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A Short History of the 6th Division

CHAPTER II
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W.N.Congreve, V.C.) was ordered to relieve the 2nd Infantry Brigade on the right of the British line.

The front taken over ran diagonally from north-east to south-west along the high ground just south of the Chemin des Dames to the north and north-east of Troyon.

The East Yorks on the left relieved in daylight on the 19th September the D.L.I., and the West Yorks during the night of the 19/20th September.

The West Yorks had two companies in front trenches, one company echeloned in right rear and one company in support.

The Sherwood Foresters were in reserve.
At dawn on the 20th September, the enemy delivered a heavy attack on the I Corps and on the French left, driving in the Tirailleurs d'Afrique and turning the flank of the West Yorks.


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