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Ancre Heights 32, Somme day124


Engagement/Skirmish Name : Ancre Heights 32, Somme day124

Date(s) : 01 November 1916

Part of : First World War , The Western Front , The Battle of the Somme ,

Outcome : An inconclusive engagement between British & Commonwealth Forces and German 2nd Army

Type of battle : Land

Summary

XV Corps, in consort with the French, attacked and took Boritska Trench but were forced out by machine-gun fire, mud, and exhaustion.