Taylor war diary, 16 January 1916-22 July 1919 / Tom Taylor - Page 175
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[Page 175]
and be ready to move as Villers Brettoneaux was the Key position of Ameins and must be recaptured at all costs.
For about an hour and a half we waited, cleaning our rifles and ammunition and then word came through that the 15th Brigade on the frontal counter attack with the 14th Brigade on the left Flank had completely defeated fritz recapturing Villers Bretteneaux with an enveloping attack and surrounding the tower taking up our previous position on the other side.
As soon as Fritz had found out he was knocked back he opened up on the town with Artillery blowing his own men out. Out of that stunt we captured 1500 prisoners besides the killed which were close on 1000. About 7 am word came through that the stations in Corbie and outside the town were out of call