One of the key units taking part was the 2nd London Division, who attacked at the southern end of the British line.
There are plenty of good accounts of the battle as a whole — for example here on the ever-useful Long, Long Trail website. For us the focus is on the 2nd London Division. The division was formed in August , made up of units of the London Regiment, an entirely Territorial Force regiment.
The division was eventually given the official title of the 47th Division — rather untidily, since the 1st London Division was made the 56th Division. The division took part in the battles of Aubers Ridge and Festubert in May and were allocated a position on the right wing of the attack at Loos.
Here is its account of the part the division played on 25 September:. On the morning of the 25th the extreme right of the British line — W1 sector — was held by the 21st and 22nd Battalions, whose left flank was to be the pivot of the whole attack. On their left — in W2 sector — was the th Brigade, and on the left again — in W3 sector — the st Brigade, which joined the right flank of the 15th Division.
The remaining units of the nd Brigade were in reserve in the Grenay line. The gas was worked by the Special Coy. On the 47th Division front the gas went fairly well. The cloud rolled slowly forward, and its effect was apparent from the lessening force of the enemy rifle fire. Nearly all the cylinders were emptied, and our own casualties in letting off gas were few, owing entirely to discipline and obedience to orders regarding the wearing of smoke helmets in the advanced trenches before the attack.
Forty minutes after zero the infantry attack began. On the right a gallant army of dummy figures, worked with strings by the 21st and 22nd Battalions, made progressive appearances in the smoke-cloud, and did their duty in attracting a fair share of fire.
The real attack started opposite the Double Crassier, and north-wards of this point line after line of men left our trenches. In outward appearance they were hardly more human than the dummies farther south — strange figures, hung about with sandbags and bandoliers of ammunition, with no caps, but smoke-helmets on their heads rolled into a sort of turban, with the mouthpiece nodding by way of ornament over their foreheads.
Each line went forward at quick time down into the valley and was lost in the smoke. It is a splendid proof of the thoroughness of the practice of the attack and previous reconnaissance that, in spite of the thick smoke, direction was kept all along the line. The 7th Battalion advanced on the Double Crassier, the west end of which, with the trench running just under it, was their first objective. Their second objective was some yards of the German second line north of its junction with the Crassier.
The 6th Battalion attacked on their immediate left the first and second German lines. The 8th Battalion was in close support, and the 15th in brigade reserve. The content and information contained herein is being made available to professional and institutional investors only and is not intended for and may not be read and relied upon by other persons or redistributed to retail investors. Tran holds a B.
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