Battle of Guillemont [SEP] end time
Battle of Guillemont
The Battle of Guillemont (3–6 September 1916) was an attack by the Fourth Army on the village of Guillemont. The village is on the D 20 running east to Combles and the D 64 south-west to Montauban. Longueval and Delville Wood lie to the north-west and Ginchy to the north-east. The village was on the right flank of the British sector, near the boundary with the French Sixth Army. The Fourth Army had advanced close to Guillemont during the Battle of Bazentin Ridge
by the German army in the Battle of the Somme.
Battles of the Somme, 1916 Second phase: July–September 1916 Battle of Ginchy, 9 September.
In the Battle of Ginchy the 16th Division captured the German-held village. Ginchy was north-east of Guillemont, at the junction of six roads on a rise overlooking Combles, to the south-east. After the end of the Battle of Guillemont, British troops were required to advance to positions which would give observation over the German third position, ready