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To get a better understanding of the Third Battle of Ypres, the Divisional composites that made up the Corps of the Fifth Army and the [[Border Regiment]] [[Battalions of the Border Regiment|battalions]] involved,
The Third Battle of Ypres, which was now about to commence, was the final portion of a scheme of an offensive in [[Flanders]] which had been conceived during the previous winter. The preparations needed for its carrying out had been interfered with in various ways, and the actual attack had been postponed until very much later in the year than had been intended when the plan had originally been drawn up. The actual date for the opening of the attack had at least twice been changed; arranged in the first instance for the 25th, it was postponed for three days, but subsequently a succession of days of bad visibility, combined with the difficulties experienced by our [[Allies]] in getting their guns into position in their new area, caused a further postponement until the
Four Army Corps had been placed at the disposal of the G.O.C. Fifth Army, and their composition and order from S. to N. were as follows:
:IInd Corps - General Jacob: 24th, 30th, 18th (one brigade of), and 8th Divisions.
:XIXth Corps - General Watts: 15th and 55th Divisions.
:XVIIIth Corps - General Maxse: 39th and 51st Divisions.
:XIVth Corps - General Lord Cavan: 38th and Guard Divisions.
Immediately to the S. of General Jacob's IInd Corps was the Xth, General Morland's, of General Plumer's Second Army, and containing the 21st, 41st and 47th Divisions; but as the battle progressed there were many changes in the above dispositions, as some of the divisions were drawn out of the line to rest and refit while others came up and took their places.
No fewer than six out of seven battalions of The [[Border Regiment]] now in France and Flanders appear to have taken part, at different times and to a less or greater extent, in the operations which endured from the
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