The Action of Miraumont forced the Germans to begin their withdrawal from the Ancre valley before the planned retirement to the Hindenburg Line. At 2:15 a.m. on 24 February, reports arrived that the Germans had gone and by 10:00 a.m. patrols from the 2nd Australian Division on the right and the 2nd and 18th Divisions in the centre and left, were advancing in a thick mist, with no sign of German troops. Further south the German positions around Le Transloy were found abandoned on the night of 12/13 March and Australian Light Horse and infantry patrols entered Bapaume on 17 March. In January and February, the Fourth Army began to relieve French troops south of Bouchavesnes. XV Corps took over the ground south to the Somme river on 22 January, III Corps moved south to Genermont on 13 February and IV Corps transferred from the Fifth Army to relieve French forces south to the Amiens–Roye road.
＞The Action of Miraumont forced the Germans to begin their withdrawal from the Ancre valley before the planned retirement to the Hindenburg Line. At 2:15 a.m. on 24 February, reports arrived that the Germans had gone and by 10:00 a.m. patrols from the 2nd Australian Division on the right and the 2nd and 18th Divisions in the centre and left, were advancing in a thick mist, with no sign of German troops.
⇒ミローモンの戦闘行動で、予定のヒンデンブルク戦線への退却の前に、アンクル渓谷からの撤退を開始することをドイツ軍に強制した。2月24日の午前2時15分に、ドイツ軍が立ち去ったとの報告が届き、午前10時現在、第2オーストラリア師団右翼のパトロール隊、および第2、第18師団の中央隊と左翼のパトロール隊が濃霧のなかを進軍中であるが、ドイツ軍隊の痕跡なしとの報告が届いた。
＞Further south the German positions around Le Transloy were found abandoned on the night of 12/13 March and Australian Light Horse and infantry patrols entered Bapaume on 17 March. In January and February, the Fourth Army began to relieve French troops south of Bouchavesnes. XV Corps took over the ground south to the Somme river on 22 January, III Corps moved south to Genermont on 13 February and IV Corps transferred from the Fifth Army to relieve French forces south to the Amiens–Roye road.
⇒さらに南のル・トランスロイ周辺のドイツ軍陣地が3月12/13日の夜に放棄されているのが発見され、オーストラリア軽騎馬隊と歩兵連隊のパトロール隊が3月17日バポームに入った。1月と2月に、第4方面軍が、ブシャヴズヌ南でフランス軍隊の救援を開始した。第XV軍団は1月22日にソンム川南の地面を占拠し、第III軍団は2月13日にジェナーモンに向かって南へ移動し、そして、第IV軍団は第5方面軍から出てフランス軍団を救援するためアミアン－ロア道に向かって南へ転向した。
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