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It was planned that the 2nd Infantry Brigade would move past 1st Infantry Brigade once Grévillers was captured but it was forced into action early, when its commander, Brigadier General Robert Young, seeing that the 37th Division was struggling to take its objective of Biefvillers, decided to use his brigade to assist. Accordingly, two battalions cleared the village by 10:00 am although casualties were incurred when they were fired upon by some Whippet tanks. The commander of one of the attacking battalions, along with its padre, intervened and directed the tanks onto Biefvillers. With the village captured, this secured the flank of 1st Infantry Brigade.
However, 2nd Infantry Brigade, now the leading formation in the IV Corps sector due to the slow advance of the neighbouring divisions, was exposed to German gunfire on three sides. German reinforcements were now arriving in the sector; the New Zealanders had captured several personnel from the 44th Reserve Division and a further eight divisions had also arrived. An counterattack by the Germans pushed the leading battalions back from Avesnes-lès-Bapaume, a hamlet to the northwest of Bapaume. Nonetheless, the New Zealand Division was well positioned to take Bapaume. The front line was now a line running east of Grévillers and Biefvillers, and was less than 1 km (0.62 mi) from the outskirts of Bapaume. The plan to take Bapaume involved the 1st Infantry Brigade, positioned at Grévillers, moving to the south of Bapaume with the 63rd Division moving forward to protect the right flank of the New Zealanders. Meanwhile, the 2nd Infantry Brigade would move to the north of the town. Its left flank would be protected by the 37th Division. Their aim was to envelop Bapaume and force the Germans to abandon the town and thus avoid costly street to street fighting.
The advance began at 5:00 am on 25 August under the cover of fog. Despite German artillery fire on the front lines, this caused relatively few casualties amongst the New Zealanders. In the south, the 1st Infantry Brigade's 1st Auckland and 2nd Wellington Battalions skirted the southern side of Bapaume, taking fire from machine-gun posts on the outskirts of the town. They got as far as the Albert Road but the 63rd Division's advance was slowed by strong defence at the village of Thilloy, to the southeast of Bapaume. By the end of the day, this left the two New Zealand battalions exposed on both flanks.

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＞It was planned that the 2nd Infantry Brigade would move past 1st Infantry Brigade once Grévillers was captured but it was forced into action early, when its commander, Brigadier General Robert Young, seeing that the 37th Division was struggling to take its objective of Biefvillers, decided to use his brigade to assist. Accordingly, two battalions cleared the village by 10:00 am although casualties were incurred when they were fired upon by some Whippet tanks. The commander of one of the attacking battalions, along with its padre, intervened and directed the tanks onto Biefvillers. With the village captured, this secured the flank of 1st Infantry Brigade.
⇒第2歩兵旅団は、グルヴィエールが攻略されたら、その後第1歩兵旅団を通り越して移動する予定だったが、その旅団長司令官ロバート・ヤング将軍は、第37師団がビフヴィエールの標的攻略に苦戦しているのを見て、自分の旅団を支援に利用する決心をした。従って、2個大隊が午前10時までに村を一掃したが、ホイペット戦車に発砲されたときに犠牲者が発生した。攻撃大隊のうちの一人の司令官が隊の従軍司祭と一緒に戦車隊に介入してビフヴィエールに向かった。（そして）この隊が村を攻略して、第1歩兵旅団の側面の安全を確保した。

＞However, 2nd Infantry Brigade, now the leading formation in the IV Corps sector due to the slow advance of the neighbouring divisions, was exposed to German gunfire on three sides. German reinforcements were now arriving in the sector; the New Zealanders had captured several personnel from the 44th Reserve Division and a further eight divisions had also arrived. A(n) counterattack by the Germans pushed the leading battalions back from Avesnes-lès-Bapaume, a hamlet to the northwest of Bapaume. Nonetheless, the New Zealand Division was well positioned to take Bapaume. The front line was now a line running east of Grévillers and Biefvillers, and was less than 1 km (0.62 mi) from the outskirts of Bapaume.
⇒しかし、近隣師団の進軍が遅れたことによって、第2歩兵旅団が今や第IV軍団の先導隊列となったので、3つの側面隊がドイツ軍の銃撃戦にさらされた。ドイツ軍の援軍が今やこの地区に到着しかかっていた。ニュージーランド軍は、第44予備師団から幾つかの団員を奪い取り、さらに8個の師団が到着した。ドイツ軍による反撃で、先導大隊がバポームの北西にある村のアヴェーヌ=レ=バポームから押し戻された。それにもかかわらず、ニュージーランド軍師団はバポームを奪取することができた。最前線は、今やグルヴィエールとビフヴィエールの東を通る戦線となり、それはバポームの郊外から1キロ（0.62マイル）もなかった。

＞The plan to take Bapaume involved the 1st Infantry Brigade, positioned at Grévillers, moving to the south of Bapaume with the 63rd Division moving forward to protect the right flank of the New Zealanders. Meanwhile, the 2nd Infantry Brigade would move to the north of the town. Its left flank would be protected by the 37th Division. Their aim was to envelop Bapaume and force the Germans to abandon the town and thus avoid costly street to street fighting.
⇒バポームを奪取する計画は、ニュージーランド軍の右側面を保護するために前進する第63師団とともにグルヴィエールに配置された第1歩兵旅団が関わって、これがバポームの南に移動した。一方、第2歩兵旅団は町の北に移動することとしたが、その左側面は第37師団によって保護されるだろう。彼らの目的はバポームを封じ込め、ドイツ軍に町を放棄させ、高くつく街路戦を避けることであった。

＞The advance began at 5:00 am on 25 August under the cover of fog. Despite German artillery fire on the front lines, this caused relatively few casualties amongst the New Zealanders. In the south, the 1st Infantry Brigade's 1st Auckland and 2nd Wellington Battalions skirted the southern side of Bapaume, taking fire from machine-gun posts on the outskirts of the town. They got as far as the Albert Road but the 63rd Division's advance was slowed by strong defence at the village of Thilloy, to the southeast of Bapaume. By the end of the day, this left the two New Zealand battalions exposed on both flanks.
⇒この進軍は、霧の援護の下、8月25日午前5時に始まった。ドイツ軍の最前線から砲撃があったにもかかわらず、ニュージーランド軍の間で引き起こされた犠牲者は比較的少なかった。南部では、第1歩兵旅団の第1オークランド大隊と第2ウェリントン大隊がバポームの南側から街を囲み、郊外にある哨戒基地の機関銃から発砲を行った。彼らはアルベール道まで及んだが、第63師団の進軍はバポーム南東のティロイ村での強力な防衛によって減速した。それで、このニュージーランド軍の2個大隊は、当日の終わりまで隊の両側面にはりついて露出されたままであった。

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