b.../b objective was to gain the rising ground east of the Somme south of Peronne, while 'the corresponding British objective' was' the semicircle of high ground running from the neighbourhood of bLe/b Transloy through Bapaume to bAchiet/b-IeGrand. b..../b On July 13th the British broke through the German lines along the Longueval Ridge at Bazentin-ble/b-bPetit/b in a daring night attack. The sector was 3.5 miles wide and real hope of a breakthrough was hoped for but this soon disappeared. b.../b
