldrum, A.       Wounded.
+           22031   Private     Todd, M.          Wounded.
+  8.8.18   20879   L/Cpl.      Strachan, J.      Killed.
+          268173   Private     Aitken, J.        Killed.
+           15200   Private     Fraser, D.        Killed.
+           22157   Private     Wilson, A.        Killed.
+           13697   Cpl.        Hardinge, A.      Wounded.
+  8.8.18  345530   Cpl.        Mackie, C.B.      Wounded.
+          345466   Private     Brady, J.         Wounded.
+           20881   Private     Florence, R.      Wounded.
+          345607   Private     Greenhill, R.     Wounded.
+           22162   Private     Kilgour, W.       Wounded.
+            8885   Private     Kirk, G.          Wounded.
+          345790   Private     M'Coubray, J.     Wounded.
+          266686   Private     M'Rae, R.         Wounded.
+            2592   Private     Paul, J.          Wounded.
+                               (attached T.M.B.)
+          345472   Private     Wilson, J.        Wounded.
+  9.8.18   16403   Private     Wilson, G.        Killed.
+                   Private     (attached T.M.B.)
+           20677   Private     Edmiston, J.      Wounded.
+          345682   Private     Potter, L.        Wounded.
+           22183   Private     Simpson, J.       Wounded.
+          346013   Private     Wilson, A.        Wounded.
+          345575   Private     Scott, A.         Wounded and at duty.
+          345435   Private     White, H.         Wounded and at duty.
+                               (229th Brigade H.Q.).
+10.8.18     6153   Private     Frizzell, R.      Killed.
+          345318   L/Cpl.      Nicol, J.         Wounded.
+           18683   Private     Connelly, J.      Wounded.
+          345754   Private     Crighton, A.      Wounded.
+          345647   Private     Dunk, P.          Wounded.
+            5036   Private     Osborne, W.       Wounded.
+          203198   Private     Stewart, A.       Wounded and at duty.
+ 13.8.18  345413   Private     Robertson, R.     Wounded and at duty.
+ 25.8.18   20376   Private     Woodward, R.A.    Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  27.8.18.
+            9344   Private     Murray, W.        Wounded and at duty.
+  2.9.18           Captain     Stewart, R.W.     Killed. Moislains.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+  2.9.18           Captain     Nairn, I.C., M.C. Killed. Moislains.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Darney, C.E.      Killed. Moislains.
+          345028   Sergt.      M'Kenzie, W.      Killed. Moislains.
+          345950   L/Sergt.    Hedley, W.        Killed. Moislains.
+          345988   L/Sergt.    Walton, F.        Killed. Moislains.
+          345390   Cpl.        Keith, W.         Killed. Moislains.
+          345105   L/Cpl.      Boyd, W.          Killed. Moislains.
+          345355   L/Cpl.      Husband, W.       Killed. Moislains.
+          345553   Private     Anderson, R.      Killed. Moislains.
+          345638   Private     Benson, H.        Killed. Moislains.
+          345577   Private     Bissett, A.       Killed. Moislains.
+           22250   Private     Blair, D.         Killed. Moislains.
+          345561   Private     Calder, J.        Killed. Moislains.
+           22141   Private     Cooper, W.A.      Killed. Moislains.
+           16513   Private     Duncan, T.        Killed. Moislains.
+          203208   Private     Elder, G.         Killed. Moislains.
+          201336   Private     Ferguson, J.      Killed. Moislains.
+          345760   Private     Hamilton, R.      Killed. Moislains.
+           22177   Private     Heddleston, J.    Killed. Moislains.
+          345842   Private     Hickman, C.       Killed. Moislains.
+          203207   Private     Irwin, J.         Killed. Moislains.
+           20121   Private     Keith, J.         Killed. Moislains.
+          201992   Private     Lambie, H.        Killed. Moislains.
+           13703   Private     M'Ilwain, A.      Killed. Moislains.
+          345587   Private     M'Laggan, J.      Killed. Moislains.
+          345726   Private     M'Lean, T.        Killed. Moislains.
+  2.9.18  345968   Private     Mann, G.          Killed. Moislains.
+          345149   Private     Melville, L.W.    Killed. Moislains.
+          345526   Private     Millar, R.        Killed. Moislains.
+          345260   Private     Moonie, J.W.      Killed. Moislains.
+            9344   Private     Murray, W.        Killed. Moislains.
+          203204   Private     Reid, J.          Killed. Moislains.
+           29712   Private     Reid, R.          Killed. Moislains.
+          345733   Private     Rodger, J.        Killed. Moislains.
+           20371   Private     Shanks, A.        Killed. Moislains.
+           22831   Private     Smith, R.         Killed. Moislains.
+           22180   Private     Sneddon, P.       Killed. Moislains.
+            3875   Private     Thomson, J.       Killed. Moislains.
+          345866   Private     Wilkie, A.        Killed. Moislains.
+                   Lt.-Col.    Younger, J.       Wounded. Moislains.
+                   Captain     M'Nab, J.B.       Wounded. Moislains.
+                   Lieut.      Duncan, C.G.      Wounded. Moislains.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Clydesdale, R.A.  Wounded. Moislains.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Laing, J.E.       Wounded. Moislains.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Grant, J.W.       Wounded. Moislains.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Dawes, J.W.       Wounded. Moislains.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Van Millingen,    Wounded. Moislains.
+                                D.F.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Craigen, J.W.W.   Wounded. Moislains.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Dickie, J.A.      Wounded. Moislains.
+          345001   C.S.M.      Aitken, A.        Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  2.9.18.
+          345136   Sergt.      Andrews, A.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345097   Sergt.      Farmer, D.        Wounded. Moislains.
+            6069   Sergt.      Green, J.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345887   Sergt.      M'Donald, J.      Wounded. Moislains.
+            3796   Sergt.      M'Laren, P.       Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  3.9.18.
+            5306   Sergt.      Meiklejohn, T.    Wounded. Moislains.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+  2.9.18  345941   Sergt.      Mickel, H.W.      Wounded. Moislains.
+          345886   Sergt.      Spence, J.        Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  7.9.18.
+            9090   L/Sergt.    Halkett, J.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345920   Cpl.        Airth, C.         Wounded. Moislains.
+            3056   Cpl.        Blues, J.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345811   Cpl.        Brown, A.         Wounded. Moislains.
+           22194   Cpl.        Cattanach, T.J.   Wounded. Moislains.
+          345242   Cpl.        Cheape, J.        Wounded. Moislains.
+           18847   Cpl.        Douglas, S.       Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  5.9.18.
+          345721   Cpl.        Marnock, W.       Wounded. Moislains.
+            5357   Cpl.        M'Dougal, T.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           22188   Cpl.        Price, J.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345580   L/Cpl.      Deans, S.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345094   L/Cpl.      Dickie, H.        Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  4.9.18.
+                               (D.C.M.)
+           14721   L/Cpl.      Duncan, F.        Wounded. Moislains.
+           11279   L/Cpl.      Eddie, R.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345342   L/Cpl.      Greig, W.T.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345993   L/Cpl.      Hall, T.D.        Wounded. Moislains.
+           20864   L/Cpl.      Jessiman, W.      Wounded. Moislains.
+          202135   L/Cpl.      M'Intyre, D.      Wounded. Moislains.
+          265246   L/Cpl.      Manuel, J.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          345969   L/Cpl.      Milton, M.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          345670   L/Cpl.      Smith, P.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          203198   L/Cpl.      Stewart, A.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345525   L/Cpl.      Wilson, F.        Wounded. Moislains.
+           22192   Private     Alexander, G.     Wounded. Moislains.
+  2.9.18  345167   Private     Alexander, R.     Wounded. Moislains.
+           41422   Private     Allan, W.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345889   Private     Anderson, A.      Wounded. Moislains.
+          345639   Private     Anderson, D.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           16495   Private     Belford, J.B.     Wounded. Moislains.
+          346023   Private     Bibb, H.          Wounded. Moislains.
+           22164   Private     Blackwood, G.T.   Wounded. Moislains.
+          345371   Private     Blyth, W.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          290402   Private     Brown, D.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345955   Private     Buchan, M.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          203197   Private     Buntain, J.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          241199   Private     Burgess, A.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345257   Private     Burnett, H.       Wounded. Moislains.
+           20750   Private     Burns, G.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345891   Private     Cameron, J.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345268   Private     Campbell, G.W.    Wounded. Moislains.
+          267932   Private     Campbell, T.W.    Wounded. Moislains.
+           40460   Private     Carmichael, D.    Wounded. Moislains.
+          345940   Private     Cassells, W.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           20876   Private     Chalmers, J.      Wounded. Moislains.
+          241313   Private     Clarkson, J.R.    Wounded. Moislains.
+          290777   Private     Colville, H.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           41439   Private     Cooney, B.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          345310   Private     Cran, J.          Wounded. Moislains.
+          345703   Private     Davidson, A.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           20882   Private     Donnett, W.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345207   Private     Dow, R.           Wounded. Moislains.
+          202972   Private     Dunipace, W.      Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  6.9.18.
+           14723   Private     Eadie, F.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345101   Private     Edwards, G.R.     Wounded. Moislains.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+  2.9.18  345593   Private     Ewing, A.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345550   Private     Fagan, H.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345215   Private     Fairley, D.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345759   Private     Fleming, W.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          346007   Private     Flockhart, D.     Wounded. Moislains.
+          345789   Private     Gardiner, R.      Wounded. Moislains.
+          345961   Private     Gillan, J.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          241346   Private     Gow, W.           Wounded. Moislains.
+          345267   Private     Greig, J.G.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345651   Private     Hagan, J.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345569   Private     Haines, L.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          346040   Private     Hanlon, G.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          345653   Private     Hay, J.           Wounded. Moislains.
+          345655   Private     Herd, J.          Wounded. Moislains.
+          345143   Private     Hirst, S.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345844   Private     Honeyman, J.      Wounded. Moislains.
+            9620   Private     Hunter, W.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          290189   Private     Hutchison, W.     Wounded. Moislains.
+            5308   Private     Inglis, W.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          345845   Private     Jamieson, D.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           20888   Private     Kane, J.          Wounded. Moislains.
+          345657   Private     Lang, J.          Wounded. Moislains.
+          345720   Private     Lightfoot, J.     Wounded. Moislains.
+          345271   Private     M'Askill, A.      Wounded. Moislains.
+          265722   Private     M'Callum, C.      Wounded. Moislains.
+          268529   Private     M'Diarmid, D.     Wounded. Moislains.
+  2.9.18  345975   Private     M'Donald, J.      Wounded. Moislains.
+          340008   Private     M'Donald, T.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           22182   Private     M'Dowell, G.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           22324   Private     M'Kay, F.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          346028   Private     M'Kenzie, A.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           22187   Private     M'Kenzie, W.      Wounded. Moislains.
+          345552   Private     M'Kenna, J.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345661   Private     M'Millan, J.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           22204   Private     Marchant, J.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           22198   Private     Mearns, J.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          266895   Private     Merrylees, A.     Wounded. Moislains.
+          340011   Private     Milne, J.S.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345660   Private     Mitchell, D.J.    Wounded. Moislains.
+           22142   Private     Mitchell, W.      Wounded. Moislains.
+          345554   Private     Montgomery, J.    Wounded. Moislains.
+          346008   Private     Morris, W.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          345910   Private     Murray, T.        Wounded. Moislains.
+           43455   Private     Ness, T.          Wounded. Moislains.
+          345119   Private     Niven, R.         Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  6.9.18.
+          340027   Private     Norrie, A.        Wounded. Moislains.
+           43301   Private     Ogilvie, D.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345276   Private     Page, D.          Wounded. Moislains.
+          345619   Private     Petrie, J.        Wounded. Moislains.
+           16698   Private     Philip, A.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          345682   Private     Potter, L.        Wounded. Moislains.
+           41524   Private     Rait, T.          Wounded. Moislains.
+          345321   Private     Ramsay, J.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          345278   Private     Reid, J.          Wounded. Moislains.
+          345977   Private     Reid, M.D.        Wounded. Moislains.
+           20873   Private     Richardson, T.    Wounded. Moislains.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+  2.9.18  345457   Private     Robertson, A.G.   Wounded. Moislains.
+           22178   Private     Rutherford, J.    Wounded. Moislains.
+           21831   Private     Rutherford, P.    Wounded. Moislains.
+          240382   Private     Scott, A.         Wounded. Moislains.
+            2901   Private     Scott, W.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345685   Private     Simpson, T.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345807   Private     Smart, J.         Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  4.10.18.
+          345412   Private     Smeaton, W.       Wounded. Moislains.
+           18102   Private     Smith, J.         Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  2.9.18.
+          346043   Private     Smith, W.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345209   Private     Spence, T.        Wounded. Moislains.
+           22230   Private     Stewart, G.C.     Wounded. Moislains.
+           21843   Private     Stewart, H.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345931   Private     Stewart, J.       Wounded. Moislains.
+           22159   Private     Sturrock, D.K.    Wounded. Moislains.
+           22155   Private     Summers, G.       Wounded. Moislains.
+           17654   Private     Tallent, J.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          345147   Private     Thomson, G.       Wounded. Moislains.
+          203426   Private     Tod, D.           Wounded. Moislains.
+          267695   Private     Turnbull, J.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           21832   Private     Twaddle, J.       Wounded. Moislains.
+           19848   Private     Twist, J.         Wounded. Moislains.
+          345743   Private     Walkenshaw, A.    Wounded. Moislains.
+           17817   Private     Walker, J.        Wounded. Moislains.
+           20325   Private     Watson, R.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          345745   Private     Wheeler, J.       Wounded. Moislains.
+  2.9.18  345389   Private     Whitehead, J.     Wounded. Moislains.
+          340024   Private     Whyte, J.         Wounded. Moislains.
+           20392   Private     Williams, E.      Wounded. Moislains.
+          346022   Private     Williams, H.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           20363   Private     Wilson, J.        Wounded. Moislains.
+          345146   Private     Wilson, R.        Wounded. Moislains.
+            6949   Private     Wilson, W.        Wounded. Moislains.
+           15883   Private     Yacamini, R.      Wounded. Moislains.
+           22331   Private     Gunn, G.          Wounded and missing.
+                   2nd Lieut.  M'Lean, J.        Wounded and at duty.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Brodie Brown, T.  Wounded and at duty.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Cruickshank, I.W. Wounded and at duty.
+          345943   Sergt.      Campbell, D.      Wounded and at duty.
+          345660   Private     Boylan, J.        Wounded and at duty.
+          345870   Private     Horne, W.         Wounded and at duty.
+           20389   Private     Kearsey, A.G.     Wounded and at duty.
+           21855   Private     Livingstone, A.   Wounded and at duty.
+  3.9.18           Lieut.      Drysdale, J.C.    Wounded.
+  9.9.18   21839   Private     Robb, J.          Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  St Emilie.
+ 10.9.18  345125   Cpl.        Ritchie, J.W.     Killed. St Emilie.
+           15546   Private     Davidson, J.      Killed. St Emilie.
+          345959   Private     Dawson, J.        Killed. St Emilie.
+           22147   Private     Donaldson, T.     Killed. St Emilie.
+          340017   Private     Ford, J.          Killed. St Emilie.
+          345253   Private     Geekie, J.A.P.    Killed. St Emilie.
+           20365   Private     Halliday, D.      Killed. St Emilie.
+          345659   Private     Martin, W.        Killed. St Emilie.
+          203406   Private     Munro, W.         Killed. St Emilie.
+           43045   Private     Nairn, J.         Killed. St Emilie.
+          340007   Private     O'Key, J.         Killed. St Emilie.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+ 10.9.18  345978   Private     Rennie, H.        Killed. St Emilie.
+          346033   Private     Slater, J.        Killed. St Emilie.
+           20361   Private     Smith, R.         Killed. St Emilie.
+           15545   Private     Younger, C.       Killed. St Emilie.
+          345092   L/Cpl.      Coupar, D.L.      Missing, presumed
+                                                  killed. St Emilie.
+           41665   Private     M'Connachie, W.   Missing, presumed
+                                                  killed. St Emilie.
+           21830   Private     Perston, W.       Missing, presumed
+                                                  killed. St Emilie.
+          345313   Private     Ramsay, J.W.      Missing, presumed
+                                                  killed. St Emilie.
+                   2nd Lieut.  M'Lean, J.        Wounded. St Emilie.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Cruickshank, I.W. Wounded. St Emilie.
+          345946   Sergt.      Mackie, A.        Wounded. St Emilie.
+          345054   Cpl.        Fleming, A.       Wounded. St Emilie.
+          345684   Cpl.        Smart, A.         Wounded. St Emilie.
+          345376   L/Cpl.      Cooper, A.        Wounded. St Emilie.
+          345869   L/Cpl.      Craig, J.         Wounded. St Emilie.
+          345391   Private     Bett, J.          Wounded. St Emilie.
+          345258   Private     Boath, L.         Wounded. St Emilie.
+          310082   Private     Brebner, C.       Died of wounds 10.9.18.
+                                                  St Emilie.
+          345957   Private     Cameron, W.       Wounded. St Emilie.
+           18316   Private     Dorward, W.       Wounded. St Emilie.
+          345309   Private     Henderson, J.     Wounded. St Emilie.
+          345610   Private     Laing, T.         Wounded. St Emilie.
+           18799   Private     Lowson, D.        Died of wounds 11.9.18.
+                                                  St Emilie.
+          345034   Private     Peter, D.S.       Wounded. St Emilie.
+          345556   Private     Robertson, J.     Wounded. St Emilie.
+           20367   Private     Robin, D.         Wounded. St Emilie.
+ 10.9.18   20390   Private     Roper, J.         Died of wounds 11.9.18.
+                                                  St Emilie.
+           17741   Private     Sharp, W.         Wounded. St Emilie.
+          350163   Private     Thomson, C.       Wounded. St Emilie.
+           21676   Private     Wallace, J.       Wounded. St Emilie.
+          345114   Private     Wilson, A.        Wounded. St Emilie.
+          345672   Private     Wylie, H.         Wounded. St Emilie.
+           22190   Private     Young, W.         Wounded. St Emilie.
+          345947   Sergt.      M'Gregor, H.      Prisoner of war.
+          345106   Sergt.      M'Lellan, J.R.    Prisoner of war.
+          345637   Cpl.        Davidson, D.      Prisoner of war.
+          345231   Private     Annand, A.A.      Prisoner of war.
+          345934   Private     Davidson, R.      Prisoner of war.
+           20136   Private     Gray, D.          Prisoner of war.
+          345103   Private     Greig, J.R.       Prisoner of war.
+          340005   Private     Henderson, J.F.   Prisoner of war.
+          345927   Private     M'Killop, D.      Prisoner of war. Wounded.
+           16473   Private     Nisbet, R.        Prisoner of war. Wounded.
+           30372   Private     Sharp, M.         Prisoner of war. Wounded.
+           22206   Private     Wilson, W.A.      Prisoner of war. Wounded.
+          345153   Private     Henderson, J.     Wounded and at duty.
+                                                  St Emilie.
+ 18.9.18  200328   Private     Bonnar, G.        Killed.
+          345266   Private     M'Donald, A.      Killed.
+           18460   Private     M'Lean, J.        Killed.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Stuart, H.C.      Wounded.
+          345400   L/Cpl.      Henderson, A.     Wounded.
+          345428   Private     Beal, J.          Wounded.
+          345917   Private     Cairncross, H.    Wounded.
+          345312   Private     Calderhead, J.    Wounded.
+           24486   Private     Campbell, D.      Wounded.
+          345591   Private     Cummings, J.      Wounded.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+ 18.9.18   22915   Private     Gordon, C.        Wounded.
+           23586   Private     Greenwood, J.     Wounded.
+           41264   Private     Ireland, P.       Wounded.
+            2439   Private     Kelly, T.         Wounded.
+           40294   Private     M'Donald, A.      Wounded.
+          345791   Private     M'Hardy, A.       Wounded.
+           20486   Private     M'Kenzie, R.      Wounded.
+          345184   Private     Maloney, J.       Died of wounds 29.9.18.
+           41060   Private     Mann, R.          Wounded.
+          345971   Private     Marshall, J.      Wounded.
+          345690   Private     Meldrum, F.       Wounded.
+          345046   Private     Nicoll, R.        Wounded.
+          345163   Private     Ramage, J.        Wounded.
+          345474   Private     Smart, A.         Wounded.
+          345501   Private     Soutar, W.        Wounded.
+          345068   Private     Storrar, M.       Wounded.
+            6630   Private     Strachan, D.      Wounded.
+           14374   Private     Walker, J.        Wounded.
+ 20.9.18   22158   Private     Grant, R.         Wounded.
+ 21.9.18   18725   Private     Cant, A.          Killed.
+           22151   Private     Cubbon, E.        Killed.
+          340025   Private     Easson, W.        Killed.
+          346049   Private     Forbes, J.A.      Killed.
+           25324   Private     Morrison, D.L.    Killed.
+          346034   Cpl.        Thom, J.          Wounded.
+           14766   Private     Bain, A.          Wounded.
+ 21.9.18  345967   Private     M'Crae, M.        Wounded.
+           22191   Private     Penman, J.        Wounded.
+           25317   Private     Philp, A.         Wounded.
+          345364   Private     Summers, R.       Wounded.
+          345102   Private     M'Dougal, G.      Wounded and at duty.
+ 22.9.18  345220   Private     Lessells, W.      Killed.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Innes, D. M'L.    Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  7.10.18.
+            7206   C.Q.M.S.    Elder, J.         Wounded.
+           18322   Cpl.        Smith, R.         Wounded.
+           15110   L/Cpl.      Livingstone, E.   Wounded.
+          202414   L/Cpl.      Rader, J.         Wounded.
+            2929   Private     Birrell, D.       Wounded.
+           18699   Private     Condie, M.        Wounded.
+          213313   Private     Cooper, J.        Wounded.
+          345818   Private     Etchels, T.       Wounded.
+          345607   Private     Finnigan, R.      Wounded.
+           20754   Private     Grierson, W.      Wounded.
+          240503   Private     Hunter, A.S.      Wounded.
+           25317   Private     Philip, A.        Wounded.
+            7536   Private     Pringle, J.       Wounded.
+           25326   Private     Rankine, W.       Wounded.
+           25448   Private     Reid, E.          Wounded.
+           25316   Private     Ritchie, J.       Wounded.
+           25365   Private     Robertson, J.     Wounded.
+           25348   Private     Strachan, T.      Wounded.
+          345783   Private     M'Aree, A.        Wounded and at duty.
+ 23.9.18   25217   Private     Smart, J.         Killed.
+           25451   Private     Allan, R.         Wounded.
+           25452   Private     Gilchrist, J.     Wounded.
+           25344   Private     Inglis, R.V.      Wounded.
+
+DATE.    REGT.      RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+         NO.
+
+ 24.9.18 S/22207   Private     Coutts, A.G.      Killed.
+         S/22027   Private     Inglis, J.        Killed.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Fell, F.J.        Wounded.
+           24050   Private     Appleby, H.       Wounded.
+          293071   Private     Boath, W.         Wounded.
+           16545   Private     Craik, A.         Wounded.
+           22148   Private     Henderson, D.     Wounded.
+          203189   Private     M'Donald, J.R.    Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  25.9.18.
+           17064   Private     Minchella, P.     Wounded.
+           25402   Private     Wallace, D.       Wounded.
+15.10.18           2nd Lieut.  Stevenson, E.J.   Wounded.
+          345958   Private     Christison, G.    Wounded.
+          345925   Private     Guthrie, J.       Wounded.
+            6007   Private     Laird, W.         Wounded.
+16.10.18  345662   Private     M'Kendrick, A.    Killed.
+          345979   Private     Ross, T.          Killed.
+                    Lieut.     Ewart, R.H.       Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  16.10.18.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Wood, A.R.,
+                                D.C.M., M.M.     Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  16.10.18.
+          345018   C.S.M.      Henderson, W.     Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  16.10.18.
+          293071   L/Cpl.      Boath, W.         Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  16.10.18.
+          345403   Private     Gilmour, A.       Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  16.10.18.
+          345323   Private     Goodall, J.       Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  16.10.18.
+           13428   Private     Ross, A.          Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  16.10.18.
+           21686   Private     Sharp, A.         Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  16.10.18.
+           25377   Private     Barclay, L.       Wounded and at duty.
+          345456   Private     Mitchell, D.      Wounded and at duty.
+16.10.18    5116   Private     Skinner, E.       Wounded and at duty.
+21.10.18   19537   Private     Haggart, J.       Killed.
+            7817   L/Cpl.      Anderson, W.      Wounded.
+          202903   Private     Adams, C.         Wounded.
+           17894   Private     Bruce, D.         Wounded.
+           21184   Private     Laird, J.         Wounded.
+           21152   Private     Lally, D.         Wounded.
+          268963   Private     M'Gee, A.B.       Wounded.
+           21100   Private     Penny, E.         Wounded.
+          315708   Private     Simpson, T.       Wounded.
+22.10.18  345055   Sergt.      Bayne, A.         Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  22.10.18.
+          345321   Private     Ramsay, J.        Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  22.10.18.
+23.10.18           2nd Lieut.  Cumming, F.K.     Killed.
+           26870   L/Cpl.      Izatt, R., M.M.   Killed.
+           25462   Private     Barber, J.        Killed.
+            9729   Private     Bartie, T.        Killed.
+           15814   Private     Campbell, J.      Killed.
+           12506   Private     Cockburn, T.      Killed.
+            6158   Private     Sowerby, E.       Killed.
+           25347   Private     Walker, T.        Killed.
+           25378   Private     Webb, A.          Killed.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Robertson, R.     Wounded.
+          345943   Sergt.      Campbell, D.      Wounded.
+          345490   L/Cpl.      Crawford, D.      Wounded.
+           25376   L/Cpl.      Patterson, R.     Wounded.
+            6006   L/Cpl.      Spence, W.        Wounded.
+           14539   Private     Anderson, D.      Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  26.10.18.
+            6145   Private     Black, P.         Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  26.10.18.
+           25199   Private     Conway, J.        Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  26.10.18.
+           25719   Private     Davidson, R.      Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  26.10.18.
+
+DATE.     REGT.     RANK.      NAME.             REMARKS.
+          NO.
+
+23.10.18  345818   Private     Etchels, T.       Wounded.
+            5950   Private     Kemp, A.          Wounded.
+            5255   Private     M'Dougall, A.     Wounded.
+            6176   Private     M'Ilroy, B.       Wounded.
+           25346   Private     M'Kay, H.         Wounded.
+          203311   Private     M'Lean, D.        Wounded.
+           16171   Private     Reekie, J.        Wounded.
+           25656   Private     Rough, D.         Wounded.
+           14611   Private     Russell, A.       Wounded.
+          267921   Private     Scott, W.         Wounded.
+           25368   Private     Stevenson, G.     Wounded.
+           43388   Private     Swift, J.         Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  24.10.18.
+                   2nd Lieut.  Mathewson, J.S.   Wounded and at duty.
+          345074   Sergt.      Leitch, J.J.      Wounded and at duty.
+           20377   L/Cpl.      Sinclair, J.      Wounded and at duty.
+          340030   Private     M'Donell, D.      Wounded and at duty.
+          345982   Private     Robertson, A.     Wounded and at duty.
+          290566   Private     Watson, R.B.      Wounded and at duty.
+ 1.11.18           Captain     Colthart, R.H.    Wounded. Died of wounds
+                                                  2.11.18.
+          345298   Cpl.        Matthew, R.       Wounded.
+           14770   Private     Craig, D.         Wounded.
+          345770   Private     Nicol, A.         Wounded.
+          345211   Private     O'Malley, J.      Wounded and at duty.
+ 14.4.18  345305   Private     Morrison, G.      Died of disease.
+  4.1.18  345881   Private     Melville, C.      Died of disease.
+  1.2.18  265831   Private     Walker, H.        Died of disease.
+
+
+
+
+TOTAL CASUALTIES.
+
+
+OFFICERS.
+
+Killed                            12
+Died of wounds                     9
+Wounded                           32
+Wounded and remaining at duty      5
+                                 ---  58
+
+
+N.C.Os. and MEN.
+
+Killed                           188
+Died of wounds                    46
+Missing                            5
+Died of disease                   15
+Drowned                           16
+Wounded                          568
+Wounded and remaining at duty     52
+Prisoners of war                  20
+                                 --- 910
+
+
+                Grand Total          968
+
+
+
+
+INDEX
+
+
+_Abassiyeh_, the, 14
+
+Abbas Apex Sector, 56
+
+Abu-el-Zeitun, attack on, 97
+
+Abu Sitta, 60
+
+Adamson, Lieut. H., 126, 154
+
+Aeroplanes, 43
+
+African War, the South, 162
+
+Ain Arik, 109;
+  Ridge, 92
+
+Ain Kohleh, 64
+
+Ain Sinai, 112
+
+Ain Yebrud, 112
+
+Aire, 122, 123
+
+Aitken, C.S.M. A., death, 130, 157
+
+Aizecourt, 130
+
+Ajalon, 107, 108;
+  Valley of, 108
+
+Alexandria, 13, 28, 30, 117
+
+Ali-el-Muntar, 51, 52, 71, 73
+
+Allaines, attack on, 128
+
+Allenby, General, advance on Damascus, 117
+
+Alma, battle of the, 161
+
+Alpini Corps, 129
+
+American Battalion, the 106th, 136
+
+Amiens, 136
+
+Amurieh, raid on, 115, 157
+
+Amwas, 108, 116
+
+Anafarta, 24
+
+_Andania_, H.M.T., 10, 14, 142
+
+Andrew, Capt. R.A., tribute to, 105;
+  instructions to his men, 108;
+  at Baquerolles Farm, 124;
+  return to Kirkcaldy, 142;
+  called "Arizona," 151;
+  death, 152
+
+Anzac, 17
+
+Armistice, signed, 139
+
+Artaxerxes Post, 135
+
+Ascq, 137
+
+Assiut, 31
+
+Australian Division, the 1st, 134;
+  at Sohag, 32
+
+Ayr and Lanark Yeomanry, 53, 56;
+  attack on Mahmeh, 97;
+  advance on Beitania, 101;
+  at Amwas, 108;
+  raid on Amurieh, 115;
+  new brigade, 121
+
+Azmac Dere, 19, 23, 24;
+  raid on, 19
+
+
+Bab-el-Muallek, 90
+
+Babington, Lieut. G., 148
+
+Baisieux, 137, 138
+
+Balfour, General, of Balbirnie, commanding the Fifeshire Yeomanry
+Cavalry, 161
+
+Baluah, Lake, 110
+
+Baquerolles Farm, 124
+
+Batchelor, Private, 157
+
+Beclers, 139
+
+Beersheba, attack on, 61-63
+
+Beit Iksa, 89, 91;
+  capture of, 86
+
+Beit Sira, 78, 106, 109
+
+Beit-ur-el-Foka, attack on, 83
+
+Beit-ur-el-Tahta, 83, 85, 106
+
+Beitania, 92;
+  advance on, 101-103
+
+Beitin, 111
+
+Benjamin Post, 135
+
+Berguette, 137
+
+Beris, 34
+
+Bethel, 111
+
+Bethhoron, the Upper, 83
+
+Birdwood, General Sir W.,
+  inspection by, 126
+
+Bireh, 92, 103, 116
+
+Black Watch, 6th and 8th Battns., 141
+
+Blairgowrie, 1-4
+
+Bouchavesnes, 127
+
+Boulak, 34
+
+Boulogne, 141
+
+Bourecq, 137
+
+Bradfield, Sergeant-Major, 155
+
+Brigade, the 159th, 113;
+  the 160th, 113;
+  the 229th, 66, 130, 137;
+  the 230th, 66, 67, 121, 130, 139;
+  at the battle of Sheria, 68;
+  the 231st, 67, 121, 137, 139
+
+"Broken Spur" badge, 144
+
+Brown, Lieut. T. Brodie, 131, 132, 133;
+  M.C. conferred, 165
+
+Brown, Capt. W.D., adjutant, 148;
+  killed, 98;
+  tribute to, 105
+
+Buffs, the 10th, 138
+
+Burj Lisaneh, 111
+
+Byng, Major-Gen. Sir Julian, 19
+
+
+Calonne, 127
+
+Camel, a racing, 32
+
+Camerons, the 10th, 35
+
+Campbell, Capt. P., 102;
+  raid on Amurieh, 115
+
+Campbell, Capt. Sir W.A.A., 114, 149
+
+Canal du Nord, advance on, 128
+
+Cape Town, 147
+
+Caracol Dagh, 17
+
+Carbine Trench, 135
+
+Carnegy, Capt. P.A.W., commanding the Forfarshire Light Horse
+Volunteer Corps, 146
+
+Carvin Farm, 124
+
+Casualties, list of, 168-203
+
+Chetwode, Lieut.-Gen. Sir P.W., commanding Eastern Force, inspects the
+Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 56;
+  presents medals, 71
+
+Christiana, capture of, 147
+
+Clackmannan, 2
+
+Clarence River, 123
+
+Clark, Lieut.-Col. J., 150
+
+Cloud-burst, at Gara, 32, 39
+
+Collier, Sergeant W., 149, 157;
+  attack on the Germans, 132
+
+Colthart, Capt. R.H., adjutant, 117, 133;
+  Quartermaster, 40, 153;
+  killed, 138
+
+Cooper, Sergeant, 152
+
+Corbie, 136
+
+Corps III. attack on the Germans, 134
+
+Corps XX., 70
+
+Corps XXI., 70;
+  pursues the Turkish forces, 72;
+  at Junction Station, 76
+
+Corps Cavalry, 67
+
+Craig, Sergeant J., 155
+
+Craig, Lieut. D., D.S.O., conferred, 156
+
+Crawford, Earl of, Colonel Commandant of the Fife Yeomanry Cavalry, 160
+
+Cruickshank, Lieut. I.W., 115;
+  attack on the Germans, 132
+
+Cummins, Capt. W.W. ("George Washington,") 151
+
+Cupar, 2
+
+
+Daisies, mauve, 50
+
+Dakhla, 37
+
+Damascus, 117
+
+Dane, Lieut. P., 134
+
+Darney, Lieut. C.E., killed, 130
+
+Davis, L.-Cpl. J. 157
+
+Deir-el-Belah, 49, 56, 57, 59
+
+Deir Ibzia Ridge, 92
+
+Deir Sineid, 73
+
+Demobilization of the British Army, 140-142
+
+Denbigh Yeomanry, the 24th Battalion, 121
+
+Devonport, 10
+
+Devonshire Regiment, the 16th (Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry), 56;
+  at Beitania, 101;
+  Yalo, 107;
+  attack on Moislains, 128
+
+Division, the 10th, 66, 67, 85;
+  advance on Bireh, 92;
+  capture Foka, 93;
+  the 52nd, 49, 79;
+  the 53rd, 61, 65, 116;
+  the 54th, 49, 57;
+  the 55th, 139;
+  the 57th, 139;
+  the 58th, 131, 132;
+  the 59th, 127;
+  the 60th, attack on Beersheba, 62-64;
+    on Tel-el-Sheria, 67;
+    advance on the Nablus road, 92;
+  the 74th, 131, 136;
+    attack on Beersheba, 62-64
+
+Don, Lieut. W.G., 148
+
+Drysdale, Lieut. J.C., 117;
+  tribute to, 104;
+  wounded, 130
+
+Dumb-bell Hill Sector, 54
+
+Duncan, Lieut. C.G., advance
+  on the Turbeauté River, 125;
+  wounded, 130
+
+Dundee, 2
+
+Dundee Wadi, 67
+
+Dunfermline, 2
+
+Dunkirk, 141
+
+Durham, Private, 158
+
+
+East Kent Regiment, the 10th, 133
+
+Edie, Sergeant-Major, 154
+
+Edinburgh, Royal Review in, 162
+
+Egyptian Lancers, at Sherika, 33
+
+El Arish, 42-45
+
+El Buggar, 61;
+  attack on, 60
+
+El Burj, 45;
+  capture of, 86, 89
+
+El Burjaliye, 52
+
+El Ferdan, 41, 42
+
+El Jib, 83
+
+El Mendur, 52
+
+El Muntar, 101
+
+Elder, Sergeant-Major, 157
+
+Enab, 86, 104
+
+Epehy, 131
+
+Erskine, Lieut.-Col. T.H., of Grangemuir, 163
+
+Erskine, Sir William, 160
+
+Essex Regiments, the 5th and 7th, 53
+
+Etaples, 120
+
+
+Fakenham, 7-10
+
+Fanatis, or copper vessels, 44
+
+Faustine Quarry, 134
+
+Fencible Cavalry, 159
+
+Ferguson, Sergeant, 126
+
+Field Ambulance, the 229th, at Yalo, 107
+
+Fife, 2
+
+Fife and Forfar Imperial Yeomanry, 163
+
+Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, at Blairgowrie, 1-4;
+  St Ives, 4;
+  training, 4, 7, 38, 41, 56, 59, 120, 140;
+  inspections, 4, 8, 56, 126, 140;
+  at Skegness, 6;
+  Fakenham, 7-10;
+  sports, 7, 32, 36, 59, 140;
+  voyage to Gallipoli, 10-14;
+  in the trenches, 15-26;
+  journey to Sidi Bishr, 28;
+  casualties, 29, 68, 100, 104, 130;
+  at Mena Camp, 30;
+  Minia, 31;
+  Sohag, 31;
+  Gara, 32, 38;
+  Sherika, 32-38;
+  Moascar, 39, 41;
+  the 14th Battalion, Royal Highlanders, 41;
+  in camp at El Ferdan, 41;
+  journey to El Arish, 42;
+  reinforcements, 44;
+  at El Burj, 45;
+  Sheikh Zowaid, 45;
+  march to Rafa, 46-48;
+  at Khan Yunis, 48;
+  Sheikh Nebhan, 49;
+  El Mendur, 52;
+  in the Sheikh Abbas Sector, 54, 56;
+  field firing, 57;
+  at Deir-el-Belah, 57;
+  attack on Beersheba, 59-64;
+  battle of Sheria, 68;
+  at Goz-el-Gelieb, 70;
+  presentation of medals, 71;
+  march to Mejdal, 74;
+  foot parade, 74;
+  march to Junction Station, 76;
+  at Latron, 77;
+  march to Beit Sira, 78;
+  at Wadi Selman, 79;
+  camp at Q 20 central, 85;
+  advance on Jerusalem, 86-91;
+  march along the Zeitun Ridge, 92-95;
+  at Wadi Zait, 95;
+  capture Zeitun Ridge, 98;
+  advance on the Hill of Shafa, 99;
+  on Beitania, 101-103;
+  camp at Yalo, 106;
+  making roads, 107, 109;
+  march to Kantara, 116;
+  voyage to Marseilles, 117-119;
+  at St Firmin, 119;
+  Grand Rullecourt, 120;
+  epidemic of Spanish influenza, 121;
+  march to La Pierriere, 122;
+  bombarded by the Germans, 125;
+  fitted with kilts, 126;
+  at Le Foret, 127;
+  advance on the Canal du Nord, 128;
+  attack on the Germans, 132-135;
+  at Corbie, 136;
+  tribute to, 136;
+  advance to Orcq, 137;
+  reception at Tournai, 139;
+  at Moustier, 140;
+  demobilised, 140-142;
+  at Kirkcaldy, 142;
+  predecessors, 159-164;
+  Commanding Officers, 164
+
+Fife Yeomanry Cavalry, 159
+
+Fifeshire Light Dragoons, 159
+
+Fifeshire Mounted Rifle Volunteers, 161;
+  review at Edinburgh, 162
+
+Fifeshire Volunteer Light Horse Corps, the 1st, 162
+
+Foka Hill, 83, 84, 92;
+  capture of, 93
+
+Fontes, 122, 137
+
+Football, games of, 121, 138, 140
+
+Forfar, 2
+
+Forfar Yeomanry or Angus Cavalry, 159;
+  re-raised, 161;
+  disbanded, 162
+
+Forfarshire Light Horse Volunteer Corps, the 1st, 162
+
+Fort Conan, 24
+
+Franvillers, 127
+
+Fraser, Lieut. H.L., 154
+
+Frasnes, 139
+
+Fusilier Ridge, 57, 114
+
+
+Galbraith, R.Q.M.S. W.J., 158;
+  at Kirkcaldy, 142
+
+Gall, R.S.M., 156
+
+Gallipoli, 14-27;
+  thunderstorm at, 22
+
+Gamli, 60
+
+Gara, 38;
+  sandstorm, 32;
+  cloud-burst, 32, 39
+
+Gaza, attacks on, 48, 51;
+  capture of, 70
+
+Gebel-el-Ghenneiem, 34
+
+George IV., King, reviews the Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry, 160
+
+George V., King, inspects the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 4, 140;
+  wire to Lord Lovat, 142
+
+German Army, attack on, 132-136;
+  evacuate Tournai, 139;
+  trenches, occupied, 124
+
+Gibb, Corporal, 158
+
+Gibraltar, Straits of, 12
+
+Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel J., 164;
+  commanding the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 29, 48, 148;
+  D.S.O. conferred, 58, 165;
+  wounded at the battle of Sheria, 68;
+  bar to his D.S.O., 69;
+  commanding the 20th Company Imperial Yeomanry, 163
+
+Gilmour, Lieut.-Col. Sir John, commanding the Forfarshire Light Horse
+Volunteer Corps, 162;
+  retires, 163
+
+Girdwood, Major-General E.S., commanding the 74th Division, 71;
+  presents medals, 71;
+  prizes, 141;
+  tribute to, 143
+
+Goz-el-Gelieb, 70
+
+Grammont, 140
+
+Grand Rullecourt, 120, 121
+
+Gray, Lieut. W., 36
+
+Grimsby, 6
+
+Gyppy Cavalry, 35;
+  garrison Dakhla Oasis, 38
+
+
+Hair, Sergt.-Major J., 157
+
+Haking, Lieut.-General Sir R., Corps Commander, inspection by, 126
+
+Halkett, Capt., Sir Arthur, 161
+
+Ham en Artois, 122, 126
+
+Hamilton, Sir Ian, inspects the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 4
+
+Haubourdin, 137
+
+Haute Deule Canal, 137
+
+Hell's Gate, 38
+
+Henderson, Private ("Dinkum") 150, 155
+
+Henderson, Sergt.-Major, 158
+
+Herd, Sergeant William, 157
+
+Herdman, Lieut. C.W., 148
+
+Herlies, 137
+
+Highland Mounted Brigade, 2;
+  strength, 29;
+  at Sherika, 32
+
+Highland Territorial Division, the 51st, 2
+
+Hill A, 84, 85;
+  capture of, 93
+
+Hill 1070, capture of, 62;
+  1750, 79;
+  attack on, 80;
+  2450, battle on, 98
+
+Hindenburg line, 135
+
+Hoare, Brig.-General R., 31, 130;
+  wounded, 134, 144
+
+Hodge, Capt. Chappell, commanding the 20th Company Imperial Yeomanry, 162;
+  death, 163
+
+Hogsthorpe, 6
+
+Honours and Awards, 165-67
+
+Humbercourt, 120
+
+Hunter, General Sir A., 163
+
+Huntingdon, 4, 5
+
+Hutchison, Capt. R.G., 148
+
+
+I.C.C. the, 67;
+  at Sherika, 33;
+  relieved, 38
+
+Im Seirat, 51
+
+Imbros, peaks of, 18
+
+Imperial Camel Corps, 61
+
+Imperial Yeomanry, the 20th Company, 162
+
+_Indarra_, H.M.T., 117
+
+Inverness Battery, 2
+
+Irgeig, 65
+
+Ismailia, 39, 41
+
+Izieres, 140
+
+
+Jackson, Capt. G.E., Staff Captain, 2
+
+Jaffa, 72
+
+Jericho, 111
+
+Jerusalem, advance on, 87-91;
+  fall of, 89;
+  entry into, 104
+
+Jones' Post, 57
+
+Judæa, 76
+
+Judæan Hills, 73, 75
+
+Junction Station, 73, 76
+
+Juvisy, 119
+
+
+Kantara, 42, 43, 50, 116
+
+Karm, 61, 70
+
+Kereina Ridge, 92
+
+Kefr Skeyan, 92, 110
+
+Kent Hill, 115
+
+Khamsin wind, 53
+
+Khan Abu Felah, 107, 114
+
+Khan Yunis, 48
+
+Kharga, 33, 34, 35;
+  Oasis Detachment, at Sherika, 32
+
+Khirbet Kereina, 84
+
+Kilo, 31, 35
+
+King, Lieut.-Colonel A.J., 2
+
+Kinniburgh, Lieut. J.D., killed at the battle of Sheria, 68
+
+Kinross, 2, 142
+
+Kirkcaldy, 2, 142;
+  depot for recruiting, 4
+
+Kitchener, Lord, 22
+
+Kubeibe, 78, 86, 94, 96
+
+Kulonieh, 91
+
+Kuryet-el-Enab, 87
+
+Kuwauka system, attack on, 66
+
+Kuweilfeh, 64, 65
+
+
+La Bassée Canal, 123, 126
+
+La Houssoye, 127
+
+La Pierriere, 122
+
+Lala Baba, 28
+
+Lamain, 139
+
+Latron, 77
+
+Le Foret, 127
+
+Leitch, Sergeant, J.J., 158
+
+Levant, the, 18
+
+Light Car Patrol, 36, 38
+
+Ligny, 122;
+  Wood, 137
+
+Ligny St Flochel, 120
+
+Likia, 78
+
+Lindsay, Lieut. A.S., commanding the Light Car Patrol, 36, 153
+
+Lindsay, Captain M.E., 9, 145, 146
+
+Loch Lomond, 2
+
+Locon, 137
+
+London Regiment, 127, 129;
+  Yeomanry Company, 38
+
+Longavesnes, 130, 133
+
+Lovat, Lord, illness, 29;
+  wire from King George V., 142
+
+Lovat's Scouts, 2, 19, 23, 30;
+  at Salonika, 35
+
+Lowson, Private David, 157
+
+Ludd, 116
+
+Lumsden, C.S.M. J., 155
+
+Lys, the, 126
+
+
+Mack, Sergeant Nathaniel, 158
+
+MacNeil, Lieut.-Colonel Angus, commanding the Kharga Oasis Detachment, 32;
+  opens the swimming-bath at Sherika, 37
+
+Mafeking, relief of, 163
+
+Mahmeh, attack on, 97
+
+Malta, 12, 118
+
+Mansura Ridge, 52
+
+Maricourt, 127
+
+Marquain, 138
+
+Marseilles, 118, 119
+
+Marshall, Lieut. D., march to Tenida, 37, 148
+
+Marshall, Major-General W.R., 26
+
+M'Dougal, Lieut. A.R., bombing school, 36;
+  the "Gallipoli Spider," 150
+
+Meherique, 35;
+  Roman Fort at, 34
+
+Mejdal, 74
+
+Melsom, Captain, of the _Andania_, 10
+
+Melville, Captain Whyte, 145
+
+Mena Camp, 30
+
+Mericourt, 137
+
+M'Guffog, A., 157
+
+Middlesex Regiment, 67
+
+Minia, 31
+
+Miquellerie, 126
+
+Mitchell, Lieut.-Colonel A., commanding the Fife and Forfar
+Yeomanry, 29, 163;
+  illness, 29
+
+M'Kenzie, Lieut.-Colonel J.M., 134;
+  illness, 140;
+  commanding the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 164
+
+M'Laren, Sergt.-Major, 154
+
+M'Lean, Lieut. J., 132, 157
+
+M'Nab, Captain J., holds the Round Hill, 114
+  wounded, 130
+
+M'Niven, C.Q.M.S. J., 157
+
+Moislains, attack on, 128
+
+Molinghem, 127
+
+Montgomery and Welsh Horse Yeomanry, the 25th, 130
+
+Morison, Lieut.-Colonel, commanding the Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry
+Cavalry, 160
+
+Mosquitoes, war on, 35, 147
+
+Moustier, 140
+
+Mudros Harbour, 13, 28
+
+
+Nablus, 111;
+  attack on, 92, 97
+
+Nairn, Captain I.C., 114;
+  killed, 130
+
+Nairn, Major R.S., illness, 29
+
+Nazlet el Abid, 31
+
+Neby Samwil, 89, 91;
+  capture of, 86
+
+Nile, the, 31;
+  Valley, 34, 91
+
+Nisbet, Sergt.-Major W., at Kirkcaldy, 142
+
+Noc River, 123
+
+Nooitgedacht, 163
+
+Norfolk, 7
+
+Norfolk Regiment, 58, 121
+
+North Devon Hussars, 30;
+  at Sherika, 35
+
+North Lane Trench, 23
+
+Noyelles, 119
+
+Nurlu Village, 128
+
+
+Ogilvie, Major D.D., 112, 114, 133;
+  commanding B Squadron, 26;
+  acting M.L.O., 27;
+  march to Tenida, 37;
+  commanding C Squadron, 40;
+  and the Battalion 140, 164;
+  return to Kirkcaldy, 142
+
+Ogilvie, Sergeant-Major Alec, 154
+
+Orcq, 138
+
+Orilux torches, 80
+
+Ormiston, Capt. J.W., 133;
+  adjutant, 150, 164
+
+Osborne, Major G.E.B., adjutant, illness, 29;
+  commanding B Squadron, 40;
+  killed at the battle of Sheria, 68
+
+Oswald, Captain, 161
+
+
+Paris, 119
+
+Petit Ronchin, 137
+
+Peyton Avenue Trench, 22, 23, 27
+
+Peyton, Major-General W., 19
+
+Philistia, Plain of, 70, 72
+
+Pimple Post, 135
+
+Pitt, Rt Hon. W., appeal for soldiers, 159
+
+Portobello, review at, 160
+
+Pree, Major C.G. de, 19, 24, 26, 40
+
+_Prince Abbas_, the, 28
+
+Purvis, Capt. R., commanding the 20th Company Imperial Yeomanry, 163;
+  wounded, 163
+
+
+Q 20 Central, camp at, 78, 85, 94
+
+Quennemont Farm, 135
+
+Quennet Copse, 135
+
+Quentin Road, 125
+
+
+Rafa, 46-48
+
+Railhead, 35;
+  Persian Temple, 34
+
+Ram Allah, 92, 109, 116
+
+Raspberry Hill, 51
+
+Rawlinson, General, commanding Fourth Army, tribute to the 74th
+Division, 136
+
+Regent's Park, 57, 58
+
+Renton, Sergeant, 156
+
+Rhone Valley, 119
+
+Ricketts, Lieut. W., Quartermaster, 29, 148
+
+Rifleman Post, 135
+
+Rigg, Lieut. P.J.H., 148
+
+Road-making, 107, 109
+
+Robecq, 122, 124, 125
+
+Robertson, Capt. J.R., death, 149
+
+Roger, Private W., D.C.M. conferred, 20, 156, 165
+
+Ronssoy, 133
+
+Ross, Corporal, 147
+
+Rosslyn, Lieut.-Gen. the Earl of, commanding the Fifeshire Mounted
+Rifle Volunteers, 145
+
+Round Hill, 114
+
+Royal Devon Yeomanry, 30;
+  at Sherika, 35
+
+Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry, 160;
+  review, 160;
+  disbanded, 161;
+  re-established, 161
+
+Royal Highlanders, the 14th Battalion, 41;
+  _see_ Fife
+
+Royal Scots, the 4th, 56
+
+Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 121
+
+Rue, 120
+
+Rues des Vaches Farm, 124
+
+
+St Angelo, Castle of, 12
+
+St Cyr, airships at, 119
+
+St Emilie, 131
+
+St Firmin, 119
+
+St Ives, 4
+
+St James' Park, 103
+
+St Paul's Bay, 12
+
+St Pol, 120
+
+St Venant Sector, 122
+
+Salonika, 35
+
+Salt Lake, 17
+
+Samothrace, 18
+
+Samson's Ridge, 57
+
+Sandstorm at Gara, 32
+
+Sari Bahr, 17
+
+Savage, Private P., 157
+
+Scotian, the, 28
+
+Scots Guards, defeated at football, 121
+
+Scott, Lieut. W., 150
+
+Scottish Horse, 26, 30
+
+Selwad, 112
+
+Senussi, the, 31;
+  flight, 37
+
+Shafa, Hill of, 99
+
+Sharp, Capt. H.S., adjutant, 9, 40, 146;
+  illness, 29;
+  at Wadi Selman, 80;
+  tribute to, 105
+
+Shechem, 111
+
+Sheikh Abbas Sector, 54
+
+Sheikh Abdullah, 111
+
+Sheikh Nebhan, 49, 52
+
+Sheikh Zowaid, 45
+
+Shellal, 61
+
+Sheria, 65;
+  attack on, 66-68;
+  casualties, 68
+
+Sherika, 32;
+  swimming-bath, 36
+
+Sidi Bishr, 28, 30
+
+Sikh Mountain Gunners, at Sherika, 33
+
+Simpson, Lieut. J., 162
+
+Sinai Railway, 42
+
+Skegness, 6
+
+Smith, Capt. A.C., 19;
+  M.C. conferred, 19;
+  adjutant, 164
+
+Smith-Dorrien, Gen. Sir H., inspects the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 8
+
+_Snaefels_, the, 27
+
+Sohag, 31
+
+Somersets, the, attack on Abu-el-Zeitun, 97;
+  advance on Beitania, 101;
+  at Yalo, 107;
+  attack on Allaines, 128;
+  on the Germans, 132;
+  advance on Marquain, 138
+
+Somme, the, 120, 127
+
+South Lane Trench, 22, 23
+
+South-Western Mounted Brigade, 30
+
+Spanish influenza, epidemic of, 121
+
+Spence-Jones, Lieut.-Colonel C.J.H., 134
+
+Spreull, Capt. (later Lieut.-Col.) A., 148
+
+Squadron System, introduction, 162
+
+Stewart, Capt. R.W., 40, 146;
+  killed, 130
+
+Stirling, Lieut.-Col. A., 29
+
+Stirlingshire, 2
+
+Stirlingshire Yeomanry Cavalry, 160
+
+Storrar, Private Morrison, 158
+
+Submarine, sunk, 118
+
+Suez Canal, 39
+
+Suffa, 116
+
+Suffolk Regiment, the 15th Battalion, 125
+
+Sulajik, 17
+
+Suvla, 16, 27
+
+Sweetwater Canal, 39, 50
+
+Swimming-bath, at Sherika, 36
+
+Syderstone Common, 146
+
+
+Tahta Ridge, 85
+
+Tattenham Corner, 109, 116
+
+Tel Asur, 111, 116;
+  capture of, 112
+
+Tel-el-Ful, 88, 89
+
+Tel-el-Jemmi, 50
+
+Tel-el-Saba, 63
+
+Tel-el-Sheria, 67
+
+Templeux la Fosse, 134
+
+Templeux le Guerard, 133
+
+Tenida, 38
+
+Thackeray, Brig.-General F.S., 134
+
+Thompson, Lieut. E.A., killed at the battle of Sheria, 68
+
+Thomson, Captain Anstruther, 161
+
+Thomson, Col. J. Anstruther, commanding the Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry
+Cavalry, 160
+
+Thunderstorm at Gallipoli, 22
+
+Timsah, Lake, 39
+
+Todd, L./Corpl. J., 157
+
+Toine Post, 135
+
+Tortille River, 128
+
+Tournai, evacuated by the Germans, 139
+
+Trench fever, 25
+
+Trenches, digging, 16, 22, 52
+
+Tuck, Capt. A.J.M., 139
+
+Tuke, Capt. A., 21, 40, 147;
+  illness, 26, 29;
+  war on mosquitoes, 35, 147;
+  awarded a Military Cross, 148, 165
+
+Turbeauté River, 125
+
+Turkish Army, snipers, 19;
+  attack on El Buggar, 60;
+  retreat, 70, 72;
+  counter-attacks, 77, 84;
+  flight from Shafa, 100
+
+Two Tree Farm, 55, 56
+
+
+Um Gerrar, 49
+
+Ushant, Cape, 11
+
+
+Vaal, the, 147
+
+Valentine, Lance-Sergeant J., D.C.M. conferred, 20, 165
+
+Valetta Harbour, 12
+
+Versailles, 119
+
+Victoria, Queen, review in Edinburgh, 162
+
+Villers-Bretonneux, 136
+
+Villers Faucon, 131
+
+
+Wadi Ain Arik, 92, 109
+
+Wadi Ghuzzeh, 49, 50, 58, 60, 71, 72
+
+Wadi Hannina, 89, 90
+
+Wadi Imaish, 84, 92, 106
+
+Wadi Kelt, 101
+
+Wadi Kolah, 113
+
+Wadi Melab, 106
+
+Wadi Reuben, 53
+
+Wadi Saba, 61, 62, 63
+
+Wadi Sad, 109
+
+Wadi Selke, 59
+
+Wadi Selman, 79, 92, 94
+
+Wadi Shebab, 79, 80
+
+Wadi Sukharieh, 73, 75
+
+Wadi Sunt, 105
+
+Wadi Zait, 79, 83, 85, 92, 93, 95
+
+Water Dump A, 35, 37, 38
+
+Wemyss, Colonel W., commanding the Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry, 160
+
+Wemyss, W., of Cuttlehill, 144;
+  commanding the Battalion, 69, 164;
+  tribute to, 105;
+  at Cairo, 109
+
+West Somerset Yeomanry, 30;
+  at Sherika, 35
+
+White Hill, 115
+
+Willow Tree Well, 24
+
+Wood, Capt. A.R. Dick, 125, 154
+
+
+Yalo, camp at, 106
+
+Yeomanry Regiment, the first, 159
+
+Young, Private Hastie, 156
+
+Younger, Lieut.-Colonel J., vii., 117;
+  commanding B Squadron, 24;
+  illness, 26, 29;
+  second in command, 40;
+
+Wemyss, W., of Cuttlehill, 144;
+  commanding the Battalion, 69, 164;
+  tribute to, 105;
+  at Cairo, 109
+
+
+Zeitun Ridge, 84, 92;
+  capture of, 98
+
+
+
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+Title: The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
+       and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919
+
+Author: D. D. Ogilvie
+
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+
+
+<br />
+<hr />
+<br />
+
+<div class="tr">
+<p class="cen" style="font-weight: bold;">Transcriber's Note:</p>
+<br />
+<p class="noin">A number of obvious typographical errors have been corrected in this text.<br />
+For a complete list, please see the <a href="#TN">bottom of this document</a>.</p>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+<hr />
+<br />
+
+<div class="img">
+<img border="0" src="images/frontcover.jpg" alt="Front Cover" /><br />
+</div>
+
+<br />
+<hr />
+<br />
+
+<h2>THE FIFE AND FORFAR YEOMANRY</h2>
+
+<br />
+<hr />
+<br />
+
+
+<div class="img"><a name="frontis" id="frontis"></a>
+<a href="images/frontis.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/frontis.jpg" width="100%" alt="Officers at Fakenham, 1915." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">OFFICERS AT FAKENHAM, 1915.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="block"><p class="noin"><i>Back Row (left to right).</i>&mdash;Lt. Smith, Lt. Rigg, Lt. Hutchison, Lt.
