(Lt.-Col.

H.A.L.

Hall) and the Pioneers rendered invaluable assistance.

The fighting up to this date had yielded 6 officers and 264 other ranks prisoners, and 65 machine-guns.
On the morning of the 24th September a fresh attack was launched; the 18th Infantry Brigade, to which was attached the 1st Leicestershire Regiment, attacking on the right; the 16th Infantry Brigade on the left.

The French 36th Corps attacked with a fresh division simultaneously to our right; the 1st Division, which had taken over the task of the capture of Fresnoy and Gricourt, on our left.