German Machine-gunners Hold Out in Bazentin le Petit Wood

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  • The first battalions of the 110th Brigade quickly captured the German trenches, except for one point on the left where machine-gunners resisted for twenty minutes.
  • The second line was captured by 4:00 a.m. and contact was made with the 1st Division on the left.
  • The infantry encountered little opposition in Bazentin le Petit Wood, except for a German party that held out all day in the north-west corner.
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The first battalions of the 110th Brigade of the 21st Division got into the German trenches quickly except for one point on the left, where German machine-gunners held out for twenty minutes until enveloped from both flanks. The second line was captured by 4:00 a.m. and contact made with the 1st Division on the left. The infantry pushed on into Bazentin le Petit Wood, with little opposition, except at the north-west corner, where a German party held out all day. A defensive flank was formed facing east to stop the Germans opposite the 7th Division retreating to the west. At about 6:00 a.m. one battalion advanced into Bazentin le Petit and linked with the 2nd Royal Irish and handed over the village, before digging in from the north end of the village to the north-east of the wood. When a German counter-attack pushed back the Royal Irish, the 100th Brigade troops fell back temporarily into the wood.

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第21師団の第110旅団第１大隊は、左の陣地一つを除き、素早くドイツ軍の塹壕に入り込んだ。そこでは両翼から包囲されるまでドイツ機関銃隊は20分間持ちこたえていた。 第２戦線を午前4時までに占拠し、左翼の第1師団に接触した。歩兵は、バーゼンティン・ル・プチ・ウッドに押し進んだが、ドイツ軍が終日持ちこたえていた北西の隅を除くと、ほとんど抵抗はなかった。防御側面は、第7師団が西へ撤退するその反対側でドイツ軍を食い止めるよう、東側に面して構築された。 午前6時ごろ、１個大隊がバーゼンティン・ル・プチのなかを進み、第２王立アイルランド連隊に合流した。そして、村の北端から森の北西にかけて壕を掘る前に村を離れた。 ドイツ軍の反撃が王立アイルランド連隊を押し返した時、第100旅団の各部隊は一時的に森の中に後退した。

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