 Two brigades of the 24th Division in Corps reserve , advanced into the X Corps sector and reached <unk> on time . The brigades easily reached their objectives around Bug Wood , Rose Wood and <unk> Farm , taking unopposed many German pillboxes . The brigades captured 289 Germans and six field guns for a loss of six casualties , advancing 800 yards ( 730 m ) along the <unk> valley , then took Ravine Wood unopposed on the left flank . The left battalion was drawn back to meet the 47th Division , which was still held up by machine @-@ gun fire from the spoil bank . The final objectives of the British offensive had been taken , except for the area of the Ypres – Comines canal near the spoil bank and 1 @,@ 000 yards ( 910 m ) of the Oosttaverne line , at the junction of the II Anzac Corps and IX Corps . Despite a heavy bombardment until 6 : 55 p.m. , the Germans at the spoil bank repulsed another infantry attack . The reserve battalion which had been moved up for the second attack on the spoil bank , had been caught in a German artillery bombardment while assembling for the attack . The companies which attacked then met with massed machine @-@ gun fire during the advance and only advanced half @-@ way to the spoil bank . The 207 survivors of the original 301 infantry , were withdrawn when German reinforcements were seen arriving from the canal cutting and no further attempts were made . 
