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against Ghcluvclt in great force. and
the line Of the First Division was brok-
On. 4 General staff officer from lhH
First Corps. who was sent forward 10
discover tho exact position Of tho Ihlrd
Cavalry Division, reached First DIVISION
Headquarters in time 10 tind the STU
altar crft:t4f INC T!n@ being hrckAn and
r. part at least Of tho division railing
back rapidly along tn" main road. Gen
cral I,omax ordered his reserves TO mona
tho cast edge of tho woods just SOUTH
east Of the bend Of tho road. while inc
Seventh Cavalry brigade was ordered
TO take up a line astride the road on the
cast side Of the chateau grounds. be-
hind which the First Division could
rally.
At this time all was quiet on tho front
Of the Second Division. while on inc
south the seventh Division. assisted nF
troops which General Bulhn had collect
cd under his orders. were being heavily
shcllcd The retirement of tho fiTS'
Division exposed the left Of tn" seventh
Division and. owing To this. the koEaI
Scots iHus.lI"rs CTwcnty-hrSt BriGadc).
who stuck to their trenches. were cut OH
and surrounded. \ strong infantry AZ
tack was delivered. against the right Oh
the Seventh Division at one-thlrly l.
NJ a short time after tho G. o. {. Ser-
cnth Division had moved two ha''aI'oh'
of his reserve IN roar Of his right
On receiving a report Of tho situation
on the front of tho First Division. HaiG
issued the following order:
THE line FrezcnbcrgW esthock- bend
Of main road-Klcin Zlllchcke-brnd OF
canal to I've held at all costs.
From Haig and Cough l learned that
I.omax had been badly wounded. Mohr"'
! commanding tho Second DIVISION. 'cU-
oorarily disabled. and several divisional
staff officers killed at on"-htt""n J.. NJ
that afternoon when the headquarters
Of tho First and Second Divisions w"r"
shcllcd. On this General Bulhn was
ordered I, take command of tho FIRST
Division handing over the command OF
rho Second and Third BrCadcs to Cen
cral Lord Cavan. commanding I'M
Fourth Guards Brigade. Among IN"
dead was poor Freddie Kerr. OF IN"
; Highland Light Infantry. whom | had
! known very well at Ald"rSh"t. II" was
| a rising man. and one Of the most prom
| Using young STAFF officers IN the army
Rut the worst news was that III" FIRST
| Division had broken back and were IN
/ full retreat. only mil" or so to IN"
! cast Of where We were standing, with
| the Germans at their heels.
| What gricved me- almost more than
anything else was that tn" First Corps
should al last be forced back after the
: glorious stand they had made. felt
| that they had done far NOR" than could
! he expected Of any men and that even If
| IhCv vcrr driven tO III" SNa. they had
| earned their C0untry's lasting Gratltud"
for the determined fight they had made.
No shadow Of blame could be laid upon
them or their commander.
sought to express what | felt L"
| Douglas Hang n order to Try |" soften
! tho cruel blow ! knew this CaiaStrn-
! PHI" would b" To him and L" ms com
| mand To mo indeed, il seemed as II
our line at last was broken. If this
| were tho case tn" ImmcnS" numerical
| superiority of the enemy would render
| retreat a very difficult operation. par
! ticularly in view Of tho fact that the
| River Yscr and Ypr"s law IN our imm"-
! diatr rear. Our only hop" now seemed
| 10 be to make q stand on Tn" I'm" lpr'S-
! Mcssincs but il was great question
whether this would he possible in face
70 n close and determined pursuit. Per-
sonally l felt as It tho last barrier be-
| tween tho Germans and the Chann"i
scahoard was broken down. and viewed
| tho situation with tn" utmost gravity.
II was a dramati" half hour The
! worst | ever spent IN me tuli oil Ni'lS-
STUDIES such as mine had been.
1t had truly dramatic CLIMAX.
/, Al about three p. NJ. StatI "lflcer
callupcd up To the front or III" chateau
with the news that tho First division
had rallied and again moved FORWARD.
/ Ghrluv"l was one" NOR" an our hands.
The FIRST division had rallied on IN"
line of tho wood east "t III" bend ~ IN"
Menin road: tn" German aiNancr ny inv
road had been checked Icy cnfiladc lire
from tho north.
| U.ha, had happened was that IN" at
tack against the right of the seventh
division had forced It's TwcntY-sec"nd
brigade to retire. thus exposing the LEFT
Of the Second brigade tFIrSt diFiSlon')
rho q q {, Seventh division used his
reserve already posted in this ilanR' 10
restore the nn,. but. IN the meantime
tho Second brigade. finding lh"ir TANK
lad bare had been forced I" NthuFa"'
Tho rlrht Of the Seventh DIVISION mus
advanced rs tn" left Of tn" Second nri--
cad, went back with the result that inc
rirb, Of lhr Seventh division was OK
pus"d. hut managed I" hang on IN us
lola trenches until niEhtfali.
At IwO-forty y. NJ. IN" Ni'ua'i"h HP
pc,rrd So serious that orders w"r" is
e, .ucd tb,, oIIhou.h every effort should
he made tn hold OH 10 the line originally
given. if that should be Impossible, inc
line Vcrbrandcn acknowledgements Hate
potiizc was to be held to IN" last.
But as the events turned out. the pen
dulum was swinging towards US once
. more. On the Menin road counter at