At 11:40 a.m. Rycroft contacted Lieutenant-General Thomas Morland, the corps commander, to report on the situation and suggested that another attempt be made to skirt round the north side of Thiepval and then work south to get behind Thiepval, the defences further down the Thiepval Spur and the Wonderwork to cut and the other communication trenches leading back to Courcellete, 3 miles east.