Thursday 6th
September 1917
Two small
unsuccessful attacks have been made today, another go at Hill 35, this time by
2nd/5th Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and a raid by 5th Seaforth Highlanders of
51st (Highland) Division on the enemy-held portion of Pheasant Trench.
42nd (East Lancashire) Division made a much larger
attack, 125th Brigade assaulting strong-points known as Iberian, Borry and Beck
House Farms. Beck House was taken, despite galling machine-gun fire from the
wretched Hill 35, but a counter-attack succeeded in regaining it. The fire from
Hill 35 then switched to the other attackers, causing them to withdraw.
However, a short advance of about 150 yards by 1st/5th Lancashire Fusiliers has
been consolidated, we are led to believe.
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