The German lines now formed a sharp salient on the Ancre.
To reduce this salient and complete the capture of Thiepval Plateau,
the British attacked on both sides of the river.
The attack was delivered in a thick fog, on the 13th, when St.
Pierre-Divion and Beaumont-Hamel fell; the same evening Beaucourt
village was encircled, to be captured on the morrow. On the following
days, the assailants successfully resisted numerous counter-attacks.
From the 13th to the 19th, 7,000 prisoners were taken, and the whole of
Thiepval Plateau was captured.
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