Note 976 — SECTION XXXVIII: CHAPTER V
Reading edition
That the firing began at dawn immediately is stated by Larpent, p. 210. That the troops were under arms before daylight is noted by the anonymous Soldier of the 42nd, p. 199. The attack by the 6th Division on Sorauren was appreciably before the descent of Cole and Byng from the heights of Oricain.