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for me to do was to take a tender farewell of the officers of the Brigade and of my staff, and to publish a final farewell order to the old Brigade. I was very sad at leaving, and had I known what an awful time they were going to have at St Eloi and Hill 60, I should have been sadder still.[28] Of all the regimental officers and men who had left Ireland with me on the 14th August 1914, six and a half months previously, I could count on my ten fingers the number of officers left:-- Norfolks--Done[29] and Bruce (both ill in hospital from strenuous overwork), Megaw (killed later), Paterson. Dorsets--Ransome, Partridge. Bedfords--Griffith[29] (trustiest of C.O.'s, who had been under heavier fire than almost any one in the Brigade, yet never touched), Allason (thrice wounded), Gledstanes (killed later). Cheshires--Frost (killed later). [Footnote 28: They lost 2400 men out of not quite 4000 in a fortnight in April.] [Footnote 29: Now (1917) commanding a Brigade.] I do not think there was another officer except the quartermasters--Smith (Norfolks), Sproule (Cheshires), and Pearce (Bedfords)[30]; and as for the men, there may have been ten or so per battalion, but I really do not think there were more. I took the evening train at Bailleul and spent an agreeable evening with Ker Seymer, the train officer. I got to Boulogne and on board the boat at midnight, and next day, the 3rd March, saw me arrive at 8.30 A.M. in London. [Footnote 30: The Dorset one had been promoted.] PRINTED BY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS. ***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DOINGS OF THE FIFTEENTH INFANTRY BRIGADE*** ******* This file should be named 22074.txt or 22074.zip ******* This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/2/0/7/22074 Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will be renamed. Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project Gutenberg is a register
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