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A Short History of the 6th Division

CHAPTER XI
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W.G.Braithwaite), which resumed the attack on the morning of the 24th October.

Opposition had by this time decreased, and better progress was made, so that by noon the right battalion, the 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment, held the line of the objective laid down for the previous day's attack, and the left battalion of the 18th Infantry Brigade had also completed the capture of its objective.

Some further progress was made during the day by the 16th Infantry Brigade.
During the period 20th to 24th October, Brig.-Gen.

E.F.

Delaforce, C.R.A., 6th Division, had under his orders the Divisional Artillery of the 3rd, 4th and 5th Australian Divisions, though the 5th Australian Divisional Artillery was withdrawn on the eve of the attack of 24th October.


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