Direction keeping in the morning mist was difficult .
German machine gunners resisted fiercely , but the leading battalion , joined by the 6th , swept forwards and was on the objective by 09.45 , and dug in there .
Direction keeping in the morning mist was difficult , and German machine gunners resisted fiercely , but the leading battalion , joined by the 6th , swept forwards and was on the objective by 09.45 , and dug in there .