+Herdman. Lt. Gray, Lt. Stewart, Lt. Marshall, Lt. Lindsay, Lt.
+Robertson, Capt. Osborne, Lt. Don, Lt. Cummins, Capt. Mitchell, Capt.
+Ogilvie. Capt. Tuke, Major De Pr&eacute;e, Major Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Mitchell,
+Capt. Lindsay, Major Younger, Major Nairn. Lt. Nairn, Lt. Andrew, Lt.
+Sir W. Campbell, Lt. Inglis.</p>
+
+<p class="right"><i>Frontispiece</i></p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+<hr />
+<br />
+<br />
+
+
+<h1>THE FIFE AND
+FORFAR YEOMANRY</h1>
+
+<h3 class="sc">And 14th (F. &amp; F. YEO.) BATTN. R.H.<br />
+1914-1919</h3>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+
+<h2>BY MAJOR D.D. OGILVIE</h2>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+
+<h4 class="center">WITH A PREFACE BY<br />
+MAJOR-GENERAL E.S. GIRDWOOD, C.B., C.M.G.<br />
+Lately G.O.C. 74th (Yeomanry) Division</h4>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+
+<h4>ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS</h4>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+
+
+<h5>LONDON<br />
+JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET<br />
+1921</h5>
+
+<br />
+<hr />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+
+
+<h5><i>All rights reserved</i></h5>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="FOREWORD" id="FOREWORD"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_v" id="Page_v">[v]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>FOREWORD</h3>
+<br />
+
+
+<p>Major Ogilvie has done me the honour of asking me to write a short
+preface to a work which to me is of peculiar interest.</p>
+
+<p>To write a preface&mdash;and especially a short one&mdash;is a somewhat
+difficult task, but my intense pride in, and admiration for, the part
+played by the Battalion with which the gallant author was so long and
+honourably associated must be my excuse for undertaking to do my best.</p>
+
+<p>From his stout record as a soldier the author's qualifications to
+write this history are undoubted. His readers will be able to follow
+from start to glorious finish of the Great War the fortunes of that
+gallant little band of Fife and Forfar Yeomen who ultimately became
+the 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion The Royal Highlanders.</p>
+
+<p>There was little of moment in the operations of the Egyptian
+Expeditionary Force in which this unit did not take part. In divers
+theatres of war they answered the call of Empire&mdash;from Gallipoli to
+Jerusalem, from Jerusalem to France&mdash;ever upholding the honour of
+their King and Country and the best traditions of the British Army.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_vi" id="Page_vi">[vi]</a></span>No matter what by-path of the Great War they trod they bore themselves
+with the undaunted spirit of their forefathers.</p>
+
+<p>The experiences of the Battalion were so full of interest as to seem
+well worth placing on record&mdash;quite apart from the military importance
+of the operations in which they were concerned.</p>
+
+<p>The ordinary reader must consider the conditions under which the work
+of this unit was carried out&mdash;often under a burning sun and again in
+bitter cold, mud and torrential rain&mdash;conditions which might well
+appal the stoutest heart, but here I note that the gallant author, as
+I expected, makes light of the many hardships and vicissitudes that he
+and his comrades were called upon to endure.</p>
+
+<p>Again, when we consider how these heroes first entered the lists as
+cavalry, were then called upon to serve as dismounted cavalry, and
+finally as infantrymen, it surely speaks highly for that "will to win"
+that they had not long before the cessation of hostilities died of a
+broken heart!</p>
+
+<p>Many a time during the two years that I had the honour to command the
+74th (Yeomanry) Division both in Palestine and France, I noted&mdash;not
+without a feeling of intense pride&mdash;the cheery "never-say-die" spirit
+which pervaded all ranks of this splendid Battalion.</p>
+
+<p>No matter what task was set them&mdash;no matter what the difficulties and
+privations to be encountered&mdash;all was overcome by that <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_vii" id="Page_vii">[vii]</a></span>unfaltering
+determination and unswerving loyalty which carried them triumphant
+wherever the fates called them.</p>
+
+<p>In conclusion of these few poor remarks of mine, let me congratulate
+the author on his story. If others read it with the same interest and
+enjoyment with which it has filled me, I can only think that the
+author's labours have not been in vain.</p>
+
+<p>Further, may these remarks go forth, not only as a token to my old
+friends of the 14th Battalion The Royal Highlanders, of the
+admiration, affection, and gratitude of their old Commander, but to
+the whole of Scotland as a tribute to the memory of those good and
+gallant comrades of the "Broken Spur" whom we left behind in foreign
+lands.</p>
+
+<p class="right">ERIC S. GIRDWOOD,<br />
+<br />
+<i>(late) Major-General,</i><br />
+<i>Commanding 74th (Yeomanry) Division.</i></p>
+
+<p><span class="sc">Portsmouth,</span><br />
+<i>20th August 1921</i>.</p>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="INTRODUCTION" id="INTRODUCTION"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_viii" id="Page_viii">[viii]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>INTRODUCTION</h3>
+<br />
+
+<p>This short history, written by request, was started shortly after the
+Regiment was disbanded. For the delay in publishing it, I must plead
+the great mass of inaccuracies which had to be corrected and verified,
+entailing a considerable amount of correspondence and consequent lapse
+of time. It has been compiled from Official Diaries and Forms, and
+from a Diary kept by Lieut.-Colonel J. Younger, D.S.O., without whose
+assistance it would never have been completed.</p>
+
+<p>It will, however, recall to the reader's mind the strenuous and
+eventful days we spent together in a regiment of whose history we are
+all so justly proud, and whose career now as a Yeomanry Regiment is
+ended, and it will recall the gallant fellows with whom we served and
+many a gallant deed.</p>
+
+<p>To the glorious memory of those whose graves lie in a foreign land, I
+humbly dedicate this book.</p>
+
+<p class="right">D. DOUGLAS OGILVIE.</p>
+<p><i>April 1920.</i></p>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="toc" id="toc"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_ix" id="Page_ix">[ix]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>CONTENTS</h3>
+<br />
+
+<div class="centered">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="80%" summary="Table of Contents">
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdr" width="10%"><span style="font-size: 90%;">CHAP.</span></td>
+  <td width="80%">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdr" width="10%"><span style="font-size: 90%;">PAGE</span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">I.</td>
+  <td class="tdlsc"><a href="#CHAPTER_I">At Home&mdash;1914-1915</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">1</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">II.</td>
+  <td class="tdlsc"><a href="#CHAPTER_II">Abroad&mdash;1915</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">9</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">III.</td>
+  <td class="tdlsc"><a href="#CHAPTER_III">Egypt&mdash;1916</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">30</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdlsc"><a href="#ListofOfficers">List of Officers</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">40</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">IV.</td>
+  <td class="tdlsc"><a href="#CHAPTER_IV">Egypt and Palestine&mdash;1917</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">41</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">V.</td>
+  <td class="tdlsc"><a href="#CHAPTER_V">Palestine&mdash;1918</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">107</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">VI.</td>
+  <td class="tdlsc"><a href="#CHAPTER_VI">France&mdash;1918</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">119</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">VII.</td>
+  <td class="tdlsc"><a href="#CHAPTER_VII">Some Personalities</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">143</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">VIII.</td>
+  <td class="tdlsc"><a href="#CHAPTER_VIII">The Predecessors of the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">159</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdlsc"><a href="#APPENDIX_1">Honours and Awards</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">165</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdlsc"><a href="#APPENDIX_2">List of Casualties</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">168</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdlsc"><a href="#INDEX">Index</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">204</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_x" id="Page_x">[x]</a></span><br />
+<a name="toi" id="toi"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_xi" id="Page_xi">[xi]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS</h3>
+<br />
+
+<div class="centered">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="80%" summary="List of Illustrations">
+  <tr>
+  <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td width="70%">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdr" width="20%"><i>Face Page</i></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#frontis">Officers at Fakenham, 1915</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr"><i>Frontispiece</i></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep002">N.C.O.'s at Fakenham, 1915</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">2</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep004a">H.M. The King, with Brigadier-General Lord Lovat and
+  Major-General Bruce Hamilton</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">4</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep004b">The Regiment in Column of Troops at St Ives</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">4</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep006a">Crossing the Bridge, St Ives</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">6</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep006b">Lieut. R.G.O. Hutchison and Machine Gun Section, 1915</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">6</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep008a">Guard Mounting, Fakenham</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">8</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep008b">Entraining Horses, Fakenham</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">8</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep018a">Gebel-el-Ghenneim, Khargeh Oasis</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">18</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep018b">The Highland Barricade, Asmak Dere, Suvla</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">18</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep034a">Captain Tuke on "Joseph"</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">34</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep034b">In the Village of Khargeh</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">34</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep036a">Sentry on Water Dump "A"</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">36</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep036b">Camel Lines at Khargeh</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">36</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep040a">Senussi Prisoners, Dakhla</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">40</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep040b">The Sergeants' Reel, Moascar</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">40</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep042a">The Battalion Mascot</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">42</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep042b">Battalion Cookhouse, El Ferdan</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">42</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep054a">Dug-outs in the Front Line, Sheikh Abbas</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">54</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep054b">A Reserve Wadi, Sheikh Abbas</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">54</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep058a">A Platoon Mess, Wadi Asher</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">58</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep058b">"C" Company Officers' Mess, Wadi Asher</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">58</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep062a">Turkish Trench, with dead Turks, Hill 1070, Beersheba</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">62</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep062b">Bathing, Regent's Park</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">62</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep110a">Battalion Bivouac near Suffa</a><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_xii" id="Page_xii">[xii]</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdr">110</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep110b">The Irish Road crossing the Wadi Ain Arik</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">110</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep140">The Battalion Football Team</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">140</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep158">The Fife and Forfar Imperial Yeomanry at Annsmuir</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">158</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep160a">Detachment at H.M. The King's Visit to Edinburgh</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">160</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep160b">Regimental Drill at Annsmuir, with Skeleton Enemy</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">160</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep164a">Group showing Six successive Commanding Officers</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">164</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep164b">The Cadre on arrival at Kirkcaldy</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">164</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdc" colspan="3" style="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: .75em;"><h3>MAPS</h3></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep020">Our Trenches in the Front Line at Suvla</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">20</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep068">Battle of Sheria</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">68</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep106">Operations in Palestine, 1917-1918</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">106</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep134">Trench System on the Somme</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">134</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#imagep142">The Lys Sector</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr">142</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="CHAPTER_I" id="CHAPTER_I"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[1]</a></span><br />
+
+<h2>THE FIFE AND FORFAR YEOMANRY</h2>
+
+<h3>CHAPTER I<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+
+<h4>AT HOME&mdash;1914-1915</h4>
+<br />
+
+<p>August 4th, 1914, marks the end and also the beginning of two great
+epochs in the history of every Territorial Unit. It marked the close
+of our peace training and the beginning of thirteen months' strenuous
+war training for the thirty-seven months which we were to spend on
+active service abroad.</p>
+
+<p>The Fiery Cross which blazed across the entire Continent caught most
+people unawares and unprepared&mdash;but not so our headquarters. Our
+mobilization papers had already been made out and were despatched
+immediately on the outbreak of war. Each one of us was bidden to
+report forthwith to his Squadron Headquarters, and while we kicked our
+heels there, officers were scouring the country for horses. Soon these
+came in of every sort and shape, and in a week's time the Regiment was
+concentrated at Blairgowrie.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[2]</a></span>The headquarters of the Regiment was at Kirkcaldy, the four Squadrons
+A, B, C, and D having their headquarters respectively at Cupar,
+Dunfermline, Dundee, and Forfar. The recruiting area comprised the
+counties of Fife, Forfar, Kinross, and Clackmannan, and there was also
+a troop in Stirlingshire within a few miles of Loch Lomond. The rest
+of the Highland Mounted Brigade, to which the Regiment belonged, was
+pure Highland, consisting of two regiments of Lovat's Scouts, the
+Inverness Battery, R.H.A., and a T. and S. Column and Field Ambulance
+hailing also from Inverness. On changing to War Establishment, D
+Squadron dropped out and was divided amongst A, B, and C, with the
+exception of Lieut.-Colonel King who went to Remounts, and Captain
+Jackson who became Staff Captain on the newly formed Brigade Staff.</p>
+
+<p>The Regiment was fortunate in having about a week at Squadron
+Mobilization Centres before uniting at Blairgowrie, and a pretty
+hectic week it was for most of us. The most rapid bit of work must
+have been that of D Squadron, whose men were distributed amongst the
+other squadrons, fully equipped, in about three days. This squadron
+was also called upon to provide the various details, such as mounted
+police, who were required on mobilization to report to the Highland
+Territorial Infantry Division, the famous 51st.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep002" id="imagep002"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep002.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep002.jpg" width="100%" alt="N.C.O.'s AT FAKENHAM, 1915." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">N.C.O.'s AT FAKENHAM, 1915.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="block">
+<p class="noin"><i>Back Row (left to right).</i>&mdash;Sgts. Edmond, Petrie, Annand, M'Niven.
+<i>Second Row.</i>&mdash;Farr.-Sgt. Lindsay, Sgts. Inglis, Gourlay, Farr.-Sgt.
+Renton, Sgt. Abbie, Saddler-Sgt. Smith, Sergt. Kirk, F.Q.M.S. Allan,
+Sgts. Hood, Walker, Colthart, Haig, Lumsden, Thorp, Dougall, Couper,
+Bradfield, Craig. <i>Third Row.</i>&mdash;Sgts. Thornton, Aitken, S.Q.M.S.
+Craig, S.S.M. Edie, S.S.M. Ogilvie, Capt. and Adjt. M.E. Lindsay,
+R.S.M. R.G. Rapkin, Capt. Jackson, S.S.M. M'Laren, S.S.M. Adams,
+S.Q.M.S. W. Birrell, Farr.-Sgt. W. Guthrie, Sgt. J. Wilson. <i>Front
+Row.</i>&mdash;Sgts. Scott, Stewart, Gair, Duff, Hair, Adams, Kidd, and
+Henderson.</p>
+
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 2</i></p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[3]</a></span>During this first week squadrons had to arrange for their own
+billeting, forage, and rations; take over, shoe, brand, and number the
+horses as they were sent up in twos and threes by the buyers; mark all
+articles of equipment with the man's regimental number; fit saddlery;
+see that all ranks had brought with them and were in possession of the
+prescribed underclothing, boots, and necessaries; take on charge all
+articles on the Mobilization Store Table as they arrived in odd lots
+from Stirling; and, beyond the above duties, which were all according
+to regulation, to make unofficial arrangements to beg, borrow, or
+steal clothing of sorts to cover those who had enlisted, or
+re-enlisted, to complete to War Establishment, and to provide for
+deficiencies in the saddlery and clothing already on charge.</p>
+
+<p>The result of all the hard work was that it was practically a complete
+unit which came together at Blairgowrie about the 12th of August. Our
+Mobilization Orders had been thoroughly thought out and the general
+outline made known to all ranks, so that no time was lost in getting a
+move on. At Blairgowrie we were billeted in a school, and would have
+been very comfortable if we had been older campaigners, in spite of
+the fact that our horses were about half a mile away, up a steep hill,
+in a field which looked as if it had been especially selected so that
+we might trample to pieces a heavy clover crop, and at the same time
+be as far <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[4]</a></span>as possible from any possible watering place for the
+horses. It meant also about as stiff a hill as possible up which to
+cart all our forage from the station below. Here our adjutant, Captain
+M.E. Lindsay, who knew the whole business of regimental interior
+economy from A to Z, started to get things into proper form and to see
+that orderly officers, orderly sergeants, and orderly corporals
+performed as many of their proper duties as, with their inexperience,
+could be fitted into the twenty-four hours. By the end of three days
+order was beginning to spring out of chaos, and the adjutant never did
+a better bit of work&mdash;and that is saying a great deal&mdash;than he did in
+hunting all and sundry during those first few days.</p>
+
+<p>A depot for recruiting was formed at Kirkcaldy and men quickly swelled
+our reinforcements there. After a few days at Blairgowrie, the
+Regiment entrained for the Brigade Concentration at Huntingdon; but as
+it was found there was insufficient space for a whole brigade, we were
+moved to St Ives, about six miles off, where there was a splendid
+common for drilling and good billets for the men. Very strenuous
+training occupied our two months there, and the expectation of going
+abroad at a moment's notice kept us up to concert pitch. An inspection
+by H.M. the King of the whole Brigade on the common at Huntingdon, and
+another by Sir Ian Hamilton, helped to confirm <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[5]</a></span>our expectations,
+and when we suddenly got orders one Sunday at midnight that we were to
+move to an unknown destination few doubted that we were bound for
+Boulogne.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep004a" id="imagep004a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep004a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep004a.jpg" width="100%" alt="H.M. THE KING, WITH BRIGADIER-GENERAL LORD LOVAT AND
+MAJOR-GENERAL BRUCE HAMILTON." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">H.M. THE KING, WITH BRIGADIER-GENERAL LORD LOVAT AND
+MAJOR-GENERAL BRUCE HAMILTON.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 4</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep004b" id="imagep004b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep004b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep004b.jpg" width="100%" alt="THE REGIMENT IN COLUMN OF TROOPS AT ST. IVES." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">THE REGIMENT IN COLUMN OF TROOPS AT ST. IVES.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 4</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<p>What a bustle we had that Monday. We had built a fine range of stables
+on the Market Square, which were completed all except the harness
+rooms on the Friday, and on the Saturday all the horses were moved in
+except those in the sick lines. We had just received a consignment of
+about 100 grass-fed remounts which had been handed over to squadrons
+to look after, but not definitely allotted. Consequently when we
+received orders to move we had horses in the Market Square, saddlery
+about a mile away up the Ramsey Road, and horses in the sick lines
+which belonged to no one in particular and had never been fitted with
+saddlery at all. In addition, every one had been collecting every
+conceivable sort of kit "indispensable for active service," presents
+from kind friends and purchases from plausible haberdashers, with the
+result that quite 50 per cent. of our gear had to be left behind or
+sent home. To add to our confusion a draft arrived from our second
+line to bring us up to War Establishment, and they had to be fitted
+out with horses, etc. However, we got off up to time and entrained at
+Huntingdon, wondering if it would be three days or a week (at most)
+before we were charging Uhlans.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[6]</a></span>But our destination was only the Lincolnshire coast&mdash;Grimsby.
+Fortunately thirty-six hours terminated our stay there, and we trekked
+off south, eventually halting at Hogsthorpe, a village about three
+miles from the coast. The two remaining regiments of the Brigade were
+one in Skegness and the other half-way between us and Skegness.</p>
+
+<p>For the next few months we moved from one village to another in the
+neighbourhood of Skegness. "We dug miles of trenches along the
+coast&mdash;we erected barbed wire entanglements for the sea to play
+with&mdash;we patrolled bleak stretches of coast day and night, and in all
+sorts of weather&mdash;we watched patiently for spies and Zeppelins, and we
+were disappointed. Nothing happened; the Germans would not come."</p>
+
+<p>Christmas was spent at Skegness, and in spite of alarms and excursions
+we had an excellent regimental dinner, very largely due to the
+generosity of our friends in Scotland. The ladies of the Regiment
+opened subscription lists for "Comforts" for the Regiment, and
+everyone who was asked not only gave but gave generously. Wherever we
+went our "Comforts" followed us, whatever we asked for we got and,
+except on Gallipoli, we were never without our own private stock of
+Grant's or Inglis' oatmeal. We owe a lot to the generosity of our
+friends in Scotland.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep006a" id="imagep006a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep006a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep006a.jpg" width="90%" alt="CROSSING THE BRIDGE, ST IVES." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">CROSSING THE BRIDGE, ST IVES.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 6</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep006b" id="imagep006b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep006b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep006b.jpg" width="90%" alt="LIEUT. R.G.O. HUTCHISON AND MACHINE GUN SECTION, 1915." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">LIEUT. R.G.O. HUTCHISON AND MACHINE GUN SECTION, 1915.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 6</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a></span>From Lincolnshire we moved again south to Norfolk. King's Lynn was
+found to be unsatisfactory as a billeting area, so we trekked on to
+Fakenham which proved to be our final resting place in England. By now
+our training had so far advanced that we were not kept at it quite so
+hard, and we had more time for sports. We had polo, cricket, and all
+kinds of games, and on 3rd June mounted sports which were most
+successful.</p>
+
+<p>We spent the summer putting on the finishing touches, and did some
+very useful bits of training, including some fairly ambitious schemes
+of trench digging and planning, which proved invaluable later on, and
+which was a branch of knowledge in which many Yeomanries were
+conspicuously lacking. Also, by this time, a few courses of
+instruction had been started at the larger military centres, and we
+had several officers and men trained at these courses in musketry and
+other branches who were then able to pass their information on to the
+rest of us. We were given an army gymnastic instructor who brushed up
+our physical training&mdash;on which we had always been very keen&mdash;and also
+started to put us through a thorough course of bayonet fighting. There
+was also a busy time among our machine gunners, who trained spare
+teams up to nearly three times our establishment, which was
+invaluable, as it enabled us to take advantage of the chance which
+came <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a></span>to us of going abroad with six machine guns per regiment instead
+of three. As our usual role on Gallipoli was to take over with three
+squadrons, whose effective strength was never more than 100 each at
+the most, and generally considerably less, from four companies of
+infantry, each numbering anything from 150 to 180 strong, these extra
+machine guns were worth their weight in gold.</p>
+
+<p>By this time a good many were thoroughly "fed up" with so long a spell
+of home service, fearing that the war would be over before we got out
+at all. And it was not till nearly the end of August that we got
+definite news that at last we were to receive the reward of all our
+hard training and see service overseas. We were inspected and
+addressed by General Sir H. Smith-Dorrien. Our horses, that had done
+us so well on many a strenuous field day, that knew cavalry drill
+better than some of us, that had taken part in our famous charge with
+fixed bayonets on the common at St Ives, were taken from us and sent,
+some to our second line and some to remount depots. In return for a
+horse we were each given a heavy cavalry sword, presumably to prevent
+us being confused with mere infantry.</p>
+
+<p>On 5th September we said good-bye to our friends in Fakenham and
+started off on our journey for an unknown destination but&mdash;business.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep008a" id="imagep008a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep008a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep008a.jpg" width="85%" alt="GUARD MOUNTING, FAKENHAM." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">GUARD MOUNTING, FAKENHAM.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 8</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep008b" id="imagep008b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep008b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep008b.jpg" width="85%" alt="ENTRAINING HORSES, FAKENHAM." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">ENTRAINING HORSES, FAKENHAM.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 8</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="CHAPTER_II" id="CHAPTER_II"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>CHAPTER II<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+
+<h4>ABROAD&mdash;1915</h4>
+<br />
+
+
+<p>The last few days at Fakenham were busy ones, chiefly owing to the
+floods of new equipment which were at last showered upon us. Two
+squadrons got a complete issue of new saddlery, harness, and vehicles,
+which meant, in the first place, handing over the old issues to
+representatives of the second line, and in the second place,
+assembling all the new saddlery (which was issued in small pieces) and
+packing it into sacks ready for the voyage. The rest of the saddlery
+was put on board without being unpacked. Then our complement of
+machine guns was increased from two to six per regiment, which meant
+taking from each squadron 1 officer and 20 men to form the new
+personnel, and replacing them in the squadrons with men from the
+second line. By this arrangement we lost also our adjutant, Captain
+M.E. Lindsay, who was made Brigade Machine Gun Officer. Lieutenant
+H.S. Sharp took Captain Lindsay's place as adjutant. All ranks were
+fitted with helmets (on which pugarees had to be fixed under the <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a></span>eye
+of the few old soldiers who had been abroad and knew how to do it),
+and also with a complete outfit of khaki drill clothing. This last
+caused no end of trouble and annoyance both to the tailors and the
+men. However, it was all finished somehow, and it was a very cheery
+party which embarked on the train at Fakenham station just after dusk.
+The entire population turned out to see us off and wish us luck, and
+gave us a very hearty send-off.</p>
+
+<p>Next morning we found ourselves at Devonport, where we were to embark
+on H.M.T. <i>Andania</i> (Captain Melsom), a second-class Cunard Atlantic
+Liner, and set to at once to load our baggage in the holds. Speed
+seemed to be the main concern, the safety of the cargo being quite a
+secondary consideration. The Brigade arrived in some dozen or more
+trains, each carrying what corresponded to a squadron, its baggage,
+which consisted of all sorts of heavy cases and things more or less
+breakable such as personal baggage, and saddlery in sacks, and also
+motor bicycles and vehicles. Each train was unloaded as it arrived and
+its contents thrown holus-bolus into one of the holds, except for the
+wheeled vehicles. The result was that there were layers of saddles at
+the very bottom of the hold, and further layers at intervals up to the
+top sandwiched between ammunition and heavy cases of all kinds.
+Fortunately we were never asked to unpack the saddlery.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></span>On Wednesday, 8th September, about 5 <span class="fakesc">A.M.</span>, we left the
+harbour escorted by two destroyers who took us to abreast Cape Ushant
+and there left us.</p>
+
+<p>The first day or two on board was regular pandemonium and most
+uncomfortable for the men. Four officers and 140 other ranks from the
+second line had joined us at Devonport and we were very overcrowded.
+Each man had a stuffy and inaccessible bunk and a place at a table in
+the steerage saloon for meals, which had to be served in three relays
+owing to the numbers on board. This meant either very perfect time
+keeping or very perfect chaos, and, needless to say, for the first few
+days it was the latter. The captain also had a habit of always having
+his alarm boat drills while some relay was feeding, which did not add
+to the harmony. After a few days, however, things went very much more
+smoothly, but at no time could it be called a comfortable voyage. For
+the officers it was very different. They were not too overcrowded and
+were fed like fighting cocks. The deck accommodation was, of course,
+ridiculously inadequate, and muster parades, boat drill, and physical
+drill in relays was all that could be managed. We also had lectures on
+flies, sanitation, and how to behave when we got to Constantinople.</p>
+
+<p>We steered a very roundabout course to avoid submarines and came into
+the Straits of <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a></span>Gibraltar from the south-west keeping well south of
+the Rock. We hugged the north coast of Africa, and passed a Greek
+tramp who signalled to us to stop as a large enemy submarine was ten
+miles east of us. As such ships had been used before as decoys for
+German submarines, we gave her a wide berth and informed Gibraltar who
+were to send out a destroyer to have a look at her. We reached Malta
+on 14th September, but we were too late to get into Valetta Harbour,
+so we anchored in St Paul's Bay for the night and got into Valetta
+Harbour early next morning. For most of us it was our first glimpse of
+the Near East, and no one could deny the beauty of the scene&mdash;the
+harbour full of craft of all sorts down to the tiny native skiff, and
+crowned by the old Castle of St Angelo, the picturesque town, the palm
+trees, and the motley crowd of natives swimming and diving, and
+hawking fruit and cigarettes from their boats. Some of us got ashore
+to see the historical old town, full of memories of the Templars&mdash;St
+John's Cathedral, the Governor's Palace, the Armoury&mdash;but most had to
+stay on board to bargain and argue with the native vendors. We slipped
+out of the harbour at dusk, showing no lights, but to show we were not
+downhearted, Lovat's entire pipe band started to play. But not for
+long; as the captain threatened to put them all in irons, which
+brought the concert to an abrupt conclusion.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a></span>We reached Alexandria on the morning of the 18th, and the first stage
+of our trip was over&mdash;to everyone's regret. We had had a lovely
+voyage, a calm sea and perfect weather, and only the most persevering
+had managed to get seasick. Those of us who had still lingering hopes
+of seeing horses at Alexandria were speedily disillusioned, as we were
+ordered promptly to unload all our saddlery and transport vehicles.
+This was done with just as much organisation and care as the loading.
+The following morning we all went a route march for a couple of hours
+through the town. Perhaps the intention was to squash any desire we
+might have had to linger on in Alexandria. All the same some bits
+undoubtedly stank less than others.</p>
+
+<p>Meanwhile stacks of infantry web equipment had come aboard, and
+fortunately for us about forty infantry officers who were able to show
+us how to put it together. That kept us busy for the next few days.</p>
+
+<p>A cruiser met us in the Grecian Archipelago and conducted us safely
+into Mudros Harbour on 23rd September. It had got very much colder as
+we got farther north, and the day before we made Mudros it was
+absolutely arctic, which was lucky indeed as it made us all take on to
+the Peninsula much warmer clothes than we would otherwise have done.
+Mudros Harbour was a great sight&mdash;British and French <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a></span>battleships,
+hospital ships, transports, colliers, and all sorts of cargo ships
+down to the little native sailing boats, and the steam cutters which
+tore up and down all day looking very busy. The island itself looked
+very uninviting, stony, barren, and inhospitable, and a route march
+only confirmed our opinions&mdash;the race ashore in the ship's boats,
+however, compensated us&mdash;and nearly drowned us.</p>
+
+<p>Our ration strength at Mudros was 32 officers and 617 other ranks, but
+of these 9 officers and 63 other ranks remained behind as first
+reinforcements when the Regiment went on the Peninsula. Each squadron
+went forward 4 officers and 136 other ranks. When we returned to
+Mudros three months later our effective strength was 8 officers and
+125 other ranks.</p>
+
+<p>On 26th September the Regiment filed down the gangways of the
+<i>Andania</i> on to the <i>Abassiyeh</i> and landed that night on Gallipoli.
+From the <i>Abassiyeh</i> we were transhipped into a "beetle" packed like
+sardines and loaded like a Christmas-tree. These lighters being
+flat-bottomed could run ashore on the sand and land troops dry-shod.
+The gangway was very steep and slippery and the men were so
+overloaded, each carrying a bundle of firewood as well as full
+equipment, and a pick and a shovel, that nearly everyone, like William
+the Conqueror, bit the dust on landing. Otherwise, we had <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a></span>an
+unmolested landing and started off for our billets in some reserve
+trenches about a mile and a half away.</p>
+
+<p>Here our difficulties began with daylight, as we were in full view of
+the Turkish positions and within easy range of their guns, with the
+result we were not allowed to move about outside the trenches during
+the day. Water had to be fetched by hand about a mile and then had to
+be boiled, and we had not, like those who had been on the Peninsula a
+few weeks, collected a stock of petrol and biscuit tins for storage.
+Later on we even got water-carts filled with water brought from Mudros
+or Egypt, but not for at least six weeks, and meantime everything had
+to be carried and stored in petrol tins, rum jars, and such few
+biscuit tins as were water-tight. The wells were so congested, and the
+water so scarce that water-bottles were not allowed at the wells, and
+all we could do was to keep them in the cookhouse, ready to be filled
+and issued as the water was boiled. Apart from the November blizzard
+our first week in the reserve trenches, until we got our water supply
+in working order, was the most uncomfortable of our stay. Rations were
+really wonderfully plentiful and good.</p>
+
+<p>That night we were ordered forward to complete the digging of a new
+reserve area. Just as we were falling in to move off, a regular strafe
+started in the front line only just over a <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span>mile away, but luckily it
+stopped just before we were to move off. It was our first experience
+of being under fire, and for all we knew it might have been the sort
+of thing that happened every night, so we just carried on as if
+nothing unusual were happening. Familiarity may breed contempt in most
+cases, but bullets singing about four feet above one's head is one of
+the exceptions, and Heaven knows we had plenty of experience of
+"overs" on the Peninsula. They are undoubtedly a fine incentive to
+work however, and once on the ground the men dug like beavers&mdash;and
+they <i>could</i> dig&mdash;and by dawn at 4 <span class="fakesc">A.M.</span> we had a continuous
+though somewhat narrow trench. The soil, for the most part, was clay,
+and it was tough work digging, but once dug the trenches stood up
+well.</p>
+
+<p>After a day or two we began to be sent up to the front line for
+instruction, 30 men per squadron at a time, the remainder digging
+trenches and going down singly to the beach for a bathe. That was the
+one thing for which Gallipoli was perfect. The beach was rather far
+away, perhaps two miles, but we were all glad of the exercise, and the
+bathing was glorious&mdash;the water beautifully warm and so refreshing.</p>
+
+<p>As regards the lie of the land and our positions there&mdash;coming up from
+the beach at Suvla there were fully two miles of flat country before
+you reached the foothills. The northern part of this plain was a
+shallow lake dry in <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a></span>summer but with a few feet of brackish water in
+winter called Salt Lake, and the southern part a few feet higher
+stretched down to "Anzac," where spurs running down from Sari Bahr to
+the sea terminate it abruptly. Our front line, generally speaking, was
+just off the plain, a few hundred yards up the slopes of the
+foothills, with any reserves there were lying in trenches on the
+plain.</p>
+
+<p>Imagining the whole Suvla plain and its surrounding hills to be a
+horse-shoe, you might say the Turks held round three parts of the
+shoe, leaving us with the two heels at Caracol Dagh on the north and
+Anzac on the south, and a line between these two points across the
+plain. This plain was practically bare, but Caracol Dagh was thickly
+covered with dwarf oak and scrub, and Anzac with a good undergrowth of
+rhododendron, veronica, and other similar bushes. At Sulajik (the
+centre of the horse-shoe), and immediately to the north of it, and
+also round the villages in the Turkish lines, were numbers of fine
+trees, but nowhere that we could see was there anything that could be
+called a wood. As regards the soil, the gullies at Anzac on the spurs
+of Sari Bahr were quite bewildering in their heaped up confusion,
+partly rocky, but mainly a sort of red clay and very steep. In the
+centre it was a yellower clay with patches of sand and bog, and on
+Caracol Dagh it was all rock and stones, so that digging was
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a></span>impossible, and all defences were built either with stones or
+sandbags. The view looking back to the sea from almost any part of our
+line was glorious. Hospital ships and men-of-war, and generally
+monitors and troop-ships in the Bay, and on the horizon the peaks of
+Imbros and Samothrace reflecting the glorious sunrises and sunsets of
+the Levant.</p>
+
+<p>In these surroundings we spent about a week before getting a turn in
+the front line. We struck a reasonably quiet sector and fairly well
+dug, but there were several details in which the trenches varied from
+what we were accustomed to read about. The first and most noticeable
+difference from the point of view of the inhabitants was the entire
+absence of head cover. Even after we had been on the Peninsula nearly
+three months all we had collected were one or two poles, a sheet of
+corrugated iron (ear-marked as a roof for a signal station), and a few
+yards of wire-netting. There was not a house or a building of course
+in the country-side, and as our neighbours were as badly off as we
+were, there was no scope for the enterprising.</p>
+
+<p>Our first turn only lasted four days, and we had hardly a casualty
+until an hour or two before we were to move back into support. The
+support trenches were very much less comfortable than the front line,
+and as there were lots of parties to go up at all hours of the day and
+night to dig and wire in front, it <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a></span>took a lot of scheming to get
+everyone satisfactorily fixed with water and food. We also had to send
+out officers' patrols to fix the Turkish line, as we were intending to
+have a dash at capturing his barrier across the Azmac Dere&mdash;a dry
+watercourse which ran right through both the Turkish and our
+lines&mdash;and so straighten out our line. Patrolling was very
+difficult&mdash;there were no landmarks to guide one, the going was
+exceedingly prickly, and at that time the place was full of Turkish
+snipers, who came out at dusk and lay out till morning in the broken
+and shell-pitted country. We soon got the better of these sportsmen
+though&mdash;our snipers out-sniped them, and our bombing officer, if he
+frightened them with his catapults and other engines of offence half
+as much as he frightened us, must also be given credit for a share in
+dispersing them.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep018a" id="imagep018a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep018a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep018a.jpg" width="95%" alt="GEBEL-EL-GHENNEIM, KHARGEH OASIS." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">GEBEL-EL-GHENNEIM, KHARGEH OASIS.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 18</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep018b" id="imagep018b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep018b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep018b.jpg" width="95%" alt="THE HIGHLAND BARRICADE, ASMAK DERE, SUVLA." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">THE HIGHLAND BARRICADE, ASMAK DERE, SUVLA.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 18</i></p>
+</div>
+
+
+<p>A squadron (Major de Pree) and the bombing squad under Mr A.C. Smith,
+in conjunction with a squadron of 2nd Lovat Scouts, carried out the
+raid on the Dere on the night of the 17th/18th October. It was a
+complete success&mdash;all the Turks holding the barrier being killed by
+the bombing party, and about sixty or seventy yards of new trench
+being dug the same night. This little exploit was the subject of
+congratulations from both the Divisional and Corps Commanders,
+Major-General W. Peyton and Major-General Sir Julian Byng. Mr Smith
+got the M.C., and <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></span>Lance-Sergeant J. Valentine and Private W. Roger
+the D.C.M. for that night's work.</p>
+
+<p>The Brigade was then due for relief, but we wanted to finish the job
+of straightening the line before we went, so we stayed on to the end
+of the month, by which time the work was practically complete. During
+this time we had the joy of receiving some letters and parcels, and
+even a very limited supply of canteen stores. People at home hardly
+realised as yet where we were, the conditions under which we were
+living, and the time it took for parcels to arrive. One officer
+received three parcels&mdash;the first containing his keys which he had
+left on his dressing-table at home, the second, some sort of
+collapsible boot-tree, and the third, about a three years' supply of
+Euxesis shaving cream. Many a good cake too had to be hurriedly
+removed and buried deep in the refuse pit. All the same, parcels were
+a great joy to receive, and provided many an excellent tit-bit for
+supper. Many, unfortunately, went missing&mdash;especially if they had the
+labels of Fortnum &amp; Mason, John Dewar, or Johnnie Walker. We sometimes
+wondered if they were timid and preferred the comforts of the beach to
+the hazards of the trenches.</p>
+
+<p>The canteen arrangements could hardly be called a success either.
