Visual signalling failed in the mist and few runners got through the German standing barrage, which left the situation at the front unclear, until stragglers began to appear. By the survivors of the 146th Brigade had returned to the British front line. On the right, the infantry of the 147th Brigade defended the German front trench until they ran out of hand grenades and then dribbled back, until about A second attack was planned but the retreat of the 147th Brigade led to a postponement and when the state of the attacking battalions, which had lost became known, the attack was cancelled. IR 66 spent digging new shelters in Redoubt but failed to conceal the work and British artillery maintained a slow bombardment by super-heavy artillery, which could demolish even the deepest dug-outs. 28 September – 14 October The area to the right (east) of Redoubt was attacked by the 53rd Brigade of the 18th (Eastern) Division during the Battle of Thiepval Ridge . The 8th Suffolk captured (Schwabian Trench) in a few minutes and after a ten-minute halt, advanced to Trench by meeting troops of the 54th Brigade north of Thiepval. The advance towards the redoubt was stopped after , by small arms fire from the front and flanks and the troops retired after dark. Attempts on the left to bomb forward during the evening also failed. The 54th Brigade was to capture the west end of Thiepval and advance about to Redoubt. The battalion on the right captured the east end of Thiepval and the left hand battalion managed to get halfway through the west end of the village. A third battalion sent forward as a reinforcement, was severely bombarded by German artillery as it moved forward and the survivors dug in with the leading battalions, just ahead of the village on the right; the attack on Redoubt was postponed. On 28 September, the 53rd Brigade formed up for the attack, on tapes facing north-west from Trench, the left-hand battalion to capture the redoubt. The advance began at and easily captured Bulgar Trench. The Midway Line held out for longer but the area east of redoubt was approached by On the left, the 7th Queen's advance on the redoubt, drifted to the left but managed to get into the southern face of the redoubt and take fifty prisoners. The battalion also managed to take the south-west corner, then