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Ancre Heights 6, Somme day 98


Engagement/Skirmish Name : Ancre Heights 6, Somme day 98

Date(s) : 06 October 1916

Part of : First World War , The Western Front , The Battle of the Somme ,

Outcome : An inconclusive engagement between British & Commonwealth Forces and German Forces

Type of battle : Land

Summary

Mostly a day of British consolidation. The one small advance took a complex of trenches to the east of Le Sars but troops were later withdrawn due to heavy fire.