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18th Division ’ s systematic uphill advance on Thiepval met with early success but enemy resistance stiffened and the push through to the village was halted by machine-gun fire near the ruined chateau.

A tank crucially intervened and by 14: 30, after much hard close-quarter fighting, the greater part of Thiepval was secured ; it was fully cleared early next morning.

During the afternoon, following the evacuation of Zollern Redoubt, 11th Division stormed Stuff Redoubt and gained precarious hold of its southern edge.