Royal Engineers Commander of Royal Engineers Lieutenant Colonel Rolland 83 & 84th & 95th Field Companies Royal Artillery Commander of Royal Artillery Brigadier General Hotham 90th Battery Field Artillery 91st " 92 Howitzers 93 Howitzers Mounted Troops 1 Squad Westmoreland & Cumberland Yeomanry Cyclist Company 14th Motor Machine Gun Battery 14 March 1916 Left Head Quarters at 3.30am & visited some of the trenches on the left sector at the junction of our line with the French we have placed two machine guns but I think this part of the line requires a good deal of strengthening: it is a point the Germans might make for. The French are holding the west bank of the canal & our line extends from there along the east bank for a few yards & then south east