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On 20 September the Allies attacked on a {{convert|14500|yd|m}} front and captured most their objectives to a depth of about {{convert|1500|yd|m}} by mid-morning<ref>{{Cita|Terraine|p. 261}}</ref>. The Germans made many counter-attacks, beginning around {{nowrap|3.00 p.m.}} until early evening, all of which failed to gain ground or made only a temporary penetration of the new British positions on the Second Army front. The attack was a great success and showed that the German defences could no longer stop well-prepared attacks made in good weather<ref>{{Cita|Harris|p. 366}}</ref>. Minor attacks took place after 20 September as both sides jockeyed for position and reorganised their defences. A larger attack by the Germans on 25 September recaptured pillboxes at the south western end of Polygon Wood at the cost of heavy casualties. Not long after, the German positions near Polygon Wood were swept away by Plumer's attack of 26 September (the Battle of Polygon Wood)<ref>{{Cita|Sheldon|p. 165}}</ref>.
====Battle of Polygon Wood: 26 September====
[[Image:Australian infantry small box respirators Ypres 1917.jpg|thumb|180px|<center>Fanteria australiana con maschere anti-gas a Ypres (settembre 1917)</center>]]
The Second Army altered its Corps frontages soon after the attack of 20 September, so that each attacking division could be concentrated on a {{convert|1000|yd|m}} front. Roads and light railways were extended to the new front line to allow artillery and ammunition to be moved forward. Artillery from [[VIII Corps (United Kingdom)|VIII]] and [[IX Corps (United Kingdom)|IX]] Corps in the south acted to threaten attacks on Zandvoorde and Warneton. At {{nowrap|5.50 a.m.}} on 26 September the five layers of barrage fired by the British artillery and machine-guns began. Dust and smoke added to the morning mist so the infantry advanced using compass bearings{{Cita|Edmonds|p. 284 - 292}}. Each of the three German ground-holding divisions attacked on 26 September had an {{lang|de|''Eingreif''}} division in support, twice the ratio of 20 September. No ground captured by the British was lost and German counter-attacks managed only to reach ground to which survivors of the front-line divisions had retired<ref>{{Cita|Edmonds|p. 293}}</ref>.
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