Up to this time we were "the Canadians"; now we were only to be one among several divisions.
General Alderson was to take command of the Corps, and the question which was daily asked among the officers at headquarters was, "Are you going to the Corps ?" It was a sundering of ties amongst our friends, and we felt sorry that our society would be broken up.

One of the staff officers asked me to write a poem on his departure.

I did so.

It began-- "He left the war And went to the Corps, Our hearts were sore, (p.

109) We could say no more." My friend was not at all pleased at the implication contained in the first two lines.
Bailleul was made Corps Headquarters, whither General Alderson moved.
His place at the division was taken by General Currie, who afterwards commanded the Corps and led it to victory.