+Occasionally a few supplies trickled through to us, and once an
+expedition to Imbros was arranged to purchase <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a></span>stores at the local
+markets. Eggs, fruit, biscuits, oatmeal, chocolate, etc., were ordered
+by the hundredweight, and an officer sent to make the purchases. He
+returned to tell us the expedition had fallen short of complete
+success. His share of the plunder for the Regiment had been one packet
+of chocolate which he had eaten.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep020" id="imagep020"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep020.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep020.jpg" width="70%" alt="OUR TRENCHES IN THE FRONT LINE AT SUVLA." /></a><br />
+<p class="emery" style="margin-right: 11%;">Emery Walker Ltd. sc</p>
+<p class="right" style="margin-top: .2em; margin-right: 10%;"><i>To face page 20</i><span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+</div>
+
+<p>We had now completed our turn in the line, and were relieved by the
+158th Brigade, and went back to our old place in reserve which we
+found very filthy. How we wished there were Dr Tukes in every regiment
+and battalion. He had so inculcated everyone of us&mdash;officers and men
+alike&mdash;with the vital necessity of cleanliness and the deplorable
+habits and peregrinations of the household fly, that we sometimes
+wondered if we were scavengers or soldiers. Though we lay no claims to
+perfection&mdash;or anything like it&mdash;few trenches were cleaner than ours
+were, and right to the very end of the war we never left a trench or
+billet without it being cleaner and more "lime and creosol"-ated than
+when we entered it.</p>
+
+<p>The water arrangements had also been revolutionised, and we actually
+had cookers and water-carts in the lines, but the greatest joy of all
+was to go bathing again. The weather was not nearly so hot, and the
+flies which had tortured us in their myriads during the hot weather
+were now nothing like so <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a></span>numerous, which made it possible to enjoy
+what food we had.</p>
+
+<p>Rumour as to our future movements meantime was rife. Lord Kitchener
+had come and gone, and all sorts of stories came from the beach. It
+was not till 26th November that we knew definitely that evacuation had
+been decided on, and that we had to make arrangements to get rid of
+all surplus kit and all our "lame ducks."</p>
+
+<p>Meantime, we were busy improving our trenches and digging South Lane
+and Peyton Avenue communication trenches, and generally making
+ourselves more comfortable.</p>
+
+<p>On 26th November we got orders to pack all surplus stores which were
+dumped, along with officers' valises, ready to be taken off that night
+by the Sikh muleteers. We parted with great reluctance from our
+tarpaulins and cart covers which provided the only shelters we had,
+but that night even they would have been of little use. At five
+o'clock the downpour started, accompanied by thunder and lightning,
+such as you only can see in the tropics. Thunder-clap merged into
+thunder-clap, each one noisier than the last&mdash;sheet lightning lit up
+the sky, north, south, and east at the same time&mdash;and the rain came
+down in torrents. It was a wonderful and awful sight. Trenches and
+dug-outs were quite uninhabitable and a foot deep in water.
+Fortunately by this time it was dark, so we <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a></span>climbed out of the
+trenches and prepared to spend the night on the top, where the water
+was only lying in places. Then came down the water from the hills. The
+Azmac Dere came down in spate, washing away the Turkish and the
+Highland barricades, carrying horses, mules, and men, dead and alive,
+down with it. Peyton Avenue and South Lane were culs-de-sac and soon
+filled, and the overflow flooded our trenches. The 2nd Lovat Scouts
+were completely washed out, and had to retire and dig in down near the
+beach. By this time the rain had stopped, and by next morning we saw
+the water subsiding gradually. Fortunately it was a misty morning, and
+we could wander about on top, though we did have one or two shrapnel
+bursts over us. We then discovered that our valises and stores were
+still floating in the water-cart emplacement&mdash;the Sikhs having turned
+tail when the storm broke. It was six weeks later when we opened our
+valises.</p>
+
+<p>We had hoped the relief would have been cancelled, but not so, and at
+5 <span class="fakesc">P.M.</span> we started off for the front line. The Turks evidently
+anticipated something of the sort, and their rifle fire soon forced us
+to take to the communication trenches. North Lane was not too bad.
+There was 18 inches of water, but the bottom was gravelly and the
+going not too bad. Where this trench struck the old support line we
+found guides awaiting us who took us <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></span>past Willow Tree Well through
+the most awful trenches-too narrow for a heavily ladened man, greasy
+and slippery, and full of holes which took us up to the waist in
+water. Some idea of the going may be gathered from the fact that the
+journey of less than two miles took upwards of five hours to
+accomplish. And then our troubles weren't over. The firebays we found
+crammed with the infantry we were relieving&mdash;a helpless, hopeless
+mob&mdash;and it wasn't till midnight that we had the place to ourselves.</p>
+
+<p>A Squadron (Major de Pree) held from the Azmac Dere to Fort Conan, and
+B Squadron (Major J. Younger) from Fort Conan to the old road leading
+to Anafarta, C Squadron lying in support. We could only man every
+second or third bay lightly, and our left flank was in the air&mdash;the
+159th Brigade on our left, being about 120 yards away. Lovats were in,
+and to the south of, the Dere.</p>
+
+<p>Movement in the trenches to promote circulation was impossible&mdash;one
+was exhausted long before one felt any life in one's limbs, and to add
+to our troubles snow fell during the night, and it turned bitterly
+cold. Next day was even more bitterly cold with snow and rain, and a
+lot of men had to go down the line sick with trench feet and
+exhaustion, many of them suffering from jaundice and diarrh&oelig;a as
+well. The area was again very heavily shelled with shrapnel, and we
+suffered a few casualties. By night time <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></span>everything was covered with
+snow, but what really put the lid on was a sudden blizzard about 2
+<span class="fakesc">A.M.</span> with ever so many degrees of frost. Everything one had
+on was of course soaking wet and covered with mud, and this was now
+frozen stiff by the frost. Most of the rifles were out of action, and
+even the water in the machine guns froze. However, daylight put new
+heart in us, and we made good progress in improving the trenches,
+getting rifles once more in working order, and generally tidying up
+and making things as comfortable as possible under the circumstances.
+That night about six or eight Turks crawled up the sunken road on our
+extreme left flank and caused quite an excitement, but finding the
+trenches still manned retired hastily. Unfortunately the message that
+they had retired miscarried, and headquarters stood to impatiently for
+about an hour.</p>
+
+<p>Gradually the weather improved and the sun came out, and we managed to
+drain off more and more of the water from the communication trenches.
+But the damage had already been done&mdash;the wet followed by the cold and
+intense frost brought on trench fever in an acute and terrible form.
+One poor fellow had died of exhaustion and 142 left the Regiment in
+two days, some few never to recover and others to be maimed for life.</p>
+
+<p>In the week following the storm 7 officers, <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></span>including Major Younger
+and Captain Tuke, R.A.M.C., and 221 other ranks were admitted to
+hospital through sickness. Owing to the washing away of the Highland
+barricade, three men, bringing water up the Azmac Dere, foolishly
+missed our trenches and wandered into the Turkish lines.</p>
+
+<p>By this time our numbers were so reduced that C Squadron was brought
+up from the support line and divided between A Squadron (Major de
+Pree) and B Squadron (Captain D.D. Ogilvie). A troop of Lovats and a
+section of machine gunners were in support to us. Later we were all
+amalgamated into one squadron under Major de Pree, 8 officers and 103
+other ranks, the entire strength of the Regiment, including
+headquarters, being only 13 officers and 190 other ranks.</p>
+
+<p>From the beginning of December we began gradually to send off parties
+of men to Mudros with surplus kit and stores. On 9th December we were
+relieved by the 2nd Scottish Horse and moved back into the support
+trenches, from which we sent a party back to the front line who
+reported very little firing from the Turks but that they seemed to be
+suffering from bad colds. Embarkation orders by Major-General W.R.
+Marshall were read to all ranks and we prepared to go. Three officers
+and 27 other ranks took over part of 1st Lovats' line and formed our
+rear-guard, and at six o'clock on <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></span>the evening of 19th December the
+Regiment paraded for the last time on Gallipoli and marched to C
+Beach, via Peyton Avenue and Anzac Road. The perfect weather of the
+last three or four days still held; a full moon slightly obscured by
+mist, a calm sea and no shelling made the evacuation a complete
+success. The remains of the Regiment embarked on the <i>Snaefels</i> and
+sailed for Imbros, where they were joined by Captain D.D. Ogilvie, who
+had been acting M.L.O. for the evacuation and left by the last
+lighter. A four-mile march to camp and a hot meal, and our troubles
+were over.</p>
+
+<p>The complete success of the evacuation caused quite a stir at home.
+From Suvla alone 44,000 men, 90 guns of all calibre, including one
+anti-aircraft gun, 3000 mules, 400 horses, 30 donkeys, 1800 carts, and
+4000 to 5000 cartloads of stores had to be embarked&mdash;and only by night
+too, as of course the beaches and bay were visible by day from the
+Turkish lines. To deceive the Turks, men were actually embarked by
+night and disembarked by daylight to represent reinforcements, and the
+Sikh muleteers drove furiously all day chiefly to make the dust fly.
+On the last night about 12,000 men were embarked from A and C beaches,
+and everything had been so well managed that there was never a hitch
+of any kind. Needless to say each party arrived at the point where the
+M.L.O. were to meet them <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span>well up to time and were conducted straight
+on to the "beetles."</p>
+
+<p>We were, of course, exceedingly lucky in the weather and in the lack
+of initiative on the part of the Turks. The Higher Command counted on
+50 per cent, casualties but actually, on the last night, only two men
+were wounded on the way down to the beach&mdash;8 old guns, rendered
+useless, were left behind at Anzac, 250 cases of Sunlight soap, a few
+Indian carts minus their wheels, and one or two hospital tents were
+left as a present for "Johnnie," and that was about all. The A.S.C.
+set fire to everything they could not take away, and a fine bonfire it
+made. The morning we left the wind rose, the sea became choppy, the
+Turks attacked in great style, bombarding the beaches very heavily,
+smashing the piers and nearly wiping Lala Baba off the map.</p>
+
+<p>On 23rd December we left our camp and tried to board the <i>Prince
+Abbas</i>, but the storm was too strong and we had to land again.
+However, we got off next day, reached Mudros Harbour, and changed on
+to the <i>Scotian</i> on Christmas Day. None of us will forget the kindness
+with which we were received on the <i>Scotian</i>, and the arrival of a
+huge mail <i>and</i> plum puddings completed our joy. We left on Boxing Day
+and got to Alexandria on the 28th, where we at once disembarked and
+went to camp at Sidi Bishr.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></span>Of the 32 officers and 617 other ranks who sailed from Alexandria on
+the 20th September, 8 officers and 107 other ranks returned on 28th
+December&mdash;each squadron on 20th September was 6 officers and 136 other
+ranks strong, the composite squadron on 28th December was 4 officers
+and 61 other ranks. On 9th December the strength of the Highland
+Mounted Brigade was 39 officers and 854 other ranks&mdash;the 2nd Mounted
+Division only 2200 all ranks.</p>
+
+<p>In addition to the C.O., Lieut.-Colonel A. Mitchell, we had lost
+through sickness alone two squadron leaders (Majors J. Younger and
+R.S. Nairn), the Adjutant (Lieutenant H.S. Sharp) and his successor
+(Captain G.E.B. Osborne), the Quartermaster (Lieutenant W. Ricketts),
+and the M.O. (Captain Tuke, R.A.M.C.), the R.Q.M.S. and all the
+S.S.M., and S.Q.M.S., in all 18 officers and 339 other ranks. The
+Brigade was commanded by Lieut.-Colonel A. Stirling of Lovat's Scouts,
+Lord Lovat having left through sickness; the Regiment by Major J.
+Gilmour. Fortunately a good many of these, after a brief stay in
+hospital in Egypt or at Malta, were able to rejoin us later on.</p>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="CHAPTER_III" id="CHAPTER_III"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[30]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>CHAPTER III<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+
+<h4>EGYPT&mdash;1916</h4>
+<br />
+
+<p>From a military point of view 1916 can be summed up as far as we were
+concerned in two words&mdash;nothing doing. It was certainly for us the
+most peaceful and uneventful year. New Year saw us resting and
+refitting at Sidi Bishr&mdash;bathing in the Mediterranean and sightseeing
+in Alexandria. After a few days we moved to Mena Camp, under the
+shadow of the Pyramids, and at the end of the tram line to Cairo.
+Apart from the fact that we had two regiments of Lovat's Scouts on one
+side, and three regiments of Scottish Horse on the other, and every
+man was either playing the pipes or practising on the chanter from
+early morn to dewy eve, we had a peaceful time there for about five
+weeks, watching our numbers gradually increase as men returned from
+hospital, and wondering whether we were ever to be mounted again. That
+rumour soon, however, got its quietus, as we were told we were to link
+up with the South-Western Mounted Brigade (North Devon Hussars, Royal
+1st Devon Yeomanry, and West Somerset <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</a></span>Yeomanry under Brig.-General R.
+Hoare), and form a dismounted Yeomanry Brigade of six regiments.</p>
+
+<p>On 12th February we removed up the Nile to Minia&mdash;a dusty, dirty,
+horrible place. Two expeditions of 2 officers and 43 other ranks and 3
+officers and 40 other ranks set out from there&mdash;- one to guard bridges
+at Nazlet el Abid and the other to demonstrate along with Lovat's
+Scouts at Assiut. Minia is one of the wealthiest towns in Upper Egypt,
+and it was thought probable that the Senussi might attempt to raid
+Minia or Assiut, with a view to plundering the banks and giving a
+start to any disaffection among the fellahin.</p>
+
+<p>On 5th March we moved again farther south to Sohag, and a squadron
+carried on to Kilo 145 on the Sherika line to take up an outpost line.
+Camel patrols were also sent out into the desert. We had a scheme or
+two in the desert and a fire in the M.G. tent, at which the local fire
+brigade greatly distinguished itself by its masterly inactivity and
+futile energy. To the strains of "Kam l&ecirc;y&acirc;l, Kam iyy&acirc;m" at the far end
+of a leaking hosepipe, the fire eventually burned itself out. We only
+had two fires the whole time we were in Egypt, which was very
+creditable considering the inflammable nature of our "houses," and on
+both occasions our enterprising quartermaster made full use of the
+distressing occurrence.</p>
+
+<p>We had two very excellent days of sports at <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></span>Sohag against the
+Australian Light Horse and in the Brigade, our most popular win
+perhaps being in the tug-of-war. Another sporting event took place
+here&mdash;a racing camel, ridden by its Bedouin owner, was backed to beat
+any one of our officers' horses over a six-mile course, of which the
+first half lay along the canal bank, the last half over the desert
+which was pretty heavy going. After the first mile and a half the
+camel was leading by some 600 yards. After three miles the camel was
+leading by about 200 yards and rolling heavily, whereas "Charlie" and
+his horse were cantering steadily and easily. The latter continued to
+gain and passed the camel about the four miles, and won comfortably at
+a fast trot. In forcing the pace along the canal bank the Bedouin
+undoubtedly burst his camel.</p>
+
+<p>We received a most unpleasant welcome at Gara on the night of 13th
+April. A severe sandstorm got up at night, and in the morning we had
+hardly a tent standing. Gara didn't like us. When we returned there in
+November we were washed out by a cloud-burst&mdash;a thing which hadn't
+happened there since the Flood.</p>
+
+<p>On the 16th of April we went to Sherika, and there we remained till
+15th November. We became a small detached force&mdash;the Kharga Oasis
+Detachment under Lieut.-Colonel Angus MacNeil, 2nd L.S. Yeomanry,
+consisting of the Highland Mounted Brigade, a squadron of <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[33]</a></span>Egyptian
+Lancers, and a company of the I.C.C. Later on three 15-pounders were
+sent us, a company of R.E., a battery of Sikh Mountain Gunners,
+R.F.C., at Meherique, and later at Sherika about 1000 baggage camels
+and 2000 E.L.C. We also had an A.S.C. Bakery Section and our own
+slaughter-house, and towards the end of our stay at Sherika another
+company of I.C.C. joined us.</p>
+
+<p>Our oasis which looked so green on the map, we found to be a deep
+depression of about 1200 feet, cut out of the central limestone
+plateau. On the north and east the drop was almost precipitous, and it
+was really a wonderful engineering feat to get a railway down it at
+all&mdash;only accomplished by means of unusually steep gradients and sharp
+curves.</p>
+
+<p>The floor of the oasis is, for the most part, just as bare and
+desolate as the plateau above, but here and there are patches of green
+round the Artesian wells, which were the only sources of water. Except
+for the surroundings of the village of Khargeh itself, where there are
+a number of splendid wells, a small shallow brackish lake, and
+considerable date and fruit groves, no watered patch in the northern
+half of the oasis is more than half a mile long and a few hundred
+yards wide. The usual patch round a well would include a few
+date-palms, perhaps an apricot tree, and an acre or two of Bersim, the
+clover of the country, and a kind of Lucerne.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[34]</a></span>The groves of Khargeh produce great quantities of excellent dates, and
+a considerable trade is done with the Nile Valley in rush matting,
+made chiefly in the southern portion of the oasis, at Boulak and
+Beris.</p>
+
+<p>Points of interest were the half-buried and utterly filthy village of
+Khargeh, the Persian Temple near Railhead in a very fair state of
+preservation, and the Roman Fort near Meherique. This was still
+remarkably intact&mdash;a large square with bastions at the four corners,
+and built of mammoth bricks&mdash;about 60 feet high, with walls 12 feet
+broad even at the top.</p>
+
+<p>The only notable natural feature was Gebel-el-Ghenneiem, which was
+just a portion of the original limestone plateau left standing. Its
+slopes were full of various sorts of fossils&mdash;sea-urchins and the
+like&mdash;so that evidently the sea had been there at one time. From its
+flat top one had a wonderful panorama of the desert.</p>
+
+<p>War, with a No-Man's-Land of eighty miles and a very doubtful enemy at
+the far end, is war at its very best&mdash;even though we did have only
+marmalade and nothing but marmalade. But no war is without its
+horrors&mdash;these came about once a month in the shape of inspecting
+generals, who ordered us to raze our defences and build fresh and
+proper ones&mdash;not a bad game in sand, where you do anyhow see some
+result for your labours.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep034a" id="imagep034a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep034a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep034a.jpg" width="60%" alt="CAPTAIN TUKE ON &quot;JOSEPH.&quot;" /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">CAPTAIN TUKE ON "JOSEPH."<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right" style="margin-right: 15%;"><i>To face page 34</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep034b" id="imagep034b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep034b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep034b.jpg" width="60%" alt="IN THE VILLAGE OF KHARGEH." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">IN THE VILLAGE OF KHARGEH.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right" style="margin-right: 15%;"><i>To face page 34</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[35]</a></span>Every other week a squadron would go off to either Kilo 145, at the
+top of the Scarp, Meherique, the only place the engines could water,
+or Kharga (Railhead), and latterly to Water Dump A, to take over the
+outpost there with the I.C.C., or a troop of Gyppy Cavalry. Life there
+was not quite so pleasant on account of the mosquitoes (which, thanks
+to Dr Tuke, we had exterminated at Sherika), and the sand hill which
+formed the key to the situation at Kharga had a nasty habit of moving
+on and leaving our wire entanglements buried up to the neck. We owe a
+great debt of gratitude to Dr Tuke and his sanitary squad for the
+comfort and health of the Regiment at Sherika. At all hours of the day
+the doctor and his faithful mule waged war on the mosquito and the
+Gyppy sanitary squad indiscriminately, and with complete success. Fly
+and fellah, mosquito and reis&mdash;all fled at his approach, or buried
+themselves in the sand.</p>
+
+<p>After the departure of Lovat's Scouts for Alexandria, whence they
+emerged as 10th Camerons, and proceeded to Salonika, the West Somerset
+Yeomanry joined us, and on 1st August two detachments from the North
+Devon Hussars and the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry were attached to us.</p>
+
+<p>The half section of guns&mdash;old Nordenfeldts&mdash;had arrived without a
+crew, but a couple of officers and one or two N.C.O.'s and men who
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[36]</a></span>had once been Territorial gunners took the matter in hand with great
+alacrity. Mobility was their chief trouble. Camel harness was
+produced&mdash;they were taken out a couple of days before a field-firing
+practice, and the targets were adjusted till the guns could hit them
+every time, and really when the inspecting general arrived they gave a
+most creditable performance.</p>
+
+<p>We also had a mounted troop, under Lieutenant W. Gray, mounted mainly
+on mules for the longer patrols, and a Light Car Patrol (Lieutenant
+A.S. Lindsay) consisting of 2 officers, 45 other ranks, and seven Ford
+cars, fitted with Lewis guns, and one armoured car, which went out
+with the camelry. Lieutenant M'Dougal's bombing school and the rifle
+range combined instruction with amusement.</p>
+
+<p>The heat during the day was very trying-as much as 120&deg; F. being
+recorded in the shade&mdash;but we only worked from reveille (5.30) to
+breakfast, and in the afternoon from 4.30 to 6. Polo and an occasional
+jackal hunt, cricket and football, and all kinds of foot sports kept
+us fit, but the most enjoyable time of all was in the swimming-baths.
+When we first went there, there was only a small swimming-bath built
+for the officials of the Western Oasis Corporation, which was reserved
+for officers and for sergeants twice a week. However, with the help of
+the Engineers, we built a beautiful <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[37]</a></span>swimming-bath, 26 yards long,
+which was formally opened by Lieut.-Colonel A. M'Neil, O.C. troops, at
+a swimming gymkhana on 6th August.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep036a" id="imagep036a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep036a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep036a.jpg" width="95%" alt="SENTRY ON WATER DUMP &quot;A.&quot;" /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">SENTRY ON WATER DUMP "A."<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 36</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep036b" id="imagep036b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep036b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep036b.jpg" width="95%" alt="CAMEL LINES AT KHARGEH." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">CAMEL LINES AT KHARGEH.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 36</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Although we had abundant water at Sherika and Kharga, it had to be
+bored for. There was a river about 400 to 600 feet below ground, and
+the water came up quite warm&mdash;about 85&deg; F. The problem was how to
+provide water for the 100-mile advance across the desert to Dakhla.
+For this purpose the R.E. started boring at Water Dump A, about
+twenty-five miles from Sherika, and were so far successful that, at
+the finish of the Dakhla expedition, they were obtaining sufficient
+water to work the bore. By that time also the light railway had
+advanced to within a few miles of Water Dump A.</p>
+
+<p>The campaign was brought to an abrupt termination through the overzeal
+of O.C. Light Car Patrol, who patrolled right up to Senussi outpost at
+the entrance to the Dakhla Oasis. At the sight of Mr Lindsay and his
+car the Senussi general fled, and when the I.C.C., after a very fine
+march, got into Dakhla, all they got were 197 miserable, underfed,
+diseased prisoners. Four officers and 100 other ranks from C Squadron
+(Captain D.D. Ogilvie), and 2 officers and 30 other ranks from the
+M.G.C. (Mr D. Marshall) set off on 25th October to relieve the I.C.C.
+It was a trying march. <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[38]</a></span>Cars dumped fanatis with water for the midday
+meal, twelve miles on and more for the evening meal, and breakfast
+seven miles beyond that. The second day out was a scorcher, blazing
+hot and no wind, over rough stony going for the most part, and Hell's
+Gate wasn't reached till 7 <span class="fakesc">P.M.</span>, after a very exhausting
+march. The total march was seventy-six miles to Tenida, and of the 136
+only 7 failed to finish which, considering the circumstances, was very
+creditable. No sooner were we there than orders were received to
+return again. This time, however, we went in cars as far as Water Dump
+A, and there we commandeered a convoy of camels returning with empty
+fanatis, and we finished our trek mounted. Great credit is due to the
+Light Car Patrol and to the Ford cars which really were wonderful.
+Neither sand up to the axle, nor dropping down over rocks stopped
+them&mdash;they made a road for themselves as they went along, and always
+seemed to get there.</p>
+
+<p>That finished our 1916 campaign against the Senussi&mdash;the I.C.C. were
+relieved by a London Yeomanry Company of the I.C.C, and later on some
+Gyppy Cavalry went out and garrisoned Dakhla Oasis.</p>
+
+<p>On 13th November the Regiment started in relays by train for Gara.
+There we received orders to start infantry training, as we were to be
+converted into a battalion of infantry. Till <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[39]</a></span>then we had always done
+dismounted cavalry drill. We now started hammer and tongs at infantry
+drill, instructed by an officer and two N.C.O.'s from a neighbouring
+garrison battalion. We were all looking forward to becoming pukka
+infantry, as we had long realised that in our eccentric form as
+dismounted yeomanry we should only be given the odd jobs.</p>
+
+<p>We had just got our camp tidy when the water-spout burst, and not only
+washed out our lines and those of the Ayrshire and Lanarkshire
+Yeomanries, but also demolished the fine earth church which the
+Anglican Padre had had built.</p>
+
+<p>On 1st December we arrived at Moascar, a large camp on the Sweetwater
+Canal near Ismailia, and there our infantry training started in
+earnest. We ate our Christmas dinner there, and on Boxing Day had
+Brigade sports. There was very fair bathing in Lake Timsah, and we all
+enjoyed getting a sight of the Suez Canal, and being once more in
+comparative comfort and civilization.</p>
+
+<br />
+<a name="ListofOfficers" id="ListofOfficers"></a><br />
+
+<div class="centered">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" width="60%" summary="OFFICERS">
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdc" colspan="2"><h3>OFFICERS</h3><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[40]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td width="60%" class="tdl">C.O.</td>
+  <td width="40%" class="tdl">Lieut.-Colonel <span class="sc">J. Gilmour</span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd in Command</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Major <span class="sc">J. Younger</span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl" style="vertical-align: top;">A Squadron</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Major <span class="sc">C. G de Pree</span> and<br />
+                     Capt. <span class="sc">R.W. Stewart</span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">B Squadron</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Major <span class="sc">G.E.B. Osborne</span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">C Squadron</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Capt. <span class="sc">D.D. Ogilvie</span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">Adjutant</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Lieut. <span class="sc">H.S. Sharp</span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">Q.-M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Lieut. <span class="sc">R.H. Colthart</span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">M.O.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Capt. <span class="sc">A. Tuke</span>, R.A.M.C.(T.)</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep040a" id="imagep040a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep040a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep040a.jpg" width="85%" alt="SENUSSI PRISONERS, DAKHLA." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">SENUSSI PRISONERS, DAKHLA.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 40</i></p>
+</div>
+
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep040b" id="imagep040b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep040b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep040b.jpg" width="85%" alt="THE SERGEANTS' REEL, MOASCAR." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">THE SERGEANTS' REEL, MOASCAR.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 40</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="CHAPTER_IV" id="CHAPTER_IV"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[41]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>CHAPTER IV<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+
+<h4>EGYPT AND PALESTINE&mdash;1917</h4>
+<br />
+
+<p>New Year's Day saw the Regiment at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, and it was
+there that the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry were interred "for the
+duration," giving birth at the same time to a sturdy son&mdash;the 14th
+(Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Highlanders. We were all
+very sorry to see the demise of the Yeomanry and to close, though only
+temporarily, the records of a Regiment which had had an honourable
+career, and of which we were all so proud. At the same time we
+realised that, in our capacity as dismounted yeomanry, we were not
+pulling our weight either as yeomanry or infantry, and no other
+regiment certainly appealed to us as much as our own Territorial
+Infantry Regiment, and we were proud to link our record to the long
+and glorious record of the Black Watch.</p>
+
+<p>We spent five weeks altogether at Moascar, working hard at the
+elementary forms of infantry drill and tactics, and on 8th January we
+marched to our new camp El Ferdan, some ten miles along the Canal.
+Here we continued <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[42]</a></span>our training, but of a more advanced kind, brigade
+schemes, tactical tours and route marches, "jerks," bathing, and
+football kept us busy and fit.</p>
+
+<p>One day some of us went to see the Canal defences, dug the previous
+year, about four miles east of the Canal. The sand was so soft, no
+amount of ordinary sandbagging or revetting would make it stand up,
+and all the trenches were made by sinking complete wooden frames into
+a wide scooped out trench, and then shovelling the sand back on either
+side of the frame. The original digging had to be about 20 feet wide
+to allow them to sink the frames sufficiently deep in the sand. It
+must have been a colossal work, and this was only a small portion of
+the scheme, which included laying on water to the more important
+defences, and laying out lines of light railways and roads from the
+Canal eastwards, at intervals of seven and eight miles, the railheads
+being linked by a lateral road.</p>
+
+<p>On 4th March we left El Ferdan and marched to Kantara, the base of all
+operations up the Sinai Railway, and there entrained for El Arish to
+join the 74th (Yeomanry) Division. The journey of about ninety miles,
+over the very recently laid railway, was timed to take some eight or
+nine hours, and was uneventful and, though we travelled in open
+trucks, was not too unpleasantly hot. The frequent short gradients
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[43]</a></span>led to the most awful bumps and tearings at the couplings, but they
+stood the strain all right.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep042a" id="imagep042a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep042a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep042a.jpg" width="85%" alt="THE BATTALION MASCOT." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">THE BATTALION MASCOT.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 42</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep042b" id="imagep042b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep042b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep042b.jpg" width="85%" alt="BATTALION COOKHOUSE, EL FERDAN." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">BATTALION COOKHOUSE, EL FERDAN.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 42</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<p>It was a very interesting journey to us, who knew only the Western
+Desert, to note the difference between it and Sinai. To our eyes Sinai
+did not appear to be a desert at all, as there were scrubby bushes of
+sorts growing in nearly every hollow, various kinds of camel grass,
+and even a few flowers&mdash;such as poppies and one or two species of
+lilies. After the waste of misshaped lumps of limestone and volcanic
+looking boulders, which were the only decoration of the Western
+Desert, this sort of landscape seemed positively verdant.</p>
+
+<p>At El Arish we were camped some three miles from the station, and a
+very long three miles it seemed, as a large part of the way was over
+the softest of sand and most exhausting marching, especially with a
+heavy pack. Here we had our first sight of hostile aeroplanes, some of
+which came over nearly every day; it was a very pretty sight to see
+them in the brilliant blue at about 12,000 feet, with the white puffs
+of shrapnel bursting now on one side of them now on the other (but
+seldom very close). We were at once set to dig ourselves funkholes,
+which we were supposed to occupy on the alarm being given, but they
+never once bombed us, or seemed to take any notice of us. They made
+one or two bold individual attacks on the railway, between Kantara and
+El Arish, but <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[44]</a></span>for the most part they appeared to be out purely for
+reconnaissance.</p>
+
+<p>At El Ferdan we had got our first infantry reinforcements&mdash;11 new
+officers&mdash;and now we received a welcome addition in the shape of 1
+officer and 373 other ranks, which necessitated the reorganisation of
+the battalion. We also had to acclimatise the new draft who felt the
+heat and heavy going very exhausting, and, to begin with, had to go
+easy.</p>
+
+<p>Our camp was pleasantly situated on a sandy plain, within half a mile
+of the sea, and dotted with scattered fig-trees just beginning to show
+a few leaves. The climate was perfect, but the water arrangements were
+most difficult. We began to realise that it does not pay to be the
+last comer when there is a shortage of anything. We were paid off with
+the minimum number of fanatis (copper vessels for carrying water on
+camel pack), and, instead of getting allotted to us the wells nearest
+our camp, we had just to take whatever wells were left. These proved
+to be on the other side of El Arish village, in amongst the steepest
+sandhills, and it was a very tough tramp for the fatigue party, which
+had to accompany the water camels and do the pumping. Our stay here
+was just inside a fortnight, before the end of which we had got our
+new drafts allotted to their various companies; and a very good lot
+they were, though we feared they would have great difficulty in
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</a></span>standing the heat if we were called upon to do long marches.</p>
+
+<p>On 22nd March we started on our way to our first halting place El
+Burj. It was about nine miles, and we marched in the evenings, which
+was undoubtedly very wise. The going was not bad, there being a
+wire-netting track laid over all the softest parts: it is wonderful
+how satisfactory this is to march on, and many a time did we bless the
+man who invented it. The only sufferers were the mule leaders. They,
+naturally, could not lead their mules on the netting, and it was extra
+hard work for them, as they had to walk in the heavy sand and maintain
+the pace set by the troops who were on the good going. El Burj proved
+to be a most desolate spot, but it was at all events near wells; and
+we were so glad to hear that we were not to march straight on next
+day, that we didn't grumble much about the scenery.</p>
+
+<p>The Higher Command were a little nervous that the Turks might slip
+away again as they had already done at El Arish; but the next few days
+were to show that this information was not correct, and that the Turk
+had no intention of leaving the Gaza-Beersheba line so long as he
+could hold on to it.</p>
+
+<p>We stopped there four days, and marching once more in the evening, we
+did a comparatively short step to Sheikh Zowaid, camping about a mile
+short of the station. It was pitch <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[46]</a></span>dark when we arrived and we had no
+idea what our camp was like, and it was a great surprise to find in
+the morning that we were on the edge of a shallow salt lake. The
+sunrise on this sheet of water, fringed on the far side with a line of
+scattered palm trees, was really most exquisite. It was, however, the
+only good thing about the place. Water for breakfast was late in
+arriving, and we were told that the half-day's supply, which then
+arrived, had to fill the dixies for lunch, and also the water-bottles
+for the next march. There was not nearly enough for this, with the
+result that we had to start in the blazing sun about 1 <span class="fakesc">P.M.</span>
+with hardly anything in the bottles. The reason for this was, that the
+camels had to go on ahead to our next stop&mdash;Rafa&mdash;about thirteen miles
+distant, where it was hoped to have water drawn and ready for us on
+our arrival.</p>
+
+<p>This afternoon march was a gruelling experience. It was the hottest
+part of the day; we had practically nothing in our water-bottles, and,
+to add to our trials, the wire-netting road was not laid beyond Sheikh
+Zowaid, as the ground had appeared quite firm to the divisions who had
+preceded us. Since they had passed, however, the route had been cut up
+by guns and transport, until it was just as soft as the softest sand,
+and twice as dusty. Finally, when we did get to Rafa about 7
+<span class="fakesc">P.M.</span>, there was no water waiting for us, and we found we had
+to <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[47]</a></span>take up an outpost line from the railway to the sea, a distance of
+about three miles, through the worst sandhills we had encountered. It
+was hopeless to move before the arrival of some water, and it was
+about 10 <span class="fakesc">P.M.</span> before we started to take up the line, and it
+was well after midnight before the left company had got the line
+extended right through to the shore. These sandhills were made of such
+fine sand that it was continuously blowing and drifting; any rifle
+pits dug out, say, a couple of feet, in the evening, would be
+completely obliterated in the morning.</p>
+
+<p>Sending out supplies, as soon as it was light, to this distant
+company, was a most difficult job. To begin with, we found that
+camels, loaded with water fanatis, could not negotiate the steep faces
+of sand, so we had to do our best with the Lewis gun mules, carrying
+the fanatis only half full. Then there was a thick mist&mdash;the same mist
+which hampered the attack on Gaza&mdash;and we had no accurate knowledge of
+where the company was, nor was it possible to follow the tracks of the
+previous night, as they were all obliterated by the drifting sand.
+Luckily, some active members of the company had found the morning too
+cold for sitting still, and had taken a morning walk back from the
+line, so we came upon their fresh tracks, which led us to the rest of
+the company.</p>
+
+<p>That night we had an alarm that the Turkish <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[48]</a></span>cavalry was out and had
+slipped round our right flank, and was likely to have a dash at our
+lines of communication either at Rafa or elsewhere, so we spent the
+night digging trenches which, during the next day or two, we improved
+into a sort of continuous line covering the water and railway station.</p>
+
+<p>During these few days the first attack was made on Gaza, but without
+success. We heard a good many tales of hardship from lack of water,
+and saw some prisoners come through, but there was no great
+excitement.</p>
+
+<p>From Rafa&mdash;which is on the Palestine Boundary&mdash;we moved on 30th March
+to Khan Yunis, said to be the home of Delilah. The march was once more
+in the evening, and was very comfortable, except for the last mile or
+two when we got in between the high hedges of prickly pear, and had to
+march through about a foot of dust in the most stifling atmosphere.
+When we arrived we found that we were once more on the fringes of
+civilisation: we could buy oranges in unlimited numbers, and also
+fresh eggs&mdash;not the Egyptian variety, about the size of a pigeon's
+egg, but real pukka hen's eggs. Water also was less scarce than it had
+been, and we were well content with our lot. We were in Brigade
+Reserve, which sounded very comfortable, but which was not so "cushy"
+as it sounded. It meant that we had to do all the unloading of
+supplies and <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[49]</a></span>ammunition at the supply depot and at the station, and
+also find the very large guards which were absolutely necessary, as
+the native was a diligent and skilful thief. The units in the outpost
+line really had much less to do, though, of course, they had their
+turns of night duty which we escaped.</p>
+
+<p>Here we were joined by another brigade of our new division, and felt
+that at last we were about to become like other people&mdash;organised in a
+proper division.</p>
+
+<p>This week, with its eggs and oranges, passed like a flash, and we once
+more moved on; this time quite a short way beyond Railhead at
+Deir-el-Belah, where we camped quite close to our compatriots the 52nd
+Division. After one night and a good bathe we took over, on 7th April,
+from the 54th Division a sector of trenches near Sheikh Nebhan,
+overlooking the hollow through which meandered the Wadi Ghuzzeh. This
+wadi&mdash;like all others in this part&mdash;is quite dry except during the
+storms of winter, but water could usually be got by sinking wells in
+the bed of the wadi at about ten or twelve feet down. Our cavalry by
+day and infantry by night held a line out beyond the wadi, covering
+the work of those who were sinking wells, making ramps for guns and
+transport crossings, and laying the water-pipe line. This line was to
+be carried to the cisterns of Um Gerrar, where it would come in very
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[50]</a></span>useful during the further operations for which we were preparing. It
+is rather wonderful to think that this water was carried with us by
+pipe line all the way from the Canal, and was actually Nile water
+brought to Kantara by the Sweetwater Canal.</p>
+
+<p>The banks of the Wadi Ghuzzeh were almost everywhere precipitous, and
+anything from ten to twenty feet high. All these had to be ramped, and
+during the period of preparation some thirty such crossings were made
+between Tel-el-Jemmi and the sea, and each unit was allotted its
+crossing for the coming advance. During these days of preparation our
+Battalion dug a strong line of trenches dominating the crossings of
+the Wadi Ghuzzeh, and most of the officers got the chance of a
+reconnaissance to a distance of about three miles beyond the wadi.</p>
+
+<p>The country beyond was very much cut up with smaller wadis, which at
+this time of year were a mass of wild flowers which grew most
+luxuriantly, and would have been welcome in most herbaceous borders;
+the anchusas&mdash;to name one&mdash;were several feet high, and covered with
+brilliant blue blooms, but the brightest effect was that of fields of
+mauve daisies. These grew as thick as poppies in Norfolk, and were
+almost as bright. One had plenty of time to look about at all the
+flowers, as there was practically no sign of a Turk, though, if one
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[51]</a></span>went too near up to the top of the watershed, an odd sniper would let
+off at one.</p>
+
+<p>As the day for the advance drew near, all the troops told off for
+battle surplus were sent back to Railhead and formed into a divisional
+camp. Each battalion had to leave behind the following:&mdash;Either C.O.
+or 2nd in Command, two of the four Company Commanders and two of the
+four Company Sergeant-Majors, and a proportion of instructors in P.T.,
+Lewis gun, musketry, gas, bombing, and signalling&mdash;in all, for a
+battalion at full strength, 120 of all ranks, including all officers
+above the number of 20.</p>
+
+<p>This was the dustiest and dirtiest week of the whole year, the only
+interest being the scraps of gossip which kept coming in, and from
+which we pieced together the disastrous tale of the second battle of
+Gaza. One could also ride up to the top of Raspberry Hill or Im Seirat
+and see something for oneself, but usually any movement of troops was
+invisible owing to clouds of dust.</p>
+
+<p>The fact that our main outpost line was, after this battle, advanced
+about live or six miles, was used to represent this battle as a
+British victory, but, as a matter of fact, it was a victory which
+failed to gain any main Turkish position. The positions which we held
+at the end of the battle, to which we had retired after being stopped
+at Ali-el-Muntar and Gaza itself, <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[52]</a></span>had been reached in the first
+instance with very few casualties, and it was on the glacis between
+these positions and the Turk that we suffered our main losses. This
+glacis was destitute of any cover, and was dominated by the heights of
+Ali-el-Muntar and the cactus hedges surrounding Gaza, and after many
+gallant efforts this had to be abandoned to form a No-Man's-Land of a
+mile or a mile and a half between ourselves and the Turk. On our left
+in the sandhills the progress was slower and steadier, and the line
+finished up a good deal nearer the Turk than on the right; but here
+again the cactus hedges lined with machine guns proved too much for
+us. Our Division was not used in this battle, being in reserve, which
+was lucky for us, as those who were in the front line of the attack
+all got a pretty severe knock.</p>
+
+<p>On 19th April the Battalion left the outpost line on Sheikh Nebhan and
+marched towards Gaza, resting during the middle of the day on a ridge
+west of El Burjaliye, and moving in the afternoon on to Mansura Ridge
+in support. On the evening of 22nd April the Battalion moved forward
+to construct and occupy trenches at El Mendur, which was on the right,
+or refused, flank of the line, and there the details again joined us.
+There we had a good defensive position, but the trenches still had to
+be dug and, as luck would have it, this digging, which ought to have
+been nothing to our men <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[53]</a></span>fit as they were, in ordinary weather, was
+turned into a very high trial indeed by a khamsin. This red-hot and
+parching wind, blowing off the desert, makes thirst a positive torture
+when water is limited, and it was very limited at that time. We were
+getting rather less than half a gallon per man for all purposes, which
+is perhaps just about the quantity used by the ordinary man for
+cooking and drinking in the cold weather at home; but in a khamsin
+when you are doing five or six hours' hard manual labour per diem, a
+gallon is easily consumed. Luckily these heat waves only last about
+three days, but it left us pretty limp.</p>
+
+<p>After a fortnight here a start was made with thinning out the line, in
+order to let some of those who had been engaged in the Gaza battle get
+a spell in reserve. We moved a step to our left, taking over with our
+Battalion the sector previously held by a brigade. Our portion of the
+line was taken over by the 12th (Ayr and Lanark Yeomanry) Battalion
+R.S.F., and we took over the line on the left previously held by the
+5th and 7th Essex Regiments. Battalion H.Q. had a very comfortable
+pitch at the top of the Wadi Reuben, near a junction of many tracks
+which had been named Charing Cross.</p>
+
+<p>Our week here meant another spell of steady work, as we had to convert
+what had previously been a continuous line into a series of strong
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[54]</a></span>posts, the intervals between which were covered by machine guns. This
+was known as the Dumb-bell Hill Sector of the Sheikh Abbas Line, being
+named from a hill whose contours on the map were a very fair imitation
+of a dumb-bell. Here we were still facing to a flank, but our left
+came up to the corner where the proper front began, which meant that
+we lay enfiladed from the main front, and they used to throw over a
+good deal of stuff if ever they spotted any movement.</p>
+
+<p>At the beginning of May we did another move, this time on to the real
+front in the Sheikh Abbas Sector. This was quite a pleasant place, as
+we lived on the reverse slope of a fairly steep bank, pretty well
+defiladed from all the Turk guns, and the trenches, though only in
+most places a single line with quite insufficient communication
+trenches, had a long view and a good field of fire. The wire was
+continuous though not very thick, and it was quite safe to leave the
+trenches during the day in charge of a few observation posts. Add to
+this the fact that all, except the posts, could walk about during the
+day in the open quite covered from view by the steep slope mentioned
+above, consequently it was trench warfare under the most pleasant
+possible conditions. All the same it was a trying life owing to the
+difficulty of getting a normal amount of sleep. We had to "stand to"
+from about 3 <span class="fakesc">A.M.</span> till dawn, <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[55]</a></span>and then work till breakfast,
+and on to about 9.30 <span class="fakesc">A.M.</span> By that time it was too hot to do
+any more, and the rest of the day had to be spent in idleness. Few of
+us could sleep during the day because of the heat, and the temperature
+seldom began to get much cooler before 8.30 <span class="fakesc">P.M.</span>, and
+sometimes later. There was nothing doing in the way of warfare beyond
+continuous patrols at night, sometimes small, sometimes up to twenty
+or more. The only occasion during our first stay did anything in the
+nature of a skirmish take place, and that was brought on by one of our
+patrols having a narrow escape of being cut off at dawn near a place
+called Two Tree Farm. One of the platoons in the line saw what was
+happening and went out to support them, and managed to get them in all
+right. A very small affair, but quite exciting for the onlookers, when
+there is nothing more important doing. In this part there was about a
+mile of No-Man's-Land, and the Turk was very completely wired in and
+was seldom to be found outside his wire. Most of our patrols in
+consequence came in without having seen a Turk at all, but it was not
+a comfortable job, as machine guns were firing bursts all night.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep054a" id="imagep054a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep054a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep054a.jpg" width="85%" alt="DUG-OUTS IN THE FRONT LINE. SHEIKH ABBAS." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">DUG-OUTS IN THE FRONT LINE. SHEIKH ABBAS.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 54</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep054b" id="imagep054b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep054b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep054b.jpg" width="85%" alt="A RESERVE WADI, SHEIKH ABBAS." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">A RESERVE WADI, SHEIKH ABBAS.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 54</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<p>We had a fortnight in the line, and on 25th May came out to Brigade
+Reserve which was only a move of a couple of hundred yards and not
+half so comfortable; but it gave some of <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[56]</a></span>us the opportunity of riding
+over towards the sea and having a look at our own and the Turkish
+lines on the sandhills.</p>
+
+<p>While we were here we marched to Deir-el-Belah to be disinfected, and
+later relieved, first, the 16th (Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry) Devonshire
+Regiment, and then the Ayr and Lanarks, to allow them to do the same.
+On 13th June we took over the centre sector, the Abbas Apex Sector, of
+the Brigade line from the Devons, and remained in the line till 9th
+July when we handed over to the 4th Royal Scots, 52nd Division. Every
+night we sent out a patrol of 1 N.C.O. and 10 men, either as a
+standing patrol on Essex Hill or to patrol the wire in front of our
+area, and an officer's patrol consisting of an officer and 20 men to
+cover the ground between Two Tree Farm and Old British Trenches. These
+patrols were nearly always fired on, but we were in luck's way as
+regards casualties.</p>
+
+<p>We then marched back some four miles to the Dorset House area, where
+we at once got started on intensive training for open warfare, varied
+with some very hurried musketry in the Wadi Ghuzzeh. Whilst here we
+had a very thorough inspection by Lieut.-General Sir P.W. Chetwode,
+K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O., Commanding Eastern Force, and in the way of
+amusements managed to get one or two games of polo with a neighbouring
+brigade. <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[57]</a></span>The plain on which we played was in full view of some of the
+Turkish positions at Gaza, and on one or two occasions play was
+stopped by shells. Also, in rotation by battalions, we made bathing
+expeditions to the sea at Regent's Park. It was seven miles each way,
+but was well worth the trouble as it was months since most of us had
+been in the sea.</p>
+
+<p>At the beginning of August we again changed our camp, and while on the
+move put in a couple of days' field firing. For once in a way the
+ground lent itself to the purpose, and we had most interesting days;
+but it was pretty warm work, not being confined to morning and
+evening. Our new camp was right in the sandhills, near the aerodrome
+at Deir-el-Belah, where we did intensive divisional training. This was
+to have lasted three weeks, and was a very strenuous business. A full
+divisional day meant leaving camp any time after 2 <span class="fakesc">A.M.</span> and
+not getting back again until after midday; it was usually interesting
+for the senior ranks, but intensely boring for everyone else. Luckily
+we were able to fit in bathing, concerts, and sports, which kept
+everyone cheery.</p>
+
+<p>After a fortnight of this we found we were at last told off for a
+useful job of work&mdash;digging a new line of trenches in the sandhills
+facing Gaza, between Fusilier Ridge and Jones' Post, in front of those
+on Samson's and Fusilier's Ridges, at that time held by the 54th
+Division. <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[58]</a></span>We moved over the Wadi Ghuzzeh to Regent's Park, where we
+camped right on the shore about an hour and a half's march from the
+scene of our labours. After the second night it was decided that this
+was too remote, and we moved up nearer our work. Here we stayed for a
+week, with half of each battalion digging each night. It was a
+tiresome job, as the sand was so soft that a very wide ditch had to be
+dug and then faced with sandbags. The men were very quick about
+getting down, and after the first night they were practically working
+in safety for the remaining four or five days necessary to complete
+the sandbag revetting. All bags used had to be double, as single ones
+would not keep the sand in.</p>
+
+<p>Our first night was a pretty jumpy business. We were somewhere about
+500 yards from the Turk lines, and there was a bright moon, with the
+result that he spotted something and gave us quite a bombardment. For
+some time there was considerable doubt whether the work should be
+attempted at all, but thanks largely to Lieut.-Colonel J. Gilmour, who
+subsequently got a D.S.O. for his work that night, a good start was
+made at the cost of a few casualties. The rest of the week passed
+quietly, but we were quite glad at the end of it to be relieved by a
+battalion of the Norfolk Regiment of another brigade, as the march
+both ways, plus digging, was very hard work.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep058a" id="imagep058a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep058a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep058a.jpg" width="85%" alt="A PLATOON MESS, WADI ASHER." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">A PLATOON MESS, WADI ASHER.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 58</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep058b" id="imagep058b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep058b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep058b.jpg" width="85%" alt="&quot;C&quot; COMPANY OFFICERS' MESS, WADI ASHER." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">"C" COMPANY OFFICERS' MESS, WADI ASHER.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 58</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[59]</a></span>We did not return to the camp we had left, but to the Wadi Selke, a
+mile or two inland from Deir-el-Belah. The distance from the sea made
+bathing a bit of a toil, but otherwise it was a good camp, especially
+for the officers, whose bivouacs were in a fig grove which bore a very
+heavy crop of excellent figs. We stayed here about seven weeks, the
+longest spell we had in any one place, and made it into a good camp.
