The British plan for the battle fought from included more emphasis on the use of heavy and medium artillery to destroy German concrete pill-boxes and machine-gun nests, which were more numerous in the battle zones being attacked and to engage in more counter-battery fire.
Two regiments of the German 50th Reserve Division attacked on a front, on either side of the Reutelbeek, supported by aircraft and and batteries of artillery, four times the usual amount of artillery for a division.