Note 16 — Chapter VI · THE SOMME
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The following is an extract from a letter to Sir Courtenay Vyvyan (late the Buffs) from the A.A.G. 6th Division:—
“Your old battalion is going very strong. It is commanded by Green, and Gould is second in command. Otherwise I don’t suppose you know anyone. They did splendidly on the Somme and never lost their discipline for a moment. I saw them on parade after the fight of the 13th/18th September, when they only had 314 men left, and they might have been parading for the King’s birthday. It really was a magnificent sight.”