In the meantime it appeared to the Divisional G.O.C.
(General Ross) that the prospect of a break-through on a large scale was prejudiced solely by the repulse of the 6th Division.

He therefore ordered a night attack on the flanks of the Quadrilateral to be executed by two battalions of the 18th Infantry Brigade (Brig.-Gen.

R.
J.Bridgford).

These battalions, the 2nd Durham Light Infantry and the 11th Essex, moved round after dark and attacked; the former from the north, the latter from the south-east to the left of the 16th Infantry Brigade.

The 11th Essex lost direction, while the 2nd D.L.I.