total casualties were reported to have been about 8000. I do not suppose that the Germans lost a fifth of this number. The object of the attack was to make the Germans think we intended to capture the ridge & to draw off some of their forces from the southern offensive. It simply shows the sort of rubbish the official reporters are allowed to serve up for the British Public to read. 25 July 1916 The Brigades moved by train to the Doullens area and billet between that place and Frevent. I leave Bailleul at 8am & establish my Headquarters at the Town Hall at Doullens at 11am. We now come under the Reserve Army commanded by Sir Hugh Gough. Doullens is a fine old