This bombardment was very carefully planned, carried out with great thoroughness and accuracy, and was one of the most effective and severe that had, up to that time, been put down by the British.

The artillery co-operation in the attack was on a similar scale and equally effective, except so far as counter-battery work against enemy artillery to the south was concerned, and the attack owed much of its success to the assistance it received from the artillery.

To this assistance two French batteries of "75's," lent by the 36th French Corps, ably contributed.
The attack was launched on the 9th August at 3.15 a.m.on a front of about 1,000 yards--the 18th Infantry Brigade (Lt.-Col.

F.W.

Towsey) attacking on the right with the 2nd D.L.I.in front line and the 2nd Sherwood Foresters in support, the 16th Infantry Brigade (Brig.-Gen.
C.Nicholson) on the left, with the 1st K.S.L.I.