On Monday English and New Zealand troops assaulted the high
ground between Peiziere, close to Epehy, and Havrincourt Wood. They captured Gouzeaucourt Wood and our old trenches overlooking the village of that name, where the Germans surprised us by their counter-attack last December after the battle of Cambrai. The enemy made two heavy counter-attacks on Monday to regain the lost positions and delay our advance, but he was repulsed with great loss. He repeated the attempt on Tuesday and was beaten off, except at one point. On Wednesday our troops made an important advanee north of Havrincourt, where they crossed to the east bank of the Canal du Nord, and at the same time reached the canal north and east of Mceuvres. Further south they took Vermand and part of Holnon Wood, four miles west of St. Quentin.
