provided two companies of reinforcements to bring 1/4th and 1/8th Bns Royal Scots up to war establishment. A 2/6th Battalion was finally formed in March 1915. 1/6th Royal Scots Having contributed large drafts to other battalions, 1/6th Bn did not leave the Lothian Bde until 5 September 1915 when it went to Egypt to join the Western Frontier Force (WFF) on 20 November. After serving with the WFF in the Senussi Campaign it was sent to France on 27 February 1916 for Line of communication duties on the Western Front. 1/6th Battalion arrived at Marseilles on 15 May 1916 and was immediately amalgamated with 1/5th Bn Royal Scots. 5th/6th Royal Scots See main article 5th/6th Royal Scots On 29 July the combined 5th/6th Bn joined 14th Bde in 32nd Division. The 32nd was a Kitchener's Army formation that had been bolstered by the Regular 14th Bde. It had suffered heavy casualties on the First day of the Somme (1 July) and 5th/6th Royal Scots replaced one of its shattered battalions. On 18 November, 14th Bde took part in the Battle of the Ancre Heights the last action of the Somme offensive. It then took part in minor operations along the Ancre in January and February 1917, and then followed the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line (Operation Alberich) in March and April. The division then moved to the Flanders coast to support an expected breakthrough at Ypres that never came. In April 1918, 32nd Division was sent as reinforcements to help stop the German spring offensive (Operation Michael). 32nd Division was in reserve when the Allied Hundred Days Offensive began on 8 August at the Battle of Amiens, though 5th/6th RS was briefly engaged. The battalion then led the division's attack on 11 August. During the Battle of the Scarpe (28 August) 5th/6th RS's advance was described as 'a procession', and soon after dawn the next day they had pushed right up to the river. On 5 September one company of the battalion waded across at the site of Brie bridge and cleared the far bank. Facing the most formidable part of the Hindenburg Line on the St Quentin Canal, 5th/6th RS went into action on 1 October against the village of Sequehart. The village changed hands four times until on 3 October the battalion, which had specifically asked for another chance to take the village, succeeded in holding it.