+There was a fair football ground on which we got through an
+inter-platoon American tournament, which kept everybody amused. There
+used to be a great turn-out when the officers' team was due to
+play&mdash;they occasionally won their matches. We also had a good 200
+yards' range with sixteen targets, and carried out innumerable
+experiments to decide upon the best methods of attack. We had
+exhibitions of wire-cutting and smoke screens, bangalore torpedoes,
+and many days of practising co-operation with aeroplanes. Very
+frequent night marches by compass, combined with digging in, and
+followed by an attack or advance at dawn. In fact, we were put through
+a very practical training for the task which we were later to
+undertake.</p>
+
+<p>In order to minimise the chance of anything going wrong with the plans
+for the concentration and attack on Beersheba, many officers were
+given the chance of making a reconnaissance as near as possible to the
+Turkish positions. <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[60]</a></span>This was done from Gamli, a place on the Wadi
+Ghuzzeh about fifteen miles inland and about eleven from us. We rode
+over there the night before, and in the early morning the cavalry
+moved out and pushed their line within a mile or two of the Beersheba
+defences. Covered by this, parties of officers rode out and
+familiarised themselves with the sector in which their unit was to
+operate, and they were thus able to hand in reports upon which Brigade
+Staffs could allot concentration areas and routes.</p>
+
+<p>At the moment of kicking off we were as well trained as we were ever
+likely to be, and, what is more important, were very fit and full of
+the offensive spirit. The concentration started on 25th October, when
+we marched some six miles to Abu Sitta. Our transport establishment
+had been very carefully thought out, and, though both animals and
+vehicles were undoubtedly overloaded at the start, this soon rectified
+itself, as consumable stores could not be replaced. We had one camel
+per battalion for officers' mess, and he started out very fully laden.
+He was a good deal less heavily loaded towards the end of the
+operations. Next day we marched on beyond the Wadi at Gamli&mdash;a very
+dusty and tiresome march&mdash;and were to have remained there throughout
+the next day. Word came in, however, that the Turk was attacking our
+outpost line at El Buggar, some ten miles out, and the Battalion had
+to move off <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[61]</a></span>at a moment's notice about noon. The march through the
+heat of the afternoon was most trying, and on arrival it was found the
+enemy were occupying part of the line we were to take up. They
+withdrew, however, in the evening, and we constructed a series of
+strong posts from the Beersheba road to south of El Buggar.</p>
+
+<p>During these days of concentration the plain lying between Shellal and
+Beersheba had been the scene of great activities. Karm had been
+selected as the position for a forward supply dump, and both light and
+broad gauge railways were being pushed out towards it at top speed.
+The first blow of the campaign was to be launched at the defences of
+Beersheba, which were facing west and extended both north and south of
+the Wadi Saba. They occupied a commanding position and were
+continuously wired. The main attack was to be pushed home south of the
+Wadi Saba by the 74th and 60th Divisions, and at the same time the
+enemy's extreme left flank was to be turned by the cavalry, who were
+to make a wide detour through very difficult and waterless country and
+attack Beersheba from the east, and, if possible, cut off the retreat
+of the garrison of the Beersheba area. Covering all these preparations
+an outpost line was established some miles east of Karm and El Buggar,
+held on the left by the 53rd Division, then the 74th Division, then
+the Imperial Camel Corps, and, south of <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[62]</a></span>the Wadi Saba, where it was
+much more lightly held, a mere line of cavalry observation posts.
+These cavalry posts were covering, and slightly in advance of, the
+positions selected for battle headquarters for the 74th and 60th
+Divisions.</p>
+
+<p>The preliminary arrangements for the troop movements went like
+clockwork, as did also the approach marches to the positions of
+deployment, and at the appointed time on 30th October, the Divisional
+H.Q. moved up the five or six miles to the battle stations selected.
+There was no sign of crowding or confusion&mdash;the only indication that
+there was anything unusual on, was the dust which could be seen here
+and there. The moves of the infantry began just as it was getting
+dusk, and long before dawn both the 60th and 74th Divisions had their
+two brigades on the line of deployment, which stretched southwards
+some three or four miles from the Wadi Saba.</p>
+
+<p>As soon as it was daylight a bombardment of the Turkish advanced
+position on Hill 1070 was started, smothering the entire landscape in
+clouds of dust. This first attack, which was carried through by one of
+the brigades of the 60th Division, was ordered at 8.30 <span class="fakesc">A.M.</span>
+Hill 1070 was carried at 8.45, and during the next hour all the
+remaining advanced positions fell, and it was even reported that the
+enemy was here and there evacuating portions of his main line. There
+was now another interval for <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[63]</a></span>bombardment, whilst the gunners were
+wire-cutting for the attack on the main positions. During this period
+of waiting, which was longer than had been expected, our infantry
+suffered a good deal from shelling, much of which was in enfilade from
+positions north of the Wadi, and it was with relief that they received
+the order about 12.15 to proceed with the main attack. In about forty
+minutes all the trenches opposite the 60th Division were captured, and
+the 74th completed their task only about twenty minutes later, one
+brigade having had some difficulty owing to incomplete wire-cutting.
+The 60th had, by 2 <span class="fakesc">P.M.</span>, advanced some way beyond the
+captured trenches towards Beersheba, and the 74th crossed the Wadi
+Saba and cleared the trenches northward to the barrier on the
+Fara-Beersheba road.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep062a" id="imagep062a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep062a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep062a.jpg" width="55%" alt="TURKISH TRENCH WITH DEAD TURKS. HILL 1070, NEAR BEERSHEBA." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">TURKISH TRENCH WITH DEAD TURKS. HILL 1070, NEAR BEERSHEBA.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 62</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep062b" id="imagep062b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep062b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep062b.jpg" width="85%" alt="BATHING, REGENT'S PARK." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">BATHING, REGENT'S PARK.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 62</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Meantime the cavalry had found their detour even lengthier than had
+been expected, with the result that they were some hours later than
+they should have been, and were held up for most of the day by
+trenches at Tel-el-Saba, a mile or more east of Beersheba proper.
+These were, however, rushed towards evening, and Beersheba was
+occupied that night. Very few of the troops allotted for the defence
+of Beersheba escaped, the whole operation being completely successful.
+The Engineers at first reported that the water supply and wells were
+intact; but this proved to be far from the fact, and within
+forty-eight <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[64]</a></span>hours the shortage of water was being severely felt.
+After this smashing success in the first stage of operations all our
+tails were well up, and everyone was keen to know what was to be the
+next move.</p>
+
+<p>The next day found the 60th concentrated at Beersheba; the 74th just
+north of the barrier on the Fara-Beersheba road, while an advance
+northward had been begun by the 53rd and, in the evening, by a party
+of the 74th. One brigade group for the former advanced in a northerly
+direction west of Ain Kohleh, and the remainder in a north-westerly
+direction on Kuweilfeh. The left advance was successful, and a line
+was established on the desired objective, a ridge running east and
+west some five or six miles north of Beersheba. The other advance was
+not so fortunate; something went wrong with the supplies both of water
+and ammunition, and strong opposition was encountered. Also, it was
+impossible country to campaign in; practically roadless, and very much
+broken up with wadis and rocky precipices, which made it most
+difficult to maintain communications, even though a mounted brigade
+was thrown in to help.</p>
+
+<p>The situation up here was much the same next day. No great progress
+had been made, nor were good communications established, but they had
+managed to get through both water and ammunition. Other divisions
+were, however, <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[65]</a></span>kept on the move. The 74th were moved up to take over
+some line from the left of the 53rd, the 60th were concentrated some
+three miles N.W. of Beersheba, and one brigade of the 10th was moved
+to Irgeig. This was an anxious day, as the 53rd seemed to be quite
+held up at Kuweilfeh and not too well provided with supplies, and
+there was considerable doubt, in view of the general scarcity of
+water, whether it would be possible to carry on the campaign, which
+involved rolling up the Sheria and Kuwauka defences from the east.</p>
+
+<p>Our Intelligence Department had for the moment "lost" a Turkish
+division, which complicated the situation very much as, if it were
+suddenly to appear on the right flank of our attack on Sheria, a most
+serious situation would be created. However, on the afternoon of the
+5th, word was received from the 53rd Division that they had captured
+prisoners from numerous different battalions, some of which were known
+to belong to the missing division. This settled the question, as it
+was quite clear that the 53rd were keeping them too busy at Kuweilfeh
+for them to be able to send any serious force to Sheria. The "lost"
+division it seems was one which had been sent to reinforce the forces
+defending Beersheba, but by the time it got to Sheria the Beersheba
+defences were taken, and it was obviously no use going there. It was
+accordingly then sent to Kuweilfeh <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[66]</a></span>in anticipation of an attempt by
+us to turn their extreme left flank.</p>
+
+<p>On the afternoon of the 5th orders were rapidly issued for the attack
+next day on the Sheria defences and the Kuwauka system.</p>
+
+<p>As most of the troops destined for the Sheria attack were at this time
+in the outpost line, this meant a concentration and deployment by
+night in an unknown country where map reading was very difficult
+indeed, and it was most creditable that it should have been, as it
+was, successfully carried out. There were certain minor mistakes, but
+in the main the attack came off as planned, and by midday all the line
+of the Sheria defences were in our hands.</p>
+
+<p>The spearhead of the attack was the 229th Brigade, with ourselves and
+the Somersets in the front line, and it was a brilliant affair from
+start to finish. The brigades on our right and left, the 230th Brigade
+and a brigade of the 60th Division, were echelonned in rear of us, and
+the prompt success of our attack greatly assisted the advance of the
+60th and 10th Divisions on the Kuwauka system. Our Lewis guns
+especially gave great assistance, and were successful in preventing
+the Turks from removing several of their guns, placed in rear of the
+Kuwauka system. This was acknowledged by the 60th Division who, in the
+true sporting spirit, let our Division know that they did not claim
+those guns as captured by them, though it <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_67" id="Page_67">[67]</a></span>was by their men that the
+guns were actually collected.</p>
+
+<p>The guns of the 60th and 10th Divisions served them well and cut the
+wire most thoroughly and, without any undue number of casualties, the
+positions were finally taken about 2.30 <span class="fakesc">P.M.</span> The 10th then
+took over the line from the 60th, who advanced to the attack on the
+wells and railway station at Tel-el-Sheria. Unfortunately it was by
+this time getting dark, and direction was to some extent lost. The
+Turk put up a good fight here, and it was not until the morning that
+the wells and station were in our hands. We could see their dumps
+blazing all night far to the north, and it was clear that they had
+made up their minds to a general retreat.</p>
+
+<p>These first six days in November had been strenuous days for the
+Battalion. On 30th October the Corps Cavalry and I.C.C. had passed
+through our lines, and we moved up to a position in Dundee Wadi. The
+231st Brigade then passed through and took over from us, attacking
+along with 230th Brigade working in conjunction with the 60th and
+Cavalry Divisions. On 2nd November we took over the outpost line from
+the 2/10th Middlesex Regiment (53rd Division), and on 4th November we
+again advanced our line, meeting with no opposition except sniping and
+intermittent shell fire. At 7 <span class="fakesc">P.M.</span> on the evening of 5th
+November we received orders for the attack on the enemy's <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_68" id="Page_68">[68]</a></span>position,
+were relieved at 9 <span class="fakesc">P.M.</span> by a battalion of the 230th Brigade,
+and at 11 <span class="fakesc">P.M.</span> moved off to the point of deployment.</p>
+
+<p>At 3.30 on the morning of 6th November we deployed for the attack, the
+230th Brigade being on our right, and the Somersets on our left. The
+advance began at five and we were badly enfiladed from the right where
+the attacking troops were being held up, and whence we continued to be
+enfiladed until we detached a couple of platoons, who carried the
+enemy's positions there by 6.15. By 5.55 we had taken our first
+objective and captured four guns, all limbered up and trying to get
+away. We promptly attacked the ridge beyond, and having captured it
+proceeded to consolidate. At midday we again advanced under pretty
+heavy fire, but the Lewis gunners were very well handled, and
+succeeded in knocking out the crew and teams of two field guns beyond
+the railway, and we carried on to the position just east of the
+railway.</p>
+
+<p>Our casualties at the Battle of Sheria were Major G.E.B. Osborne,
+Lieutenants J.D. Kinniburgh and E.A. Thompson, and 47 other ranks
+killed, and 5 officers and 182 other ranks wounded, of whom 13
+subsequently died in hospital. Among the wounded was Lieut.-Colonel J.
+Gilmour, who was hit at the very end of the day, and to whom was due
+no small part of the credit for the victory. His brilliant
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_69" id="Page_69">[69]</a></span>leadership and dash at Sheria earned him a well-won bar to his D.S.O.,
+and the admiration of the whole Brigade. The elan and dash of the
+Battalion, under his inspiring leadership, throughout the operations
+gained the highest praise from all quarters. Between 5 <span class="fakesc">A.M.</span>
+and midday the Battalion along with the Somersets had advanced some
+10,000 yards, in the course of which they had captured several
+successive all-round positions held by considerable garrisons, and
+well provided with machine guns. In addition to 99 prisoners we had
+captured six field guns with limbers, three machine guns, and a large
+quantity of S.A.A. Our dead were buried in the cactus garden.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep068" id="imagep068"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep068.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep068.jpg" width="98%" alt="BATTLE OF SHERIA." /></a><br />
+<p class="emery" style="margin-right: 1em;">Emery Walker Ltd. sc</p>
+<p class="right" style="margin-top: .2em;"><i>To face page 68</i><span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Major J. Younger who had been acting as liason-officer between the
+60th and 74th Divisions was sent for to take over command of the
+Battalion, which was in the highest of spirits in spite of all it had
+come through, full of beans, very proud of themselves and the Colonel,
+and more than ready for another scrap.</p>
+
+<p>We were all thoroughly glad to have had such a good introduction to
+infantry work; not only had it been a success, but it had also been
+well planned. The staff work had been excellent and, above all, it had
+been open warfare for which we thought, rightly or wrongly, that our
+mounted training had prepared us.</p>
+
+<p>We had now got some news of the doings <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[70]</a></span>of the other corps on the
+coast. We knew that they had succeeded in taking Gaza and were
+advancing north, and we saw the cavalry divisions galloping through us
+brigade after brigade to take up the pursuit. The Turk was in a most
+awkward position, but proved himself a first-class rear-guard fighter.</p>
+
+<p>On the night of the 7th he had only the narrow neck between the
+cavalry and the XXI. Corps, who were advancing up the coast, and this
+neck was not more than five or six miles wide; but in spite of all
+difficulties he managed to get most of his infantry and some of his
+guns away. We ourselves expected to start our advance north following
+on the cavalry, but it turned out that the transport was not able to
+maintain two corps so far in advance of Railhead. The XXI. Corps,
+being already on its way north, was given the task of clearing the
+Plain of Philistia, and following up the Turkish retreat with the
+assistance of a considerable portion of our (XX. Corps) transport. As
+we were not to go on, the authorities were in no hurry to move us, and
+we spent a couple of days clearing up the battlefield before returning
+in a couple of the dustiest and most unpleasant marches to the
+neighbourhood of Karm.</p>
+
+<p>Our actual destination was Goz-el-Gelieb; but when we got near the
+spot it was so thick with dust that we could only see about <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[71]</a></span>50 yards,
+and as the plain was quite featureless and all alike, we just
+bivouacked for the night, and hoped we should find in the morning that
+we were somewhere near the right spot.</p>
+
+<p>First thing after daylight, while the dew was still able to keep down
+the dust, we got our bearings and moved about three-quarters of a mile
+to the correct map reference. Here we were joined during the day by
+our "B" team or battle surplus, whom we had last seen a fortnight
+before, and a draft of 2 officers and 126 other ranks out from home.</p>
+
+<p>On 15th November Major-General E.S. Girdwood, commanding 74th
+Division, at a Brigade Parade presented Military Medals, awarded for
+gallantry at the Battle of Sheria, when 9 men from the Battalion
+received the honour.</p>
+
+<p>After a few days in the dust of this plain, we moved back in two
+marches to our old area near the coast. This time we were just south
+of the Wadi Ghuzzeh, on a hill which was beautifully green and fresh.
+All the lower ground round it had been used for camps for the best
+part of a year, but this hill had been so prominent and so fully under
+observation from Ali-el-Muntar, that it could not be occupied so long
+as the Turks held Gaza. Here we had a great presentation of medals by
+the Corps Commander (Lieut.-General Sir Philip W. Chetwode, commanding
+XX. Corps). Our <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72">[72]</a></span>share for Sheria was 1 D.S.O., 4 M.C., 5 D.C.M., and
+1 more M.M. making 10 M.M. in all, which we all agreed was a quite
+satisfactory allowance. Evidently the authorities at home thought so,
+if one may judge from the fact that there was practically nothing
+obtainable for the next six months.</p>
+
+<p>We were told by the authorities that we were certain to remain some
+time in the Gaza area, where we were fully occupied in salvage work,
+for the simple reason that the Q Branch could not feed us if we moved
+beyond Railhead. Some new factor must, however, have arisen, as we had
+only stayed some five days, and most of the Battalion was out some
+four or five miles away on salvage work, when suddenly orders arrived
+that we were to march that afternoon.&mdash;Starting point, the crossing of
+the Wadi Guzzeh, 4.30 <span class="fakesc">P.M.</span></p>
+
+<p>Before describing our march it would be as well to give some idea of
+the position of the XXI. Corps, which had been, with the assistance of
+the cavalry, pushing the Turkish forces back on to Jerusalem and
+Jaffa. This pursuit, which met with a pretty stout resistance
+throughout, had been going on for nearly a fortnight, and the Plain of
+Philistia was cleared of the Turk, whose main forces had retired on
+our left a little beyond Jaffa, and on our right into the precipitous
+Jud&aelig;an Highlands defending Jerusalem. Our Railhead <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_73" id="Page_73">[73]</a></span>had only reached
+Deir Sineid, a few miles north of Gaza, and about thirty-five miles
+south of the battle front. The Turkish railway, which went as far as
+Junction Station, and from which much had been hoped, proved almost
+useless owing to shortage of rolling stock, and consequently supply
+depended almost entirely on motor lorry and camel from Railhead, or
+from the Wadi Sukharieh, where some supplies were being landed in surf
+boats. The question of supply had been most difficult, and water
+supply hardly less so, even for the one corps, and it looked as if we
+might come in for some scarcity when we got up nearer the front. In
+the pursuit of the portion of the Turkish Army, which was retiring on
+Jerusalem, our cavalry had penetrated some way into the hills, and
+were endeavouring to hold on until the infantry could get up to
+relieve them. The process of relief was going on during the few days
+we were marching up.</p>
+
+<p>Now to return to our part in the affair. Our first march was a short
+one of some seven or eight miles to a bivouac a mile beyond
+Ali-el-Muntar, the prominent height dominating Gaza at which we had
+been looking the whole summer. We stayed here for a day, partly to
+wait for the arrival of greatcoats, which would be so necessary in the
+Jud&aelig;an Highlands, and to get rid of our helmets, and partly to give
+the supply people a chance. Most of us spent <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[74]</a></span>an hour or two examining
+Ali-el-Muntar and its defences. It looked very much less knocked about
+than one would have expected after the severe bombardments to which it
+had been subjected, and we came to the conclusion that there had never
+been very many troops actually holding it. The infantry had evidently
+been in trenches well away from the hill, which appeared to have been
+used entirely for observation purposes. It must have been a pretty
+uncomfortable corner for an F.O.O., as the top used to appear to be
+blown off about three times a day. Concealment of trenches had been
+made very easy by the presence of numerous cactus hedges, and it is
+doubtful whether our guns, except in the actual assault, had ever had
+a really satisfactory target.</p>
+
+<p>After this day of rest, 24th November, we marched just over twelve
+miles to Mejdal. The weather was not too hot, and there was quite a
+good beaten mud road, and we should have found it a fairly easy march
+if it had not been for foot troubles. We had been more than six months
+without having ever marched on a road&mdash;it had usually been soft
+sand&mdash;and the sudden change to the flat hard surface of the baked mud
+fired the men's feet at once. When we arrived in camp at Mejdal we had
+a foot parade, and found that there were over a hundred cases of
+blisters and dressings for the medical officer and his satellites.
+This Mejdal <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_75" id="Page_75">[75]</a></span>was quite a considerable village, and as we marched in we
+met the most dignified specimens of native we had yet seen. Mounted on
+donkeys and wearing the flowing robes of the Old Testament, they
+really did remind one of the patriarchs in our stained glass windows.
+All the brilliant colours&mdash;purple, crimson, and orange&mdash;were
+represented, and many of them had the regulation beard. There were
+also numbers of the usual class selling oranges and, oddly enough,
+also cigarettes.</p>
+
+<p>Next morning we were again on the road and not feeling too cheery
+about it, as we were told we were to do a 19-mile march&mdash;rather a
+formidable proposition when every second man already had sore feet&mdash;as
+it was the intention of the authorities to get us up to Jaffa in two
+strenuous marches. However, during the course of the day the plan of
+campaign was changed, and we were told that we should probably have to
+go to the Jud&aelig;an Hills instead of to the Ramleh-Jaffa Sector near the
+sea. This was not the best of news, as there was no doubt which was
+the more salubrious spot; but it had this compensation that it knocked
+six miles off our day's march, our camp being pitched near the Wadi
+Sukharieh mentioned above, which was a convenient starting-point for
+the next day whether we were ordered to Ramleh or to Junction Station.
+We found, to our surprise, that the feet were no worse <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_76" id="Page_76">[76]</a></span>than the
+previous night; some few were getting pretty bad, but most of them
+looked as if they were on the mend.</p>
+
+<p>The next day we were finally labelled Jud&aelig;a, and did a most trying
+march&mdash;only about eleven miles, but a frightfully hot day&mdash;at first
+through various pleasant looking farm colonies, and later through a
+most desolate piece of country to Junction Station. On this trek we
+were lucky enough to come under the eye of the Commander-in-Chief, who
+at once noticed what we all very well knew&mdash;that we were carrying a
+much greater load than could reasonably be expected in such a climate.
+We had to do it, as the necessary camels had simply not been
+available. However, the Commander-in-Chief quickly remedied this, and
+from here onwards we had camels provided to carry our greatcoats,
+leaving us pack and blanket only.</p>
+
+<p>At Junction Station we had our first taste of water trouble. As we
+were making our way from west to east, we were changing places with a
+division of the XXI. Corps. This division had spent the previous night
+at Junction Station and had drunk the wells dry, so that no water was
+obtainable on our arrival. We were told we should get it by 9
+<span class="fakesc">P.M.</span>, and then a later hour was mentioned; but the net result
+was that we got just enough to make our breakfast tea, but not enough
+to fill the water-bottles, so we started on our next stage in the
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_77" id="Page_77">[77]</a></span>very worst of tempers to find that we had hardly got out of camp
+before we were involved in a regular block at the railway crossing
+which, needless to say, was frightfully dusty. This delay proved,
+however, to be a blessing in disguise, as it enabled our water camels
+to catch us up with a small ration of water for lunch. If we had not
+got this water we should probably not have got more than 75 per cent.
+of the Brigade to the end of the day's journey. We got into camp on a
+rocky slope near Latron about dusk, and almost at once were warned to
+be ready to start again at 9 <span class="fakesc">P.M.</span> to march another ten miles
+and take over part of the line in the hills. This was soon altered to
+starting at 3 <span class="sc">A.M.</span> owing to better news from the front, and
+again to 8 <span class="sc">A.M.</span> the next morning as the situation calmed
+down.</p>
+
+<p>It was now becoming really interesting, as we expected to be in the
+line within twenty-four hours, and all sorts of rumours were current.
+Generally it was understood that we had penetrated successfully into
+the hills until we were brought to a halt by the difficulties of
+supply, and that now the Turk was beginning to recover from the
+effects of his long retreat and was launching counter-attacks, which
+had in some cases been fairly successful, and that he had given the
+XXI. Corps a couple of heavy knocks to the north-west of Jerusalem. It
+was expected that the XXI. Corps would be <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_78" id="Page_78">[78]</a></span>pulled out to the
+comparative comfort of the Coastal Sector, while we&mdash;the XX.
+Corps&mdash;were to have the honour of attacking, and we hoped, capturing
+Jerusalem.</p>
+
+<p>We had now been marching for six days and most of us found our feet
+improving and getting accustomed to the roads, though we had lost some
+twenty-five good men, who had kept going like good 'uns with really
+sore feet until they had to be sent to hospital by the M.O. That is
+one great joy about the British Tommy, if things are really "business"
+he will stick almost anything. Men who had protested before and during
+every route march in training that they could not carry a pack more
+than a few miles, and who literally had to be hunted home, did all
+these marches up to the front without faltering, though they were
+incomparably harder and though a heavier load was being carried.</p>
+
+<p>Our next march was a short one of six miles into the foothills to Beit
+Sirra, a spot quite close to Likia, in a piece of country we were to
+know very thoroughly before we were done. Here we spent an uneasy
+night "in readiness to move"; but it was not till next morning that we
+really took to the hills, marching up a most precipitous Roman road to
+a spot which can only be described as Q 20, central. It was close to
+the Roman road and about half-way between Likia and Kubeibe, and lay
+on the covered side <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_79" id="Page_79">[79]</a></span>of the ridge south of that on which our line was
+at that time established.</p>
+
+<p>Next day we got orders to take over a bit of the line, and towards
+evening we climbed down into the Wadi Selman, and up the other side to
+relieve another brigade of our Division. This turned out to be a
+pretty jumpy business, as there had been some heavy fighting on our
+right during the afternoon, and the people we relieved told us that,
+to our right, all the ridge north of the Wadi Selman was in the hands
+of the Turks, and that they might be expected to advance at any time
+against our right flank, and that they themselves, though they had not
+got it definitely, understood that our line was to be withdrawn behind
+the Wadi Selman.</p>
+
+<p>The sector which we were supposed to take over extended from Hill
+1750&mdash;where, presumably, even if we ever had had touch with our own
+troops, our flank would now be right in the air&mdash;to the Wadi Zait. A
+deep and precipitous wadi&mdash;the Shebab&mdash;ran from the Turkish positions
+through the centre of our sector down to our Battalion H.Q. in the
+Wadi Selman. We had no news of any change in the situation on our
+left, so assumed it must be all right, and one company was sent up the
+hill to occupy the portion of the line to the left (or west) of the
+Wadi Shebab, getting touch with the 52nd Division on their extreme
+left. This lot were lucky enough to find an <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_80" id="Page_80">[80]</a></span>enamelled wire already
+laid from Battalion H.Q. to their Company H.Q. and, though it was
+broken in one or two places by mules during the relief, they soon got
+it patched up and in communication with Battalion H.Q. A company and a
+half was sent to the right of the Wadi Shebab to move in fighting
+order towards Hill 1750, making good the ridge as they proceeded.
+There was no chance of getting wire out here, nor had we enough lamps
+to establish a transmitting station, which was necessary; but by using
+our own Orilux torches we managed to get through one or two brief
+reports of progress, and at last, about 2 <span class="sc">A.M.</span>, a message
+came through that they thought they were on the hill and had
+encountered no opposition.</p>
+
+<p>In the morning as soon as it was light, Lieut.-Colonel Younger started
+out to see the right flank, and soon decided that they were not on
+Hill 1750, which he made out to be twin knolls some half a mile
+further on, and just about the same height as the hill we were
+occupying. On one of these peaks we thought we saw a few Turks, and
+about midday D Company (Captain H.S. Sharp) made a detour down
+half-way to the Wadi Selman in our rear, and then advanced straight up
+the cliff at these two peaks. They got to the top unopposed, but the
+moment they showed over the skyline they were met with a hail of
+machine-gun bullets and shrapnel, the <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_81" id="Page_81">[81]</a></span>position being completely
+dominated by the Turks at medium range. How it was no one could
+understand, but the attackers only had one casualty on the top, and he
+was very gallantly brought back by the officer in charge of the
+company. We stuck to one twin peak but evacuated the other, and it was
+now clear that 1750 was still farther on, and that the Turk was
+occupying it, so that, in order to have a dash at it, the first thing
+to do was to extend our line farther to the right and get in touch
+with some of our own troops. Distances and contours were almost
+impossible to appreciate from the map, and it was not realised what a
+great extent of line we were being asked to hold with a battalion, and
+really, faulty map reading was excusable, considering the maps we had
+to work with.</p>
+
+<p>To begin with, the map was two miles to the inch, and was not
+contoured&mdash;merely hachured&mdash;which is no earthly use where the peaks
+are crowded up within a few hundred yards of each other, so that three
+peaks in line appear on the map as one ridge, though there may be dips
+of 500 feet between them, and looking at it the other way, it is very
+hard to believe that a place which it takes you one and a half hours
+to reach walking is less than a mile on the map. We were all deceived,
+but by good luck on this occasion no harm was done.</p>
+
+<p>Brigade at once sent up three companies <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_82" id="Page_82">[82]</a></span>and some machine-gunners to
+support us, so we were all right in the line; but they proved to be
+too many for the signal communications, which all had to come through
+Battalion H.Q., and the signallers were worked to death. All these odd
+companies and the machine-gunners had to arrange for their own supply
+of ammunition, water, and rations with their own units, as they were
+the only people who could supply the necessary pack animals to bring
+the stuff as far as Battalion H.Q. From here the stores had to be
+carried by hand by fatigue parties, and these parties had to be
+advised by signals whenever their stores arrived. This meant
+continuous work for the signallers, who had to keep their stations
+going with insufficient reliefs, a thing that can only be done for a
+very limited time.</p>
+
+<p>We had hardly got this extended disposition complete when orders were
+received to relieve two companies of the Devons, as their battalion
+was down to carry out an attack that night. Of course as luck would
+have it, the companies were right up on the top of the hill, and the
+only people available to relieve them were the companies which had
+just come down after having done a couple of days up there. However,
+there was nothing else for it, and they just had to go back, with the
+promise that they would be relieved as soon as Brigade sent the troops
+to replace them. During the afternoon <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_83" id="Page_83">[83]</a></span>the senior officers from the
+attacking battalion came down to reconnoitre, but it was about 4
+<span class="fakesc">P.M.</span> by the time they got down, and consequently they had
+only time to see their objective from one point of view which, as it
+happened, was a fatal misfortune, as it left them with quite a false
+impression of what their position would be when once they got their
+objective. There was some discussion as to whether it should be a raid
+or a consolidation. All those on the spot favoured a raid, but judging
+from the map it appeared a desirable position to consolidate, and this
+was finally ordered.</p>
+
+<p>Almost every division made one such mistake when first operating in
+this mountainous country, and this was to prove to be ours. The
+objective was the hill and village of Beit-ur-el-Foka&mdash;the Upper
+Bethhoron of the Bible, where the sun stood still for Joshua&mdash;which
+seemed to occupy a commanding position on the old Roman road between
+Beit-ur-el-Tahta and El Jib, and was marked clearly on the map. It was
+also supposed to contain water, and to be desirable for that reason.
+The attack was carried out by an advance up the Wadi Zait to a
+position of deployment at the foot of Foka Hill itself, whence the
+summit was successfully rushed. There were few casualties and a good
+haul of prisoners&mdash;somewhere about 150. But it was to prove impossible
+to remain there. The position itself was not sufficiently roomy for a
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_84" id="Page_84">[84]</a></span>battalion, and no digging was possible owing to the rocky ground. It
+was also too exposed from no less than three sides.</p>
+
+<p>Opposite, across the Wadi Imaish, which ran east and west, roughly
+N.N.E. from Foka, was the dominating ridge of Zeitun, some hundreds of
+feet higher than Foka and under 1800 yards away; to the N.N.W.,
+perhaps 2000 yards off, was the crest of Khirbet Kereina, fully as
+high as Foka; and, as if these two dominating positions in front,
+giving first-class artillery observation, were not enough, there was
+also a hill, subsequently known as Hill A, which was just about the
+same height as Foka, was held by some Turks with one or two machine
+guns, and fired slap into their right rear from the south-east. This
+last was only some 500 or 600 yards away, but was divided from Foka by
+a deep ravine, and it was found impossible to send a detachment to
+storm it. It was this hill in rear that sealed the doom of the
+business. They might have managed to stick it out in spite of the
+rifle and artillery fire in front until the Turks got tired of it, but
+the fire from the rear limited all movement and all getting up of
+bombs and ammunition. Under cover of rifle fire and shrapnel the Turks
+stormed up again and again, climbing up the steep face of the Wadi
+Imaish where our guns could not have touched them, even if they had
+had&mdash;which they hadn't&mdash;any decent arrangements <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_85" id="Page_85">[85]</a></span>for observation. Once
+up within bombing distance, the Turk had the great advantage of a
+large supply of bombs, whereas we had not had time to get up more than
+a few which were soon exhausted. Even ammunition was not too
+plentiful, as everything had to be carried up the very steep Wadi
+Zait, the top portion of which was commanded from Hill A. The best way
+for evacuating wounded proved to be down the Roman road to
+Beit-ur-el-Tahta, where they were handed over to the 10th Division who
+were now on our left.</p>
+
+<p>To make a long story short, the O.C. Battalion had to make up his mind
+to quit, and he had a hard job, even with some assistance from the
+10th Division on Tahta Ridge, to bring away his wounded who were very
+numerous. About 3 <span class="fakesc">P.M.</span> the last of them came out, having had
+a terrible day, only four or five officers remaining unwounded. They
+stuck to it well, but it was an untenable position. The Turk contented
+himself with driving them off the Foka Heights, and did not attempt to
+advance farther&mdash;if he had, it might have proved just as bad for him
+as Foka had been for us.</p>
+
+<p>On 4th December we were relieved by the 6th Munster Regiment and went
+back to our old camp at Q 20 central, where our transport had remained
+all the time. Here we rested for a couple of days. We found that our
+Division had been pulled out, in order to take <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_86" id="Page_86">[86]</a></span>part in the sweeping
+movement by which it was hoped to capture Jerusalem. On the third day
+after our relief we moved out, in floods of rain, along the so-called
+road to Kubeibe, where, along with the battalion which had been in
+Foka and half the machine-gun company, we were to form the Divisional
+Reserve for the first phase of the operations. It was an awful night,
+and the track was so steep and slippery that the camels could not get
+on, and there was broken-down transport every few hundred yards along
+the track which was charitably described on the map as a road. The
+site of our bivouac was partly rocky ledges and partly slippery mud,
+and we spent a most uncomfortable night. The attacking troops of the
+Division moved to their positions of deployment the same night, and in
+the early morning successfully took the Beit Iksa trenches, which were
+the first objective. The next stage&mdash;the capture of the El Burj Ridge
+and Neby Samwil&mdash;was not so rapid, but all were in our hands on the
+following day (8th December) and, on our right, the 60th Division had
+made equally good progress in face of determined opposition south of
+the Jaffa-Jerusalem road.</p>
+
+<p>On 8th December 3 officers and 100 other ranks went off road-making.
+One officer and 30 other ranks formed a military cordon round
+Kubeibeh, and 1 officer and 50 men proceeded to Enab to represent
+Scotland in the Guard <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_87" id="Page_87">[87]</a></span>of Honour which it was hoped would be required
+for the entry into Jerusalem. Thirty more for A.S.C. fatigues at
+Kuryet-el-Enab, and another lot to fetch from Latron a lot of donkeys,
+which were to be added to our transport establishment. The result was
+that, when about 5 <span class="fakesc">P.M.</span> we were ordered to rejoin the Brigade
+in the neighbourhood of Beit Iksa, we could only muster about 200 of
+all ranks. The Senior Company Commander was accordingly left behind to
+collect what he could and follow on, and we started off with the rest
+of the Divisional Reserve to do the six or seven miles in the dark in
+single file. We could not use the road&mdash;so-called&mdash;from Kubeibe to
+Beit Iksa, as we could not discover whether the village was wholly in
+our hands, so we wandered on in pitch darkness with no path of any
+kind to show us the best way along the most precipitous slopes, and
+the most dangerous wadis. The camels were entirely unable to follow,
+and even the mules were in difficulties, several of them falling over
+ledges and down terraces. It was 1 <span class="sc">A.M.</span> (we started about 5
+<span class="fakesc">P.M.</span>) before we reached the locality in which we had expected
+to find the Brigade, but we could find no trace of them, and there was
+nothing to be done but send out a few scouts to look for them, and lie
+down and sleep until daylight.</p>
+
+<p>The situation was not improved by the fact <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_88" id="Page_88">[88]</a></span>that all ration convoys
+had broken down the day before owing to the slippery tracks, and we
+had only the unexpired portion (<i>i.e.</i>, breakfast) instead of two
+days' ration plus the unexpired portion as we should have had, and as
+the authorities no doubt thought we had. We had also no confidence
+that those who were responsible for bringing up the overdue rations
+had any idea where to look for us even if the weather improved
+sufficiently to allow them to make use of the tracks. We understood
+that we were in for a four days' push, and it looked like being a real
+hungry one. This proved to be the case, as no rations reached us until
+the end of the operations; but luckily they lasted only two days
+instead of four.</p>
+
+<p>Next morning, the 9th, just before dawn, someone came rattling down
+the steep slope above us, and to our joy we found it was the
+Brigade-Major coming to look for us, and that Brigade H.Q. was just
+above us&mdash;"just above" being 600 feet up one of the steepest slopes
+one could climb. However, we got up all right about 7 <span class="sc">A.M.</span>
+and managed to get a bit of our precious food disposed of before we
+received orders to move.</p>
+
+<p>Our part in the assault of Jerusalem was to march with all speed to
+take up a position on Tel-el-Ful, a hill some 2500 feet high, a mile
+or so north of the town, so as to cut off the Turks from retreating up
+the Nablus road. <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_89" id="Page_89">[89]</a></span>We were, as Divisional Reserve, carrying full
+packs&mdash;not light fighting order&mdash;and it was an awful piece of country
+to cross without even a track. We had first to climb down some 600
+feet into the Beit Iksa Wadi; then up the precipitous face of El Burj
+about 1000 feet from the bottom to the top; then a couple of
+comparatively easy miles down into the Wadi Hannina, and up the other
+side some 1200 feet to Tel-el-Ful. Our Battalion did not have to go
+very far beyond the Wadi Hannina, but we certainly thought it quite
+far enough. This was to be one of our worst nights, as it rained hard
+and blew a gale, and we were on the exposed side of the hill; also, no
+rations had arrived or were likely to arrive, nor was there any sign
+of them when we started off on a further advance north the next
+morning. However, we knew that Jerusalem had fallen, which cheered us
+up and made us hopeful that the operations would last less than the
+promised four days.</p>
+
+<p>Our advance north was an attempt to get us into line with our own
+people on Neby Samwil, which was easily the most commanding feature of
+this part of the country. The battalion on our right had to attack up
+the exposed ridge along which ran the Nablus road, while we were lucky
+enough to have the frontage just east of the Wadi Hannina, where our
+objective, the steep and massive feature <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_90" id="Page_90">[90]</a></span>of Bab-el-Muallek covered us
+from artillery observation. The Turk soon spotted the movement and
+during our advance treated us to heavy shelling, which took a
+considerable toll from the exposed right battalion, whereas they were
+firing at us without observation, and did us no damage, though the
+machine-gunners, who advanced along with us, lost both men and mules.
+The actual crest of Bab-el-Muallek was most uncomfortable, as shells
+were bursting all along it; but though they searched the back of the
+hill most thoroughly, it was so steep that we were pretty safe so long
+as we lay snug. About 4 <span class="fakesc">P.M.</span> a couple of mules arrived with
+some rations. It did not go far, but was enough to give everyone a
+bite, and we were told that the rest would soon arrive.</p>
+
+<p>Just on the top of this, we were told that the 60th Division was
+holding the line Tel-el-Ful-Beit Hannina, and that we might, as soon
+as we were ready, retire through them into support in the Wadi
+Hannina. Not much time was lost in getting under way&mdash;we did not even
+wait for the Lewis gun mules, which were away being watered, but
+man-handled the guns and heavy valises. These proved really too heavy,
+and the men responsible for them were very much exhausted by the time
+we got into bivouac, though the distance cannot have been more than
+two or three miles. Here we found a regular haven of rest.
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_91" id="Page_91">[91]</a></span>Comparatively smooth, lying in an olive grove, and <i>all</i> the missing
+rations waiting for us. We ate about one whole day's rations in one
+enormous feed, and then went to sleep. We all needed it pretty badly,
+and even at dawn the whole camp was still sound asleep in spite of the
+fact that they had no covering but their greatcoats, and there was
+half an inch of ice on the water-buckets.</p>
+
+<p>This proved to be the end of the Jerusalem push, and next day, 11th
+December, in glorious weather we marched back to a bivouac near Beit
+Iksa on the slopes of the wadi leading down from Neby Samwil to
+Kulonieh. Here we received our donkeys&mdash;forty per battalion&mdash;but they
+were in miserable condition and felt the cold terribly, most of them
+having come from the semi-tropical Nile Valley. They had also had a
+tough journey up, having had to carry loads most of the way from
+Railhead, when what they required was rest and food. Here we were
+within four miles of Jerusalem, and all ranks had the chance of seeing
+the city.</p>
+
+<p>During the next week or so we managed to supplement our rations with
+dried figs, and the most excellent native brown bread; but the supply
+of the latter soon stopped, as we were forbidden to buy it, as it
+would just mean that the B.E.F. would have to supply bread to the
+population later on if we were allowed to consume their stocks of
+flour. H.Q. <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_92" id="Page_92">[92]</a></span>actually managed to secure a turkey, which was picketed
+out near the Quartermaster's stores to wait for Christmas. The
+programme here was "Road Improvement," but all the same we had a slack
+time for ten days or so, when we were told what was to be the next
+stunt. We were to assist in a big turning movement in which we were to
+go along the Zeitun Ridge, the object being the gaining of some elbow
+room to the north of Jerusalem. The 60th Division were to make an
+advance up the Nablus road, with which was to be combined a sweep by
+the 10th Division, with our Brigade attached, on to Bireh and Ram
+Allah from the west. The country favoured such a movement, as the main
+ridges ran east and west. We were to be at the same time the point of
+the echelon (the brigades being more or less echelonned from the
+right) and the inside of the wheel.</p>
+
+<p>Our course lay along the Zeitun Ridge to Beitania, and on our left,
+and slightly in rear of us, brigades of the 10th Division were to
+sweep clear the Kereina Ridge south of the deep Wadi Ain Arik, and the
+Deir Ibzia-Ain Arik-Kefr Skeyan Ridges again farther to the north.
+This meant that we had to get back to our old home in the Wadi Zait,
+at the point where it joins the Wadi Selman, advance by night to the
+Wadi Imaish, which lay between Foka and Zeitun, and deploy there for
+the main attack. This <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_93" id="Page_93">[93]</a></span>was some twelve miles from Beit Iksa, and the
+preliminary reconnaissance was a hard day's work. We found that the
+10th Division had, since we were there, secured Foka and Hill A, from
+which we got an excellent view of our objective&mdash;Zeitun&mdash;but we failed
+to find or hear of any path down to the Wadi Imaish. As nearly all the
+hills here about are steeply terraced, that meant we could take no
+mules with us to our position of deployment, as it would have been
+hopeless to have them clattering about on the rocks in the dark, and
+would have been certain to give the show away. We had expected to be
+able to do this assembly and approach in our own time, but through our
+secret service a copy was obtained of a Turkish order for an attack
+down the Nablus-Jerusalem road by two fresh divisions, timed for 6
+<span class="sc">A.M.</span> on 27th December. This was only secured, however, three
+days in advance, and it was not till 3 <span class="fakesc">P.M.</span> on Christmas Eve
+that we got orders to move at once to our position of readiness in the
+Wadi Zait.</p>
+
+<p>We hurriedly packed up, H.Q. cursing their luck at not being able to
+enjoy their turkey in peace, and got off about 6 <span class="fakesc">P.M.</span> Just
+after we started it began to rain heavily, and by 8 <span class="fakesc">P.M.</span>,
+when the camel convoy tried to climb the hill out of the wadi, it was
+so slippery that they had to give it up. The quartermaster's hopes
+were then pinned on the donkeys, who <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_94" id="Page_94">[94]</a></span>were being tried for the first
+time, but the mud and cold proved too much for them. They managed to
+get most of them as far as Kubeibe&mdash;about half way&mdash;but they were
+quite incapable of going any farther. It was an awful night; such
+squalls and rain that the best mackintosh, much less greatcoat, was
+quite useless, and as our course lay along the Roman road we never
+left the exposed top of the ridge. It was not so bad while we were
+moving, but with a brigade in single file and a good many obstructions
+on the track, the rear of the column sometimes had to halt for half an
+hour while those in front negotiated some specially rough or slippery
+place.</p>
+
+<p>Up till midnight there were fair intervals, and we kept on getting wet
+and then drying again; but midnight found us quite near our old camp
+at Q 20 central, fully exposed to a gale and torrents of rain.</p>
+
+<p>The battalion in front of us had to descend the steep and slippery
+side of the Wadi Selman, which was just like a mud slide, and we had
+to stand at the top for more than half an hour. The length of the
+descent was only about 500 yards, and in the daylight and when it was
+dry fatigue parties and even camels used to get down in about ten
+minutes, but now, what with the rain and the passage of the unit in
+front of us, it had become indescribably slippery. Men were falling
+down every few yards, and the mules <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_95" id="Page_95">[95]</a></span>were not much better. It took two
+hours for the Battalion to cover this 500 yards.</p>
+
+<p>Wishing each other a very happy Christmas, we started on the last
+stage of our journey along the bottom of the wadi, which was almost a
+river, to our pitch in the Wadi Zait. We sat there till dawn&mdash;sleep
+was out of the question&mdash;and then started everyone on physical drill
+to get up some circulation. By this time we knew that the camels and
+donkeys were both&mdash;in the language of the country&mdash;"mafisch" (which is
+the same as "nahpoo"), and also that the wheeled transport, which
+could not come across country as we had done, was not due till the
+afternoon. Even then it was unlikely that they would bring any food,
+as their proper load was Lewis gun stuff and ammunition. One can
+realise what disaster had overtaken even the best arrangements, when
+even Brigade H.Q., with a whole staff captain to look after them,
+hadn't so much as a crust for breakfast. The Brigadier, however, was
+as cheery as ever, and almost as soon as it was light he was up in our
+lines cracking jokes with everyone he met, and asking "are we
+downhearted," to which he got the usual roar as answer. It really
+never stopped raining all day, and never again it is to be hoped will
+any of us spend another Christmas like it. By superhuman efforts some
+few ration donkeys were persuaded along by their drivers, and arrived
+that night, but what they carried <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_96" id="Page_96">[96]</a></span>was only a small part of a ration.
+Our hopes were fixed on the wheeled transport, which had brought their
+loads of guns and ammunition, and had gone back to Kubeibe, to which
+half-way house our camel loads were being brought by the wheeled
+transport of the rest of the Division, who were not taking such a
+leading part in the coming stunt.</p>
+
+<p>Next day, the 26th, was spent in reconnaissance by company officers
+who had not already done one, and in pow-wows at Brigade, at which
+were decided the final details and also the scheme under which the "B"
+teams were to undertake the carrying forward of ammunition and bombs
+in rear of the advance. Each battalion left behind some half dozen
+officers and about 50 men, so there was quite a fair number available
+for the work. Our spirits rose rapidly that day, partly owing to the
+prospect of something doing, partly because of a marked improvement in
+the weather, but chiefly on account of the arrival of rations in
+satisfying quantities, which allowed of a huge feed before we had to
+start at about 10.30 <span class="fakesc">P.M.</span> There was a nice moon, and our
+march in single file up the Wadi Zait to Foka was quite uneventful,
+and we got a pleasant surprise when we topped the crest and found
+that, by pure luck, we had struck a small footpath&mdash;the only one for
+miles, we afterwards discovered&mdash;which made the descent beautifully
+easy and <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_97" id="Page_97">[97]</a></span>comparatively silent. With some diffidence we made for what
+we thought was our map reference, and found to our joy, that we were
+exactly right. Our "perch," as really it should be called, was on
+numerous ledges on the face of a very steep cliff, and it was a
+lengthy business getting the Battalion arranged with its different
+companies respectively in their right places; but by 4 <span class="sc">A.M.</span>
+we were all snug like gannets on the Bass Rock, and quite easy in our
+minds, except for the uncertainty as to whether dawn would discover
+the place to be under Turkish machine-gun fire. This was pretty
+important, as we were not to attack until 8 <span class="sc">A.M.</span>, so there
+was time for a very uncomfortable two or three hours before we could
+start. However, dawn broke, and all was quiet, and we were able to
+have our breakfast undisturbed just about the time the Turks must have
+been attacking down the Nablus-Jerusalem road.</p>
+
+<p>The first attack was to be led by the Ayr and Lanarks on the right,
+who were to scale the salient spur running up to their objective&mdash;Kh.
+Mahmeh, and by the Somersets on the left, who were to advance up the
+spur which led in a N.E. direction to Sh. Abu-el-Zeitun, which was
+their objective. We, in close support, and the Devons in reserve, were
+to follow the left battalion. This plan was adopted to avoid having to
+advance up the re-entrant which was too dangerous.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_98" id="Page_98">[98]</a></span>At 8 <span class="sc">A.M.</span> the advance started. Our position was in close
+support, and the chief difficulty was to prevent the leading lines
+from going too fast, and getting mixed up with the battalion in front.
