 The 57th Division brigade advanced into a marsh, which bogged the attack close to the start line but its troops established advanced posts at Rubens and Memlings Farms forward.The right battalion of the 149th Brigade, 50th Division, got to within of the objective, before fire from German machine-guns and snipers forced a withdrawal to the start line.Further north up to the Ypres–Staden railway, a battalion reached Hill 23, Aden House and Tourenne Crossing but was back at the start line by .