German attack on Vimy Ridge, 21 May 1916
In 1932, Edmonds recorded 1,344 German casualties; 615 men in the attack and 729 during British counter-attacks. British casualties in the 47th Division from 22 to 24 May were 1,571, 2nd Division casualties were 267 and the 7th Brigade (25th Division) had 637 casualties, a total of 2,475. In 1936, the official historians of "Der Weltkrieg", the German official history, recorded that 300 British prisoners had been taken.
Battle of Pilckem Ridge
On 4 August, Haig claimed to the Cabinet that the attack was a success and that casualties had been low for such a big battle, from compared to on 1 July 1916. An advance of about had been achieved in the centre and north. German observation areas on the highest part of the Gheluvelt Plateau near Clapham Junction and the ridge from Bellewaarde to Pilckem had been captured, nine German divisions had been "shattered" and hurriedly relieved by the first echelon of "Eingreif" divisions. The reliefs of the ground holding divisions implied that fresh divisions had replaced them, beginning the process of drawing German divisions to Flanders, away from the bulk of the French armies. An unusually large number of German dead were counted and more than had been taken along with The nine Fifth Army divisions had been intended to gain the green line, possibly parts of the red line and then be capable of pressing on to the Passchendaele–Staden Ridge before needing to be relieved. The green line had been reached in the north but only part of the black line on the Gheluvelt Plateau, at a cost of casualties and about half of the tanks knocked out or bogged down.