The British Campaign in France and Flanders, 1916
CHAPTER V
THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME
From July 2 to July 14, 1916
General situation--Capture of La Boiselle by Nineteenth Division--Splendid attack by 36th Brigade upon Ovillers--Siege and reduction of Ovillers--Operations at Contalmaison--Desperate fighting at the Quadrangle by Seventeenth Division--Capture of Mametz Wood by Thirty-eighth Welsh Division--Capture of Trones Wood by Eighteenth Division