+By 9 <span class="sc">A.M.</span> the ridge was taken with a nice little bunch of
+prisoners, and very few casualties to us. The face, up which we had
+advanced, was so steep that the defenders could not get a really good
+shot at us, except in certain places; but the Somersets and ourselves
+had to slide to the east side of the spur, as we were being heavily
+fired at by machine guns from the direction of Kh. Kereina.</p>
+
+<p>Our programme now was to turn east and sweep along the Zeitun Ridge,
+but this depended, to some extent, on how the 10th Division were
+getting on to our left. We were intended to be in advance of them, but
+not more than a mile or so or we should get it too badly from the
+flank. They had not expected us to get Zeitun much before 11
+<span class="sc">A.M.</span>, so we were ahead of time, and the brigade on our left
+must have been a bit late, as it was some time before they were
+visible at all, and then they were some three miles behind. We sat all
+day on the safer side of the crest, watching a stubbornly contested
+battle being fought on Hill 2450, which was taken and lost more than
+once, and in getting shelled continually by field guns. They did not
+hit many, but, as bad luck would have it, they got our adjutant,
+Captain W.D. Brown, <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_99" id="Page_99">[99]</a></span>as game a fellow as ever walked, and he was
+carried off evidently very badly hit, and died that night in the
+dressing-station. We were not at the time in touch with Brigade, but
+the brigade-major was over on the ridge with us, so we had to get out
+orders for the further advance.</p>
+
+<p>It was our Battalion's turn to lead, and we went for the main
+objective, the Hill of Shafa, at the extreme end of the ridge about
+one and a half miles away. The Ayrs and Lanarks were sent to seize a
+hill on our right, another to maintain touch with the 10th Division on
+our left (we were responsible as far as the W. Sunt), and the fourth
+in support of us. We started the advance just after dark, and all went
+well until we had almost reached the objective. One could see the
+other battalion in the moonlight on the crest of the lesser hill to
+our right, and we were ourselves about half way up Shafa, when we
+suddenly bumped right into the Turk. Both sides were rather taken by
+surprise, and our men at all events were thoroughly excited and firing
+wildly in the dark without much chance of hitting anything. There was
+a natural rock face about 8 feet deep right across the face of the
+hill, and only about two spots where it could be climbed, and this
+held us up for some time. The Turk began to try to work round the
+flanks and the situation was looking rather unpleasant, especially as
+we were wasting, <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_100" id="Page_100">[100]</a></span>at a great rate, ammunition which might be badly
+wanted next day, the Lewis guns expending thousands.</p>
+
+<p>However, shortly before midnight, the excitement calmed down a bit,
+and we managed to get up the rock face on to a sort of false crest,
+and scouts, sent out to the front, reported that the Turk had cleared
+right off the whole hill. Two platoons advanced and occupied the
+farther crest and then we settled down to get what rest we could
+though it was too cold to sleep, and a good many spent most of the
+night walking up and down to keep warm. We found next day that our
+ammunition had not been entirely wasted, as there were a lot of dead
+Turks and quantities of rifles and machine-gun equipment left behind
+when they retreated. Our casualties that night were 2 officers and 7
+other ranks killed, and 22 other ranks wounded, 3 of whom died of
+wounds.</p>
+
+<p>In the morning we expected orders to advance, but as soon as we could
+use our glasses we found that we were far ahead of our neighbours, and
+were, in fact, enfiladed from the Turkish positions on our left.
+Fortunately we could get into cover by going about 100 yards round the
+hill, but rations and supplies had to come across about 80 yards of
+open, under machine-gun fire, and it was a marvel that no one was hit.
+It was impossible to get out in front to see our next <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_101" id="Page_101">[101]</a></span>objective, as
+the Turks had us well marked and machine guns opened on anyone who
+exposed himself. We had the Brigade-Major with us, but were again out
+of touch with Brigade, and Lieut.-Colonel Younger was again tackling
+the dispositions for the next advance, when the Brigadier himself rode
+up, very nearly getting sniped as he trotted in. After telling us
+exactly what he thought of us for having chosen such an exposed place
+for our headquarters, he got out his orders for the assault of
+Beitania. There was really no choice as to who should go first this
+time, as there was no time to reshuffle units, and they just had to go
+over in the order in which they were at the time disposed.</p>
+
+<p>This made us right leading battalion&mdash;objective Beitania&mdash;with the
+Ayrs and Lanarks in close support. The left leading battalion&mdash;the
+Somersets&mdash;were to make for Hill 500 about three-quarters of a mile
+north of Beitania. The Devons were to advance in close support of the
+Somersets, and we were given the K.S.L.I. from the 231st Brigade to
+remain in reserve on Shafa, where Brigade H.Q. also remained. The left
+battalion also had El Muntar as a further objective, so that the
+Brigade, when finished, would be on a line running north and south to
+the Wadi Kelt. We knew we should get a warm reception going over the
+crest, as there were quite a <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_102" id="Page_102">[102]</a></span>number of machine guns in the village
+and they were all laid on the crest. They also put over a lot of
+shells while we were preparing to start but did not do much damage.</p>
+
+<p>We got off the mark at 2 <span class="fakesc">P.M.</span> in four waves, and went at
+record speed to the bottom of the ravine. One could hardly have
+believed that men carrying Lewis guns could have covered the ground so
+fast. In this case it was our salvation, as we not only got over
+before the whole of the machine guns had got properly going, but most
+of the shelling also fell behind us. Once in the bottom we were quite
+safe from the machine guns, and nearly so from the artillery. As it
+was we reorganised for the attack in our own time and were very soon
+at the edge of the village after a precipitous climb. Here we were
+held up for a short time by fire from a spur to our right. The leading
+Company Commander, Captain P. Campbell, A. &amp; L.Y., of the supporting
+battalion, agreed to take his own and another company to clear this
+spur. This movement was rapidly and brilliantly carried out with the
+desired result, and in a very short time we were in the village and
+through the far side, holding the ridge to left and right, and in
+touch with our left battalion. It was not until the following morning
+that we began to count the spoils, which ran to about 150 prisoners,
+including a battalion commander and nine machine guns. <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_103" id="Page_103">[103]</a></span>We buried
+about 80 Turks, and there were a good many in odd places that we
+didn't find at the time. That night we took up an outpost line east of
+the village, and in the morning saw the 230th Brigade march across our
+front into Bireh without firing a shot. So well, too, had the supply
+of ammunition worked, that at the close of operations we had 50,000
+rounds in Beitania. We spent two days there clearing up the
+battlefield and reorganising the companies. On the second night we
+were told that we were to be taken out into reserve for a long and
+well-earned rest.</p>
+
+<p>From St James's Park to Beitania the Battalion had been continuously
+engaged in very strenuous operations, marching, fighting, or
+road-making over the roughest of country, without roads or landmarks,
+up precipitous hills, through boulder-strewn wadis, against an
+obstinate and determined foe, never sure of the next meal, tired
+almost beyond endurance and many almost bootless, in the worst of
+weather, cold and wet, and only slightly less miserable than the
+camels. And the result? The capture of Jerusalem and turning of the
+Turkish left flank; a loss of prestige and a military disaster from
+which they never recovered. We had taken part in most difficult and
+arduous fighting in most difficult and arduous country; difficult
+because of the badness of the maps, which made it almost impossible to
+locate one's <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_104" id="Page_104">[104]</a></span>position or maintain touch, and arduous as only those
+who know that rocky precipitous country can realise. For artillery it
+was practically impossible, and though they did wonders in bringing
+guns up over the roughest of roadless hills, the assistance they could
+render the infantry was very slight. Nor are the transport or camel
+leaders likely to forget that trek, and it was greatly to Mr
+Drysdale's credit that he managed to get them all safely to Kubeibeh
+early on the morning of the 8th December. The heavy rains made the
+Roman road almost impossible, and troops "resting" (so-called) were
+turned on to road-making. The difficulty of command may be illustrated
+by the fact that in marching to Beit Iksa the whole Battalion was
+strung out in single file along a sheep track.</p>
+
+<p>It was very largely owing to this threat on his line of retirement
+that caused the evacuation of Jerusalem which was entered by our
+troops on 9th December. On the 8th 1 officer and 50 other ranks had
+gone to Enab to furnish guards for Jerusalem, and to this Battalion
+fell the honour of supplying the first Christian guards over the holy
+places in Jerusalem after a Moslem occupation of seven centuries.</p>
+
+<p>Beitania, which brought the operations to a close, was quite a
+brilliant piece of work. Our casualties were 1 officer and 8 other
+ranks killed, and 4 officers and 40 other ranks wounded, of whom 2
+subsequently died of wounds; but, as <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_105" id="Page_105">[105]</a></span>we found afterwards that Zeitun
+and Beitania had both been held by picked fresh troops, whose morale
+had not been tried by the continuous fighting of the November retreat,
+that number could not be called excessive.</p>
+
+<p>To single out individuals when everyone did so well is an invidious
+task, but one cannot close an account of these operations without
+mentioning the really splendid work of Lieut.-Colonel Younger, Captain
+H.S. Sharp, and Captain W.D. Brown, also of Lieutenant R.A. Andrew,
+whose energy and determination in bringing up rations and ammunition
+over the most Godforsaken country, cannot be too highly praised.</p>
+
+<p>The news of the previous night proved to be correct, and the Battalion
+moved off from Beitania about 9 <span class="sc">A.M.</span> on New Year's Day down
+the Wadi Sunt. The Wadi Sunt was by far the most attractive wadi we
+had yet struck, being steep sided, and on the south side especially
+clothed not only with the usual olive tree, but also with many sorts
+of creepers and wild flowers which we had not seen before. The whole
+side rose in terraces, and from almost every terrace, overhanging on
+to the one below, was a very pretty dark leaved creeper, which was at
+the time in full bloom with clusters of creamy coloured flowers which
+looked as if they were made of wax, and the ledges were carpeted with
+various wild flowers, mostly cyclamen and anemone. A mile or two took
+us to the <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_106" id="Page_106">[106]</a></span>junction of the Wadis Sunt and Imaish, where we were within
+a few hundred yards of the ledges where we had perched before taking
+Zeitun Ridge, and there it began to rain in torrents. We continued
+down the Sunt until we came to a rough path, made more or less
+possible for traffic by the 10th Division, which led up to
+Beit-ur-el-Tahta, in the neighbourhood of which the Brigade was to
+bivouac. Next day we proceeded via the Wadi Melab to Beit Sira, and so
+to our rest camp at Yalo.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep106" id="imagep106"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep106.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep106.jpg" width="100%" alt="Operations in PALESTINE 1917-18." /></a><br />
+<p class="emery" style="margin-right: 1em;">Emery Walker Ltd. sc</p>
+<p class="right" style="margin-top: .2em;"><i>To face page 106</i><span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="CHAPTER_V" id="CHAPTER_V"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_107" id="Page_107">[107]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>CHAPTER V<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+
+<h4>PALESTINE&mdash;1918</h4>
+<br />
+
+<p>From 4th January to 14th March when we went into the line at Khan Abu
+Felah, we were employed continuously on road-making. The great
+difficulty experienced in bringing supplies forward over the roadless
+mountainous country, impassable to motors and often even to camels and
+mules, made road-making an absolute necessity before any further
+advance could take place. The only metalled roads were the
+Jerusalem-Nablus road, running north from Jerusalem, and the
+Jerusalem-Jaffa road, running west and north-west, passing Latron
+about four miles from our camp at Yalo. The rest were mere donkey
+tracks over cultivated unbottomed ground in the valleys, and winding
+up wadis, over boulders, and through trees in the uplands and hills.</p>
+
+<p>Yalo, the ancient Ajalon, a city of the tribe of Dan, was our camp
+till 24th February. Brigade H.Q. were at the head of the next wadi to
+us, and below them the Devons and Somersets, while we occupied the
+other side of the ridge with the 229th Field Ambulance <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_108" id="Page_108">[108]</a></span>beyond us. The
+Ayrs and Lanarks were in a separate camp at Amwas. When we arrived we
+found a rocky barren hill&mdash;when we left, it was almost a garden city.
+The only "houses" were Battalion H.Q. and the kitchens, but every two
+or three had built a home for themselves out of stones and mud, roofed
+with waterproof sheets, while <span class="sc">Jock's Lodge</span>, a company
+sergeants' mess, was quite an architectural triumph. Paths lined with
+stones ran in all directions, and almost every "villa" had its little
+garden of wild flowers, chiefly scarlet anemones transplanted from the
+wadi. Below us was the Valley of Ajalon, where Joshua defeated the
+kings of the Amorites and the moon was stayed, a rich fertile plain
+stretching to the hills which circled it on three sides. North-east we
+could see nestling in the hills the two Beth Horons, and south of us
+lay the picturesque capital of the tribe of Dan.</p>
+
+<p>While we were still settling down we sent 4 officers and 200 other
+ranks daily on road-making fatigue, but later on the entire battalion
+was turned on to repair the road from Latron to Beit Sara. At the same
+time Captain Andrew was busy with a large class teaching the Lewis gun
+to officers and men, Mr Scott's flags "spoke" from every knoll, and Mr
+Gall smartened the backward squad on the drill-ground below. We had
+quite a good rifle range, and quite a fair football field, and life
+was really very pleasant.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_109" id="Page_109">[109]</a></span>On 18th February Lieut.-Colonel Younger rejoined us. He had gone off
+to Cairo on leave where he was seized by Dr Tuke and put to bed in the
+Citadel.</p>
+
+<p>We had now pretty well completed our road, so on the 24th we left our
+comfortable camp and marched six miles to our new bivouac area in an
+olive grove just north of Beit Sira. We had to make a new road to link
+up with the Ram Allah road at Tattenham Corner. It was a most
+picturesque wadi covered with olive trees, and what was more important
+with any amount of stones suitable for road-making just at hand. On
+the Latron-Beit Sira road stones were scarce and had to be man-handled
+in limbers or baskets often quite a distance, but here were stones of
+every size within a few yards of the road. It was a 16-foot road
+bottomed with large stones, then two layers of smaller stones and
+blinded with gravel. Everyone went at it like a schoolboy on holiday,
+and we completed our road two days before scheduled time, on one
+occasion actually doing 1-1/2 yards of road per man.</p>
+
+<p>On 5th March we left our camp going by our newly completed road to
+Tattenham Corner, into the Wadi Ain Arik, and up the Wadi Sad to our
+halting place not far from the village of Ain Arik. We were now
+campaigning again and our baggage was cut down to the bare
+establishment, with one notable <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_110" id="Page_110">[110]</a></span>exception&mdash;oatmeal. We had arranged
+for a regular supply from home to start as soon as we went abroad, and
+though we were often short of many things we always had our oatmeal.
+Our supplies had accumulated while we had been in the hills, and we
+now found ourselves with about 30 cwt. for which there was no room on
+the transport. This we were absolutely determined not to lose, so we
+sent it on ahead about ten miles and dumped it in a wadi with a couple
+of men to look after it.</p>
+
+<p>Next day we continued our journey through Ain Arik, where a friendly
+brass band played us past with "Bonnie Dundee" till just below the top
+of the pass at Kefr Skeyan, where we rested for the afternoon as we
+might not cross the skyline in daylight. This resulted in a most
+tedious night march, finishing in pitch darkness over very rough going
+with a bad bivouac area at the end of it. Next morning we were
+surprised to find ourselves by the side of a small lake&mdash;Lake
+Baluah&mdash;shallow and muddy, but welcome as giving water for the animals
+quite close to their lines. Road-making near Ram Allah was the order
+of the day, and one company anyhow found the return journey not
+without its excitement. A Taube dived at them and opened fire at very
+close range, but fortunately their aim was distinctly bad, and it was
+our nervous system only that suffered.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep110a" id="imagep110a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep110a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep110a.jpg" width="95%" alt="BATTALION BIVOUAC, NEAR SUFFA." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">BATTALION BIVOUAC, NEAR SUFFA<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right" style="margin-right: 10%;"><i>To face page 110</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep110b" id="imagep110b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep110b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep110b.jpg" width="95%" alt="THE IRISH ROAD CROSSING THE WADI AIN ARIK." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">THE IRISH ROAD CROSSING THE WADI AIN ARIK.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right" style="margin-right: 10%;"><i>To face page 110</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<p>We were now only a few miles behind the <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_111" id="Page_111">[111]</a></span>line, and though our
+Brigade was only to be in support for the next advance the C.O. and
+Company Commanders climbed Sheikh Abdullah, from which a good view of
+the surrounding country could be obtained. This was an easy climb, but
+the view from here showed us that the next advance would be no picnic
+even if the country alone had to be overcome. Ridge upon ridge faced
+us, rising higher and higher to the horizon about six miles away where
+Burj Lisaneh stood up like a sugar-loaf, while to our half-right
+steepish slopes covered with fig trees, not yet in leaf, rose up to
+the heights of Tel Asur 3318 feet high. In all this country there was
+but one road which wound its way among the hills towards Nablus (the
+ancient Shechem) and the north. There were a few miles of road up as
+far as Beitin (the Bethel of the Bible), but there it stopped short,
+which meant that the 53rd Division on our right would have to do their
+advance without any road at all; but we had all done without roads
+before, and no doubt we should do equally well again. However, we had
+now completed a road through from Latron to Ram Allah and the Nablus
+road, so that a further advance was possible as supplies could now be
+brought up. The corps had been more or less stationary across the
+Jerusalem-Nablus road for six or seven weeks, though there had been a
+lot of activity on the eastern flank towards Jericho.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_112" id="Page_112">[112]</a></span>On 8th March B Company (Captain D.D. Ogilvie) started off to report to
+the gunners near Ain Yebrud and make the track passable for the
+artillery as far as Selwad on the far side of Tel Asur. The track was
+a dry river bed between two very thick walls most of the way, and
+where it was impassable a track had to be made across country, which
+meant cutting down trees and levelling terraces. Though there was
+about five miles of road to prepare, so well did they work at it that
+they were actually working on the road in front of the supports before
+Tel Asur was finally captured, and the guns were able to move forward
+that night.</p>
+
+<p>Meanwhile the other three companies had gone up the Nablus road to
+repair it, as it had not only been heavily shelled by our artillery
+but also blown up in a great many places by the retreating Turks. The
+enemy were offering a stout resistance to our advance, and held a
+strong line across the road. Tel Asur was captured and lost three
+times before it finally remained in our hands, and it was not until 1
+<span class="fakesc">P.M.</span> that our line was sufficiently far forward for us to
+proceed to Ain Sinia for road repair. Even then the road was being so
+heavily shelled that we had to make our way by side paths and across
+country. We were busy road-repairing for the next day or two, and
+officers were reconnoitring forward to see the lie of the country
+which we were to take over.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_113" id="Page_113">[113]</a></span>On 14th March we moved on again, halting behind the skyline for the
+midday meal while the C.O. and Company Commanders went on to see the
+line we were to take over. It had been a rough journey. The tracks
+were positively heart breaking. The usual pattern was 4 to 6 feet wide
+with stout drystone walls on either side; the "pathway" being over
+rough and uneven rocks with an occasional boulder, and here and there
+the walls had collapsed completely, blocking the track&mdash;or else over
+cultivated soil which was immediately converted into a muddy morass of
+uncertain depth. On such paths only single file was possible, and pack
+mules and donkeys had to be almost carried over some of the places.
+But the worst was yet to come, and though we were not intended to go
+down into the Wadi Kolah by day as it was in full view to the Turkish
+artillery, the track down was so bad the C.O. wisely preferred risking
+a shell or two to certain suicide going down in the dark. A mist
+helped us, and we got down unmolested and had taken over the new line
+by 5 <span class="fakesc">P.M.</span> The track down into the wadi was so steep and
+slippery from the rain that donkeys were actually lowered down in some
+places by their tails.</p>
+
+<p>The line we took over was a long one&mdash;about two and a half
+miles&mdash;previously held by nine companies of the 159th and 160th
+Brigades (53rd Division). There were three <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_114" id="Page_114">[114]</a></span>mountains with steep wadis
+in between, and each company was given a hill which formed an isolated
+post. Touch even between companies was very difficult to maintain at
+night, and touch with the units on either flank was found impossible
+and had to be abandoned. So sketchy was our line that we sometimes
+discovered in the morning a miserable Turk or Arab well inside our
+lines trying to desert but finding no one to whom to surrender. When
+"captured" their joy was complete. Miserable, half-starved, ill-clad
+wretches, conscripted to fight for a nation they loathed and feared.</p>
+
+<p>D Company (Captain J. M'Nab) held the Round Hill on the right and a
+platoon of A Company held the village of Khan Abu Felah. C Company
+(Captain I.C. Nairn) held the centre hill and B Company (Captain D.D.
+Ogilvie) were on the left holding a "hog's back" known as Fusilier
+Ridge, and the wadi on either side. A Company (Captain Sir W.A.A.
+Campbell) were in reserve at Battalion H.Q. Later A Company relieved D
+Company, and D and C Companies moved a hill to their left, while B
+came into reserve. Our horses, mules, and donkeys were with us, but
+camels could not negotiate the steep slopes and remained on the high
+ground above us along with the wheeled transport.</p>
+
+<p>Our stay here was uneventful. The Turks shelled us regularly but
+without doing much <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_115" id="Page_115">[115]</a></span>damage, and we sent over one or two patrols every
+night, but there was no great activity on either side. On 22nd March a
+company of the Ayrs and Lanarks (Captain P. Campbell) carried out a
+most successful raid on the isolated hill Amurieh opposite B Company.
+Mr Cruickshank with 12 men from his platoon held White Hill, a small
+intermediate knoll, and covered the advance, returning when the raid
+started. Fully 100 prisoners were taken, with the loss of only one or
+two wounded. At the same time we made a demonstration from Kent Hill,
+firing off rifle grenades and rifles, which drew a lot of fire from
+the raiding party on Amurieh.</p>
+
+<p>On 7th April the enemy attempted a bombing raid on A Company's hill,
+but it was a halfhearted affair, and they were easily driven off and a
+few casualties inflicted.</p>
+
+<p>We had two or three days of very heavy rain just after we took over,
+which made life very miserable for the outpost companies on the hill
+tops, and especially for the mule leaders who had to make the journey
+up and down that perilous wadi with rations and water at least once
+and sometimes twice a day, and then wade through the mud to the
+companies. The rain, however, helped them, as it gave us water close
+at hand which was excellent for cooking and washing purposes. On the
+whole, however, the weather was glorious, and the wild flowers were a
+great joy to us all.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_116" id="Page_116">[116]</a></span>After we had done a fortnight in the line we were to have been
+relieved by another battalion in the Brigade when news came through
+that the whole Division was to be relieved and march to Railhead,
+which was now at Ludd. This, combined with a memo, which said "All
+units XX. Corps except 74th Division will indent for shorts
+forthwith," made it quite clear that we were bound for France, and so
+it proved.</p>
+
+<p>On 9th April we were relieved by the 2/4 R.W.F. (53rd Division), and
+bivouacked that night at our transport lines on the shoulder of Tel
+Asur. Next day the Brigade marched via Beitin to Bireh and bivouacked
+just west of Ram Allah. The following day we went down the Ain Arik
+road to Tattenham Corner, along the road we ourselves had made to our
+bivouac area, near the old Devon Camp below Suffa.</p>
+
+<p>On 12th April we made Amwas, and next day after a long and dusty march
+we reached our destination Ludd. We spent a busy day there drawing
+stores from Ordnance and returning things for which we had no further
+use. H.Q. and B Company entrained that evening, and the remainder the
+following morning, and we all got to Kantara that night, or very early
+on the morning of the 16th.</p>
+
+<p>We were at Kantara just a fortnight, during which time we were
+disinfected and refitted, put through gas and exercised in field days
+on the desert. We had never been allowed to draw <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_117" id="Page_117">[117]</a></span>clothing in
+Palestine after Yalo as we were on the waiting list for France, and
+when we arrived at Kantara we were a most disreputable looking
+crowd&mdash;clothing patched and torn, garments showing where they should
+never be seen, and boots in some cases almost without soles at all.
+But when we marched out we were clad once more in new tunics, new
+trousers, and new boots, and looked very smart.</p>
+
+<p>The transport left on 19th April under Mr J. Drysdale, and the
+Battalion followed on the 29th, reaching Alexandria early next
+morning, and embarking at once on H.M.T. <i>Indarra</i>. Brigade H.Q. were
+with us. Lieut.-Colonel Younger was O.C. troops, and Mr R. Colthart,
+ship's adjutant.</p>
+
+<p>We left Alexandria on 1st May, and so bade good-bye to Egypt and the
+East after a sojourn there of over two and a half years. We had all
+had a great experience, at times very strenuous and unpleasant, but on
+the whole interesting and not too bad. Our fighting had been almost
+entirely open warfare, for which as yeomanry we were well adapted, and
+which contrasted very favourably with the trench warfare on the
+Western Front. But few were sorry to go. None of us anticipated
+Allenby's triumphant drive to Damascus, and felt we would be "doing
+our bit" more effectively on the Western Front where we well knew the
+final decision rested. But what counted much more was relief at
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_118" id="Page_118">[118]</a></span>escaping another hot, dusty, thirsty summer in the East, and the
+change to the civilisation and comparative comfort of France, and of
+course most of all to the proximity of Blighty, and the prospect of
+leave home. Though short local leave had not been so difficult to
+obtain, home leave, owing to the difficulty of transportation, had
+been very much restricted, and the great majority had never been home
+since coming out.</p>
+
+<p>We had a very good trip to Marseilles. The captain laid himself out to
+make everything as comfortable as possible; the feeding was excellent,
+plenty of cabin accommodation for officers and N.C.O.'s, and the men
+were as comfortable as they ever can be in a crowded troopship. There
+were seven ships in the convoy which was escorted by British
+destroyers as far as Malta, and there relieved by Japanese destroyers
+who took us in safely to Marseilles. There was only one piece of
+excitement on the fourth day out. A destroyer sighted a submarine,
+rushed ahead at great speed and dropped a couple of depth charges.
+Nothing more was seen of the submarine, and we proceeded on our
+journey uninterrupted.</p>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="CHAPTER_VI" id="CHAPTER_VI"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_119" id="Page_119">[119]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>CHAPTER VI<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+
+<h4>FRANCE&mdash;1918</h4>
+<br />
+
+<p>On disembarking at Marseilles on 7th May we opened a new chapter in
+the history of the Regiment. The contrast from the East was indeed
+marked and delightful, and the long train journey passed quickly in
+our joy at seeing once more green fields and green trees, villages,
+and farms, long fair hair and fair complexions. We could hardly have
+had more beautiful scenery than we had during the first day through
+the south of France. We kept to the branch lines to the west of the
+main Rhone Valley line, and wound in and out all day at the foot of
+steep hills crowned with old castles and picturesque villages which
+looked so peaceful that it was hard to realise that there was a war
+on. The second day saw us skirting Paris by Juvisy, and gave us a good
+view of Versailles and the numerous airships at St Cyr. The last day
+our route lay chiefly through water meadows, and by 9.30 we had
+reached our detraining station&mdash;Noyelles&mdash;whence after a hot breakfast
+we marched ten miles to our destination&mdash;St Firmin near the <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_120" id="Page_120">[120]</a></span>mouth of
+the Somme. Our transport had already been here about a week, and we
+found excellent quarters in the long straggling village.</p>
+
+<p>Here we spent ten days, being fitted out with gas helmets, and passed
+through gas, a form of warfare of which we had had no practical
+experience out East, and in bayonet fighting also, under experts who
+found we had not very much to learn in that line. Our number of Lewis
+guns were doubled, and we started lots of classes of new Lewis gunners
+to form the new gun crews and provide a large nucleus of trained men
+as reinforcements. Our transport establishment was also completed
+here. We entrained at Rue early on the morning of the 21st, and made
+our way via Etaples and St Pol to Ligny St Flochel, whence we had a
+long fifteen miles march to Humbercourt. That night we had our first
+experience of night bombing. From here several senior officers went
+for a day or two's experience of trench life to a New Zealand Division
+in the Hebuterne sector north of Albert.</p>
+
+<p>On the 25th May we moved to a very much better area at Grand
+Rullecourt where we stayed for just a month. Here there were much
+better facilities for training, and we worked away steadily at wood
+fighting, fighting through crops, co-operation with tanks, and all the
+while paying special attention to the Lewis-gun personnel. We also
+gave an exhibition of the attack in open warfare, for the edification
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_121" id="Page_121">[121]</a></span>of the Canadians who were in the neighbourhood, and put in a good
+deal of musketry at the rifle ranges, and throwing and firing
+grenades. We had quite a good field for football, and had an
+inter-platoon competition, won by No. 6 platoon, but the great event
+was the defeat of the Scots Guards by the Battalion team. The Scots
+Guards were the winners of the Bull Dog Cup at the Crystal Palace, and
+had only once been beaten, and to defeat them 2-0 was a great
+achievement.</p>
+
+<p>The Ayr and Lanark Battalion of the R.S.F. left us here to form a new
+brigade along with the 12th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Battalion; the Norfolk
+Regiment from the 230th Brigade, and the 24th (Denbigh Yeomanry)
+Battalion; the Royal Welsh Fusiliers from the 231st Brigade. We were
+all very depressed at the departure of the Ayrs and Lanarks. We had
+been together close friends and keen rivals on the football field ever
+since we had been made into an infantry battalion, and though we all
+knew that the Brigade was sure to be reduced from four to the normal
+French establishment of three battalions, we had somehow never
+contemplated parting from our special friends, the only other Scotch
+battalion in the Division.</p>
+
+<p>Spanish influenza, which was so prevalent everywhere, now began to
+attack us, and when we left Grand Rullecourt on 26th June, as we had
+about nine miles to march to our entraining <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_122" id="Page_122">[122]</a></span>station Ligny, 150 were
+considered unfit to march, and had to come on by motor lorry the
+following day. This was an excellent arrangement, as it enabled us to
+keep on the men who we knew would be quite fit again in a day or two,
+instead of sending them to hospital, and probably to another
+battalion. Fortunately it was a mild type, the patient being
+completely knocked out for a day or two and then rapidly recovering,
+but it left us all pretty weak for a bit. We detrained at Aire, and
+though we had only another four miles to go to our billets at Fontes,
+it was quite enough for anyone with a touch of the "'flu." From here
+parties went out every day to reconnoitre the various lines in the
+Robecq-St Venant sector, and to get to know the country before we were
+told to take over the line.</p>
+
+<p>We left Fontes with practically all our invalids cured after a
+fortnight's stay, and moved on to Ham en Artois, only a few miles
+farther east, where we became Divisional Reserve, our Division having
+taken over a sector of the line in the Lys area. Here we carried on
+our company and specialist training while parties reconnoitred
+forward, and after twelve days in reserve we again made a short move
+forward on 23rd July to La Pierriere where we became Brigade Reserve,
+the Brigade having the other two battalions now in the line. This was
+a strenuous business, as not only had <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_123" id="Page_123">[123]</a></span>we to provide small working
+parties by day and guards over about eleven bridges over the Aire-La
+Bass&eacute;e Canal, but we had also to supply 100 men per company each night
+to dig in the support line, which meant very hard work for both
+company officers and men, and it was with relief that we saw our eight
+days finished, and moved ourselves into the line. It was not that the
+digging was such hard or jumpy work, but the fact that it took two
+hours to get there and two more to come back, which made it such a
+trying business. There were very few casualties, though B Company had
+a lucky escape. A shell landed right in the middle of them and wounded
+thirteen, five of whom had to go to hospital, while the other eight
+asked to remain on duty, fearing lest, if they went to hospital, they
+might be posted to another battalion.</p>
+
+<p>On the night of 31st July/1st August, we took over the right
+sub-sector of the line from the Somersets, and were lucky in having to
+keep only one company in the line. This front line consisted of a
+series of posts, each held by a section and built up as a breastwork,
+trenches being impossible. The Noc and Clarence Rivers sluggishly
+meandered through our line, and even in summer the water level was
+only about nine inches below the surface. Behind these posts was a
+semi-continuous support line, and half a mile farther back a
+continuous main line, fairly <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_124" id="Page_124">[124]</a></span>well complete as to wire and parapet,
+but hardly anything in the way of parados, so there was plenty of work
+for everyone. D Company (Captain R.A. Andrew) held the front line with
+their H.Q. at Baquerolles Farm, A and B Companies were in support, and
+C back at Robecq in reserve. Battalion H.Q. were at Carvin Farm.
+Frequent patrols were sent out, and the Bosche paid us a certain
+amount of attention both with high explosives and gas, and at night
+turned on his machine guns along the routes by which rations came up,
+but at no time could it have been called anything but a quiet sector.</p>
+
+<p>We had been six days in the line when about four o'clock in the
+afternoon word came from the battalion on the left that the enemy were
+massing in front. Captain Andrew at once sent out officers' patrols
+who discovered no signs of the enemy, so he took his company forward
+and occupied the German trenches, and by evening held a line about
+half a mile farther forward. It was now evident that the enemy
+intended evacuating the salient which our gunners had made so
+unpleasant for him for some time past, and by nightfall our whole line
+was moving forward. To D Company fell the distinction of initiating
+the advance on the whole corps' front, and then B Company passed
+through them and advanced the line to Rues des Vaches Farm. So rapid
+had been our <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_125" id="Page_125">[125]</a></span>advance that a party of Germans, still under the
+impression that they were behind their own lines, bumped right into a
+section of Mr Wood's platoon in a "grouse butt." On being challenged,
+the Bosche sergeant-major called out, "Welche Kompanie ist das?"
+(which company is that?) which seemed to annoy one Jock who replied
+"Welsh Company be damned. Take that, you &mdash;&mdash;, it's the Black Watch
+you're up against this time." Their carelessness cost them five
+killed, including the sergeant-major, and twice as many wounded.</p>
+
+<p>Next day we advanced to just beyond the Quentin Road, meeting with
+practically no opposition, and later A Company (Mr C.G. Duncan) passed
+through B, and advanced to the Turbeaut&eacute; River. The Bosche guns were
+very busy all day, and considering the number of shells they threw
+over us and our lack of any cover, we were lucky in having as few
+casualties as we did. We had a good deal of gas in our area and on the
+main road, and the following day after a short but severe
+trench-mortar bombardment they attacked one of our posts on the
+Turbeaut&eacute; River which repulsed them at the point of the bayonet. That
+night we were relieved by the 15th Battalion, the Suffolk Regiment
+(230th Brigade); our relief was managed quite successfully, and we
+went back into support at Robecq, with garrisons in the main line of
+the Amusoires trench system.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_126" id="Page_126">[126]</a></span>Only very short parade hours and daily bathes in the Lys or La Bass&eacute;e
+Canals made this a delightful week. We were asked for no digging
+parties, and the only fatigue&mdash;which the men thoroughly enjoyed&mdash;was
+harvesting under Mr H. Adamson's supervision.</p>
+
+<p>On 16th August we moved a few miles farther back across the Canal to
+La Miquellerie where we had as good billets as we had seen in France.
+Up to now we had received a few kilts of the large size only, so we
+had only a few of the biggest men fitted out, and drill order was
+always trousers. On getting to Miquellerie we found a huge assortment
+of kilts awaiting us, and the sergeant-tailor (Sergeant Ferguson) had
+two hectic days fitting the Battalion for the Divisional Church Parade
+in a field between La Miquellerie and Ham en Artois. The Army
+Commander, General Sir Wm. Birdwood, was present, and after the
+service he gave us a most inspiring address, and saw us march past him
+in fours as we left the field. The two following days were devoted to
+a detailed inspection by the Corps Commander, Lieut.-General Sir R.
+Haking, who seemed favourably impressed and made some very
+complimentary remarks.</p>
+
+<p>On the 24th we moved up into support relieving the 25th R.W.F. The
+Battalion was disposed in two halves supporting the right and left
+battalions respectively&mdash;A and C Companies at Quentin and B and D
+Companies in front <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_127" id="Page_127">[127]</a></span>of Calonne with Battalion H.Q. After spending
+three quiet days here we were relieved by the 2/6th Battalion D.L.I.
+(59th Division), and marched back to Molinghem where our transport had
+been all the time. B Company left that afternoon, and the rest of the
+Battalion entrained next day on a tactical train for the Somme. We had
+a very slow journey, and arrived at La Houssoye about midnight and
+found our billets there. On 31st August the B Team moved to the
+Divisional Reception Camp at Franvillers, and about midday we got
+sudden orders to proceed to near Franvillers where buses would be
+awaiting us. We went by bus to a farm a couple of miles west of
+Maricourt, dumped our packs there and reached our destination Le Foret
+about midnight, where to our joy we were run to earth by the transport
+with rations and ammunition.</p>
+
+<p>Next day, 1st September, was spent in reconnaissance towards
+Bouchavesnes, out of which the Bosche had been pushed that morning. At
+7.30 <span class="fakesc">P.M.</span> we set out for the position of deployment east of
+Bouchavesnes, and were met by guides who conducted us by the longest
+possible route over the worst country they could find, and it was 3
+<span class="sc">A.M.</span> before the relief of the 2/4th London Regiment was
+complete and our men in the assembly trenches. Zero hour was 5.30
+<span class="sc">A.M.</span>, at which time it was barely light and rather misty. The
+first objective was the system <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_128" id="Page_128">[128]</a></span>of trenches (Opera and Monastir
+Trenches) on the far side of the Canal Du Nord, the second objective
+the strong system of trenches half way up the slope, and the final
+objective the crest of the ridge south of Nurlu Village, a good four
+miles away. We were to advance across the Tortille River keeping
+Moislains on our left, across the Canal and then swing northeast and
+push on to the high ground. This meant squeezing through a narrow neck
+between Moislains and Allaines and then after we were through the
+neck, changing direction and extending our front to almost double.</p>
+
+<p>After the preliminary bombardment and following the creeping barrage
+the Brigade moved forward&mdash;the Somersets leading on the right with
+ourselves following. The Devons were to mop up the village of
+Moislains, and once clear of the village we were to come up on the
+left of the Somersets and take the first objective. The barrage fell a
+long way ahead of us and left untouched a party of the enemy holding
+the trench immediately in front of us. This delayed us but for a
+moment, but the Somersets were having a good deal of trouble from the
+direction of Allaines which had to be dealt with and this took them
+and us more to our right than we should have been. The advance was
+again momentarily held up by heavy machine-gun fire on the Canal, but
+pushing on in most gallant style the leading companies <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_129" id="Page_129">[129]</a></span>got across all
+right and up the slope, driving the Bosche out of the wooden huts at
+the point of the bayonet and accounting for a great many at the same
+time. So far the advance had gone splendidly. The first objective had
+been taken, and the advance begun towards the second when murderous
+machine-gun fire was opened upon us from the left and left rear. The
+battalion of Londoners on our left north of Moislains had withdrawn,
+the village of Moislains itself was never mopped up, and the eight
+Bosche machine-guns holding Moislains seeing this moved quickly to the
+south of the village and opened on our backs. In addition to this we
+were being subjected to very heavy fire on our left flank, which was
+now completely in the air, and we could actually see their gun teams
+working the 77's on the crest of the ridge. The Bosche had paid us the
+compliment of rushing up his best troops to meet our Division, and
+certainly the Alpini Corps were most gallant fighters. To advance
+unsupported was out of the question, and our casualties were by now
+very heavy, so there was nothing left but to withdraw to the west side
+of the Canal again and reorganise the remains of the companies. Next
+day we pushed forward to the trenches south of Moislains and to the
+Slag Heap on the canal bank, and at dusk on the evening of the 4th we
+were relieved by the 19th Battalion London Regiment and marched back
+to rest and reorganise.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_130" id="Page_130">[130]</a></span>Our casualties had been heavy&mdash;the C.O. wounded; of the four Company
+Commanders Captain R.W. Stewart and Captain I.C. Nairn had been killed
+and Captain J. M'Nab and Mr C.G. Duncan wounded. Mr Darney was killed
+and C.S.M. Aitken died of wounds&mdash;a total of 3 officers and 38 other
+ranks killed and 14 officers and 157 other ranks wounded. The
+Battalion got great praise for its gallant performance that day, and
+though the attack was apparently unsuccessful we had advanced farther
+than the authorities had expected, and, moreover, had the pleasure of
+seeing the 230th Brigade, who passed through us, make good about six
+miles without firing a shot&mdash;a peace march, which as Brig.-General
+Hoare was at pains to point out was entirely due to the offensive
+spirit of the 229th Brigade.</p>
+
+<p>We were given a day and a half in which to rest and reorganise and
+then off again on the retreating Bosche. Just as we were leaving we
+heard that Mr J.C. Drysdale had been hit by a shell which landed right
+at the mouth of his bivouac, at least six miles behind the line. In
+him we lost a most efficient and hard-working transport officer. After
+a night at Aizecourt and another at Longavesnes we were again in the
+line relieving the 25th (Montgomery and Welsh Horse Yeomanry)
+Battalion Welsh Regiment in the left sector of the divisional front
+holding the horse-shoe line of trenches round <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_131" id="Page_131">[131]</a></span>St Emilie, with
+Battalion H.Q. behind the railway embankment between Villers Faucon
+and St Emilie. A Company of the Somersets was attached to us to help
+to hold the long length of this salient. They linked up with the
+Devons on our right, while on our left and considerably to our rear
+was the 58th Division. We had about one and a half miles of half-dug
+trench to hold with less than 400 men all told. They were probably the
+worst sited trenches in France, with no field of fire and not
+continuous, completely dominated by the German guns at Epehy, who
+could fire down them, and by snipers who, by crawling through the
+thistles and broken country on our left rear (and the Alpini were bold
+snipers and deadly shots), could fire right up some portions of the
+trench. The salient held by the 74th Division was considerably in
+advance of the line held by the Australians on our right and by the
+Londoners on our left, and was quite an unhealthy spot until the
+Bosche were pushed out of Epehy.</p>
+
+<p>9th September passed fairly quietly until evening, when D Company (Mr
+Brodie Brown) was sent to reconnoitre to the front, and if possible
+establish themselves on the ridge on the far side of the valley in
+front of us. They had got about three quarters of the way when their
+patrols reported at least two companies of the enemy going into the
+trenches which D were to occupy and two strong patrols working
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_132" id="Page_132">[132]</a></span>forward on either side of them. To push on was impossible, so they
+returned to the trenches they had left. Though this merely confirmed
+what we already knew&mdash;that the enemy were holding that line in
+strength&mdash;and though a report was sent in to this effect, because the
+Air Force had reported that they could see no signs of the enemy,
+Corps ordered us to push forward at dawn next morning and occupy the
+crest of the ridge. These orders were only received at 2
+<span class="sc">A.M.</span>, and though Company Commanders were summoned at once A
+Company (Sergeant W. Collier) only received his orders at dawn&mdash;the
+runner having missed the way in the dark. The company of Somersets
+were to attack on the right, keeping touch with the Devons, C Company
+(Mr I.W. Cruickshank) in the centre, B Company (Mr J. M'Lean) on the
+left, with D Company (Mr Brodie Brown) in reserve. A Company (Sergeant
+W. Collier) was to keep in touch with the Londoners (58th Division) on
+the left and advance in conjunction with them. The time for our
+barrage opening was postponed, but the wire from Brigade never reached
+us and we advanced without any preliminary bombardment. C Company and
+the Somersets almost reached their objectives unobserved when they
+were met by very heavy machine-gun and rifle fire. B Company on the
+left were unable to push on which left C Company's left flank exposed.
+Into this gap the enemy quickly rushed fresh <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_133" id="Page_133">[133]</a></span>troops and attacked in
+force with the result that the two companies were overwhelmed by
+numbers and nearly surrounded. They were ordered to retire but not
+more than a quarter got back.</p>
+
+<p>We consequently were forced to hold our old line as a defensive line
+and get liason with the 58th Division, who also found the enemy in
+great strength and were unable to hold what they gained. We learned
+afterwards that a regiment (three battalions) of the enemy were
+holding the line between Ronssoy and Templeux le Guerard with orders
+to fight to the last. The Battalion was now very exhausted, the
+trenches were knee-deep in water, and a great number of Lewis guns and
+rifles were out of action with mud and water. Major D.D. Ogilvie and
+Mr Brodie Brown were the only officers left in the line, with Mr J.W.
+Ormiston doing liaison between Battalion H.Q. and Captain R.H.
+Colthart at Battle H.Q.&mdash;telephonic communication was almost
+impossible as the line was broken every five minutes. We were
+consequently very pleased when we were told we were to be relieved by
+the 10th East Kent Regiment (230th Brigade), who took over from us
+that night and we moved back to Longavenes.</p>
+
+<p>Here we found a draft of twelve Black Watch officers awaiting us, and
+the day was spent in cleaning ourselves. Next day (12th <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_134" id="Page_134">[134]</a></span>September) we
+moved back to Templeux la Fosse, with Battalion H.Q. in the old
+Prisoners of War compound and the companies in trenches. Major J.M.
+M'Kenzie, Royal Scots, arrived to take over command of the Battalion
+from, Major D.D. Ogilvie, and Brig.-General F.S. Thackeray (H.L.I.)
+assumed command of the Brigade which Lieut.-Colonel C.J.H.
+Spence-Jones, Pembroke Yeomanry, had commanded since Brig.-General R.
+Hoare had been wounded. We had six restful days here and then moved up
+to Faustine Quarry in reserve for the attack by the Division. A
+Company (Mr P. Dane) were attached to the Somersets, who had suffered
+a lot of casualties from gas.</p>
+
+<p>The III. Corps continued the attack on 18th September with a view to
+securing a position affording good observation on the Hindenburg line.
+The 1st Australian Division co-operated on our right and the 16th
+Division on our left. Against us was the 38th Division (German)
+holding from Templeux le Guerard to Ronssoy.</p>
+
+<p>Our divisional frontage had been reduced by nearly half, each brigade
+having been responsible for about 1000 yards. The 230th (and the
+Somersets) were on the right, 231st (with the Devons) on the left,
+leaving only ourselves in reserve. Aided by a haze and a very
+effective barrage the attack was a complete success, the first
+objectives being gained by 7.45 <span class="sc">A.M.</span> with <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_135" id="Page_135">[135]</a></span>very few
+casualties and a large bag of prisoners. On advancing over the ridge
+towards the second objective A Company came under very heavy
+machine-gun fire from Rifleman Post, but our artillery soon silenced
+that, and we were in occupation of Rifleman Post by one o'clock&mdash;an
+advance of 4500 yards. Here we consolidated, and remained till
+relieved by the Sussex. A Company's casualties were 4 killed and 25
+wounded, and they had a number of prisoners and machine guns to their
+credit.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep134" id="imagep134"></a>
+<div class="block">
+<p class="noin">The Divisional Boundaries for the three phases of the
+advance are shown by shaded lines. The first two advances were on a
+1-Brigade frontage, the third on a 2-Brigade frontage with only our
+Battalion in Reserve. Opposed to us were the Alpine Corps (1st
+Bavarian Jaeger Regiment and Body Infantry Regiment), with the 6th
+Cavalry Division on their right and the 96th and 95th Imperial
+Regiments of the 38th Division on their left.</p></div>
+<a href="images/imagep134.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep134.jpg" width="100%" alt="MAP SHOWING THE TRENCH SYSTEM ON THE SOMME." /></a><br />
+<p class="emery" style="margin-right: 1em;">Emery Walker Ltd. sc</p>
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">In addition to the principal trenches, use was made of all sunken
+roads and belts of barbed wire stretched across the country.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 134</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<p>20th September was spent in salvage work on the battlefield, and at 10
+<span class="fakesc">P.M.</span> we moved forward to relieve the Suffolks at Toine and
+Pimple Posts&mdash;the first objectives in the attack. On the 22nd we
+relieved the 25th R.W.F. in the front line, and held from Carbine
+Trench to Benjamin Post with A Company in support at Artaxerxes Post.
