not renewed after the first day's disaster. 46th Division remained in position while the Somme offensive continued further south throughout the summer and autumn. There was further reorganisation amongst divisional artillery, resulting in C Bty being broken up on 28 August 1916, with Right Section going to A Bty and Left Section to B Bty to bring them up to six guns each. On 27 October 512 (H) Bty joined from England and became C (H) Bty. A final round of reorganisation came in the new year, when the brigade left 46th Division and became an Army Field Brigade. Before it left on 3 January 1917, the former 512 (H) Bty was broken up among the other North Midland brigades and was replaced by a battery from CCXLVII Brigade (of 49th (West Riding) Division, TF) that was also being broken up. At the same time a half-battery of howitzers came from the same brigade, although it had originally been a Kitchener's Army battery raised in Huddersfield. For the remainder of the war the brigade had the following organisation. A/CCXXXII (4th Staffordshire Bty + Right Section 6th Staffordshire Bty) 6 x 18-pdrs B/CCXXXII (5th Staffordshire Bty + Left Section 6th Staffordsire Bty) 6 x 18-pdrs C/CCXXXII (9th West Riding Bty + Section 8th West Riding Bty) 6 x 18-pdrs D (H)/CCXXXII (2nd Derbyshire Bty + Section from Huddersfield) 6 x 4.5-inch howitzers The role of an Army Field Artillery (AFA) brigade was to reinforce sectors of the front as required, without breaking up divisional artilleries. CCXXXII Brigade actually remained with 46th Division in early 1917 (with just a few days attached to 58th (2/1st London) Division), including the period following up the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line (Operation Alberich). On 19 March it transferred to 14th (Light) Division on the same operations, then on 13 April it joined 50th (Northumbrian) Division for the capture of Wancourt Ridge during the Arras Offensive. As the offensive continued it switched to 15th (Scottish) Division for the capture of Guémappe (23 April) and then to 56th (1st London) Division for the Third Battle of the Scarpe (3–4 May). Messines CCXXXII Brigade was rested from 5 to 24 May, then joined 19th (Western) Division in IX Corps as it was preparing for the Battle of Messines. The AFA brigades were moved into the area in secrecy, a battery at a time. Ammunition dumps had been