. The story of the Fifth Australian division, being an authoritative account of the division's doings in Egypt, France and Belgium. of the 59th Battalion and wasto come up on its right at the final objective and establish com-munication with the 13th Brigade at the meeting point on the rail-way. The advance of the 15th Brigade was to take place in twophases, the first objective being the general line of the Hamelet- VILLERS BRETONNEUX 295 Viilers Bretonneux road and the second the Hne of the Hamelet-VillersBretonneux road. The right extremity of the 14th Brigade reachedto a point on this latte
. The story of the Fifth Australian division, being an authoritative account of the division's doings in Egypt, France and Belgium. of the 59th Battalion and wasto come up on its right at the final objective and establish com-munication with the 13th Brigade at the meeting point on the rail-way. The advance of the 15th Brigade was to take place in twophases, the first objective being the general line of the Hamelet- VILLERS BRETONNEUX 295 Viilers Bretonneux road and the second the Hne of the Hamelet-VillersBretonneux road. The right extremity of the 14th Brigade reachedto a point on this latter road just south-west of Vaire Wood, and thefinal objective of the 59th and 60th Battalions was the remainderof the road between the 14th Brigade right and Viilers 13th Brigade was to make an advance of about equal distancestarting from the vicinity of Cachy and junctioning with the 57thBattalion on its final objective, the railway south-east of ViilersBretonneux. The contribution of the 8th (British) Division to therecapture was to consist in the supply of one battalion, the 22nd Battll or Villcds-Breitonncux. Durham Light Infantry (a Pioneer Battalion), which was placedunder General Elliotts orders. General Elliott instructed it toenter the village after the counter-attack had enveloped it and tomop it up. Zero hour for the attack of the 13th and 15th Brigadeswas at first 8 and was altered later to 10 The 13th Brigade,which had been out resting when the enemy attack occurred, hadmarched a long way up during the day to get to its assemblypositions. It was therefore somewhat exhausted and the countrywas utterly unknown to it. The 15th Brigade, too, had been on thealert since before 5 and many of its units had passed an anxiousday under shell, and gas shell, fire and had done a good deal of recon-naissance work. They were therefore also somewhat tired, but a 296 SECOND SOMME CAMPAIGN hot meal to all ranks restored them considerably. General Glasgow
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