+The enemy shelled the position heavily both with high explosives and
+gas and we suffered some casualties.</p>
+
+<p>The Division was now consolidated on the line of the second objective,
+and it was obvious that the Bosche were holding the high ground,
+particularly Quennet Copse and Quennemont Farm, very strongly, and it
+was impossible for the tired and depleted Division to advance without
+further preparation. The line held by the enemy was our old front line
+of March overlooking the Bellicourt-Le Catalet section of the
+Hindenburg line, and they were determined to <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_136" id="Page_136">[136]</a></span>hang on to that at all
+costs. The attack on the Hindenburg line was not for us. The 74th
+Division was booked for the advance further north.</p>
+
+<p>On the night of the 24/25th September we were relieved by two
+companies of the 106th American Battalion; got to Faustine Quarry by 5
+<span class="sc">A.M.</span> and at 8 marched to Tincourt, where we entrained for
+Villers-Bretonneux. From Villers-Bretonneux we marched to Corbie
+(fifteen miles east of Amiens) and got into billets there. This was
+the last we were to see of the Somme, for we were destined for another
+front. That our services on the Somme front were appreciated is shown
+by the following letter received by our Division from General
+Rawlinson, Commanding Fourth Army, dated 28th September:&mdash;</p>
+
+<div class="block" style="font-size: 90%;"><p>"<i>74th Division.</i>&mdash;The 74th Division has taken a prominent part
+in the successful advance of the Fourth Army during the past
+month, and, much to my regret, has been ordered to another part
+of the British front.</p>
+
+<p>"The work of this Division during a period of severe and
+continuous fighting is worthy of the best traditions of the
+yeoman stock of Great Britain.</p>
+
+<p>"Brought to this country from a hot climate, where they took
+part in a very different method of warfare, the 74th Division
+has quickly adapted itself to the altered conditions, and has
+fought with a determination and courage which is beyond praise.</p>
+
+<p>"In the capture of <span class="sc">Aizecourt, Driencourt, Templeux la Fosse,
+Longavesnes, Villiers Faucon</span>, and <span class="sc">Templeux</span> <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_137" id="Page_137">[137]</a></span><span class="sc">le
+Guerard</span>, the Division has made a name for itself which
+ranks with the best division fighting in the British Army, and I
+desire to offer to all ranks my warmest thanks for their
+gallantry and self-sacrifice.</p>
+
+<p>"In addition to the considerable area of ground gained the
+Division has captured over 1700 prisoners.</p>
+
+<p>"I greatly regret that the Division is leaving the Fourth Army,
+and in wishing all ranks every good fortune, I trust I may at
+some future time find the 74th Division once more under my
+command."</p></div>
+
+<p>We left Corbie early in the morning of the 28th for Mericourt where we
+entrained for Berguette, reaching our destination the following
+morning, whence we marched to our billeting area in Bourecq, just
+south of our old billeting ground at Fontes. Here we stayed till 2nd
+October when we moved by the light railway to "what was Locon." Two
+days later we were at Herlies. On the night 10/11th October the 229th
+Brigade took over from the 231st Brigade, and on the 14th we moved
+into the line relieving the 12th Battalion S.L.I., D Company on left,
+A in centre, and B on right, with C in support in Ligny Wood. On 15th
+October we occupied the railway line east of Ligny, and next day our
+patrols had pushed forward to the outskirts of Haubourdin (a suburb of
+Lille). On the 17th we again advanced, crossed the Haute Deule Canal,
+and on reaching our final objective handed over to the 16th Devons
+while we remained in support. Petit Ronchin, Ascq (on the
+Lille-Tournai road), and Baisieux gave <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_138" id="Page_138">[138]</a></span>us billets for the following
+nights. We were now in support to the Somersets, who carried on the
+advance until held up outside Marquain. The 231st Brigade had been
+withdrawn, so the Division was advancing on a one-battalion frontage.</p>
+
+<p>As soon as Orcq was gained we were to pass through the Somersets and
+carry on the advance. The enemy's resistance, however, was stiffening,
+and the Somersets were unable to push on. On the 22nd we took over the
+line in front of Orcq, but found it impossible to patrol much to the
+front owing to the heavy machine-gun fire. The trenches opposite were
+well wired in and strongly manned, and the attack by B Company on the
+23rd was held up within 100 yards of the objective by intense
+trench-mortar and machine-gun fire and artillery barrage, and the two
+platoons were compelled to withdraw to their original line after
+suffering 32 casualties.</p>
+
+<p>Next day we were relieved by the 10th Buffs and moved back to billets
+in Baisieux, where we rested for ten days and got through an
+inter-platoon football competition. On the evening of 1st November the
+enemy put over a few shells, and in going to regulate the traffic into
+the cellars Captain R.H. Colthart was mortally wounded. The death of
+our adjutant was a great loss to the Battalion. As Sergeant Colthart
+he had gone out with the Regiment to Gallipoli, was <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_139" id="Page_139">[139]</a></span>appointed
+quartermaster and then adjutant, and had been with the Regiment or
+Battalion in every engagement in which it had taken part, being
+mentioned in dispatches. Lieutenant J.W. Ormiston succeeded him as
+adjutant.</p>
+
+<p>Tournai was evacuated by the Germans on 9th November. The 231st
+Brigade promptly passed through it, and formed a bridgehead east of
+the town with the 55th Division on their right and the 57th Division
+on the left. The 230th Brigade occupied the town while we moved
+forward to Lamain. Next day we marched through Tournai, and had a
+tremendous reception. The skirl of the pipes and the sight of the
+kilts moved the population to great enthusiasm, both vocal and
+osculatory, and we had a regular triumphal procession. Our destination
+was Beclers, five miles east of Tournai.</p>
+
+<p>On 11th November we were continuing our advance east, and had reached
+the main road just west of Frasnes, when at twenty minutes before 11
+o'clock the Brigade-Major (Captain A.J.M. Tuck, M.C.) informed us that
+an armistice had been signed which came in force at 11 o'clock. The
+consequent halt threw our time-table out of gear, and we finally
+stumbled in to our billeting area in the dark, covered with mud and
+very weary.</p>
+
+<p>The following day our Brigade relieved the 230th Brigade in holding
+the outpost line, and <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_140" id="Page_140">[140]</a></span>we were billeted at Izieres. The inhabitants
+could not do too much for us, and we were quite sorry when orders were
+received on the 17th to proceed to Moustier. We had been transferred
+back again into the Fifth Army. Here we rubbed up our ceremonial drill
+and practised guard of honour for the King's visit. This, however,
+fell through, and on the 7th December we marched to a point on the
+Leuze-Tournai road, near Barry, where His Majesty held an informal
+inspection.</p>
+
+<p>While at Moustier we started elementary educational training, which
+was more fully developed after we moved to Grammont on 16th December.
+Here our wanderings finally ceased, and demobilization commenced. We
+had a most successful and sumptuous dinner on Christmas Day, the whole
+N.-E. of France having been ransacked for geese and turkeys. On New
+Year's Day Lieut.-Colonel J.M. M'Kenzie went home sick, and Major D.D.
+Ogilvie assumed command. Educational training in the forenoon and
+sports in the afternoon was the order of the day, and everyone looked
+forward to demobilization and Blighty once more.</p>
+
+<p>After defeating the K.S.L.I, in the semi-final we met the M.G.C. in
+the final for the Divisional Cup on 22nd January, whom we beat 3-0.
+Considering we had only four of the original team left it was all the
+more creditable that we <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_141" id="Page_141">[141]</a></span>managed to pull it off. Major-General E.S.
+Girdwood, C.B., presented a very beautiful silver cup and medals to
+the winning team, and Battalion medals were also sent to all members
+of the team. For the Divisional Cup our record was:&mdash;Played 6: won 5:
+drawn 1: goals for 25: goals against 6. Unfortunately a complete
+record of the Regimental and Battalion team was not kept, but we have
+records of the last 74 matches. Of these 66 were won: 3 lost: 5 drawn:
+goals for 217: goals against 45.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep140" id="imagep140"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep140.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep140.jpg" width="100%" alt="THE BATTALION FOOTBALL TEAM." /></a><br />
+<div class="block">
+<p class="noin" style="margin-top: .2em;"><i>Standing</i> (<i>left to right.</i>)&mdash;Sgt. Patterson, 2nd. Lt. Gourlay, Pte.
+Davidson, Pte. Buchanan, Pte. Thomson, Sgt. Fyall, Pte. Gair. <i>Sitting</i>&mdash;Sgt. Goodall, Lt.-Col. Ogilvie, Pte. M'Guffog, Cpl. Davis,
+Capt. Andrew. <i>In front</i>&mdash;Pte. Petrie, Pte. Moir.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 140</i></p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<p>The Divisional Cross Country Run was also won by us, and we were
+selected to run in the Inter-Corps Run. One or two successful mule
+gymkhanas were got up, and we also tried our hand at baseball,
+cricket, and paper chases, both mounted and on foot. Two or three
+nights a week we had dances, and one or two good concert parties
+entertained us.</p>
+
+<p>Each week we kept sending men off for demobilization, and about the
+third week in March we sent about 100 men to the 8th Battalion the
+Black Watch, and half a dozen officers to the 6th Battalion in the
+Army of the Rhine. This reduced us to cadre strength. On 18th June the
+cadre consisting of 2 officers and 22 other ranks proceeded home via
+Boulogne, and a few days later the baggage guard followed, after
+handing over all Battalion stores at Dunkirk. Of those who went out on
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_142" id="Page_142">[142]</a></span>the <i>Andania</i> only four remained&mdash;Lieut.-Colonel D.D. Ogilvie,
+Captain R.A. Andrew, M.C., R.Q.M.S. W.J. Galbraith and Sergeant-Major
+W. Nisbet. The cadre reached Kirkcaldy on 25th June, where they were
+entertained by the Provost on behalf of the Corporation, and in the
+afternoon were all demobilized at Kinross.</p>
+
+<p>So ends the history of the 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion,
+the Black Watch, Royal Highlanders.</p>
+
+<p>On 6th September 1915 Lord Lovat received the following wire from
+Windsor Castle:&mdash;</p>
+
+<div class="block" style="font-size: 90%;"><p>"I send you and your Brigade my best wishes on your departure
+for Active Service. I feel sure that the great and traditional
+fighting reputation of Scotsmen will be more than safe with you,
+and that your Brigade will spare no effort in the interests of
+the Empire's cause to bring this war to a victorious conclusion.</p>
+
+<p class="right"><span class="sc">George</span> <i>R.I.</i>"</p></div>
+
+<p>The purport of this short history is to show how we did our best to
+carry out His Majesty's command.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep142" id="imagep142"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep142.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep142.jpg" width="100%" alt="THE LYS SECTOR." /></a><br />
+<p class="emery" style="margin-right: 1em;">Emery Walker Ltd. sc</p>
+<p class="right" style="margin-top: .2em;"><i>To face page 142</i><span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="CHAPTER_VII" id="CHAPTER_VII"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_143" id="Page_143">[143]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>CHAPTER VII<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+
+<h4>SOME PERSONALITIES</h4>
+<br />
+
+<p>In writing this short history of the regiment I have carefully
+abstained from all personalities. These few notes on some of our best
+known characters are only added to recall pleasant&mdash;or other&mdash;memories,
+and the subjects are asked to forgive the liberty taken.</p>
+
+<p>To criticise one's superiors is both impolitic and impertinent, but
+there are three who cannot be omitted&mdash;two of them live in England and
+may never see this book, and the third&mdash;well, he has expressed his
+opinion of me quite bluntly more than once already.</p>
+
+<p>At Grammont I received a letter from a very well-known member of the
+football team thanking me for the medals, in which he said:&mdash;"We
+always liked General Girdwood for his kindly consideration for the
+men, and I know I am only expressing the opinion of all the boys when
+I say we would not have changed him for Haig himself." There is no
+doubt that was the opinion of the whole Division about our
+G.O.C.&mdash;and, fortunately, we only had the one. Whether he was talking
+to the men <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_144" id="Page_144">[144]</a></span>after a good bit of work in the line, or at a formal
+inspection in the "back area," one always felt how keenly interested
+he was in the men. They loved his "Beatty" cap&mdash;but not his roasts of
+beef. He always expressed his appreciation of good work, but
+apparently disliked the growing of oats on the spare pole of one of
+the limbers&mdash;but the transport know more about that than I do!</p>
+
+<p>The G.O.C. had certainly a brain-wave when he adopted the "Broken
+Spur" as our Divisional badge. We were all very proud of our "Broken
+Spur." An Australian officer, seeing it at Faustine Quarry, asked if
+it was the badge of the 74th Division. "Well," he added, "we call you
+'Allenby's Harriers,' because you are the only Division we can't keep
+up with." Coming from an Australian that was "some" praise.</p>
+
+<p>I don't know which was the more popular&mdash;the G.O.C. or "Reggie."<a name="FNanchor_1_1" id="FNanchor_1_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a>
+But "Reggie" took some knowing, and though it was capital fun watching
+him strafing others&mdash;which he did "full out"&mdash;it was quite another
+thing when he turned his guns on you! He was a tremendous sportsman,
+and it didn't seem to matter whether he was hunting sentries or
+jackal&mdash;so long as he was hunting he was quite happy&mdash;while the
+feelings of the sentry and the jackal were also probably similar! He
+took a tremendous pride in the Brigade&mdash;"I take off <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_145" id="Page_145">[145]</a></span>my hat every time
+to the 229th"&mdash;and I fancy what pleased him far more than defeating
+Turk or Bosche was our victory over the Scots Guards at Grand
+Roullecourt.</p>
+
+<p>If we had gone abroad within three months after mobilization nothing
+would have saved "Black Mick"<a name="FNanchor_2_2" id="FNanchor_2_2"></a><a href="#Footnote_2_2" class="fnanchor">[2]</a>&mdash;if within six months it was about
+even odds. At nine months all the N.C.O.'s, a good many of the men, and
+even one or two subalterns might have tried to save him; while after a
+year, if any one had dared to lay hands on him, he would have been rent
+in twain by the entire Regiment. And the reason was obvious. Realising
+what capital material he had to deal with, Mick was determined that,
+whatever people might think of him, his job was to get the Regiment to
+the highest state of efficiency in the shortest possible time. The pill
+certainly was a bit bitter, and it was only when the effects began to
+be felt that we realised what a thundering good Doctor "Mick" was.
+Shortly before we went out he admitted that we were as good as any
+cavalry regiment in the Army, but characteristically added&mdash;"but don't
+tell the &mdash;&mdash;!" A very effective combination were the Colonel and Mick,
+and if we didn't love them much at the time we realise now how much we
+owe them.</p>
+
+<p>Subalterns and N.C.O.'s were to Mick as a bone to a puppy&mdash;he could
+chew us as much <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_146" id="Page_146">[146]</a></span>as he liked to-day, but we were still there for
+similar treatment on the morrow! But how pleased we were when his big
+black horse played up one day and knocked his cap off!</p>
+
+<p>His language was pointed and all-embracing, and our ancestry and
+morals both seemed to meet with his disapproval. It is therefore
+impossible to give any anecdote about Mick. When the narrator's
+opinion of Mick is added to Mick's opinion of the narrator, the story
+could only be told in Russian. "Always have an answer ready," was his
+advice, "even if it isn't the truth&mdash;like Mr Sharp's answer just now."</p>
+
+<p>Sharpie<a name="FNanchor_3_3" id="FNanchor_3_3"></a><a href="#Footnote_3_3" class="fnanchor">[3]</a> and Ralph Stewart were quite the best at looking after
+themselves, and carried more gear than all the rest of us put
+together. At Syderstone Common an inquisitive general ordered the
+tarpaulin to be taken off the General Service wagon, and the first
+things which caught his eye were Sharpie's tennis racket and golf
+clubs. At Gara munitions of war had to be left behind to find room on
+the truck for his patent washstand. By the time he got to Palestine
+Johnnie Smith really could not compete with his belongings, and had to
+"borrow" a donkey to carry what could not possibly be left at Cox's
+Go-down&mdash;and it took eight months after the Armistice was signed
+before sufficient shipping could be collected at Alexandria to bring
+that home.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_147" id="Page_147">[147]</a></span>"Tukie"<a name="FNanchor_4_4" id="FNanchor_4_4"></a><a href="#Footnote_4_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</a> and "Doctor" Ross<a name="FNanchor_5_5" id="FNanchor_5_5"></a><a href="#Footnote_5_5" class="fnanchor">[5]</a> of course go together&mdash;I don't know
+which had the more character.</p>
+
+<p>"What's the guid o' gaen tae oor Doctor? He wadna believe yer ill till
+yer deid, and he wadna believe yer deid till yer stinkin."
+Scrimshankers got little sympathy from either. "I've got awful pains
+in my back, Doctor," said one man, and a knowing look passed between
+the Doctor and Ross. "Off with your shirt then." A good old smack on
+his bare back and&mdash;"that's all right, my man. A good dose of castor
+oil, Corporal Ross. Medicine and duty."</p>
+
+<p>Corporal Ross was a wonderful detective. He knew the past history and
+character of every man in the Regiment, I am sure. Though no two could
+have taken more care over you when you were really sick than Tukie and
+his corporal, no two were harder on anyone they knew was shamming. How
+these two worked on Gallipoli! Finally Tukie had to give in and was
+literally pushed on board a hospital ship, but he was as bad as a
+patient as he was good as a doctor, and they were glad to get rid of
+him at Malta after a short time and return him to his beloved Unit.
+Egypt, of course, afforded great scope for Tukie's fly-extermination
+crusade, and I have already referred in the text to his <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_148" id="Page_148">[148]</a></span>extraordinary
+success in exterminating mosquitoes at Sherika.</p>
+
+<p>In Palestine his sanitary schemes were almost universally adopted, and
+his award of a Military Cross hardly represents the great improvements
+he introduced into the sanitation and health of the Force. We were all
+very sorry to lose Tukie, but realised that his ability was wasted as
+a regimental doctor, and felt he was better employed at the citadel
+where he had more opportunity of using his great surgical powers. We
+only hope he didn't drop cigarette ash into the interiors of his
+patients.</p>
+
+<p>Others we lost far too soon were Ronnie Hutchison, O.C. Machine Gun
+Section, who went to the M.G.C. His favourite word of command was
+"Gallop," and his joy to jump ditches and hedges with his carts; Pat
+Rigg and David Marshall, also Machine Gunners; Willie Don, who had to
+leave us in Egypt owing to heart trouble. His Grace of Canterbury
+himself could not have intoned words of command more melodiously than
+Willie did. Charlie Herdman, our finest exponent of horsemanship. He
+left us in Egypt to go to Remounts, and there he was absolutely in his
+element, horse, camel, and donkey-coping. Spreull the Vet., who went
+to the R.A.V.C. in France. Nor is anyone likely to forget "Daddy"
+Ricketts, the Q.M., if he ever tried to extract anything from his
+stores, or Gervase Babington (family motto <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_149" id="Page_149">[149]</a></span>"What is thine is mine")
+if he happened to possess anything Gervase or his troop coveted.</p>
+
+<p>"Ackety-ack"<a name="FNanchor_6_6" id="FNanchor_6_6"></a><a href="#Footnote_6_6" class="fnanchor">[6]</a>&mdash;otherwise Willie Campbell&mdash;had one great failing. He
+could see no farther than A Squadron or A Company, and if anyone ran
+down "A" he foamed at the mouth. Ask him how many sergeants there were
+in No. 1 platoon&mdash;which won one of the inter-platoon football
+competitions&mdash;and he was abusive for a week! "Ackety" was perhaps seen
+at his best playing for the officers' team. On the advice of the
+crowd, "Go for the man, sir, never mind the ball," he invariably went
+for Collier or Herd or Dommett, the adjutant of the Somersets&mdash;each
+one quite two or more stone heavier than himself. He and
+"Aeroplane"<a name="FNanchor_7_7" id="FNanchor_7_7"></a><a href="#Footnote_7_7" class="fnanchor">[7]</a> were well matched, nothing striking to look at but
+grand stayers. Willie was due for leave about the first week of
+January 1919, but as he had spent all his money, and about &pound;200 of
+other people's, on the men's Christmas dinner, he had just to stay
+where he was from want of funds to take him home.</p>
+
+<p>While at Sherika, Ross Robertson left us to join R.F.C. He was our
+first signal officer, and when he left was second in command B
+Squadron. We lost in Rossie a very capable and popular officer, and
+his death on his first solo over the German lines at Cambrai was
+keenly felt by the <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_150" id="Page_150">[150]</a></span>entire Regiment. Morning stables were of no
+interest to Rossie&mdash;all the energy he could raise was devoted to
+flicking the heads off the daisies in his lines, but give him a
+definite job to do and no one could do it better.</p>
+
+<p>Unlike his successor, nothing could worry him&mdash;Bill Scott, on the
+other hand, took his telephones very seriously. Till the day he went
+home we pulled his leg about his 'phones. Ormy,<a name="FNanchor_8_8" id="FNanchor_8_8"></a><a href="#Footnote_8_8" class="fnanchor">[8]</a> in particular,
+being lavish in advice as to what to do, and threatening to get Jock
+Clark if he (Scott) couldn't do it.</p>
+
+<p>Ormy was a great fellow. The less he knew about a subject, the more
+advice he would give and would argue the point <i>ad nauseam</i>. He was
+reading Law at the time&mdash;perhaps that is why.</p>
+
+<p>Perhaps "Dinkum's"<a name="FNanchor_9_9" id="FNanchor_9_9"></a><a href="#Footnote_9_9" class="fnanchor">[9]</a> best <i>bon mot</i> was when he nicknamed
+M'Dougal<a name="FNanchor_10_10" id="FNanchor_10_10"></a><a href="#Footnote_10_10" class="fnanchor">[10]</a> the "Gallipoli Spider," and Mac certainly had a wonderful
+knack of gathering all things into his web. Gallipoli gave him
+splendid opportunity for his Autolycus-like habits, and rumour has it
+that, though really ill with dysentery, he took off with him from
+Suvla seventeen ground sheets and nearly as many blankets. At Sherika,
+rather than lose his share of the ice, he took it with his tea.</p>
+
+<p>Bombing was his strong point, and as an instructor in hand and rifle
+grenades he was <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_151" id="Page_151">[151]</a></span>first class. Routine he hated like poison. Mac is
+perhaps the only officer who was witty once&mdash;and only once&mdash;in his
+trench report. I don't know if H.Q. see the point of his remarks to
+this day. He it was, who, having overshot the mark, and lost his way
+in Palestine, was shown back to our lines by a Turkish officer!</p>
+
+<p>"George Washington," Cummins,<a name="FNanchor_11_11" id="FNanchor_11_11"></a><a href="#Footnote_11_11" class="fnanchor">[11]</a> "lost his nerve," so he said,
+through being mauled by a lion in South Africa. This is purely
+supposition on his part, as he had no notion what nerves were. We
+sometimes wondered if he even knew what pain was. He was badly
+frost-bitten on Suvla, and had to be pushed off the Peninsula&mdash;at
+Sheria a bullet passed through his forearm and grazed his upper arm
+and ribs. He got it tied up, and continued with the advance, and then
+assisted wounded all night at the dressing-station. The C.O. ordered
+him to go to the Field Ambulance at once to have his wound seen to,
+but George put in four more hours before complying with the order.</p>
+
+<p>At Fakenham an officer joined us from the Wild West&mdash;a cow-puncher and
+lassoo expert. The obvious name for him was Arizona;<a name="FNanchor_12_12" id="FNanchor_12_12"></a><a href="#Footnote_12_12" class="fnanchor">[12]</a> and Arizona
+he remained. I have even heard him referred to as Captain Arizona. An
+enthusiast in whatever he took up, he was in turn scout officer,
+transport officer, Lewis gun officer, quartermaster <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_152" id="Page_152">[152]</a></span>and company
+commander. But it is as sports officer that he will be best
+remembered&mdash;training the football or running teams, coaching the
+tug-of-war, organising cricket or baseball, or arranging mule
+gymkhanas or swimming matches. One of his best efforts was coaching
+the tug-of-war team in the final against Lovats at Sohag. Only when
+his handkerchief was in his right hand were his instructions
+"genuine."<a name="FNanchor_13_13" id="FNanchor_13_13"></a><a href="#Footnote_13_13" class="fnanchor">[13]</a>&mdash;"Heave" with it in his left meant nothing, and
+completely mystified the opposing coach. Poor old Arizona! He went out
+with us to Gallipoli, and was with us to the very end. Shortly after
+coming home he had an operation on his broken nose, and everything
+seemed all right, but pleuritic pneumonia set in, and he died very
+suddenly in a nursing home in St Andrews in February of this year.</p>
+
+<p>There is one officer about whom innumerable stories could be told&mdash;no
+need to mention his name. He, it was who, looking through a periscope,
+well below the parapet, waved to a Turkish deserter to come in, and
+could not understand how the Turk didn't see him.</p>
+
+<p>When he was mounting his horse one day it collapsed and died on the
+spot.</p>
+
+<p>"That's a funny thing, Sergeant Cooper; I've never known this horse do
+that before."</p>
+
+<p>"Will you take my punishment or go before a court-martial?" "Your
+award, Sir."</p>
+
+<p>"Well, go away, and don't do it again!"</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_153" id="Page_153">[153]</a></span>When asked how he got on when torpedoed on the way home, all we learnt
+from him was, "It was very wet."</p>
+
+<p>Then there is the oft quoted, "What are you complaining about? It's
+only another five miles, and you've cocoa for your tea!"</p>
+
+<p>Mac Lindsay,<a name="FNanchor_14_14" id="FNanchor_14_14"></a><a href="#Footnote_14_14" class="fnanchor">[14]</a> the stock-whip expert and jack-of-all-trades,
+confessed to only one ambition in life&mdash;to dress &mdash;&mdash; in a little red
+jacket and fez and lead him round on a chain! The report that he made
+a Ford car out of bully-beef tins has, I understand, been officially
+denied.</p>
+
+<p>Just a week before the Armistice we lost Colthart, the best
+quartermaster in the Army, and one of the best of fellows. He had a
+wonderful "way with him," and could get for us all sorts of stores,
+etc., which other quartermasters were unable to get. He was with us
+all the time, and never missed a "show."</p>
+
+<p>Colthart once "took pity" on a stray donkey in Palestine. Government
+oats soon made a tremendous difference, and the donkey was sold at
+Yalo for, I think, &pound;11. Unfortunately, the previous owner met the new
+purchaser with the donkey, and all explanations being unavailing, a
+court of enquiry was the result, to which witnesses seemed to come
+from all over Palestine. Eventually, the donkey was returned to its
+previous owner, and all parties satisfied&mdash;except the donkey.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_154" id="Page_154">[154]</a></span>Dick Wood and Harry Fraser were two of the best we got from the Black
+Watch. Dick Wood looked benevolent enough behind his spectacles, but
+in a scrap his lust for blood was insatiable. Harry's penchant was
+stalking Bosche machine gun posts. Unfortunately, he got it badly in
+the neck just as success was at hand, and was away from us till about
+the Armistice.</p>
+
+<p>He and the other Harry (Adamson) looked after the transport lines.
+Arizona told Harry Adamson to take his platoon forward and see if the
+Bosche were still holding their trenches on the Lys Sector. "Hairy's"
+method was typical of the man. Thinking it might be a "dirty" job,
+"Hairy" left his platoon under cover and went on himself. Having
+failed to find any Bosche in their trenches, he got up on the parapet
+and waved to his platoon to come on!</p>
+
+<p>Of the N.C.O.'s and men it is possible only to mention a few.</p>
+
+<p>I always associate S.M. Alec. Ogilvie with Hogsthorpe at early morning
+stand-to going round the lines, abusing everyone for making a noise,
+and himself making as much noise as all the rest of us put together.
+He was the life and soul of C Squadron. Heaven knows what C would have
+done without him on the Peninsula. He and Edie and M'Laren, our three
+squadron sergeant-majors, were a very strong trio. Edie was an example
+to all of us&mdash;however tired he might be himself he never <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_155" id="Page_155">[155]</a></span>thought of
+resting till he was satisfied his men were all right.</p>
+
+<p>One man, I know, will never forget Sergeant Craig (he was made
+R.Q.M.S. just a few days before his death on Suvla). Craig found lice
+"doing squaderron drrrill up his legs," and he was pegged out in an
+outhouse till his clothes were fumigated.</p>
+
+<p>S.M. Bradfield was another splendid fellow who lost his life&mdash;the
+result of frost bite&mdash;on Gallipoli. Corporal "One 'wo" was a physical
+instructor in civil life, and no one could twist one better at "jerks"
+than he could.</p>
+
+<p>Then there was the one and only Jock Lumsden. Regularly once a week at
+morning stables he turned the whole troop out to water, while he and
+"Dinkum" swept the entire garage out&mdash;a sure sign that the previous
+night had been pay night. He always was a hard worker, but a perfect
+demon for work the morning after the night before. A squadron leader
+was showing a man how to use a pick, cutting trenches in the sandstone
+at Sherika. Up strolled Jock&mdash;hands deep in his pockets. "Here,
+Sergeant-major&mdash;this man hasn't the foggiest notion how to use a pick.
+I've just been showing him." "I've been watching ye, sir. I'm thinking
+it wad need tae be war time for you to earn ten shillings a day in the
+pits."</p>
+
+<p>"How many men in this bay for rum, <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_156" id="Page_156">[156]</a></span>Sergeant Lumsden?" "Four men and
+myself, sir. That will be nine." When handed his tot, he looked at the
+bottom of the mug, and handed it back to the orderly sergeant, "Hoots,
+Gorrie, dinna mak a fule o' my stamach."</p>
+
+<p>An inveterate gambler, but a great sportsman, no one could have been
+more loyal to his Company than Jock.</p>
+
+<p>When a man on man&oelig;uvres crawls up to a ditch within twenty yards of
+a very wide awake post, leaves his cap just showing above the bank,
+and then proceeds up the ditch so as to get within five yards of the
+sentry, and could only be dislodged from there by stones, one spots
+him at once as a keen, hard-working fellow. Such was Private Gall, who
+eventually became R.S.M. He taught us to bayonet fight with "dash,
+vigour, and determination," and gave us Irish songs and recitations at
+our smokers.</p>
+
+<p>Another star performer was Craig of the Machine Gun Battery, with his
+whistling and patter. He eventually got a commission (and the D.S.O.)
+in the Grenadier Guards.</p>
+
+<p>Then there was Sergeant Renton&mdash;who, though badly frost-bitten,
+refused to leave the front line, and always showed his other foot to
+the Doctor. He could only hobble with the help of spades as crutches.
+Young Roger who "saw red" in the Dere and nearly bayonetted the
+Doctor. Hastie Young, an "old soldier," the regimental barber: he cut
+the Brig.'s hair, <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_157" id="Page_157">[157]</a></span>until the Brig. unfortunately ran into Hastie
+holiday-making in Jerusalem.</p>
+
+<p>Lowson who snored quite happily within a few yards of the Turkish
+machine gunner at "Amulree"<a name="FNanchor_15_15" id="FNanchor_15_15"></a><a href="#Footnote_15_15" class="fnanchor">[15]</a> and finally got lost, and "fetched up
+among the 'Duffs,' I think ye ca' them" (it is as the "Buffs" that
+they are generally known)!</p>
+
+<p>S.-M. Elder, an old Black Watch man, who when asked if he were dead
+stoutly denied it.</p>
+
+<p>Little Batchelor, the runner, never flurried and always so polite,
+however nasty the Bosche might be, was nearly kidnapped by the
+Australians as a mascot.</p>
+
+<p>"Honest John" M'Niven who would work twenty-four hours a day to make A
+Company more comfortable.</p>
+
+<p>S.M. Hair whose wonderful pronunciation of words of command always
+amused us. His "Stind at &mdash;&mdash; ice" electrified everyone; unlike poor
+old Aitken, whose staccato and rapid "Company company 'shun'" was
+never heard by anyone! And then the footballers Savage, Herd, Collier
+(who commanded "hauf a Batt-al-i-on" at St Emilie); Todd, M'Guffog
+(who captained the team that won the Final of the Divisional Cup, with
+a bit of Turkish shrapnel so close to his spine that they dared not
+operate); Davis with a heart like a lion and a kick like a mule;
+M'Lean who could head the ball about as far <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_158" id="Page_158">[158]</a></span>as he could kick it;
+Durham who seemed always half asleep and too lazy to worry&mdash;and many
+another first-rate footballer.</p>
+
+<p>Leitch, the biggest and strongest man we had, the end man of the
+tug-of-war team, one of our best Lewis gunners, who, when shot in the
+hand, so that he could not fire his gun, carried on bringing up
+ammunition boxes all that day.</p>
+
+<p>Henderson, D Coy's S.M.; Galbraith on whom descended Colthart's
+wonderful knack of obtaining whatever he wanted; Storrer Mosh alias
+Morrison Storrar of A Squadron and A Coy.</p>
+
+<p>Mack, one of the best we got from the 10th Battalion, and they were
+all good fellows; Corporal Gibb, who looked the part so well that he
+was appointed Acting Q.M.S. by the Stores Officer at Kantara!</p>
+<br />
+
+
+<h4>And Many More.</h4>
+
+<p>Names and episodes crowd one another out&mdash;the more one writes, the
+more one recalls. These random jottings, however, will call up many
+more to the reader's memory. Such is my hope&mdash;that, having started you
+in a reminiscent frame of mind you will now carry on "spinning the
+yarn" yourself.</p>
+
+<p class="cen" style="font-size: 90%;">"Here's tae oorsel's! Wha's like us! Damned few!"</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep158" id="imagep158"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep158.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep158.jpg" width="95%" alt="THE FIFE AND FORFAR IMPERIAL YEOMANRY AT ANNSMUIR." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">THE FIFE AND FORFAR IMPERIAL YEOMANRY AT ANNSMUIR.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right" style="margin-right: 10%;"><i>To face page 158</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+<hr style="width: 15%;" />
+<br />
+
+
+<h4>FOOTNOTES:</h4>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p class="noin"><a name="Footnote_1_1" id="Footnote_1_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1_1"><span class="label">[1]</span></a> Brigadier-General R. Hoare, C.M.G., D.S.O.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p class="noin"><a name="Footnote_2_2" id="Footnote_2_2"></a><a href="#FNanchor_2_2"><span class="label">[2]</span></a> Capt. (later Lieut.-Col.) M.E. Lindsay, D.S.O., 7th D.G.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p class="noin"><a name="Footnote_3_3" id="Footnote_3_3"></a><a href="#FNanchor_3_3"><span class="label">[3]</span></a> Capt. H.S. Sharp.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p class="noin"><a name="Footnote_4_4" id="Footnote_4_4"></a><a href="#FNanchor_4_4"><span class="label">[4]</span></a> Capt. A.L. Tuke, M.C., R.A.M.C.(T.).</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p class="noin"><a name="Footnote_5_5" id="Footnote_5_5"></a><a href="#FNanchor_5_5"><span class="label">[5]</span></a> Cpl. (later Sgt.) A.J. Ross, M.M., R.A.M.C., attd. F. and
+F.Y. and 14th R.H.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p class="noin"><a name="Footnote_6_6" id="Footnote_6_6"></a><a href="#FNanchor_6_6"><span class="label">[6]</span></a> Capt. (later Major) Sir W.A.A. Campbell, Bart., M.C.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p class="noin"><a name="Footnote_7_7" id="Footnote_7_7"></a><a href="#FNanchor_7_7"><span class="label">[7]</span></a> His charger.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p class="noin"><a name="Footnote_8_8" id="Footnote_8_8"></a><a href="#FNanchor_8_8"><span class="label">[8]</span></a> Lieut. (A/Capt.) J.W. Ormiston.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p class="noin"><a name="Footnote_9_9" id="Footnote_9_9"></a><a href="#FNanchor_9_9"><span class="label">[9]</span></a> Pte. Henderson, B Squadron.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p class="noin"><a name="Footnote_10_10" id="Footnote_10_10"></a><a href="#FNanchor_10_10"><span class="label">[10]</span></a> Lieut. (later Capt.) A.R. M'Dougal.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p class="noin"><a name="Footnote_11_11" id="Footnote_11_11"></a><a href="#FNanchor_11_11"><span class="label">[11]</span></a> Lieut. (late Capt.) W.W. Cummins.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p class="noin"><a name="Footnote_12_12" id="Footnote_12_12"></a><a href="#FNanchor_12_12"><span class="label">[12]</span></a> Lieut. (late Capt.) R.A. Andrew, M.C.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p class="noin"><a name="Footnote_13_13" id="Footnote_13_13"></a><a href="#FNanchor_13_13"><span class="label">[13]</span></a> Pronounced "<i>genu-eine</i>."</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p class="noin"><a name="Footnote_14_14" id="Footnote_14_14"></a><a href="#FNanchor_14_14"><span class="label">[14]</span></a> Lieut. A.S. Lindsay, M.B.E., M.C.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p class="noin"><a name="Footnote_15_15" id="Footnote_15_15"></a><a href="#FNanchor_15_15"><span class="label">[15]</span></a> Amurieh, an isolated hill held by the Turks, raided by
+the Ayrs and Lanarks, 22nd March 1917.</p></div>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="CHAPTER_VIII" id="CHAPTER_VIII"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_159" id="Page_159">[159]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>CHAPTER VIII<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+
+<h4>THE PREDECESSORS OF THE FIFE AND FORFAR YEOMANRY</h4>
+<br />
+
+<p>During the troublous times in France at the end of the eighteenth
+century the fear of invasion was as acute as it was during the first
+years of the European War. To meet this danger Pitt issued his famous
+appeal, and towards the end of 1793 the first yeomanry regiment was
+raised in Suffolk. Others quickly followed, and in 1794 we find a
+regiment was raised in Forfar called the Forfar Yeomanry or Angus
+Cavalry, which continued twenty-five years until disbanded in 1819.</p>
+
+<p>In Fife the first unit raised appears to have been a regiment of
+"Fencible Cavalry" named "The Fifeshire Light Dragoons"; like other
+Fencible Units throughout the country this regiment seems to have been
+more or less a Regular Unit enlisted for the period of the war and for
+home service only. It was apparently the force on which the Government
+relied for keeping a check on local unrest, and was disbanded in 1797.</p>
+
+<p>In 1798 the Fife Yeomanry Cavalry and <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_160" id="Page_160">[160]</a></span>the Stirlingshire Yeomanry
+Cavalry were raised, and later on Perthshire, Clackmannanshire, and
+Kinross-shire all had their yeomanry regiments, which, however, seldom
+exceeded 150 in strength.</p>
+
+<p>In Fife, however, thanks to the inspiration and energy of Sir William
+Erskine and Mr Wemyss of Cuttlehill, it was very popular; and when the
+Earl of Crawford was appointed Colonel Commandant in September 1798
+there were already seven mounted troops.</p>
+
+<p>With change of name to the Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry, and under
+the successive command of Lieut.-Colonel Morison of Naughton (1803),
+Colonel J. Anstruther Thomson of Charlton (1809), and Colonel W.
+Wemyss (1823) the Regiment continued to flourish, receiving in
+1814&mdash;the year which saw the close of the war&mdash;the thanks of both
+Houses of Parliament for its services.</p>
+
+<p>In 1822 the Regiment took part in the Review held by His Majesty King
+George IV. on Portobello sands where, according to a contemporary
+account, "the novelty of an exhibition of this order, and the passion
+allowable of the ladies to see their gallant and rustic lords and
+lovers relinquishing the habiliments of common life and flourishing in
+scarlet and glory, produced an immense crowd."</p>
+
+<p>In December 1827 an Order was circulated <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_161" id="Page_161">[161]</a></span>announcing the disbandment
+of many yeomanry regiments, and among those on the list was The Royal
+Fife. Arms were returned to store, and the Regiment actually disbanded
+in 1828. The Perthshire, Clackmannanshire, and Kinross-shire
+Yeomanries were also disbanded at this time.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep160a" id="imagep160a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep160a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep160a.jpg" width="95%" alt="DETACHMENT AT H.M. THE KING'S VISIT TO EDINBURGH." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">DETACHMENT AT H.M. THE KING'S VISIT TO EDINBURGH.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 160</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep160b" id="imagep160b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep160b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep160b.jpg" width="95%" alt="REGIMENTAL DRILL AT ANNSMUIR WITH SKELETON ENEMY." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">REGIMENTAL DRILL AT ANNSMUIR WITH SKELETON ENEMY.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 160</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<p>The troublous times of 1830 reached their height in the winter of that
+year, and many yeomanry regiments were re-established, amongst them
+being the Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry, commanded by General Balfour of
+Balbirnie. The Regiment was again disbanded in 1838, the same fate
+overcoming the Stirlingshire Yeomanry.</p>
+
+<p>In 1856 the Forfar Yeomanry were re-raised, and in 1860 the Fifeshire
+Mounted Rifle Volunteers, under command of Lieut.-General The Earl of
+Rosslyn, Captain Anstruther Thomson, son of the officer who had
+commanded the Fife Yeomanry and Fife Fencible Cavalry half a century
+before, Captain Whyte Melville of the 9th Lancers, Captain Oswald of
+the Grenadier Guards, son of Captain Oswald of Dunnikier of the Royal
+Rifles, and Captain Sir Arthur Halkett, who had carried the colours of
+the 42nd Royal Highlanders at the Battle of the Alma, were the Troop
+leaders.</p>
+
+<p>Though the Regiment was only officially accepted in June, they were
+present at the <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_162" id="Page_162">[162]</a></span>Royal Review in Edinburgh in September, marching past
+Her Majesty The Queen in rear of the Scots Greys.</p>
+
+<p>In 1862 the Forfar Yeomanry were disbanded, and for the next fourteen
+years there were no Yeomanry in Forfarshire.</p>
+
+<p>In 1870, on the application of Lieut.-Colonel Anstruther Thomson, the
+Mounted Rifle Volunteers were turned into Light Horse, and the Corps
+was called the 1st Fifeshire Volunteer Light Horse Corps, with an
+establishment of 240 all ranks.</p>
+
+<p>Towards the end of 1875 a movement was made to raise a Forfarshire
+Troop of Light Horse, and early in 1876 a strong Troop, known as the
+1st Forfarshire Light Horse Volunteer Corps, was raised at Dundee
+under command of Captain P.A.W. Carnegy of Lour and attached to the
+Fife Light Horse.</p>
+
+<p>In 1895 Lieut.-Colonel John Gilmour of Montrave succeeded to the
+command of the Regiment, and introduced the Squadron System&mdash;"A"
+Squadron having its headquarters at Cupar, "B" Squadron at
+Dunfermline, and the "Forfar" Squadron at Dundee.</p>
+
+<p>In October 1899 the South African War broke out, and early in 1900 the
+20th Company Imperial Yeomanry was formed. Captain Chappell Hodge,
+late 12th Lancers, was given command, and under him were Lieutenants
+J. Gilmour and J. Simpson. They embarked on <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_163" id="Page_163">[163]</a></span>27th February for Cape
+Town where they were given their horses, and proceeded to join General
+Sir A. Hunter's Division for the relief of Mafeking. The "Fifes"
+crossing the Vaal captured the town of Christiana in the
+Transvaal&mdash;the first act of war on Transvaal soil.</p>
+
+<p>After the death of Captain Hodge, Captain R. Purvis took command till
+wounded at Nooitgedacht, when Lieutenant J. Gilmour succeeded him.</p>
+
+<p>In May 1901 the first contingent, after having marched 2575 miles and
+taken part in 85 engagements, proceeded home.</p>
+
+<p>The 20th Company Imperial Yeomanry continued to serve till the end of
+the war, receiving in all 498 officers and men from the Fife and
+Forfar Light Horse.</p>
+
+<p>The conversion of the Light Horse into Imperial Yeomanry took place in
+1901, and the Regiment then became the Fife and Forfar Imperial
+Yeomanry&mdash;in 1908, on the formation of the Territorial Force, the word
+"Imperial" was dropped.</p>
+
+<p>In 1901 Lieut.-Colonel Sir John Gilmour retired and was succeeded by
+Lieut.-Colonel T.H. Erskine of Grangemuir, the present Honorary
+Colonel of the Regiment.</p>
+
+<p>On the outbreak of war in 1914 the Regiment was commanded by
+Lieut.-Colonel A. Mitchell of Luscar, subsequent Commanding <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_164" id="Page_164">[164]</a></span>Officers
+being Lieut.-Colonels J. Gilmour, J. Younger, J.M. M'Kenzie, and D.D.
+Ogilvie. During this period the Adjutants were Captains M.E. Lindsay,
+H.S. Sharp, A.C. Smith, W.D. Brown, R. Colthart, and J.W. Ormiston.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep164a" id="imagep164a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep164a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep164a.jpg" width="95%" alt="GROUP SHOWING SIX SUCCESSIVE COMMANDING OFFICERS." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">GROUP SHOWING SIX SUCCESSIVE COMMANDING OFFICERS.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<div class="block">
+<p class="noin"><i>Standing (left to right)</i>&mdash;Lt. Younger, Capt. Lumsden, Lt. Stewart,
+Capt. Haig, Col. Anstruther Thomson, Lt. Russell, Lt. Wright
+(Yorkshire Dragoons), Lt. Nairn, Capt. Dewar. <i>Sitting</i>&mdash;Major Osborne, Major Gilmour, Major Mitchell, Major
+Erskine, Lt.-Col. Sir J. Gilmour, Capt. Burgoyne (Adjutant), Major
+Marshall, Major Lawson.</p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 164</i></p>
+</div></div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep164b" id="imagep164b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep164b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep164b.jpg" width="95%" alt="THE CADRE ON ARRIVAL AT KIRKCALDY." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">THE CADRE ON ARRIVAL AT KIRKCALDY (see page 142).<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 164</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="APPENDIX_1" id="APPENDIX_1"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_165" id="Page_165">[165]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>APPENDIX</h3>
+
+<h4>HONOURS AND AWARDS</h4>
+<br />
+
+<div class="centered">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="50%" summary="Honours and Awards">
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="award">D.S.O.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Lieut.-Col. John Gilmour.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Lieut.-Col. James Younger.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="award">M.C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Capt. Ian Couper Nairn.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Capt. Sir William A.A. Campbell, Bart.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Capt. A.L.S. Tuke, R.A.M.C.(T.).</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Lieut. Robert A. Andrew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">2nd Lieut. Alec C. Smith.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">2nd Lieut. William Jeffrey Johnstone.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">2nd Lieut. John Crawford Houston.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">2nd Lieut. A. Richard Wood. D.C.M., M.M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">2nd Lieut. T. Brodie Brown.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td width="10%" class="tdrp2">345626</td>
+  <td width="90%" class="tdlnw">C.S.M. John Cameron.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="award">D.C.M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">131</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">S.S.M. Alexander Ogilvie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345018</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">C.S.M. William Henderson.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345416</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Sergt. William Collier.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345200</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Sergt. William Syme.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345314</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Sergt. William R. Chalmers.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">1437</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">L/Sergt. J. Valentine.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">290604</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Private James Birrell.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345094</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Private H.A. Dickie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">2029</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Private W. Roger.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345209</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Private Thomas Spence.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="award">M.M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345674</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Sergt. Alex. Park Gordon.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345375</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Sergt. William Herd.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345380</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Sergt. James Johnston.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345749</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Cpl. J. Black.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_166" id="Page_166">[166]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">300005</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Cpl. Alexander J. Ross, R.A.M.C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345074</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">L/Cpl. John J. Leitch.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345320</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">L/Cpl. E. Lippiatt.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345409</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">L/Cpl. A. Sinclair.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345116</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">L/Cpl. David Maxwell Telfer.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">11463</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Private J. Armour.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">16877</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Private Alex. Black. D.C.M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345446</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Private William Blair.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345259</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Private A. Campbell.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">26870</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Private Richard Izatt.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345075</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Private Douglas Rodger.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345740</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Private W.T. Smith.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="award">M.S.M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345141</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">R.S.M. George Call.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345166</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">C.S.M. John Skinner Lumsden.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345191</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">R.Q.M.S. William James Galbraith.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345021</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">C.Q.M.S. William Blyth.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345095</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">C.Q.M.S. John M'Niven.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="award">Serbian Gold Medal</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">2025</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">S.S. D.H. Pringle.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="award">Italian Bronze Medal</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345031</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">L/Cpl. Alexander Wilson.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="award">Medaille Barbatie si Credinta&mdash;1st Class</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345426</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Sergt. Robert Ballantyne.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="award">Mention in Dispatches</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Lieut.-Col. John Gilmour.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Major James Younger.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Major Cecil George de Pr&eacute;e.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Capt. Michael E. Lindsay.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Capt. D. Douglas Ogilvie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Capt. Sir William A.A. Campbell, Bart.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Lieut. David Colville.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Lieut. Henry Adamson.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">2nd Lieut. Alec C. Smith.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">2nd Lieut. A.S. Lindsay.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Lieut. (A/Capt.) Robert Herd Colthart.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Lieut. Robert A. Andrew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">2nd Lieut. (A/Capt.) John W. Ormiston.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">131</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">S.S.M. Alexander Ogilvie.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_167" id="Page_167">[167]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">977</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">S.Q.M.S. J. Edmund.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345113</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Sergt. Alex. Sievewright.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345185</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Sergt. William Scott.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345424</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Sergt. D. Low.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345943</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Sergt. Duncan Campbell.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">792</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Sergt. Nathaniel Mack.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">1860</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">L/Sergt. James R. Barron.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345165</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">L/Sergt. R.M. Hogg.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345476</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Cpl. William A. Milne.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">650</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Cpl. Alex. J. Ross, R.A.M.C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345245</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">L/Cpl. J. Brown.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345302</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">L/Cpl. John Clark.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345031</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">L/Cpl. Alexander Wilson.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345180</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Private Thomas Blease.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345154</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Private William Dunn.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">345052</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Private Frederick Paterson.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="award">Certificates of Gallantry</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">1860</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Cpl. James Barron.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">1826</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Private James Benton.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">1851</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Private James Salmond.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp2">2441</td>
+  <td class="tdlnw">Private W. Whyte.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="award">Honours gained by Officers extra Regimentally employed</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Lieut.-Col. Alex. J. King, C.M.G. D.S.O.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Lieut.-Col. Andrew Spreull, R.A.V.C. D.S.O.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Major George Erskine Jackson. O.B.E., M.C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Major (A/Lt.-Col.) Ronald G.O. Hutchison. D.S.O., M.C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Capt. Harold S. Sharp. Mention.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Capt. Charles W. Herdman. Mention.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Capt. Harold W.V. Temperley. O.B.E.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Capt. A.S. Lindsay, M.B.E. M.C., Croix de Guerre.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Capt. David Marshall. M.C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Lieut. R. Warburton. M.C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Lieut. A.G. Brown. M.C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Lieut. W.J. Rae. M.C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="award">Honours gained by former Adjutants</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Colonel (Hon. Brig.-Gen.) M.L. MacEwen, C.B. Legion d'Honneur.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Lieut.-Col. (Hon. Brig.-Gen.) G.R.H. Cheape, C.M.G. D.S.O., M.C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Lieut.-Col. E.C. Jury, C.M.G. M.C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdlnw">Major (Temp. Lieut.-Col.) M.E. Lindsay. D.S.O.</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="APPENDIX_2" id="APPENDIX_2"></a><br />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_168" id="Page_168">[168]</a></span><br />
+
+<h4>CASUALTIES</h4>
+<br />
+
+<div style="margin-left: 5%;">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="95%" summary="Casualties">
+  <tr>
+  <td width="10%" class="tdc" style="vertical-align: bottom;">DATE.</td>
+  <td width="10%" class="tdc">REGT.<br />NO.</td>
+  <td width="10%" class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">RANK.</td>
+  <td width="35%" class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">NAME.</td>
+  <td width="35%" class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">REMARKS.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">28.9.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2635</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Carnegie, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">28.9.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2635</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Carnegie, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2529</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Dow, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died 8.10.15</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2056</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Kenzie, F.W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.
