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General Officer Commanding-in-Chief the British Forces: FIELD-MARSHAL SIR J. D. P. FRENCH.

Chief of the General Staff: LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR A. J. MURRAY.

Adjutant-General: MAJOR-GENERAL SIR C. F. N. MACREADY.

Quartermaster-General: MAJOR-GENERAL SIR W. R. ROBERTSON.

FIRST ARMY CORPS

General Officer Commanding-in-Chief— LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR DOUGLAS HAIG.

1st DIVISION

General Officer Commanding—MAJOR-GENERAL S. H. LOMAX.

1st Infantry Brigade

Brigade Commander—BRIGADIER-GENERAL F. I. MAXSE. 1st Batt. Coldstream Guards. 1st Batt. R. Highlanders. 1st Batt. Scots Guards. 2nd Batt. R. Munster Fusiliers.

2nd Infantry Brigade

Brigade Commander—BRIGADIER-GENERAL E. S. BULFIN. 2nd Batt. R. Sussex Regt. 1st Batt. Northampton Regt. 1st Batt. N. Lancs. Regt. 2nd Batt. K. R. Rifle Corps

3rd Infantry Brigade

Brigade Commander—BRIGADIER-GENERAL H. J. S. LANDON. 1st Batt. R. W. Surrey Regt. 1st Batt. Gloucester Regt. 1st Batt. S. Wales Borderers. 2nd Batt. Welsh Regt.

CAVALRY (attached)

C Squadron 15th Hussars.

ROYAL ENGINEERS

23rd and 26th Field Companies.

ROYAL ARTILLERY

R.F.A. Batteries—113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 46, 51, 54;

(Howitzer) 30, 40, 57.

Heavy Battery R.G.A.—26. An Ammunition Column and an Ammunition Park.

2nd DIVISION

General Officer Commanding—MAJOR-GENERAL C. C. MONRO.

4th Infantry Brigade

Brigade-Commander—GENERAL R. SCOTT-KERR. 2nd Batt. Grenadier Guards 3rd Batt. Coldstream Guards 2nd Batt. Coldstream Guards lst Batt. Irish Guards.

5th Infantry Brigade

Brigade Commander—BRIGADIER-GENERAL R. C. B. HAKING.

2nd Batt. Worcester Regt.

2nd Batt. Highland L.I.

2nd Batt. Oxford and Bucks L.I.

2nd Batt. Connaught Rangers

6th Infantry Brigade

Brigade Commander—BRIGADIER-GENERAL R. H. DAVIES. 1st Batt. Liverpool Regt. 1st Batt. R. Berks Regt. 2nd Batt. S. Staffs. Regt. lst Batt. K. R. Rifle

CAVALRY (attached)

B Squadron 15th Hussars.

ROYAL ENGINEERS

5th and 11th Field Companies.

ROYAL ARTILLERY

R.F.A. Batteries—22, 50, 70, 15, 48, 71, 9, 16, 17; (Howitzer) 47, 56, 60. Heavy Battery R.G.A.—35. An Ammunition Column and an Ammunition Park.

CAVALRY

A Division (Four Brigades)

General Officer Commanding—MAJOR-GENERAL E. H. H. ALLENBY.

1st Brigade

Brigade Commander—BRIGADIER-GENERAL C. J. BRIGGS.

2nd Dragoon Guards.

5th Dragoon Guards.

11th Hussars.

2nd Brigade

Brigade Commander—BRIGADIER-GENERAL H. DE B. DE LISLE.

4th Dragoon Guards.

9th Lancers.

18th Hussars.

3rd Brigade

Brigade Commander—BRIGADIER-GENERAL H. DE LA POER GOUGH.

4th Hussars.

5th Lancers.

16th Lancers.

4th Brigade

Brigade Commander—BRIGADIER-GENERAL HON. C. E. BINGHAM.

Household Cavalry (composite Regiment).

6th Dragoon Guards.

3rd Hussars.

And—

the 5th Brigade

Brigade Commander—BRIGADIER-GENERAL SIR P. W. CHETWODE. 12th Lancers. 20th Hussars. 2nd Dragoons.

ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY

Batteries "D," "E," "I," "J," "L."

SECOND ARMY CORPS

General Officer Commanding-in-Chief— GENERAL SIR H. L. SMITH-DORRIEN.

3rd DIVISION

General Officer Commanding—MAJOR-GENERAL H. I. W. HAMILTON.

