Cuinchy Brick-stacks seen from a British trench on the Givenchy
canal-bank. The white placarded brick-stack is in the British support
line; the ones beyond are held by the Germans. The village of Auchy is
seen in the distance. (_By courtesy of the Imperial War Museum._) _To
face page_ 152
Trench Map showing the Cambrin-Cuinchy-Vermelles Trench Sector in the
summer of 1915. Each square-side measures 500 yards and is ticked off
into 50-yard units. Only the German trench-system is shown in detail;
a broken pencil-line marks the approximate course of the British
front trench. The minecraters appear as stars in No Man’s Land. The
brick-stacks in the German line appear as minute squares; those held by
the British are not marked. The intended line of advance of the 19th
Brigade on September 25th is shown in pencil on this map, which is the
one that I carried on that day 190