Sir John Monash, Personal Files Book 16, 9 October - 31 October 1917, Part 2

Headquarters,

Second Army. 

Oct 11 1917.

My dear General

I told Gen Kiggell about your flag for Passchendaele

[[&?]] he told C in C. The latter sent a message last night &

 say that we were to tell you that directly you

report it to be flying on Passchendaele it will be

wired to England & to Australia and that the

C in C knows well that once it is put up

nothing will bring it down again -

I hope your right flank will be all right.

I put a special reference to it into

Army operation orders yesterday & we saw

Gen Birdwood specially about it. The orders issued

are {"The point of Junction between 1 & II Anzac will be the

↓{Railway Line at E 7 c. 9.7.

Particular

The I Anzac Corps will advance simultaneously with II Anzac

Corps and will be responsible for protecting the right flank

of that Corps.
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Particular attention must be given to the high ground

N & S of the BROUBERK in E 7 & E. 13, which must

either be seized or kept under such fire as to

prevent the right flank of II Anzac being interfered

with therefrom"

All good luck to you.

Y^rs Sincerely

C H Harington

11/10/17

Cannan says:-

1 Bⁿ available 8 hrs after zero

275 41 350 = 1.30 p.m.

1 Bⁿ do 12 hrs after zero

200 250 43 = 5.30 p.m.

2 B^ns do - next morning

42 & 44    at dawn

400   375

250    250

4 copies.

11^th Brigade. -

9^th  do )

10^th do ) for information

1. It has been decided that the line to be taped for the Assembly

for the Assault on "A" day is the a line from the point

where road crosses railway at "Halt" in D.17.b to the

point where the RAVEBEEK crosses the road just North of

Waterfields in D.10.d.-

 2. All troops of 11^th Brigade who may be forward of this line

will be withdrawn during the night of Z/A, and none

must be forward later than 30 minutes before zero.

 3. Divn as soon as Immediately after nightfall on Oct. 11^th

patrols will be sent out in the direction of Harlen, Augustus

Wood, Concrete Dugouts N. E. of Heine House and N.E. of

Hillside, for the purpose of ascertaining whether any troops

of 66^th Division are lying out forward of our assembly

line. - All such troops if met with are to be brought

12/10/17    1

2^nd Anzac.

No rliable information from the my

front up to half past six. - Add 2^nd A

Repeat Flank 

Divs.

G 2

6.36 AM.

12/10/17  2

2^nd Anzac.

Both front line Brigades have reported

assembly on tapes complete before four

o'clock.

G 3

6.54 AM

12/10/17  3

2^nd Anzac

First 13 prisoners have passed

Levi Cottages. Ad 8^am Repeated.

G 4 

7.6 AM

12/10/17  4

2^nd Anzac.

Enemy barrage came down ten 

minutes before zero on our assembly aaa

Nevertheless right brigade reports our assault

got xxx well away under our barrage.

G 5

7.15 AM

12/10/17  5

9^th Bde.

13 Thirteen prisoners passed 10^th Brigade

H.Q. at 6-47

G 6 

7. 16 AM

12/10/17  6

2^nd Anzac.

Advance was proceeding steadily

at six o'clock aaa Over 100 prisoners

already on way in aaa Many enemy

Machine Guns opened at Zero. - aaa

Believe all going well.

G 7

7. 27 AM