7th Infantry Brigade

Brigade Commander—BRIGADIER-GENERAL F. W. N. McCRACHEN.

3rd Batt. Worcester Regt.

1st Batt. Wilts Regt.

2nd Batt. S. Lancs. Regt.

2nd Batt. R. Irish Rifles.

8th Infantry Brigade

Brigade Commander—BRIGADIER-GENERAL B. J. C. DORAN.

2nd Batt. R. Scots.

4th Batt. Middlesex Regt.

2nd Batt. R. Irish Regt.

1st Batt. Gordon Highlanders.

9th Infantry Brigade

Brigade Commander—BRIGADIER-GENERAL F. C. SHAW. 1st Batt. Northumberland Fusiliers. 1st Batt. Lincolnshire Regt. 1st Batt. R. Scots Fusiliers. 4th Batt. R. Fusiliers.

CAVALRY (attached)

A Squadron 15th Hussars.

ROYAL ENGINEERS

56th and 57th Field Companies.

ROYAL ARTILLERY

R.F.A. Batteries—107, 108, 109, 6, 23, 49, 29, 41, 45; (Howitzer) 128, 129, 130. Heavy Battery R. G. A.—48. An Ammunition Column and an Ammunition Park.

5th DIVISION

General Officer Commanding—MAJOR-GENERAL SIR C. FERGUSSON.

13th Infantry Brigade

Brigade Commander—BRIGADIER-GENERAL G. J. CUTHBERT. 2nd Batt. K. O. Scottish Borderers. 1st Batt. R.W. Kent Regt. 2nd Batt. Yorks L.I. 2nd Batt. W. Riding Regt.

14th Infantry Brigade

Brigade Commander—BRIGADIER-GENERAL S. P. ROLT. 2nd Batt. Suffolk Regt. 1st Batt. Duke of Cornwall's L.I. 1st Batt. East Surrey Regt. 2nd Batt. Manchester Regt.

15th Infantry Brigade

Brigade Commander—BRIGADIER-GENERAL COUNT A. E. W. GLEICHEN.

1st Batt. Norfolk Regt.

1st Batt. Cheshire Regt.

1st Batt. Bedford Regt.

1st Batt. Dorset Regt.

CAVALRY (attached)

A Squadron 19th Hussars.

ROYAL ENGINEERS

17th and 59th Field Companies.

ROYAL ARTILLERY

R.F.A. Batteries—11, 52, 80, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124; (Howitzer) 37, 61, 65. Heavy Battery R.G.A.—108. An Ammunition Column and an Ammunition Park.

19th Infantry Brigade

Brigade Commander—MAJOR-GENERAL L. G. DRUMMOND. 2nd Batt. R. Welsh Fusiliers. 1st Batt. Middlesex Regt. 1st Batt. Scottish Rifles. 2nd Batt. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

ROYAL FLYING CORPS

Aeroplane Squadrons Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5.

ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Horsed and Mechanical Transport.

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

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4th DIVISION

General Officer Commanding—MAJOR-GENERAL T. D. O. SNOW.

10th Infantry Brigade

Brigade Commander—BRIGADIER-GENERAL J. A. L. HALDANE.

1st Batt. R. Warwickshire Regt.

1st Batt. R. Irish Fusiliers.

2nd Batt. Seaforth Highlanders.

2nd Batt. R. Dublin Fusiliers.

11th Infantry Brigade

Brigade Commander—BRIGADIER-GENERAL A. G. HUNTER-WESTON. 1st Batt. Somersetshire L.I. 1st Batt. Hampshire Regt. 1st Batt. E. Lancs. Regt. 1st Batt. Rifle Brigade.

12th Infantry Brigade

Brigade Commander—BRIGADIER-GENERAL H. F. M. WILSON. 1st Batt. R. Lancs. Regt. 2nd Batt. R. Inniskilling Fusiliers. 2nd Batt. Lancashire Fusiliers. 2nd Batt. Essex Regt.

CAVALRY (attached)

B Squadron 19th Hussars.

ROYAL ENGINEERS

7th and 9th Field Companies.

ROYAL ARTILLERY

R.F.A. Batteries—39, 68, 88 (xiv. Brigade); 125, 126, 127 (xxix Brigade); 27, 134, 135 (xxxii. Brigade); 31, 35, 55 (xxxvii. Brigade).

Heavy Battery R.G.A.—31.

LINES OF COMMUNICATION AND ARMY TROOPS

1st Batt. Devonshire Regt.

1st Batt. Cameron Highlanders

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