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[[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<ref>{{Cita|Edmonds|p. 284 - 292}}</ref>. 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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