The 61st Brigade of the 20th (Light) Division (Major-General R. H. Davies) as attacked to the Guards and assembled 200 yards beyond Serpentine Trench before capturing the third objective, part of the Ginchy–Lesbœufs road and two battalions then came up to guard both flanks with Stokes mortars and machine-guns as the Germans counter-attacked on the left flank through the afternoon.