The British campaign in France and Flanders, 1916 . nt for a time to the Fifth Division. There now only remains the Fifty-sixth Divisionupon the extreme right of the Army—the divisionwhich contained many of the crack London Terri-torial Battalions, re-formed and reinforced since itsterrible losses at the Gommecourt Salient upon July following the fortunes of this fine division uponSeptember 15, it is necessary to go back for some days,as a series of operations had been undertaken beforethe great battle, which were as arduous as the battleitself. On coming into the line on September 9,the
The British campaign in France and Flanders, 1916 . nt for a time to the Fifth Division. There now only remains the Fifty-sixth Divisionupon the extreme right of the Army—the divisionwhich contained many of the crack London Terri-torial Battalions, re-formed and reinforced since itsterrible losses at the Gommecourt Salient upon July following the fortunes of this fine division uponSeptember 15, it is necessary to go back for some days,as a series of operations had been undertaken beforethe great battle, which were as arduous as the battleitself. On coming into the line on September 9,the division had at once been given the task ofadvancing that wing of the Army. Upon that datethe 168th and 169th Brigades were attacking uponthe line of the road which connects Ginchy withCombles, the general objects of the advance beinggradually to outflank Combles on the one side and theQuadrilateral upon the other. Some ground was per-manently gained by both brigades upon that day,the Victoria Rifles and the 4th London doing mostof the Somme. 258 THE BEITISH CAMPAIGN, 1916 Chapter Upon September 10 the advance was continued,-^- a scattered clump of trees called Leuze Wood beingThe the immediate obstacle in front of the right-handoniie brigade, while the left-hand brigade was trying toget into touch with the division upon their left, andwere confronted by the continuation of the samesystem of trenches. The 169th Brigade upon theright was advancing through Leuze Wood, and sufferedheavy losses before reaching its objective. On theleft the London Scottish and the Rangers were ex-tending east along the Ginchy Road, endeavouringto link up with the Guards, for there was an awkwardgap at that date between the divisions. This wasfilled, however, by the advent of the Fifth and subse-quently of the Sixth Division. The object of all theabove operations was to get the right flank of theArmy into its allotted position for the battle to September 15 the London Division
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