The instant the time for advance came, rockets were sent up to show that our men were still going ahead.

I went up the road to Neuville St.Vaast, where there was an aid post, and there I saw the wounded coming in, some walking, with bandaged arms and heads, and some being brought in on stretchers.

They were all in high spirits and said that the attack had been a great success.

Of course, the walking wounded were the first to appear, the more serious cases came afterwards, but still there was the note of triumph in all the accounts of the fighting which I heard.

I moved on to a track near Maison Blanche, and then followed up the men.