# The Scots Guards — Now It Can Be Told character guide > The Scots Guards in Now It Can Be Told by Philip Gibbs. **Role:** minor **Also known as:** The Guards, the Scots, Scots, The Scots, the advancing Scots, the Guards, the Scots Guards **First appearance:** 0003-i ## Who they are British Guards regiment serving on the front. ## In the story ### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/viii) Scottish soldiers of the 1st and 15th Divisions are seen returning wounded after the Battle of Loos. ### [Part II: The School of Courage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/part-ii-the-school-of-courage) Scottish soldiers in khaki-covered kilts are described playing bagpipes and interacting with local girls in farmyards. ### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/vii) Scottish soldiers are listed among those staggering through the gates after the gas attack. ### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/xv) The Guards give a concert in the front-line trenches near Loos. ### [Part III: The Nature of a Battle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/part-iii-the-nature-of-a-battle) The Guards are reported fighting around Fosse 8, and later are kicked off the position, illustrating the intense back-and-forth of the battle. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/i) Part of the 11th Corps supporting the assault. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/ii) Two inseparable officers of the Scots Guards, one a former stockbroker and the other a gentle soul, visit the narrator's garden, displaying dark humor and hidden dread before moving to Loos. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/iv) Scottish troops of the 15th Division are described as hard, steel-nerved, and determined to go fast and far. ### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/vii) The 15th (Scottish) Division is one of the three attacking divisions. ### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/viii) Scots troops lead the assault on Loos, fighting with bayonets and bombs, and are described as 'like packs of wolves'. ### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/ix) Scottish troops, including Highlanders and Lowlanders, lead the assault on Hill 70, fighting through Loos and suffering heavy losses. ### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/xiii) Scots who reached Hill 70 early but were left unsupported. ### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/xiv) Arrived at Nœux-les-Mines and later ordered to attack Hill 70, suffering heavy casualties from gas and machine-gun fire. ### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/xiv) Assaulted Puits 14 bis, led by Captain Cuthbert, engaging in hand-to-hand fighting. ### [Part IV: A Winter of Discontent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/part-iv-a-winter-of-discontent) The Scots and Guards who followed them suffered heavy losses at the Hohenzollern redoubt after the Battle of Loos. ### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/vi) Implied through the presence of Scottish regiments (Camerons, Seaforths, Argylls, Gordons, etc.) at the banquet. ### [The Spirit of Ireland in Flanders](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/ix) Scottish soldiers are noted for the skirl of their bagpipes heard across the Flemish marshlands throughout the war. ### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/xix) Mentioned as part of the force that later captures all of Vimy Ridge a year after the events described. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/iv) Implied by the reference to 'Jocks' and Scottish regiments in the description of soldiers. ### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/viii) The Scots Guards are referenced as part of the Scottish battalions in the assault. ### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/xvi) The Bantams served behind the Black Watch (part of the Scots Guards) and other battalions near Bazentin and Longueval. ### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/xviii) Scots of the 15th and 9th Divisions fought and fell to the right of the Australians. ### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/vi) Three Scottish officers ride down from the front to Cassel but are refused permission to dine at the Hôtel du Sauvage. ### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/vii) Brigade of Guards attacked Fontaine Notre Dame and counterattacked at Gouzeaucourt. ### [What of England?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/iv) Described as terrible in their onslaught and fierce in battle, yet humane to prisoners. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/the_scots_guards - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters