The British Campaign in France and Flanders—July to November, 1918

CHAPTER IV

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THE ATTACK OF BYNG'S THIRD ARMY

August 21, 1918, to September 29, 1918

Advance of Shute's Fifth Corps--Great feat in crossing the Ancre--Across the old battlefield--Final position of Fifth Corps opposite Hindenburg's Main Line--Advance of Haldane's Sixth Corps--Severe fighting--Arrival of the Fifty-second Division--Formation of Fergusson's Seventeenth Corps--Recapture of Havrincourt--Advance of Harper's Fourth Corps---Great tenacity of the troops--The New Zealanders and the Jaeger--Final position before the decisive battle