In the late evening of 23 August, German artillery bombarded the British front from the French boundary westwards. An hour later, patrols went forward as the 26th Division and 27th Division of XIII Württemberg Corps were being relieved by with the 111th Division and the 56th Division, from Angle Wood to Longueval. The 27th Division was relieved after except for the artillery which stayed for eight weeks, losing and to mechanical faults and counter-battery fire. One field regiment was engaged from 25 July to the end of September, losing were made unserviceable, while firing more than . The 1st Guard Division and 2nd Guard Division between Le Forêt and Maurepas, were attacked late in the afternoon but eventually drove of the French infantry; between Cléry, Bouchavesnes and Le Forêt, fighting continued.