and Lesbœufs, in the centre the 41st Division, the newest division in the BEF, captured Flers with the help of tank D-17 and the New Zealand Division, between Delville Wood and High Wood on the left, took the Switch Line, linking with the 41st Division in Flers, after two tanks arrived and the German defenders were overrun. The Fourth Army made a substantial advance of but failed to reach the final objectives. The Allies held the Wood until 24 March 1918, when the 47th Division received orders to retire with the rest of V Corps, after German troops broke through the junction of V Corps and VII Corps. British and German soldiers sometimes found themselves marching parallel, as the British troops fell back and formed a new line facing south between High Wood and Bazentin le Grand. On 29 August 1918, the 38th (Welsh) Division attacked at to take the high ground east of Ginchy and then capture Delville Wood and Longueval from the south. The 113th Brigade was virtually unopposed and reached the objective by and the 115th Brigade advanced north of the wood, which was mopped up by the 114th Brigade. Later in the day, the advance reached the vicinity of Morval. The Armistice with Germany ended hostilities three months later. See also Victoria Cross Private William Faulds on 18 July: 1st Battalion, 1st South African Brigade, 9th Scottish Division. Corporal Joseph Davies on 20 July: 10th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 76th Brigade, 3rd Division Private Albert Hill on 20 July: 10th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 76th Brigade, 3rd Division. Major William la Touche (Billy) Congreve 20 July, Brigade Major 76th Brigade, 3rd Division. Sergeant Albert Gill on 27 July: 1st Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps, 99th Brigade, 2nd Division. Notes Footnotes References Books Journals Websites Further reading Translation of Meine Tätigkeit im Weltkriege 1914–1918 (Berlin, Verlag Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn 1939) External links Situation map 19 July 1916 (Der Weltkrieg) The Battle of Delville Wood (South African Military History Society) Website of the South African National Memorial, Delville Wood Longueval, Delville Wood, Somme 1916 World War One Battlefields, Delville Wood Official website of Delville Wood Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Delville Wood Memorial The South Africa (Delville Wood) National Memorial, Longueval Conflicts in 1916 1916 in France Battles of the Western Front (World War I) Battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom Battles of World