the period was quiet. On 20 August it was relieved and moved south to rejoin the Somme Offensive and took part in the following actions Battle of Ginchy, 9 September Battle of Flers-Courcelette, 15–22 September Battle of Morval, 25–27 September Capture of Combles, 26 September Battle of the Transloy Ridges, 1–9 October Reorganisation In the winter of 1916–17, TF field artillery batteries were reorganised from a four-gun to a six-gun establishment, so C Battery was split between A and B Batteries, and to make up the numbers 109th Battery rejoined together with a howitzer section from other London Field Brigades which were broken up. For the remainder of the war, therefore, CCLXXXI Brigade had the following organisation: 109th Battery A Battery B Battery D (Howitzer) Battery CCLXXXI Bde supported 56th Division in the following actions: 1917 German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line, 14 March–5 April Battles of Arras First Battle of the Scarpe, 9–14 April Third Battle of the Scarpe, 3–4 May Third Battle of Ypres Battle of Langemarck, 16–17 August Battle of Cambrai Capture of Tadpole Copse, 21 November Capture of Bourlon Wood, 23–28 November German Counter-attacks, 30 November–2 December 1918 First Battles of the Somme First Battle of Arras, 28 March Second Battle of the Somme Battle of Albert, 23 August Second Battles of Arras Battle of the Scarpe, 26–30 August Battles of the Hindenburg Line Battle of the Canal du Nord, 27 September–1 October Second Battle of Cambrai, 8–9 October Pursuit to the Selle, 9–12 October Final Advance in Picardy Battle of the Sambre, 4 November Passage of the Grande Honnelle, 5–7 November Throughout this period, even when the infantry of the division were resting, the divisional artillery were frequently left in the Line supporting other formations. 56th Division was relieved and drawn back into support by midnight on 10 November 1918, but its artillery remained in action until 'Cease Fire' sounded at 11.00 on 11 November when the Armistice with Germany came into force. 2/II London Brigade After the First Line divisional artillery left for France, 2/II London Bde joined 58th Division on 27 September at Saxmundham with the following composition: 2/II London Brigade RFA 2/4th London Battery 2/5th London Battery 2/6th London Battery 2/II London Brigade Ammunition Column The division remained in East Anglia, digging trenches, manning coastal defences. and training, until July 1916, when it moved to Salisbury Plain for final training. By then