+</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">30.9.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1998</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Maloney, James</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">2.10.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1617</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Scott, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">3.10.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">966</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Petrie, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">4.10.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1799</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Clark, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">6.10.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1681</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Gourlay, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">9.10.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2405</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Doig, W.S.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">11.10.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2487</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Grieve, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1816</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Robertson, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">12.10.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2039</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Westwater, A.C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">18.10.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1541</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Maxwell, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1985</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Haworth, F.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1730</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Pattinson, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1437</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Valentine, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2029</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Roger, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">19.10.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2069</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Carnegie, R.Y.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">20.10.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2534</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Lumsden, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2486</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Morris, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 20.10.15.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">21.10.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2489</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Beveridge, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1835</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Macfarlane, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1727</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Brown, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_169" id="Page_169">[169]</a></span>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2536</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">O'Neill, J.A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1826</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Renton, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">24.10.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1995</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Blease, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2081</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Young, W.K.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">26.10.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1704</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ford, C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2201</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Henry, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">27.10.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2276</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Campbell, G.W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">29.10.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1496</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Clark, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1449</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Farrell, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">30.10.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1758</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Baxter, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">31.10.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1971</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Kennedy, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">2.11.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2010</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Millar, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">3.11.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1989</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Rushworth, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">4.11.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2075</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Whyte, J.L.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">5.11.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2535</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Jarvis, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">12.11.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1705</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cowan, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Herdman, C.W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1817</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Fotheringham, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1751</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Harris, W.H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1921</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wilson, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">16.11.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1621</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Fyffe, T.W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2216</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Gordon, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2204</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Pearson, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">26.11.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1811</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Robertson, R.W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">28.11.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2043</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Fairweather, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2048</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Howie, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1901</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Hood, J.T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1735</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Mitchell, R.R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2458</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wilson, J.M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2089</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Roger, J.M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdcp" style="vertical-align: bottom;"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_170" id="Page_170">[170]</a></span>DATE.</td>
+  <td class="tdcp">REGT.<br />NO.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">RANK.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">NAME.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">REMARKS.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">29.11.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1595</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Bowie, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2412</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Adamson, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1685</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Hamilton, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1930</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Kechnie, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1563</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Millar, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2456</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Potter, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2455</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Rough, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">29.11.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2337</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wright, C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1684</td>
+  <td class="tdl">S.S. Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Pearson, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Missing (prisoner). Died at Sivas, 25.5.16.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">30.11.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1886</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Gregor, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died at Sivas, 25.5.16.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2083</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Moffat, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died at Sivas, 25.5.16.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2360</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Halley, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1581</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Peter, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died 5.12.15.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">1.12.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2440</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Stewart, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 3.12.15.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">2.12.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1987</td>
+  <td class="tdl">R.Q.M.S.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Colclough, W.T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">8.12.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2209</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Batchelor, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">10.12.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2021</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Galloway, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">12.12.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">1618</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Paton, D.S.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">15.12.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2155</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Finlayson, P.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 16.12.15.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">19.12.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2057</td>
+  <td class="tdl">A/R.Q.M.S.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Craig, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">6.11.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2186</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Laren, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of disease.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">8.11.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2024</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cairns, R.D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of disease.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">18.11.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2129</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Harley, A.B.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of disease.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">15.12.15</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2059</td>
+  <td class="tdl">S.S.M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Bradfield, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of disease.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">27.5.16</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2026</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Hendry, J.M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of disease.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_171" id="Page_171">[171]</a></span>27.11.16</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2583</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Tptr.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Shearer, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of disease.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">19.4.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345413</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Robertson, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Mansura Ridge.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345542</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wilson, H.J.R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Mansura Ridge.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">14.5.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345122</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Yule, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">16.5.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345060</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Saddler</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Brown, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">25.5.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345945</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Sgt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Bannigan, P.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Dumb-bell Hill.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345555</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Floyd, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Dumb-bell Hill.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">346003</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wiseman, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Dumb-bell Hill.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">26.5.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345561</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Calder, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty. Dumb-bell Hill.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">340020</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Donell, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Dumb-bell Hill.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">340016</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Milne, J.W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty. Dumb-bell Hill.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">31.5.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345402</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Aitkenhead, M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty. Dumb-bell Hill.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">12.6.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345934</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Davidson, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Dumb-bell Hill.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">17.6.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345549</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Keith, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">30.8.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3"> ... </td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Crawford, W.S. (Lanark Yeomanry)</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345180</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Blease, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345703</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Davidson, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345758</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Edwards, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345497</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Potter, S.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">1.11.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345461</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Harley, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345190</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Lister, L.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Missing (prisoner).</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">3.11.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345073</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Dougal, J.F.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Missing (prisoner).</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">9276</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Bell, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Missing (prisoner).</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">17468</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Brady, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Missing (prisoner).</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">4.11.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3"> ... </td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Inglis, T.H. (att. Glo'ster Yeomanry).</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3"> ... </td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Lean, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345335</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wyles, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">340021</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Adams, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdcp" style="vertical-align: bottom;"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_172" id="Page_172">[172]</a></span>DATE.</td>
+  <td class="tdcp">REGT.<br />NO.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">RANK.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">NAME.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">REMARKS.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">4.11.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345207</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Dow, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">S/8885</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Kirk, G.B.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">6.11.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Major</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Osborne, G.E.B.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Kinniburgh, J.D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Thomson, E.A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345172</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Spence, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345951</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sharp, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345633</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Dow, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345161</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ovenstone, P.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345264</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Rattray, J.M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345627</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Adamson, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345953</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Baxter, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">13133</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Donald, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345289</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Prain, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20382</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Anderson, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2819</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Aston, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345332</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Braid, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">340004</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Combe, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">16294</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Dalgleish, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345545</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Downie, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345605</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Fyfe, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">21841</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Gault, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345962</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Geddes, C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20390</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Hendrie, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">8913</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Hoban, P.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345301</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Howie, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_173" id="Page_173">[173]</a></span>6.11.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">8224</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Hynd, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345247</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Johnstone, J.R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345609</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Kemp, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345717</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">King, L.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345358</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Lawrence, A.H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">9916</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Donald, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">340018</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Millan, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345679</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Milne, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345871</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Milne, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">340016</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Milne, J.W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">16758</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Mudie, F.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345350</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Muir, J.K.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20362</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Mutch, C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345115</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Nicoll, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345769</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Notman, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345394</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Pake, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">16204</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Peattie, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345598</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ritchie, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345239</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Rodger, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">21819</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ross, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345735</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Scott, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20889</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Staff, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345861</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Stewart, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345622</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Symon, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345444</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Watson, N.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345325</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wilson, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">19663</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Woodward, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Lt.-Col.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Gilmour, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Captain</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Campbell, Bart., Sir W.A.A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdcp" style="vertical-align: bottom;"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_174" id="Page_174">[174]</a></span>DATE.</td>
+  <td class="tdcp">REGT.<br />NO.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">RANK.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">NAME.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">REMARKS.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">6.11.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Captain</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cummins, W.W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Carrick, F.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Martin, J.M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345426</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ballantyne, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345128</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ballantyne, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345416</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Collier, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345098</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Goodall, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345947</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Gregor, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345334</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Saunders, A.M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 18.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345164</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Taylor, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 11.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345251</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Chalmers, G.C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 8.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345097</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Farmer, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345950</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Hedley, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345138</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Hood, J.T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345234</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Moir, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345341</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Patterson, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345398</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Rollo, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345196</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Stewart, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345030</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Whyte, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345223</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wright, R.H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345225</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Black, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345917</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cairncross, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">340001</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Dick, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345816</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Doig, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345054</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Fleming, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345174</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Flynn, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_175" id="Page_175">[175]</a></span>6.11.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345244</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Hamilton, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345780</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Holmes, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345844</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Honeyman, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345074</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Leitch, J.J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345015</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Lister, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345188</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ogg, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345471</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Stephen, E.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">18945</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ward, C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345395</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wright, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">15545</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Younger, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345918</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Alexander, P.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">15794</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Allan, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">340002</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Angus, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345576</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Armstrong, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 29.11.8. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345834</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Bagridge, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345998</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Barlow, W.R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345579</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Beaton, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345496</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Birrell, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345577</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Bisset, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345405</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Black, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345695</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Black, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345478</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Blyth, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345747</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Boyle, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">346000</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Bradshaw, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345890</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Bremner, F.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345561</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Calder, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345312</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Calderhead, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345268</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Campbell, G.W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345635</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Campbell, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">18725</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cant, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdcp" style="vertical-align: bottom;"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_176" id="Page_176">[176]</a></span>DATE.</td>
+  <td class="tdcp">REGT.<br />NO.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">RANK.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">NAME.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">REMARKS.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">6.11.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20876</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Chalmers, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345878</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Chalmers, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">241313</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Clarkson, J.R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">340006</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Colthart, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345678</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Conning, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22141</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cooper, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345092</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Coupar, D.L.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345869</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Craig, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">11824</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Craig, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345152</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Crichton, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345854</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Crighton, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345591</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cumming, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345275</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Denholm, C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345648</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Devlin, C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">43091</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Donaldson, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">18718</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Drysdale, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345704</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Duffin, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 23.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345238</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Duncan, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345154</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Dunn, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20381</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Edwards, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 8.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">21824</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ellison, S.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345567</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Emerson, F.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">340013</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ewart, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345649</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ferguson, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20878</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Findlay, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345963</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Finlayson, A.C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_177" id="Page_177">[177]</a></span>6.11.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345568</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Forsyth, J.B.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345434</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Gibb, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">4570</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Gordon, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345507</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Grant, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345534</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Gray, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20378</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Gunn, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22331</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Gunn, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345713</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Guyan, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 11.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345654</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Helmsley, P.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345898</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Henderson, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345495</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Henderson, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345282</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Henry, T.B.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">241311</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Herbertson, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">10507</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Herd, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">10507</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Hirst, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345510</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Hunter, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345763</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">King, B.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 6.1.18. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345990</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Laing, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345926</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Langston, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345965</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Lawson, A.M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345611</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Linn, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345612</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Livingstone, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345901</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Lockhart, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">3752</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Lyall, P.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 7.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345783</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Aree, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345385</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Call, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20379</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Carthey, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345483</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Cartney, W.H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345266</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Donald, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">340020</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Donald, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdcp" style="vertical-align: bottom;"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_178" id="Page_178">[178]</a></span>DATE.</td>
+  <td class="tdcp">REGT.<br />NO.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">RANK.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">NAME.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">REMARKS.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">6.11.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345269</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Donald, F.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 8.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345975</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Donald, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345354</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Ewan, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 8.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345628</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Fadden, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345822</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Goldrick, F.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345460</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Graw, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345724</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Inroy, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345401</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Kechnie, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345587</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Laggan, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345611</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Millan, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345680</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Millan, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 6.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345967</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Rae, M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345971</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Marshall, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">16505</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Martin, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345659</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Martin, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345406</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Mathew, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345728</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Meekison, C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345824</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Meldrum, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20394</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Mercer, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 8.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345439</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Moir, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345260</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Moonie, J.W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345566</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Morgan, S.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345658</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Mudie, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345910</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Murray, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345482</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Penman, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345290</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Pennycook, J.M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_179" id="Page_179">[179]</a></span> 6.11.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">16033</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Petrie, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345597</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Prain, S.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345929</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Purvis, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345976</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ramsay, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345977</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Reid, M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20875</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Reid, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345573</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Rennie, C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345982</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Robertson, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345556</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Robertson, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345392</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Robertson, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 12.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">346010</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Roy, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 12.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345575</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Scott, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 12.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345486</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Seath, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 12.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">18720</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Shepherd, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 12.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345249</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Simpson, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 12.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345995</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Simpson, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 12.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345808</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Smith, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 12.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345333</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Smith, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 12.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20865</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Smith, W.A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 12.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">340012</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Soutar, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 12.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345741</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Spence, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 12.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">346011</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Stewart, C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 12.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345585</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Storey, C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 12.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345068</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Storrar, M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 12.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345775</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Stronner, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 12.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345529</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Stuart, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 12.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345415</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Thomson, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 12.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345862</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Turner, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 12.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">19848</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Twist, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 12.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345599</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Urquhart, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 12.11.17. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdcp" style="vertical-align: bottom;"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_180" id="Page_180">[180]</a></span>DATE.</td>
+  <td class="tdcp">REGT.<br />NO.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">RANK.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">NAME.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">REMARKS.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">6.11.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345468</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Veale, L.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">340022</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Walker, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345687</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Waterson, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">15462</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Weston, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345784</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Whyte, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345506</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wilson, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345317</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wilson, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20895</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Williamson, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20376</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Woodward, R.A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Captain</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Brown, W.D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345946</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Mackie, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345087</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Reid, I.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345020</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Robertson, K.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345615</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Leod, N.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345666</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Petrie, M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345075</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Rodger, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345383</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ross, G.R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345317</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wilson, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">30.11.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345002</td>
+  <td class="tdl">C.Q.M.S</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Morrison, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Wadi Selman.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345051</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Watson, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Wadi Selman.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345430</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Neil, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Wadi Selman.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345638</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Benson, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Wadi Selman.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345899</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Higginbottom, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Wadi Selman.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">18845</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Huckerby, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Wadi Selman.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">293275</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Smith, E.J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Wadi Selman.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">13401</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Paxton, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty. Sheria.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_181" id="Page_181">[181]</a></span> 1.12.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Greenlees, G.D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. "1750."</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345352</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Dickson, D.G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. "1750."</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345857</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Plant, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty. "1750."</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">3.12.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345712</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Gray, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Missing (prisoner).</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">10.12.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345814</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Connaghan, M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">27.12.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Forrest, P.T.A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Armstrong, W.W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">21840</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Anderson, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">9388</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Brand, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345698</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Brookland, F.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">21826</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Goodfellow, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345969</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Jack, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">346009</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Patterson, J.C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345524</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Young, P.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3"></td>
+  <td class="tdl">Captain</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Brown, W.D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 27.12.17. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345214</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Menzies, J.B.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">5756</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Grant, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345422</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Bisset, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345080</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Mackay, R.B.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345565</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Whirter, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2491</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Silvester, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">21715</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Williams, J.P.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 28.12.17. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345425</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Braid, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 29.12.17. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">26887</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Clunie, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 28.12.17. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345647</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Dunk, P.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345838</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ferguson, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">7194</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Freal, S.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 2.1.18. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345842</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Hickman, C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345384</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Knox, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">18716</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Intosh, E.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdcp" style="vertical-align: bottom;"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_182" id="Page_182">[182]</a></span>DATE.</td>
+  <td class="tdcp">REGT.<br />NO.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">RANK.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">NAME.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">REMARKS.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">27.12.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345586</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Intyre, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 11.4.18. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345662</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Kendrick, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345522</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Pherson, M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20368</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Paton, F.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">268743</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Patterson, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">240198</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Smith, R.M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345337</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Tocher, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22243</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Van Riel, H.F.,</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345273</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Halley, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty. Zeitun.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">28.12.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Johnstone, W.J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Paisley, G.W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed (with A. &amp; L. Yeo.). Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345200</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Syme, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345009</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Oliver, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345270</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Dickson, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345751</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Byrne, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345815</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Crighton, C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">241316</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Kinnon, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345311</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Reid, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">18698</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ross, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Captain</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Duncan, P.F.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cummings, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Haggart, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 3.1.18. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Robson, P.L.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345053</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Boath, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345273</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Halley, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345165</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Hogg, R.M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_183" id="Page_183">[183]</a></span>28.12.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345404</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Kilpatrick, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 29.12.17. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">18684</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Rankine, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345511</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Rodgerson, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345578</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Beveridge, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345786</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Blyth, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345194</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Brady, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">203197</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Buntain, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">16034</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Christie, G.D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">3688</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cowan, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">14709</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Davidson, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 30.12.17. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345459</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Davidson, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">340025</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Easson, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">200549</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Flynn, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345236</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Henderson, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22027</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Inglis, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345252</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Johnstone, G.A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">240369</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Callum, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">13009</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Ginley, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345613</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Kay, P.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345927</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Killop, P.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">17064</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Minchella, P.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">14227</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Mitchell, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">21828</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Morrison, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">8742</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Munro, S.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345682</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Potter, L.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345512</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Robertson, W.P.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20390</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Roper, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">18978</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Small, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">12500</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Smith, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345984</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Smith, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdcp" style="vertical-align: bottom;"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_184" id="Page_184">[184]</a></span>DATE.</td>
+  <td class="tdcp">REGT.<br />NO.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">RANK.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">NAME.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">REMARKS.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">28.12.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345209</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Spence, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">21820</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Taylor, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 29.12.17. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">40617</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Watterson, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345745</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wheeler, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345518</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Williamson, J.A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345464</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Young, W.D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345575</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Mitchell, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345130</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Young, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty. Beitania.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">14.4.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">12701</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Drinnan, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Drowned ex H.M.T., <i>Arcadian.</i></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">18724</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Findlater, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Drowned ex H.M.T., <i>Arcadian.</i></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">18703</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wann, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Drowned ex H.M.T., <i>Arcadian.</i></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">18697</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Williams, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Drowned ex H.M.T., <i>Arcadian.</i></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">4.5.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20373</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Brown, W.J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Drowned ex H.M.T., <i>Transylvania.</i></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20880</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Chisholm, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Drowned ex H.M.T., <i>Transylvania.</i></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20386</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Denholm, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Drowned ex H.M.T., <i>Transylvania.</i></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20380</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Houston, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Drowned ex H.M.T., <i>Transylvania.</i></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20393</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Jones, W.L.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Drowned ex H.M.T., <i>Transylvania.</i></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20366</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Shenken, P.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Drowned ex H.M.T., <i>Transylvania.</i></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20890</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Smith, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Drowned ex H.M.T., <i>Transylvania.</i></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20893</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Stewart, C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Drowned ex H.M.T., <i>Transylvania.</i></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20867</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Thompson, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Drowned ex H.M.T., <i>Transylvania.</i></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">30.12.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">202466</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Stenhouse, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Drowned ex H.M.T., <i>Aragon.</i></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">266648</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Small, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Drowned ex H.M.T., <i>Aragon.</i></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">292849</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wood, E.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Drowned ex H.M.T., <i>Aragon.</i></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">20.3.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345774</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Reid, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">14.4.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345736</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Shepherd, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_185" id="Page_185">[185]</a></span>12.11.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345411</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Melville, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">4.12.17</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345494</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ewing, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">10.3.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20121</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Keith, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">22.3.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">300030</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Livingstone R.A.M.C. (attached).</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">26.3.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345445</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ferguson, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345140</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Carrie, A.F.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345852</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Guffog, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345130</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Young, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345104</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Conacher, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">2.4.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345550</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Fagan, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">6.4.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Captain</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Down, N.C.S.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345021</td>
+  <td class="tdl">C.Q.M.S.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Blyth, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345648</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Devlin, C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345177</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ramsay, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">24.7.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345636</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Bruce, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345395</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wright, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22156</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Bingham, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345699</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Rodger, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345884</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Young, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345157</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Paris, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">9090</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Halkett, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345646</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Clark, C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20881</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Florence, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">15200</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Fraser, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22177</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Heddleston, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345655</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Herd, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345669</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Samson, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">25.7.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">18192</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Findlay, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 24.9.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">31.7.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">203396</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Braynion, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdcp" style="vertical-align: bottom;"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_186" id="Page_186">[186]</a></span>DATE.</td>
+  <td class="tdcp">REGT.<br />NO.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">RANK.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">NAME.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">REMARKS.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">4.8.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Fraser, H.L.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345277</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Campbell, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345447</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Allen, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345559</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Donald, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345628</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Fadden, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">203190</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Nimmo, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">21837</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Taylor, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345438</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wilson, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345237</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cameron, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345968</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Mann, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">5.8.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">346042</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Morgan, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20888</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Kane, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">7.8.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">11944</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Walker, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">315095</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Niven, A., R.A.M.C. (attached).</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">11463</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Armour, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">16360</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Berry, C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345500</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Hunter, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345252</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Johnston, G.A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345824</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Meldrum, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22031</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Todd, M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">8.8.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20879</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Strachan, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">268173</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Aitken, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">15200</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Fraser, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22157</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wilson, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">13697</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Hardinge, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_187" id="Page_187">[187]</a></span>8.8.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345530</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Mackie, C.B.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345466</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Brady, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20881</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Florence, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345607</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Greenhill, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22162</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Kilgour, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">8885</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Kirk, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345790</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Coubray, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">266686</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Rae, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2592</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Paul, J. (attached T.M.B.)</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345472</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wilson, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">9.8.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">16403</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wilson, G. (attached T.M.B.)</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20677</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Edmiston, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345682</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Potter, L.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22183</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Simpson, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">346013</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wilson, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345575</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Scott, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345435</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">White, H. (229th Brigade H.Q.).</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">10.8.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">6153</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Frizzell, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345318</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Nicol, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">18683</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Connelly, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345754</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Crighton, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345647</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Dunk, P.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">5036</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Osborne, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">203198</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Stewart, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">13.8.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345413</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Robertson, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">25.8.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20376</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Woodward, R.A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 27.8.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">9344</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Murray, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">2.9.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Captain</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Stewart, R.W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdcp" style="vertical-align: bottom;"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_188" id="Page_188">[188]</a></span>DATE.</td>
+  <td class="tdcp">REGT.<br />NO.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">RANK.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">NAME.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">REMARKS.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">2.9.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Captain</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Nairn, I.C., M.C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Darney, C.E.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345028</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Kenzie, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345950</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Hedley, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345988</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Walton, F.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345390</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Keith, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345105</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Boyd, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345355</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Husband, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345553</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Anderson, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345638</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Benson, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345577</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Bissett, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22250</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Blair, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345561</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Calder, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22141</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cooper, W.A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">16513</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Duncan, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">203208</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Elder, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">201336</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ferguson, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345760</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Hamilton, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22177</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Heddleston, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345842</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Hickman, C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">203207</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Irwin, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20121</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Keith, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">201992</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Lambie, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">13703</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Ilwain, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345587</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Laggan, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345726</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Lean, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_189" id="Page_189">[189]</a></span>2.9.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345968</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Mann, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345149</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Melville, L.W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345526</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Millar, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345260</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Moonie, J.W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">9344</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Murray, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">203204</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Reid, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">29712</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Reid, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345733</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Rodger, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20371</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Shanks, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22831</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Smith, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22180</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sneddon, P.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">3875</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Thomson, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345866</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wilkie, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Lt.-Col.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Younger, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Captain</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Nab, J.B.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Duncan, C.G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Clydesdale, R.A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Laing, J.E.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Grant, J.W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Dawes, J.W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Van Millingen, D.F.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Craigen, J.W.W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Dickie, J.A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345001</td>
+  <td class="tdl">C.S.M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Aitken, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 2.9.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345136</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Andrews, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345097</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Farmer, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">6069</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Green, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345887</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Donald, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">3796</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Laren, P.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 3.9.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">5306</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Meiklejohn, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdcp" style="vertical-align: bottom;"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_190" id="Page_190">[190]</a></span>DATE.</td>
+  <td class="tdcp">REGT.<br />NO.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">RANK.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">NAME.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">REMARKS.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">2.9.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345941</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Mickel, H.W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345886</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Spence, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 7.9.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">9090</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Halkett, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345920</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Airth, C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">3056</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Blues, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345811</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Brown, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22194</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cattanach, T.J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345242</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cheape, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">18847</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Douglas, S.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 5.9.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345721</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Marnock, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">5357</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Dougal, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22188</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Price, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345580</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Deans, S.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345094</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Dickie, H. (D.C.M.)</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 4.9.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">14721</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Duncan, F.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">11279</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Eddie, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345342</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Greig, W.T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345993</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Hall, T.D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20864</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Jessiman, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">202135</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Intyre, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">265246</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Manuel, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345969</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Milton, M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345670</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Smith, P.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">203198</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Stewart, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345525</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wilson, F.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22192</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Alexander, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_191" id="Page_191">[191]</a></span>2.9.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345167</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Alexander, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">41422</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Allan, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345889</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Anderson, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345639</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Anderson, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">16495</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Belford, J.B.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">346023</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Bibb, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22164</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Blackwood, G.T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345371</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Blyth, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">290402</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Brown, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345955</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Buchan, M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">203197</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Buntain, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">241199</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Burgess, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345257</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Burnett, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20750</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Burns, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345891</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cameron, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345268</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Campbell, G.W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">267932</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Campbell, T.W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">40460</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Carmichael, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345940</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cassells, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20876</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Chalmers, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">241313</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Clarkson, J.R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">290777</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Colville, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">41439</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cooney, B.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345310</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cran, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345703</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Davidson, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20882</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Donnett, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345207</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Dow, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">202972</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Dunipace, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 6.9.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">14723</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Eadie, F.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345101</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Edwards, G.R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdcp" style="vertical-align: bottom;"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_192" id="Page_192">[192]</a></span>DATE.</td>
+  <td class="tdcp">REGT.<br />NO.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">RANK.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">NAME.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">REMARKS.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">2.9.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345593</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ewing, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345550</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Fagan, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345215</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Fairley, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345759</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Fleming, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">346007</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Flockhart, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345789</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Gardiner, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345961</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Gillan, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">241346</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Gow, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345267</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Greig, J.G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345651</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Hagan, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345569</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Haines, L.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">346040</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Hanlon, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345653</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Hay, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345655</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Herd, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345143</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Hirst, S.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345844</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Honeyman, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">9620</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Hunter, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">290189</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Hutchison, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">5308</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Inglis, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345845</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Jamieson, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20888</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Kane, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345657</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Lang, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345720</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Lightfoot, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345271</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Askill, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">265722</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Callum, C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">268529</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Diarmid, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_193" id="Page_193">[193]</a></span>2.9.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345975</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Donald, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">340008</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Donald, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22182</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Dowell, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22324</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Kay, F.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">346028</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Kenzie, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22187</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Kenzie, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345552</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Kenna, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345661</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Millan, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22204</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Marchant, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22198</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Mearns, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">266895</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Merrylees, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">340011</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Milne, J.S.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345660</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Mitchell, D.J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22142</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Mitchell, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345554</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Montgomery, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">346008</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Morris, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345910</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Murray, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">43455</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ness, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345119</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Niven, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 6.9.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">340027</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Norrie, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">43301</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ogilvie, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345276</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Page, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345619</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Petrie, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">16698</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Philip, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345682</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Potter, L.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">41524</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Rait, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345321</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ramsay, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345278</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Reid, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345977</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Reid, M.D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20873</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Richardson, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdcp" style="vertical-align: bottom;"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_194" id="Page_194">[194]</a></span>DATE.</td>
