ment, and 11th Leicester Regiment
respectively, and made a stirring speech to each, congratulating them
on their fine appearance and steady drill, and emphasizing their duty
to their King and Country.

The Division settled down to improving their billets and to education,
and frequent lectures were given by special lecturers sent out from
England. Some of the troops were very comfortable, and notably those
in towns like Bruhl, where each man had a bed and mattress, and
Warrant Officers and N.C.O.s who were billeted in private houses, but
others in the smaller villages were not so well off.

As the Germans did not play football there was a general lack of
football grounds, which had to be made, but the troops scored
considerably by finding electric light in even the tiniest cottages,
and at least one concert-room, with a stage properly fitted up, in
even the smallest village. The Opera, too, was a great source of
pleasure to many. But it was a period of transition--men were
being demobilized freely, and it was with a sigh of relief that
something definite had been fixed, as well as with many sighs of
regret, that orders were eventually received that the 6th Division, as
such, would cease to exist in the middle of March 1919. Farewell
parades were held, farewell speeches made, farewell dinners given, and
on 15th March the Machine-gun Battalion, Pioneers, Field Companies
(except 12th Field Company), and Train were transferred to the
newly-constituted Midland Division.

The 6th Division, B.E.F., had completed its task.

APPENDIX I

BATTLE CASUALTIES

1914 Aisne (19th Sept.--12th Oct.)
1,482 Battle of the Aisne.
1914 Armentieres (13th--31st Oct.)
4,696 First Battle of Ypres.
1914-15 Armentieres (1st Nov.--31st May)
3,940 Trenches.
1915-16 Ypres (1st June 1915--31st July 1916)
10,938 Includes 1,780 in attack on Hooge;
660 gas attack, 15th Dec;
400 Morteldje attack.
1916 Somme (5th Aug.--20th Oct.)
7,430 Battle of the Somme.
1916-17 La Bassee (25th Nov. 1916--16th February 1917)
709 Trenches.
1917 Loos (2nd Mar.--25th July)
4,884 Raids and attacks, Hill 70.
1917 Loos-Lens (26th Aug.--23rd Oct.)
1,400 Trenches.
1917 Cambrai (20th