The 60th Brigade attacked at 16:00 hrs and although men from the three weakened battalions involved (12th K.R.R.C., 12 R.B. and 11th D.L.I., the last only 140 strong) succeeded in reaching the far side of the village, a simultaneous attack by the Germans on Villers-aux-Érables ( 1100 yards to the east) left them with an open flank and they were forced to retire despite taking 50 prisoners and destroying a battery of German trench mortars.