 In the IX Corps area , the 36th ( Ulster ) Division captured the wreckage of two woods and Bogaert Farm in between , finding that the artillery fire had cut the masses of barbed wire and destroyed many strong @-@ points . Further north , the 16th ( Irish ) and 19th divisions advanced through the remains of Wytschaete wood and Grand Bois , which had been hit by a 2 @,@ 000 oil drum Livens Projector bombardment on the night of 3 / 4 June and by standing barrages on all the known German positions in the woods . A German force at L 'Hospice held out despite being by @-@ passed , until 6 : 48 a.m. and the objective was reached just after 5 : 00 a.m. 