+  <td class="tdcp">REGT.<br />NO.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">RANK.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">NAME.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">REMARKS.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">2.9.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345457</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Robertson, A.G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22178</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Rutherford, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">21831</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Rutherford, P.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">240382</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Scott, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2901</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Scott, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345685</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Simpson, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345807</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Smart, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 4.10.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345412</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Smeaton, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">18102</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Smith, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 2.9.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">346043</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Smith, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345209</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Spence, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22230</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Stewart, G.C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">21843</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Stewart, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345931</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Stewart, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22159</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sturrock, D.K.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22155</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Summers, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">17654</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Tallent, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345147</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Thomson, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">203426</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Tod, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">267695</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Turnbull, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">21832</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Twaddle, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">19848</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Twist, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345743</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Walkenshaw, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">17817</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Walker, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20325</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Watson, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345745</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wheeler, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_195" id="Page_195">[195]</a></span>2.9.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345389</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Whitehead, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">340024</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Whyte, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20392</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Williams, E.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">346022</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Williams, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20363</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wilson, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345146</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wilson, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">6949</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wilson, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">15883</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Yacamini, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Moislains.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22331</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Gunn, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and missing.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Lean, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Brodie Brown, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cruickshank, I.W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345943</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Campbell, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345660</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Boylan, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345870</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Horne, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20389</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Kearsey, A.G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">21855</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Livingstone, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">3.9.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3"></td>
+  <td class="tdl">Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Drysdale, J.C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">9.9.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">21839</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Robb, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">10.9.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345125</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ritchie, J.W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">15546</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Davidson, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345959</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Dawson, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22147</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Donaldson, T. </td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">340017</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ford, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345253</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Geekie, J.A.P.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20365</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Halliday, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345659</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Martin, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">203406</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Munro, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">43045</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Nairn, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">340007</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">O'Key, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdcp" style="vertical-align: bottom;"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_196" id="Page_196">[196]</a></span>DATE.</td>
+  <td class="tdcp">REGT.<br />NO.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">RANK.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">NAME.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">REMARKS.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">10.9.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345978</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Rennie, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">346033</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Slater, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20361</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Smith, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">15545</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Younger, C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345092</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Coupar, D.L.  </td>
+  <td class="tdl">Missing, presumed killed. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">41665</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Connachie, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Missing, presumed killed. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">21830</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Perston, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Missing, presumed killed. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345313</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ramsay, J.W.  </td>
+  <td class="tdl">Missing, presumed killed. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Lean, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cruickshank, I.W. </td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345946</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Mackie, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345054</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Fleming, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345684</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Smart, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345376</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cooper, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345869</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Craig, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345391</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Bett, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345258</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Boath, L.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">310082</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Brebner, C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 10.9.18. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345957</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cameron, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">18316</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Dorward, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345309</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Henderson, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345610</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Laing, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">18799</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Lowson, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 11.9.18. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345034</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Peter, D.S.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345556</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Robertson, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20367</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Robin, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_197" id="Page_197">[197]</a></span>10.9.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20390</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Roper, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 11.9.18. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">17741</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sharp, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">350163</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Thomson, C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">21676</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wallace, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345114</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wilson, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345672</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wylie, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22190</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Young, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345947</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Gregor, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Prisoner of war.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345106</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Lellan, J.R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Prisoner of war.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345637</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Davidson, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Prisoner of war.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345231</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Annand, A.A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Prisoner of war.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345934</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Davidson, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Prisoner of war.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20136</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Gray, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Prisoner of war.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345103</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Greig, J.R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Prisoner of war.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">340005</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Henderson, J.F.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Prisoner of war.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345927</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Killop, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Prisoner of war. Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">16473</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Nisbet, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Prisoner of war. Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">30372</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sharp, M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Prisoner of war. Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22206</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wilson, W.A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Prisoner of war. Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345153</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Henderson, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty. St Emilie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">18.9.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">200328</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Bonnar, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345266</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Donald, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">18460</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Lean, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Stuart, H.C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345400</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Henderson, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345428</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Beal, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345917</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cairncross, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345312</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Calderhead, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">24486</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Campbell, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345591</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cummings, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdcp" style="vertical-align: bottom;"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_198" id="Page_198">[198]</a></span>DATE.</td>
+  <td class="tdcp">REGT.<br />NO.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">RANK.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">NAME.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">REMARKS.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">18.9.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22915</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Gordon, C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">23586</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Greenwood, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">41264</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ireland, P.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2439</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Kelly, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">40294</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Donald, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345791</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Hardy, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20486</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Kenzie, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345184</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Maloney, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds 29.9.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">41060</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Mann, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345971</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Marshall, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345690</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Meldrum, F.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345046</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Nicoll, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345163</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ramage, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345474</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Smart, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345501</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Soutar, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345068</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Storrar, M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">6630</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Strachan, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">14374</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Walker, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">20.9.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22158</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Grant, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">21.9.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">18725</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cant, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22151</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cubbon, E.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">340025</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Easson, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">346049</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Forbes, J.A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">25324</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Morrison, D.L.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">346034</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Thom, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">14766</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Bain, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_199" id="Page_199">[199]</a></span>21.9.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345967</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Crae, M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22191</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Penman, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">25317</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Philp, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345364</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Summers, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345102</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Dougal, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">22.9.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345220</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Lessells, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Innes, D. M'L.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 7.10.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">7206</td>
+  <td class="tdl">C.Q.M.S.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Elder, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">18322</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Smith, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">15110</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Livingstone, E.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">202414</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Rader, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">2929</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Birrell, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">18699</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Condie, M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">213313</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cooper, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345818</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Etchels, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345607</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Finnigan, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20754</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Grierson, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">240503</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Hunter, A.S.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">25317</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Philip, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">7536</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Pringle, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">25326</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Rankine, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">25448</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Reid, E.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">25316</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ritchie, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">25365</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Robertson, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">25348</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Strachan, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345783</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Aree, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">23.9.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">25217</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Smart, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">25451</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Allan, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">25452</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Gilchrist, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">25344</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Inglis, R.V.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdcp" style="vertical-align: bottom;"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_200" id="Page_200">[200]</a></span>DATE.</td>
+  <td class="tdcp">REGT.<br />NO.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">RANK.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">NAME.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">REMARKS.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">24.9.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">S/22207</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Coutts, A.G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">S/22027</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Inglis, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Fell, F.J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">24050</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Appleby, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">293071</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Boath, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">16545</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Craik, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">22148</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Henderson, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">203189</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Donald, J.R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 25.9.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">17064</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Minchella, P.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">25402</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wallace, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">15.10.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Stevenson, E.J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345958</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Christison, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345925</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Guthrie, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">6007</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Laird, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">16.10.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345662</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Kendrick, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345979</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ross, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ewart, R.H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 16.10.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wood, A.R., D.C.M., M.M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 16.10.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345018</td>
+  <td class="tdl">C.S.M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Henderson, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 16.10.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">293071</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Boath, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 16.10.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345403</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Gilmour, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 16.10.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345323</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Goodall, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 16.10.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">13428</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ross, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 16.10.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">21686</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sharp, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 16.10.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">25377</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Barclay, L.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345456</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Mitchell, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_201" id="Page_201">[201]</a></span>16.10.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">5116</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Skinner, E.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">21.10.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">19537</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Haggart, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">7817</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Anderson, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">202903</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Adams, C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">17894</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Bruce, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">21184</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Laird, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">21152</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Lally, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">268963</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Gee, A.B.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">21100</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Penny, E.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">315708</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Simpson, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">22.10.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345055</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Bayne, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 22.10.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345321</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Ramsay, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 22.10.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">23.10.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cumming, F.K.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">26870</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Izatt, R., M.M.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">25462</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Barber, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">9729</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Bartie, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">15814</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Campbell, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">12506</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cockburn, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">6158</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sowerby, E.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">25347</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Walker, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">25378</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Webb, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Killed.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Robertson, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345943</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Campbell, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345490</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Crawford, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">25376</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Patterson, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">6006</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Spence, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">14539</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Anderson, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 26.10.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">6145</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Black, P.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 26.10.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">25199</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Conway, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 26.10.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">25719</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Davidson, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 26.10.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdcp" style="vertical-align: bottom;"><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_202" id="Page_202">[202]</a></span>DATE.</td>
+  <td class="tdcp">REGT.<br />NO.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">RANK.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">NAME.</td>
+  <td class="tdlp1" style="vertical-align: bottom;">REMARKS.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">23.10.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">345818</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Etchels, T.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">5950</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Kemp, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">5255</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Dougall, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">6176</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Ilroy, B.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">25346</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Kay, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">203311</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Lean, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">16171</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Reekie, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">25656</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Rough, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">14611</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Russell, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">267921</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Scott, W.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">25368</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Stevenson, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">43388</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Swift, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 24.10.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">2nd Lieut.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Mathewson, J.S.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345074</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Leitch, J.J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">20377</td>
+  <td class="tdl">L/Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Sinclair, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">340030</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">M'Donell, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345982</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Robertson, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">290566</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Watson, R.B.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">1.11.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Captain</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Colthart, R.H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded. Died of wounds 2.11.18.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345298</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Matthew, R.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">14770</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Craig, D.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345770</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Nicol, A.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345211</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">O'Malley, J.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and at duty.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">14.4.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345305</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Morrison, G.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of disease.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">4.1.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">345881</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Melville, C.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of disease.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdrp">1.2.18</td>
+  <td class="tdrp3">265831</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Private</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Walker, H.</td>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of disease.</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+<hr style="width: 5%;" />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_203" id="Page_203">[203]</a></span><br />
+
+<h4>TOTAL CASUALTIES.</h4>
+<br />
+
+<div class="centered">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="40%" summary="Total Casualties.">
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="3" class="award">OFFICERS.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td width="80%" class="tdl">Killed</td>
+  <td width="10%" class="tdrp">12</td>
+  <td width="10%" class="tdl">&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">9</td>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">32</td>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl" style="vertical-align: top;">Wounded and remaining at duty</td>
+  <td class="tdrp" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;">5</td>
+  <td class="tdr">&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdr">58</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+
+
+<div class="centered">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="40%" summary="Total Casualties.">
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="3" class="award">N.C.Os. and MEN.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td width="80%" class="tdl">Killed</td>
+  <td width="10%" class="tdrp">188</td>
+  <td width="10%" class="tdl">&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of wounds</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">46</td>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">Missing</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">5</td>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">Died of disease</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">15</td>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">Drowned</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">16</td>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">568</td>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">Wounded and remaining at duty</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">52</td>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl" style="vertical-align: top;">Prisoners of war</td>
+  <td class="tdrp" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;">20</td>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1px solid black;">910</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 2px solid black;">968</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="INDEX" id="INDEX"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_204" id="Page_204">[204]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>INDEX</h3>
+<br />
+
+<ul><li><i>Abassiyeh</i>, the, <a href="#Page_14">14</a></li>
+
+<li>Abbas Apex Sector, <a href="#Page_56">56</a></li>
+
+<li>Abu-el-Zeitun, attack on, <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li>
+
+<li>Abu Sitta, <a href="#Page_60">60</a></li>
+
+<li>Adamson, Lieut. H., <a href="#Page_126">126</a>, <a href="#Page_154">154</a></li>
+
+<li>Aeroplanes, <a href="#Page_43">43</a></li>
+
+<li>African War, the South, <a href="#Page_162">162</a></li>
+
+<li>Ain Arik, <a href="#Page_109">109</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>Ridge, <a href="#Page_92">92</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Ain Kohleh, <a href="#Page_64">64</a></li>
+
+<li>Ain Sinai, <a href="#Page_112">112</a></li>
+
+<li>Ain Yebrud, <a href="#Page_112">112</a></li>
+
+<li>Aire, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>, <a href="#Page_123">123</a></li>
+
+<li>Aitken, C.S.M. A., death, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a></li>
+
+<li>Aizecourt, <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li>
+
+<li>Ajalon, <a href="#Page_107">107</a>, <a href="#Page_108">108</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>Valley of, <a href="#Page_108">108</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Alexandria, <a href="#Page_13">13</a>, <a href="#Page_28">28</a>, <a href="#Page_30">30</a>, <a href="#Page_117">117</a></li>
+
+<li>Ali-el-Muntar, <a href="#Page_51">51</a>, <a href="#Page_52">52</a>, <a href="#Page_71">71</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a></li>
+
+<li>Allaines, attack on, <a href="#Page_128">128</a></li>
+
+<li>Allenby, General, advance on Damascus, <a href="#Page_117">117</a></li>
+
+<li>Alma, battle of the, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></li>
+
+<li>Alpini Corps, <a href="#Page_129">129</a></li>
+
+<li>American Battalion, the 106th, <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li>
+
+<li>Amiens, <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li>
+
+<li>Amurieh, raid on, <a href="#Page_115">115</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a></li>
+
+<li>Amwas, <a href="#Page_108">108</a>, <a href="#Page_116">116</a></li>
+
+<li>Anafarta, <a href="#Page_24">24</a></li>
+
+<li><i>Andania</i>, H.M.T., <a href="#Page_10">10</a>, <a href="#Page_14">14</a>, <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li>
+
+<li>Andrew, Capt. R.A., tribute to, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>instructions to his men, <a href="#Page_108">108</a>;</li>
+  <li>at Baquerolles Farm, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>;</li>
+  <li>return to Kirkcaldy, <a href="#Page_142">142</a>;</li>
+  <li>called "Arizona," <a href="#Page_151">151</a>;</li>
+  <li>death, <a href="#Page_152">152</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Anzac, <a href="#Page_17">17</a></li>
+
+<li>Armistice, signed, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li>
+
+<li>Artaxerxes Post, <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li>
+
+<li>Ascq, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li>
+
+<li>Assiut, <a href="#Page_31">31</a></li>
+
+<li>Australian Division, the 1st, <a href="#Page_134">134</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>at Sohag, <a href="#Page_32">32</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Ayr and Lanark Yeomanry, <a href="#Page_53">53</a>, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>attack on Mahmeh, <a href="#Page_97">97</a>;</li>
+  <li>advance on Beitania, <a href="#Page_101">101</a>;</li>
+  <li>at Amwas, <a href="#Page_108">108</a>;</li>
+  <li>raid on Amurieh, <a href="#Page_115">115</a>;</li>
+  <li>new brigade, <a href="#Page_121">121</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Azmac Dere, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>, <a href="#Page_23">23</a>, <a href="#Page_24">24</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>raid on, <a href="#Page_19">19</a></li>
+  </ul>
+<br /></li>
+
+
+<li>Bab-el-Muallek, <a href="#Page_90">90</a></li>
+
+<li>Babington, Lieut. G., <a href="#Page_148">148</a></li>
+
+<li>Baisieux, <a href="#Page_137">137</a>, <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li>
+
+<li>Balfour, General, of Balbirnie, commanding the Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></li>
+
+<li>Baluah, Lake, <a href="#Page_110">110</a></li>
+
+<li>Baquerolles Farm, <a href="#Page_124">124</a></li>
+
+<li>Batchelor, Private, <a href="#Page_157">157</a></li>
+
+<li>Beclers, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li>
+
+<li>Beersheba, attack on, <a  href="#Page_61">61-63</a></li>
+
+<li>Beit Iksa, <a href="#Page_89">89</a>, <a href="#Page_91">91</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>capture of, <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Beit Sira, <a href="#Page_78">78</a>, <a href="#Page_106">106</a>, <a href="#Page_109">109</a></li>
+
+<li>Beit-ur-el-Foka, attack on, <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li>
+
+<li>Beit-ur-el-Tahta, <a href="#Page_83">83</a>, <a href="#Page_85">85</a>, <a href="#Page_106">106</a></li>
+
+<li>Beitania, <a href="#Page_92">92</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>advance on, <a  href="#Page_101">101-103</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Beitin, <a href="#Page_111">111</a></li>
+
+<li>Benjamin Post, <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li>
+
+<li>Berguette, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li>
+
+<li>Beris, <a href="#Page_34">34</a></li>
+
+<li>Bethel, <a href="#Page_111">111</a></li>
+
+<li>Bethhoron, the Upper, <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li>
+
+<li><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_205" id="Page_205">[205]</a></span>Birdwood, General Sir W., inspection by, <a href="#Page_126">126</a></li>
+
+<li>Bireh, <a href="#Page_92">92</a>, <a href="#Page_103">103</a>, <a href="#Page_116">116</a></li>
+
+<li>Black Watch, 6th and 8th Battns., <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li>
+
+<li>Blairgowrie, <a  href="#Page_1">1-4</a></li>
+
+<li>Bouchavesnes, <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li>
+
+<li>Boulak, <a href="#Page_34">34</a></li>
+
+<li>Boulogne, <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li>
+
+<li>Bourecq, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li>
+
+<li>Bradfield, Sergeant-Major, <a href="#Page_155">155</a></li>
+
+<li>Brigade, the 159th, <a href="#Page_113">113</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>the 160th, <a href="#Page_113">113</a>;</li>
+  <li>the 229th, <a href="#Page_66">66</a>, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>, <a href="#Page_137">137</a>;</li>
+  <li>the 230th, <a href="#Page_66">66</a>, <a href="#Page_67">67</a>, <a href="#Page_121">121</a>, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>, <a href="#Page_139">139</a>;</li>
+  <li>at the battle of Sheria, <a href="#Page_68">68</a>;</li>
+  <li>the 231st, <a href="#Page_67">67</a>, <a href="#Page_121">121</a>, <a href="#Page_137">137</a>, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>"Broken Spur" badge, <a href="#Page_144">144</a></li>
+
+<li>Brown, Lieut. T. Brodie, <a href="#Page_131">131</a>, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>, <a href="#Page_133">133</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>M.C. conferred, <a href="#Page_165">165</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Brown, Capt. W.D., adjutant, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>killed, <a href="#Page_98">98</a>;</li>
+  <li>tribute to, <a href="#Page_105">105</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Buffs, the 10th, <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li>
+
+<li>Burj Lisaneh, <a href="#Page_111">111</a></li>
+
+<li>Byng, Major-Gen. Sir Julian, <a href="#Page_19">19</a><br /><br /></li>
+
+
+<li>Calonne, <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li>
+
+<li>Camel, a racing, <a href="#Page_32">32</a></li>
+
+<li>Camerons, the 10th, <a href="#Page_35">35</a></li>
+
+<li>Campbell, Capt. P., <a href="#Page_102">102</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>raid on Amurieh, <a href="#Page_115">115</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Campbell, Capt. Sir W.A.A., <a href="#Page_114">114</a>, <a href="#Page_149">149</a></li>
+
+<li>Canal du Nord, advance on, <a href="#Page_128">128</a></li>
+
+<li>Cape Town, <a href="#Page_147">147</a></li>
+
+<li>Caracol Dagh, <a href="#Page_17">17</a></li>
+
+<li>Carbine Trench, <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li>
+
+<li>Carnegy, Capt. P.A.W., commanding the Forfarshire Light Horse Volunteer Corps, <a href="#Page_146">146</a></li>
+
+<li>Carvin Farm, <a href="#Page_124">124</a></li>
+
+<li>Casualties, list of, <a  href="#Page_168">168-203</a></li>
+
+<li>Chetwode, Lieut.-Gen. Sir P.W., commanding Eastern Force, inspects the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>presents medals, <a href="#Page_71">71</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Christiana, capture of, <a href="#Page_147">147</a></li>
+
+<li>Clackmannan, <a href="#Page_2">2</a></li>
+
+<li>Clarence River, <a href="#Page_123">123</a></li>
+
+<li>Clark, Lieut.-Col. J., <a href="#Page_150">150</a></li>
+
+<li>Cloud-burst, at Gara, <a href="#Page_32">32</a>, <a href="#Page_39">39</a></li>
+
+<li>Collier, Sergeant W., <a href="#Page_149">149</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>attack on the Germans, <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Colthart, Capt. R.H., adjutant, <a href="#Page_117">117</a>, <a href="#Page_133">133</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>Quartermaster, <a href="#Page_40">40</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>;</li>
+  <li>killed, <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Cooper, Sergeant, <a href="#Page_152">152</a></li>
+
+<li>Corbie, <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li>
+
+<li>Corps III. attack on the Germans, <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li>
+
+<li>Corps XX., <a href="#Page_70">70</a></li>
+
+<li>Corps XXI., <a href="#Page_70">70</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>pursues the Turkish forces, <a href="#Page_72">72</a>;</li>
+  <li>at Junction Station, <a href="#Page_76">76</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Corps Cavalry, <a href="#Page_67">67</a></li>
+
+<li>Craig, Sergeant J., <a href="#Page_155">155</a></li>
+
+<li>Craig, Lieut. D., D.S.O., conferred, <a href="#Page_156">156</a></li>
+
+<li>Crawford, Earl of, Colonel Commandant of the Fife Yeomanry Cavalry, <a href="#Page_160">160</a></li>
+
+<li>Cruickshank, Lieut. I.W., <a href="#Page_115">115</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>attack on the Germans, <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Cummins, Capt. W.W. ("George Washington,") <a href="#Page_151">151</a></li>
+
+<li>Cupar, <a href="#Page_2">2</a><br /><br /></li>
+
+
+<li>Daisies, mauve, <a href="#Page_50">50</a></li>
+
+<li>Dakhla, <a href="#Page_37">37</a></li>
+
+<li>Damascus, <a href="#Page_117">117</a></li>
+
+<li>Dane, Lieut. P., <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li>
+
+<li>Darney, Lieut. C.E., killed, <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li>
+
+<li>Davis, L.-Cpl. J. <a href="#Page_157">157</a></li>
+
+<li>Deir-el-Belah, <a href="#Page_49">49</a>, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>, <a href="#Page_57">57</a>, <a href="#Page_59">59</a></li>
+
+<li>Deir Ibzia Ridge, <a href="#Page_92">92</a></li>
+
+<li>Deir Sineid, <a href="#Page_73">73</a></li>
+
+<li>Demobilization of the British Army, <a  href="#Page_140">140-142</a></li>
+
+<li>Denbigh Yeomanry, the 24th Battalion, <a href="#Page_121">121</a></li>
+
+<li>Devonport, <a href="#Page_10">10</a></li>
+
+<li><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_206" id="Page_206">[206]</a></span>Devonshire Regiment, the 16th (Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry), <a href="#Page_56">56</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>at Beitania, <a href="#Page_101">101</a>;</li>
+  <li>Yalo, <a href="#Page_107">107</a>;</li>
+  <li>attack on Moislains, <a href="#Page_128">128</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Division, the 10th, <a href="#Page_66">66</a>, <a href="#Page_67">67</a>, <a href="#Page_85">85</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>advance on Bireh, <a href="#Page_92">92</a>;</li>
+  <li>capture Foka, <a href="#Page_93">93</a>;</li>
+  <li>the 52nd, <a href="#Page_49">49</a>, <a href="#Page_79">79</a>;</li>
+  <li>the 53rd, <a href="#Page_61">61</a>, <a href="#Page_65">65</a>, <a href="#Page_116">116</a>;</li>
+  <li>the 54th, <a href="#Page_49">49</a>, <a href="#Page_57">57</a>;</li>
+  <li>the 55th, <a href="#Page_139">139</a>;</li>
+  <li>the 57th, <a href="#Page_139">139</a>;</li>
+  <li>the 58th, <a href="#Page_131">131</a>, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>;</li>
+  <li>the 59th, <a href="#Page_127">127</a>;</li>
+  <li>the 60th, attack on Beersheba, <a  href="#Page_62">62-64</a>;
+    <ul>
+    <li>on Tel-el-Sheria, <a href="#Page_67">67</a>;</li>
+    <li>advance on the Nablus road, <a href="#Page_92">92</a>;</li>
+    </ul>
+  </li>
+  <li>the 74th, <a href="#Page_131">131</a>, <a href="#Page_136">136</a>;
+    <ul>
+    <li>attack on Beersheba, <a  href="#Page_62">62-64</a></li>
+    </ul>
+  </li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Don, Lieut. W.G., <a href="#Page_148">148</a></li>
+
+<li>Drysdale, Lieut. J.C., <a href="#Page_117">117</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>tribute to, <a href="#Page_104">104</a>;</li>
+  <li>wounded, <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Dumb-bell Hill Sector, <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li>
+
+<li>Duncan, Lieut. C.G., advance
+  <ul>
+  <li>on the Turbeaut&eacute; River, <a href="#Page_125">125</a>;</li>
+  <li>wounded, <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Dundee, <a href="#Page_2">2</a></li>
+
+<li>Dundee Wadi, <a href="#Page_67">67</a></li>
+
+<li>Dunfermline, <a href="#Page_2">2</a></li>
+
+<li>Dunkirk, <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li>
+
+<li>Durham, Private, <a href="#Page_158">158</a><br /><br /></li>
+
+
+<li>East Kent Regiment, the 10th, <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li>
+
+<li>Edie, Sergeant-Major, <a href="#Page_154">154</a></li>
+
+<li>Edinburgh, Royal Review in, <a href="#Page_162">162</a></li>
+
+<li>Egyptian Lancers, at Sherika, <a href="#Page_33">33</a></li>
+
+<li>El Arish, <a  href="#Page_42">42-45</a></li>
+
+<li>El Buggar, <a href="#Page_61">61</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>attack on, <a href="#Page_60">60</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>El Burj, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>capture of, <a href="#Page_86">86</a>, <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>El Burjaliye, <a href="#Page_52">52</a></li>
+
+<li>El Ferdan, <a href="#Page_41">41</a>, <a href="#Page_42">42</a></li>
+
+<li>El Jib, <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li>
+
+<li>El Mendur, <a href="#Page_52">52</a></li>
+
+<li>El Muntar, <a href="#Page_101">101</a></li>
+
+<li>Elder, Sergeant-Major, <a href="#Page_157">157</a></li>
+
+<li>Enab, <a href="#Page_86">86</a>, <a href="#Page_104">104</a></li>
+
+<li>Epehy, <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li>
+
+<li>Erskine, Lieut.-Col. T.H., of Grangemuir, <a href="#Page_163">163</a></li>
+
+<li>Erskine, Sir William, <a href="#Page_160">160</a></li>
+
+<li>Essex Regiments, the 5th and 7th, <a href="#Page_53">53</a></li>
+
+<li>Etaples, <a href="#Page_120">120</a><br /><br /></li>
+
+
+<li>Fakenham, <a  href="#Page_7">7-10</a></li>
+
+<li>Fanatis, or copper vessels, <a href="#Page_44">44</a></li>
+
+<li>Faustine Quarry, <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li>
+
+<li>Fencible Cavalry, <a href="#Page_159">159</a></li>
+
+<li>Ferguson, Sergeant, <a href="#Page_126">126</a></li>
+
+<li>Field Ambulance, the 229th, at Yalo, <a href="#Page_107">107</a></li>
+
+<li>Fife, <a href="#Page_2">2</a></li>
+
+<li>Fife and Forfar Imperial Yeomanry, <a href="#Page_163">163</a></li>
+
+<li>Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, at Blairgowrie, <a  href="#Page_1">1-4</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>St Ives, <a href="#Page_4">4</a>;</li>
+  <li>training, <a href="#Page_4">4</a>, <a href="#Page_7">7</a>, <a href="#Page_38">38</a>, <a href="#Page_41">41</a>, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>, <a href="#Page_59">59</a>, <a href="#Page_120">120</a>, <a href="#Page_140">140</a>;</li>
+  <li>inspections, <a href="#Page_4">4</a>, <a href="#Page_8">8</a>, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>, <a href="#Page_126">126</a>, <a href="#Page_140">140</a>;</li>
+  <li>at Skegness, <a href="#Page_6">6</a>;</li>
+  <li>Fakenham, <a  href="#Page_7">7-10</a>;</li>
+  <li>sports, <a href="#Page_7">7</a>, <a href="#Page_32">32</a>, <a href="#Page_36">36</a>, <a href="#Page_59">59</a>, <a href="#Page_140">140</a>;</li>
+  <li>voyage to Gallipoli, <a  href="#Page_10">10-14</a>;</li>
+  <li>in the trenches, <a  href="#Page_15">15-26</a>;</li>
+  <li>journey to Sidi Bishr, <a href="#Page_28">28</a>;</li>
+  <li>casualties, <a href="#Page_29">29</a>, <a href="#Page_68">68</a>, <a href="#Page_100">100</a>, <a href="#Page_104">104</a>, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>;</li>
+  <li>at Mena Camp, <a href="#Page_30">30</a>;</li>
+  <li>Minia, <a href="#Page_31">31</a>;</li>
+  <li>Sohag, <a href="#Page_31">31</a>;</li>
+  <li>Gara, <a href="#Page_32">32</a>, <a href="#Page_38">38</a>;</li>
+  <li>Sherika, <a  href="#Page_32">32-38</a>;</li>
+  <li>Moascar, <a href="#Page_39">39</a>, <a href="#Page_41">41</a>;</li>
+  <li>the 14th Battalion, Royal Highlanders, <a href="#Page_41">41</a>;</li>
+  <li>in camp at El Ferdan, <a href="#Page_41">41</a>;</li>
+  <li>journey to El Arish, <a href="#Page_42">42</a>;</li>
+  <li>reinforcements, <a href="#Page_44">44</a>;</li>
+  <li>at El Burj, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>;</li>
+  <li>Sheikh Zowaid, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>;</li>
+  <li>march to Rafa, <a  href="#Page_46">46-48</a>;</li>
+  <li>at Khan Yunis, <a href="#Page_48">48</a>;</li>
+  <li>Sheikh Nebhan, <a href="#Page_49">49</a>;</li>
+  <li>El Mendur, <a href="#Page_52">52</a>;</li>
+  <li>in the Sheikh Abbas Sector, <a href="#Page_54">54</a>, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>;</li>
+  <li>field firing, <a href="#Page_57">57</a>;</li>
+  <li>at Deir-el-Belah, <a href="#Page_57">57</a>;</li>
+  <li>attack on Beersheba, <a  href="#Page_59">59-64</a>;</li>
+  <li>battle of Sheria, <a href="#Page_68">68</a>;</li>
+  <li>at Goz-el-Gelieb, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>;</li>
+  <li>presentation of medals, <a href="#Page_71">71</a>;</li>
+  <li>march to Mejdal, <a href="#Page_74">74</a>;</li>
+  <li>foot parade, <a href="#Page_74">74</a>;</li>
+  <li>march to Junction Station, <a href="#Page_76">76</a>;</li>
+  <li>at Latron, <a href="#Page_77">77</a>;</li>
+  <li>march to Beit Sira, <a href="#Page_78">78</a>;</li>
+  <li><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_207" id="Page_207">[207]</a></span>at Wadi Selman, <a href="#Page_79">79</a>;</li>
+  <li>camp at Q 20 central, <a href="#Page_85">85</a>;</li>
+  <li>advance on Jerusalem, <a  href="#Page_86">86-91</a>;</li>
+  <li>march along the Zeitun Ridge, <a  href="#Page_92">92-95</a>;</li>
+  <li>at Wadi Zait, <a href="#Page_95">95</a>;</li>
+  <li>capture Zeitun Ridge, <a href="#Page_98">98</a>;</li>
+  <li>advance on the Hill of Shafa, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>;</li>
+  <li>on Beitania, <a  href="#Page_101">101-103</a>;</li>
+  <li>camp at Yalo, <a href="#Page_106">106</a>;</li>
+  <li>making roads, <a href="#Page_107">107</a>, <a href="#Page_109">109</a>;</li>
+  <li>march to Kantara, <a href="#Page_116">116</a>;</li>
+  <li>voyage to Marseilles, <a  href="#Page_117">117-119</a>;</li>
+  <li>at St Firmin, <a href="#Page_119">119</a>;</li>
+  <li>Grand Rullecourt, <a href="#Page_120">120</a>;</li>
+  <li>epidemic of Spanish influenza, <a href="#Page_121">121</a>;</li>
+  <li>march to La Pierriere, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>;</li>
+  <li>bombarded by the Germans, <a href="#Page_125">125</a>;</li>
+  <li>fitted with kilts, <a href="#Page_126">126</a>;</li>
+  <li>at Le Foret, <a href="#Page_127">127</a>;</li>
+  <li>advance on the Canal du Nord, <a href="#Page_128">128</a>;</li>
+  <li>attack on the Germans, <a  href="#Page_132">132-135</a>;</li>
+  <li>at Corbie, <a href="#Page_136">136</a>;</li>
+  <li>tribute to, <a href="#Page_136">136</a>;</li>
+  <li>advance to Orcq, <a href="#Page_137">137</a>;</li>
+  <li>reception at Tournai, <a href="#Page_139">139</a>;</li>
+  <li>at Moustier, <a href="#Page_140">140</a>;</li>
+  <li>demobilised, <a  href="#Page_140">140-142</a>;</li>
+  <li>at Kirkcaldy, <a href="#Page_142">142</a>;</li>
+  <li>predecessors, <a  href="#Page_159">159-164</a>;</li>
+  <li>Commanding Officers, <a href="#Page_164">164</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Fife Yeomanry Cavalry, <a href="#Page_159">159</a></li>
+
+<li>Fifeshire Light Dragoons, <a href="#Page_159">159</a></li>
+
+<li>Fifeshire Mounted Rifle Volunteers, <a href="#Page_161">161</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>review at Edinburgh, <a href="#Page_162">162</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Fifeshire Volunteer Light Horse Corps, the 1st, <a href="#Page_162">162</a></li>
+
+<li>Foka Hill, <a href="#Page_83">83</a>, <a href="#Page_84">84</a>, <a href="#Page_92">92</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>capture of, <a href="#Page_93">93</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Fontes, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li>
+
+<li>Football, games of, <a href="#Page_121">121</a>, <a href="#Page_138">138</a>, <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li>
+
+<li>Forfar, <a href="#Page_2">2</a></li>
+
+<li>Forfar Yeomanry or Angus Cavalry, <a href="#Page_159">159</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>re-raised, <a href="#Page_161">161</a>;</li>
+  <li>disbanded, <a href="#Page_162">162</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Forfarshire Light Horse Volunteer Corps, the 1st, <a href="#Page_162">162</a></li>
+
+<li>Fort Conan, <a href="#Page_24">24</a></li>
+
+<li>Franvillers, <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li>
+
+<li>Fraser, Lieut. H.L., <a href="#Page_154">154</a></li>
+
+<li>Frasnes, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li>
+
+<li>Fusilier Ridge, <a href="#Page_57">57</a>, <a href="#Page_114">114</a><br /><br /></li>
+
+
+<li>Galbraith, R.Q.M.S. W.J., <a href="#Page_158">158</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>at Kirkcaldy, <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Gall, R.S.M., <a href="#Page_156">156</a></li>
+
+<li>Gallipoli, <a  href="#Page_14">14-27</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>thunderstorm at, <a href="#Page_22">22</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Gamli, <a href="#Page_60">60</a></li>
+
+<li>Gara, <a href="#Page_38">38</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>sandstorm, <a href="#Page_32">32</a>;</li>
+  <li>cloud-burst, <a href="#Page_32">32</a>, <a href="#Page_39">39</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Gaza, attacks on, <a href="#Page_48">48</a>, <a href="#Page_51">51</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>capture of, <a href="#Page_70">70</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Gebel-el-Ghenneiem, <a href="#Page_34">34</a></li>
+
+<li>George IV., King, reviews the Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry, <a href="#Page_160">160</a></li>
+
+<li>George V., King, inspects the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, <a href="#Page_4">4</a>, <a href="#Page_140">140</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>wire to Lord Lovat, <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>German Army, attack on, <a  href="#Page_132">132-136</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>evacuate Tournai, <a href="#Page_139">139</a>;</li>
+  <li>trenches, occupied, <a href="#Page_124">124</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Gibb, Corporal, <a href="#Page_158">158</a></li>
+
+<li>Gibraltar, Straits of, <a href="#Page_12">12</a></li>
+
+<li>Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel J., <a href="#Page_164">164</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>commanding the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, <a href="#Page_29">29</a>, <a href="#Page_48">48</a>, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>;</li>
+  <li>D.S.O. conferred, <a href="#Page_58">58</a>, <a href="#Page_165">165</a>;</li>
+  <li>wounded at the battle of Sheria, <a href="#Page_68">68</a>;</li>
+  <li>bar to his D.S.O., <a href="#Page_69">69</a>;</li>
+  <li>commanding the 20th Company Imperial Yeomanry, <a href="#Page_163">163</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Gilmour, Lieut.-Col. Sir John, commanding the Forfarshire Light Horse Volunteer Corps, <a href="#Page_162">162</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>retires, <a href="#Page_163">163</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Girdwood, Major-General E.S., commanding the 74th Division, <a href="#Page_71">71</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>presents medals, <a href="#Page_71">71</a>;</li>
+  <li>prizes, <a href="#Page_141">141</a>;</li>
+  <li>tribute to, <a href="#Page_143">143</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Goz-el-Gelieb, <a href="#Page_70">70</a></li>
+
+<li>Grammont, <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li>
+
+<li>Grand Rullecourt, <a href="#Page_120">120</a>, <a href="#Page_121">121</a></li>
+
+<li>Gray, Lieut. W., <a href="#Page_36">36</a></li>
+
+<li>Grimsby, <a href="#Page_6">6</a></li>
+
+<li><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_208" id="Page_208">[208]</a></span>Gyppy Cavalry, <a href="#Page_35">35</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>garrison Dakhla Oasis, <a href="#Page_38">38</a></li>
+  </ul>
+<br /></li>
+
+
+<li>Hair, Sergt.-Major J., <a href="#Page_157">157</a></li>
+
+<li>Haking, Lieut.-General Sir R., Corps Commander, inspection by, <a href="#Page_126">126</a></li>
+
+<li>Halkett, Capt., Sir Arthur, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></li>
+
+<li>Ham en Artois, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>, <a href="#Page_126">126</a></li>
+
+<li>Hamilton, Sir Ian, inspects the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, <a href="#Page_4">4</a></li>
+
+<li>Haubourdin, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li>
+
+<li>Haute Deule Canal, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li>
+
+<li>Hell's Gate, <a href="#Page_38">38</a></li>
+
+<li>Henderson, Private ("Dinkum") <a href="#Page_150">150</a>, <a href="#Page_155">155</a></li>
+
+<li>Henderson, Sergt.-Major, <a href="#Page_158">158</a></li>
+
+<li>Herd, Sergeant William, <a href="#Page_157">157</a></li>
+
+<li>Herdman, Lieut. C.W., <a href="#Page_148">148</a></li>
+
+<li>Herlies, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li>
+
+<li>Highland Mounted Brigade, <a href="#Page_2">2</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>strength, <a href="#Page_29">29</a>;</li>
+  <li>at Sherika, <a href="#Page_32">32</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Highland Territorial Division, the 51st, <a href="#Page_2">2</a></li>
+
+<li>Hill A, <a href="#Page_84">84</a>, <a href="#Page_85">85</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>capture of, <a href="#Page_93">93</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Hill 1070, capture of, <a href="#Page_62">62</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>1750, <a href="#Page_79">79</a>;</li>
+  <li>attack on, <a href="#Page_80">80</a>;</li>
+  <li>2450, battle on, <a href="#Page_98">98</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Hindenburg line, <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li>
+
+<li>Hoare, Brig.-General R., <a href="#Page_31">31</a>, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>wounded, <a href="#Page_134">134</a>, <a href="#Page_144">144</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Hodge, Capt. Chappell, commanding the 20th Company Imperial Yeomanry, <a href="#Page_162">162</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>death, <a href="#Page_163">163</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Hogsthorpe, <a href="#Page_6">6</a></li>
+
+<li>Honours and Awards, <a  href="#Page_165">165-67</a></li>
+
+<li>Humbercourt, <a href="#Page_120">120</a></li>
+
+<li>Hunter, General Sir A., <a href="#Page_163">163</a></li>
+
+<li>Huntingdon, <a href="#Page_4">4</a>, <a href="#Page_5">5</a></li>
+
+<li>Hutchison, Capt. R.G., <a href="#Page_148">148</a><br /><br /></li>
+
+
+<li>I.C.C. the, <a href="#Page_67">67</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>at Sherika, <a href="#Page_33">33</a>;</li>
+  <li>relieved, <a href="#Page_38">38</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Im Seirat, <a href="#Page_51">51</a></li>
+
+<li>Imbros, peaks of, <a href="#Page_18">18</a></li>
+
+<li>Imperial Camel Corps, <a href="#Page_61">61</a></li>
+
+<li>Imperial Yeomanry, the 20th Company, <a href="#Page_162">162</a></li>
+
+<li><i>Indarra</i>, H.M.T., <a href="#Page_117">117</a></li>
+
+<li>Inverness Battery, <a href="#Page_2">2</a></li>
+
+<li>Irgeig, <a href="#Page_65">65</a></li>
+
+<li>Ismailia, <a href="#Page_39">39</a>, <a href="#Page_41">41</a></li>
+
+<li>Izieres, <a href="#Page_140">140</a><br /><br /></li>
+
+
+<li>Jackson, Capt. G.E., Staff Captain, <a href="#Page_2">2</a></li>
+
+<li>Jaffa, <a href="#Page_72">72</a></li>
+
+<li>Jericho, <a href="#Page_111">111</a></li>
+
+<li>Jerusalem, advance on, <a  href="#Page_87">87-91</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>fall of, <a href="#Page_89">89</a>;</li>
+  <li>entry into, <a href="#Page_104">104</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Jones' Post, <a href="#Page_57">57</a></li>
+
+<li>Jud&aelig;a, <a href="#Page_76">76</a></li>
+
+<li>Jud&aelig;an Hills, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_75">75</a></li>
+
+<li>Junction Station, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_76">76</a></li>
+
+<li>Juvisy, <a href="#Page_119">119</a><br /><br /></li>
+
+
+<li>Kantara, <a href="#Page_42">42</a>, <a href="#Page_43">43</a>, <a href="#Page_50">50</a>, <a href="#Page_116">116</a></li>
+
+<li>Karm, <a href="#Page_61">61</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a></li>
+
+<li>Kereina Ridge, <a href="#Page_92">92</a></li>
+
+<li>Kefr Skeyan, <a href="#Page_92">92</a>, <a href="#Page_110">110</a></li>
+
+<li>Kent Hill, <a href="#Page_115">115</a></li>
+
+<li>Khamsin wind, <a href="#Page_53">53</a></li>
+
+<li>Khan Abu Felah, <a href="#Page_107">107</a>, <a href="#Page_114">114</a></li>
+
+<li>Khan Yunis, <a href="#Page_48">48</a></li>
+
+<li>Kharga, <a href="#Page_33">33</a>, <a href="#Page_34">34</a>, <a href="#Page_35">35</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>Oasis Detachment, at Sherika, <a href="#Page_32">32</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Khirbet Kereina, <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li>
+
+<li>Kilo, <a href="#Page_31">31</a>, <a href="#Page_35">35</a></li>
+
+<li>King, Lieut.-Colonel A.J., <a href="#Page_2">2</a></li>
+
+<li>Kinniburgh, Lieut. J.D., killed at the battle of Sheria, <a href="#Page_68">68</a></li>
+
+<li>Kinross, <a href="#Page_2">2</a>, <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li>
+
+<li>Kirkcaldy, <a href="#Page_2">2</a>, <a href="#Page_142">142</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>depot for recruiting, <a href="#Page_4">4</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Kitchener, Lord, <a href="#Page_22">22</a></li>
+
+<li>Kubeibe, <a href="#Page_78">78</a>, <a href="#Page_86">86</a>, <a href="#Page_94">94</a>, <a href="#Page_96">96</a></li>
+
+<li>Kulonieh, <a href="#Page_91">91</a></li>
+
+<li>Kuryet-el-Enab, <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li>
+
+<li>Kuwauka system, attack on, <a href="#Page_66">66</a></li>
+
+<li>Kuweilfeh, <a href="#Page_64">64</a>, <a href="#Page_65">65</a><br /><br /></li>
+
+
+<li>La Bass&eacute;e Canal, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_126">126</a></li>
+
+<li>La Houssoye, <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li>
+
+<li>La Pierriere, <a href="#Page_122">122</a></li>
+
+<li>Lala Baba, <a href="#Page_28">28</a></li>
+
+<li>Lamain, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li>
+
+<li>Latron, <a href="#Page_77">77</a><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_209" id="Page_209">[209]</a></span></li>
+
+<li>Le Foret, <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li>
+
+<li>Leitch, Sergeant, J.J., <a href="#Page_158">158</a></li>
+
+<li>Levant, the, <a href="#Page_18">18</a></li>
+
+<li>Light Car Patrol, <a href="#Page_36">36</a>, <a href="#Page_38">38</a></li>
+
+<li>Ligny, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>Wood, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Ligny St Flochel, <a href="#Page_120">120</a></li>
+
+<li>Likia, <a href="#Page_78">78</a></li>
+
+<li>Lindsay, Lieut. A.S., commanding the Light Car Patrol, <a href="#Page_36">36</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a></li>
+
+<li>Lindsay, Captain M.E., <a href="#Page_9">9</a>, <a href="#Page_145">145</a>, <a href="#Page_146">146</a></li>
+
+<li>Loch Lomond, <a href="#Page_2">2</a></li>
+
+<li>Locon, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li>
+
+<li>London Regiment, <a href="#Page_127">127</a>, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>Yeomanry Company, <a href="#Page_38">38</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Longavesnes, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>, <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li>
+
+<li>Lovat, Lord, illness, <a href="#Page_29">29</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>wire from King George V., <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Lovat's Scouts, <a href="#Page_2">2</a>, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>, <a href="#Page_23">23</a>, <a href="#Page_30">30</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>at Salonika, <a href="#Page_35">35</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Lowson, Private David, <a href="#Page_157">157</a></li>
+
+<li>Ludd, <a href="#Page_116">116</a></li>
+
+<li>Lumsden, C.S.M. J., <a href="#Page_155">155</a></li>
+
+<li>Lys, the, <a href="#Page_126">126</a><br /><br /></li>
+
+
+<li>Mack, Sergeant Nathaniel, <a href="#Page_158">158</a></li>
+
+<li>MacNeil, Lieut.-Colonel Angus, commanding the Kharga Oasis Detachment, <a href="#Page_32">32</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>opens the swimming-bath at Sherika, <a href="#Page_37">37</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Mafeking, relief of, <a href="#Page_163">163</a></li>
+
+<li>Mahmeh, attack on, <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li>
+
+<li>Malta, <a href="#Page_12">12</a>, <a href="#Page_118">118</a></li>
+
+<li>Mansura Ridge, <a href="#Page_52">52</a></li>
+
+<li>Maricourt, <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li>
+
+<li>Marquain, <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li>
+
+<li>Marseilles, <a href="#Page_118">118</a>, <a href="#Page_119">119</a></li>
+
+<li>Marshall, Lieut. D., march to Tenida, <a href="#Page_37">37</a>, <a href="#Page_148">148</a></li>
+
+<li>Marshall, Major-General W.R., <a href="#Page_26">26</a></li>
+
+<li>M'Dougal, Lieut. A.R., bombing school, <a href="#Page_36">36</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>the "Gallipoli Spider," <a href="#Page_150">150</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Meherique, <a href="#Page_35">35</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>Roman Fort at, <a href="#Page_34">34</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Mejdal, <a href="#Page_74">74</a></li>
+
+<li>Melsom, Captain, of the <i>Andania</i>, <a href="#Page_10">10</a></li>
+
+<li>Melville, Captain Whyte, <a href="#Page_145">145</a></li>
+
+<li>Mena Camp, <a href="#Page_30">30</a></li>
+
+<li>Mericourt, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li>
+
+<li>M'Guffog, A., <a href="#Page_157">157</a></li>
+
+<li>Middlesex Regiment, <a href="#Page_67">67</a></li>
+
+<li>Minia, <a href="#Page_31">31</a></li>
+
+<li>Miquellerie, <a href="#Page_126">126</a></li>
+
+<li>Mitchell, Lieut.-Colonel A., commanding the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, <a href="#Page_29">29</a>, <a href="#Page_163">163</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>illness, <a href="#Page_29">29</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>M'Kenzie, Lieut.-Colonel J.M., <a href="#Page_134">134</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>illness, <a href="#Page_140">140</a>;</li>
+  <li>commanding the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, <a href="#Page_164">164</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>M'Laren, Sergt.-Major, <a href="#Page_154">154</a></li>
+
+<li>M'Lean, Lieut. J., <a href="#Page_132">132</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a></li>
+
+<li>M'Nab, Captain J., holds the Round Hill, <a href="#Page_114">114</a>
+  <ul>
+  <li>wounded, <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>M'Niven, C.Q.M.S. J., <a href="#Page_157">157</a></li>
+
+<li>Moislains, attack on, <a href="#Page_128">128</a></li>
+
+<li>Molinghem, <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li>
+
+<li>Montgomery and Welsh Horse Yeomanry, the 25th, <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li>
+
+<li>Morison, Lieut.-Colonel, commanding the Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry, <a href="#Page_160">160</a></li>
+
+<li>Mosquitoes, war on, <a href="#Page_35">35</a>, <a href="#Page_147">147</a></li>
+
+<li>Moustier, <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li>
+
+<li>Mudros Harbour, <a href="#Page_13">13</a>, <a href="#Page_28">28</a><br /><br /></li>
+
+
+<li>Nablus, <a href="#Page_111">111</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>attack on, <a href="#Page_92">92</a>, <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Nairn, Captain I.C., <a href="#Page_114">114</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>killed, <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Nairn, Major R.S., illness, <a href="#Page_29">29</a></li>
+
+<li>Nazlet el Abid, <a href="#Page_31">31</a></li>
+
+<li>Neby Samwil, <a href="#Page_89">89</a>, <a href="#Page_91">91</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>capture of, <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Nile, the, <a href="#Page_31">31</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>Valley, <a href="#Page_34">34</a>, <a href="#Page_91">91</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Nisbet, Sergt.-Major W., at Kirkcaldy, <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li>
+
+<li>Noc River, <a href="#Page_123">123</a></li>
+
+<li>Nooitgedacht, <a href="#Page_163">163</a></li>
+
+<li>Norfolk, <a href="#Page_7">7</a></li>
+
+<li>Norfolk Regiment, <a href="#Page_58">58</a>, <a href="#Page_121">121</a></li>
+
+<li>North Devon Hussars, <a href="#Page_30">30</a>;<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_210" id="Page_210">[210]</a></span>
+  <ul>
+  <li>at Sherika, <a href="#Page_35">35</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>North Lane Trench, <a href="#Page_23">23</a></li>
+
+<li>Noyelles, <a href="#Page_119">119</a></li>
+
+<li>Nurlu Village, <a href="#Page_128">128</a><br /><br /></li>
+
+
+<li>Ogilvie, Major D.D., <a href="#Page_112">112</a>, <a href="#Page_114">114</a>, <a href="#Page_133">133</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>commanding B Squadron, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>;</li>
+  <li>acting M.L.O., <a href="#Page_27">27</a>;</li>
+  <li>march to Tenida, <a href="#Page_37">37</a>;</li>
+  <li>commanding C Squadron, <a href="#Page_40">40</a>;</li>
+  <li>and the Battalion <a href="#Page_140">140</a>, <a href="#Page_164">164</a>;</li>
+  <li>return to Kirkcaldy, <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Ogilvie, Sergeant-Major Alec, <a href="#Page_154">154</a></li>
+
+<li>Orcq, <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li>
+
+<li>Orilux torches, <a href="#Page_80">80</a></li>
+
+<li>Ormiston, Capt. J.W., <a href="#Page_133">133</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>adjutant, <a href="#Page_150">150</a>, <a href="#Page_164">164</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Osborne, Major G.E.B., adjutant, illness, <a href="#Page_29">29</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>commanding B Squadron, <a href="#Page_40">40</a>;</li>
+  <li>killed at the battle of Sheria, <a href="#Page_68">68</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Oswald, Captain, <a href="#Page_161">161</a><br /><br /></li>
+
+
+<li>Paris, <a href="#Page_119">119</a></li>
+
+<li>Petit Ronchin, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li>
+
+<li>Peyton Avenue Trench, <a href="#Page_22">22</a>, <a href="#Page_23">23</a>, <a href="#Page_27">27</a></li>
+
+<li>Peyton, Major-General W., <a href="#Page_19">19</a></li>
+
+<li>Philistia, Plain of, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_72">72</a></li>
+
+<li>Pimple Post, <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li>
+
+<li>Pitt, Rt Hon. W., appeal for soldiers, <a href="#Page_159">159</a></li>
+
+<li>Portobello, review at, <a href="#Page_160">160</a></li>
+
+<li>Pree, Major C.G. de, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>, <a href="#Page_24">24</a>, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, <a href="#Page_40">40</a></li>
+
+<li><i>Prince Abbas</i>, the, <a href="#Page_28">28</a></li>
+
+<li>Purvis, Capt. R., commanding the 20th Company Imperial Yeomanry, <a href="#Page_163">163</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>wounded, <a href="#Page_163">163</a></li>
+  </ul>
+<br /></li>
+
+
+<li>Q 20 Central, camp at, <a href="#Page_78">78</a>, <a href="#Page_85">85</a>, <a href="#Page_94">94</a></li>
+
+<li>Quennemont Farm, <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li>
+
+<li>Quennet Copse, <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li>
+
+<li>Quentin Road, <a href="#Page_125">125</a><br /><br /></li>
+
+
+<li>Rafa, <a  href="#Page_46">46-48</a></li>
+
+<li>Railhead, <a href="#Page_35">35</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>Persian Temple, <a href="#Page_34">34</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Ram Allah, <a href="#Page_92">92</a>, <a href="#Page_109">109</a>, <a href="#Page_116">116</a></li>
+
+<li>Raspberry Hill, <a href="#Page_51">51</a></li>
+
+<li>Rawlinson, General, commanding Fourth Army, tribute to the 74th Division, <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li>
+
+<li>Regent's Park, <a href="#Page_57">57</a>, <a href="#Page_58">58</a></li>
+
+<li>Renton, Sergeant, <a href="#Page_156">156</a></li>
+
+<li>Rhone Valley, <a href="#Page_119">119</a></li>
+
+<li>Ricketts, Lieut. W., Quartermaster, <a href="#Page_29">29</a>, <a href="#Page_148">148</a></li>
+
+<li>Rifleman Post, <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li>
+
+<li>Rigg, Lieut. P.J.H., <a href="#Page_148">148</a></li>
+
+<li>Road-making, <a href="#Page_107">107</a>, <a href="#Page_109">109</a></li>
+
+<li>Robecq, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_125">125</a></li>
+
+<li>Robertson, Capt. J.R., death, <a href="#Page_149">149</a></li>
+
+<li>Roger, Private W., D.C.M. conferred, <a href="#Page_20">20</a>, <a href="#Page_156">156</a>, <a href="#Page_165">165</a></li>
+
+<li>Ronssoy, <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li>
+
+<li>Ross, Corporal, <a href="#Page_147">147</a></li>
+
+<li>Rosslyn, Lieut.-Gen. the Earl of, commanding the Fifeshire Mounted Rifle Volunteers, <a href="#Page_145">145</a></li>
+
+<li>Round Hill, <a href="#Page_114">114</a></li>
+
+<li>Royal Devon Yeomanry, <a href="#Page_30">30</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>at Sherika, <a href="#Page_35">35</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry, <a href="#Page_160">160</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>review, <a href="#Page_160">160</a>;</li>
+  <li>disbanded, <a href="#Page_161">161</a>;</li>
+  <li>re-established, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Royal Highlanders, the 14th Battalion, <a href="#Page_41">41</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li><i>see</i> Fife</li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Royal Scots, the 4th, <a href="#Page_56">56</a></li>
+
+<li>Royal Welsh Fusiliers, <a href="#Page_121">121</a></li>
+
+<li>Rue, <a href="#Page_120">120</a></li>
+
+<li>Rues des Vaches Farm, <a href="#Page_124">124</a><br /><br /></li>
+
+
+<li>St Angelo, Castle of, <a href="#Page_12">12</a></li>
+
+<li>St Cyr, airships at, <a href="#Page_119">119</a></li>
+
+<li>St Emilie, <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li>
+
+<li>St Firmin, <a href="#Page_119">119</a></li>
+
+<li>St Ives, <a href="#Page_4">4</a></li>
+
+<li>St James' Park, <a href="#Page_103">103</a></li>
+
+<li>St Paul's Bay, <a href="#Page_12">12</a></li>
+
+<li>St Pol, <a href="#Page_120">120</a></li>
+
+<li>St Venant Sector, <a href="#Page_122">122</a><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_211" id="Page_211">[211]</a></span></li>
+
+<li>Salonika, <a href="#Page_35">35</a></li>
+
+<li>Salt Lake, <a href="#Page_17">17</a></li>
+
+<li>Samothrace, <a href="#Page_18">18</a></li>
+
+<li>Samson's Ridge, <a href="#Page_57">57</a></li>
+
+<li>Sandstorm at Gara, <a href="#Page_32">32</a></li>
+
+<li>Sari Bahr, <a href="#Page_17">17</a></li>
+
+<li>Savage, Private P., <a href="#Page_157">157</a></li>
+
+<li>Scotian, the, <a href="#Page_28">28</a></li>
+
+<li>Scots Guards, defeated at football, <a href="#Page_121">121</a></li>
+
+<li>Scott, Lieut. W., <a href="#Page_150">150</a></li>
+
+<li>Scottish Horse, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, <a href="#Page_30">30</a></li>
+
+<li>Selwad, <a href="#Page_112">112</a></li>
+
+<li>Senussi, the, <a href="#Page_31">31</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>flight, <a href="#Page_37">37</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Shafa, Hill of, <a href="#Page_99">99</a></li>
+
+<li>Sharp, Capt. H.S., adjutant, <a href="#Page_9">9</a>, <a href="#Page_40">40</a>, <a href="#Page_146">146</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>illness, <a href="#Page_29">29</a>;</li>
+  <li>at Wadi Selman, <a href="#Page_80">80</a>;</li>
+  <li>tribute to, <a href="#Page_105">105</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Shechem, <a href="#Page_111">111</a></li>
+
+<li>Sheikh Abbas Sector, <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li>
+
+<li>Sheikh Abdullah, <a href="#Page_111">111</a></li>
+
+<li>Sheikh Nebhan, <a href="#Page_49">49</a>, <a href="#Page_52">52</a></li>
+
+<li>Sheikh Zowaid, <a href="#Page_45">45</a></li>
+
+<li>Shellal, <a href="#Page_61">61</a></li>
+
+<li>Sheria, <a href="#Page_65">65</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>attack on, <a  href="#Page_66">66-68</a>;</li>
+  <li>casualties, <a href="#Page_68">68</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Sherika, <a href="#Page_32">32</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>swimming-bath, <a href="#Page_36">36</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Sidi Bishr, <a href="#Page_28">28</a>, <a href="#Page_30">30</a></li>
+
+<li>Sikh Mountain Gunners, at Sherika, <a href="#Page_33">33</a></li>
+
+<li>Simpson, Lieut. J., <a href="#Page_162">162</a></li>
+
+<li>Sinai Railway, <a href="#Page_42">42</a></li>
+
+<li>Skegness, <a href="#Page_6">6</a></li>
+
+<li>Smith, Capt. A.C., <a href="#Page_19">19</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>M.C. conferred, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>;</li>
+  <li>adjutant, <a href="#Page_164">164</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Smith-Dorrien, Gen. Sir H., inspects the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, <a href="#Page_8">8</a></li>
+
+<li><i>Snaefels</i>, the, <a href="#Page_27">27</a></li>
+
+<li>Sohag, <a href="#Page_31">31</a></li>
+
+<li>Somersets, the, attack on Abu-el-Zeitun, <a href="#Page_97">97</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>advance on Beitania, <a href="#Page_101">101</a>;</li>
+  <li>at Yalo, <a href="#Page_107">107</a>;</li>
+  <li>attack on Allaines, <a href="#Page_128">128</a>;</li>
+  <li>on the Germans, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>;</li>
+  <li>advance on Marquain, <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Somme, the, <a href="#Page_120">120</a>, <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li>
+
+<li>South Lane Trench, <a href="#Page_22">22</a>, <a href="#Page_23">23</a></li>
+
+<li>South-Western Mounted Brigade, <a href="#Page_30">30</a></li>
+
+<li>Spanish influenza, epidemic of, <a href="#Page_121">121</a></li>
+
+<li>Spence-Jones, Lieut.-Colonel C.J.H., <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li>
+
+<li>Spreull, Capt. (later Lieut.-Col.) A., <a href="#Page_148">148</a></li>
+
+<li>Squadron System, introduction, <a href="#Page_162">162</a></li>
+
+<li>Stewart, Capt. R.W., <a href="#Page_40">40</a>, <a href="#Page_146">146</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>killed, <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Stirling, Lieut.-Col. A., <a href="#Page_29">29</a></li>
+
+<li>Stirlingshire, <a href="#Page_2">2</a></li>
+
+<li>Stirlingshire Yeomanry Cavalry, <a href="#Page_160">160</a></li>
+
+<li>Storrar, Private Morrison, <a href="#Page_158">158</a></li>
+
+<li>Submarine, sunk, <a href="#Page_118">118</a></li>
+
+<li>Suez Canal, <a href="#Page_39">39</a></li>
+
+<li>Suffa, <a href="#Page_116">116</a></li>
+
+<li>Suffolk Regiment, the 15th Battalion, <a href="#Page_125">125</a></li>
+
+<li>Sulajik, <a href="#Page_17">17</a></li>
+
+<li>Suvla, <a href="#Page_16">16</a>, <a href="#Page_27">27</a></li>
+
+<li>Sweetwater Canal, <a href="#Page_39">39</a>, <a href="#Page_50">50</a></li>
+
+<li>Swimming-bath, at Sherika, <a href="#Page_36">36</a></li>
+
+<li>Syderstone Common, <a href="#Page_146">146</a><br /><br /></li>
+
+
+<li>Tahta Ridge, <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li>
+
+<li>Tattenham Corner, <a href="#Page_109">109</a>, <a href="#Page_116">116</a></li>
+
+<li>Tel Asur, <a href="#Page_111">111</a>, <a href="#Page_116">116</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>capture of, <a href="#Page_112">112</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Tel-el-Ful, <a href="#Page_88">88</a>, <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li>
+
+<li>Tel-el-Jemmi, <a href="#Page_50">50</a></li>
+
+<li>Tel-el-Saba, <a href="#Page_63">63</a></li>
+
+<li>Tel-el-Sheria, <a href="#Page_67">67</a></li>
+
+<li>Templeux la Fosse, <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li>
+
+<li>Templeux le Guerard, <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li>
+
+<li>Tenida, <a href="#Page_38">38</a></li>
+
+<li>Thackeray, Brig.-General F.S., <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li>
+
+<li>Thompson, Lieut. E.A., killed at the battle of Sheria, <a href="#Page_68">68</a></li>
+
+<li>Thomson, Captain Anstruther, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></li>
+
+<li><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_212" id="Page_212">[212]</a></span>Thomson, Col. J. Anstruther, commanding the Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry, <a href="#Page_160">160</a></li>
+
+<li>Thunderstorm at Gallipoli, <a href="#Page_22">22</a></li>
+
+<li>Timsah, Lake, <a href="#Page_39">39</a></li>
+
+<li>Todd, L./Corpl. J., <a href="#Page_157">157</a></li>
+
+<li>Toine Post, <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li>
+
+<li>Tortille River, <a href="#Page_128">128</a></li>
+
+<li>Tournai, evacuated by the Germans, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li>
+
+<li>Trench fever, <a href="#Page_25">25</a></li>
+
+<li>Trenches, digging, <a href="#Page_16">16</a>, <a href="#Page_22">22</a>, <a href="#Page_52">52</a></li>
+
+<li>Tuck, Capt. A.J.M., <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li>
+
+<li>Tuke, Capt. A., <a href="#Page_21">21</a>, <a href="#Page_40">40</a>, <a href="#Page_147">147</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>illness, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, <a href="#Page_29">29</a>;</li>
+  <li>war on mosquitoes, <a href="#Page_35">35</a>, <a href="#Page_147">147</a>;</li>
+  <li>awarded a Military Cross, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>, <a href="#Page_165">165</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Turbeaut&eacute; River, <a href="#Page_125">125</a></li>
+
+<li>Turkish Army, snipers, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>attack on El Buggar, <a href="#Page_60">60</a>;</li>
+  <li>retreat, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_72">72</a>;</li>
+  <li>counter-attacks, <a href="#Page_77">77</a>, <a href="#Page_84">84</a>;</li>
+  <li>flight from Shafa, <a href="#Page_100">100</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>Two Tree Farm, <a href="#Page_55">55</a>, <a href="#Page_56">56</a><br /><br /></li>
+
+
+<li>Um Gerrar, <a href="#Page_49">49</a></li>
+
+<li>Ushant, Cape, <a href="#Page_11">11</a><br /><br /></li>
+
+
+<li>Vaal, the, <a href="#Page_147">147</a></li>
+
+<li>Valentine, Lance-Sergeant J., D.C.M. conferred, <a href="#Page_20">20</a>, <a href="#Page_165">165</a></li>
+
+<li>Valetta Harbour, <a href="#Page_12">12</a></li>
+
+<li>Versailles, <a href="#Page_119">119</a></li>
+
+<li>Victoria, Queen, review in Edinburgh, <a href="#Page_162">162</a></li>
+
+<li>Villers-Bretonneux, <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li>
+
+<li>Villers Faucon, <a href="#Page_131">131</a><br /><br /></li>
+
+
+<li>Wadi Ain Arik, <a href="#Page_92">92</a>, <a href="#Page_109">109</a></li>
+
+<li>Wadi Ghuzzeh, <a href="#Page_49">49</a>, <a href="#Page_50">50</a>, <a href="#Page_58">58</a>, <a href="#Page_60">60</a>, <a href="#Page_71">71</a>, <a href="#Page_72">72</a></li>
+
+<li>Wadi Hannina, <a href="#Page_89">89</a>, <a href="#Page_90">90</a></li>
+
+<li>Wadi Imaish, <a href="#Page_84">84</a>, <a href="#Page_92">92</a>, <a href="#Page_106">106</a></li>
+
+<li>Wadi Kelt, <a href="#Page_101">101</a></li>
+
+<li>Wadi Kolah, <a href="#Page_113">113</a></li>
+
+<li>Wadi Melab, <a href="#Page_106">106</a></li>
+
+<li>Wadi Reuben, <a href="#Page_53">53</a></li>
+
+<li>Wadi Saba, <a href="#Page_61">61</a>, <a href="#Page_62">62</a>, <a href="#Page_63">63</a></li>
+
+<li>Wadi Sad, <a href="#Page_109">109</a></li>
+
+<li>Wadi Selke, <a href="#Page_59">59</a></li>
+
+<li>Wadi Selman, <a href="#Page_79">79</a>, <a href="#Page_92">92</a>, <a href="#Page_94">94</a></li>
+
+<li>Wadi Shebab, <a href="#Page_79">79</a>, <a href="#Page_80">80</a></li>
+
+<li>Wadi Sukharieh, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_75">75</a></li>
+
+<li>Wadi Sunt, <a href="#Page_105">105</a></li>
+
+<li>Wadi Zait, <a href="#Page_79">79</a>, <a href="#Page_83">83</a>, <a href="#Page_85">85</a>, <a href="#Page_92">92</a>, <a href="#Page_93">93</a>, <a href="#Page_95">95</a></li>
+
+<li>Water Dump A, <a href="#Page_35">35</a>, <a href="#Page_37">37</a>, <a href="#Page_38">38</a></li>
+
+<li>Wemyss, Colonel W., commanding the Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry, <a href="#Page_160">160</a></li>
+
+<li>Wemyss, W., of Cuttlehill, <a href="#Page_144">144</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>commanding the Battalion, <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href="#Page_164">164</a>;</li>
+  <li>tribute to, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>;</li>
+  <li>at Cairo, <a href="#Page_109">109</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>West Somerset Yeomanry, <a href="#Page_30">30</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>at Sherika, <a href="#Page_35">35</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+
+<li>White Hill, <a href="#Page_115">115</a></li>
+
+<li>Willow Tree Well, <a href="#Page_24">24</a></li>
+
+<li>Wood, Capt. A.R. Dick, <a href="#Page_125">125</a>, <a href="#Page_154">154</a><br /><br /></li>
+
+
+<li>Yalo, camp at, <a href="#Page_106">106</a></li>
+
+<li>Yeomanry Regiment, the first, <a href="#Page_159">159</a></li>
+
+<li>Young, Private Hastie, <a href="#Page_156">156</a></li>
+
+<li>Younger, Lieut.-Colonel J., vii., <a href="#Page_117">117</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>commanding B Squadron, <a href="#Page_24">24</a>;</li>
+  <li>illness, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, <a href="#Page_29">29</a>;</li>
+  <li>second in command, <a href="#Page_40">40</a>;</li>
+  </ul>
+<br /></li>
+
+<li>Wemyss, W., of Cuttlehill, <a href="#Page_144">144</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>commanding the Battalion, <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href="#Page_164">164</a>;</li>
+  <li>tribute to, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>;</li>
+  <li>at Cairo, <a href="#Page_109">109</a></li>
+  </ul>
+<br /></li>
+
+
+<li>Zeitun Ridge, <a href="#Page_84">84</a>, <a href="#Page_92">92</a>;
+  <ul>
+  <li>capture of, <a href="#Page_98">98</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+
+<br />
+<hr />
+<br />
+
+<h5>PRINTED BY OLIVER AND BOYD, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND</h5>
+
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+<p class="cen"><a name="TN" id="TN"></a>Typographical errors corrected in text:</p>
+<br />
+Page &nbsp; 74: &nbsp; Ali-el-Mintar replaced with Ali-el-Muntar<br />
+Page 133: &nbsp; Longavenes replaced with Longavesnes<br />
+Page 208: &nbsp; Kinnieburgh replaced with Kinniburgh<br />
+Page 209: &nbsp; Melson replaced with Melsom<br />
+Page 212: &nbsp; Tortile replaced with Tortille<br />
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