The Capture Conquering of Mametz took place Process_start on 1 July 1916 , when the British Fourth Army attacked Attack the German 2nd Army on the Western Front , during the first day of the Battle of the Somme .

Mametz is a village on the D 64 road , about north-east of Amiens and east of Albert .

Mametz Wood is to the north-west and before 1914 , the village was the fifth largest in the area , with about and had a station on the line from Albert to Péronne .

During the Battle of Albert 1914 the II Bavarian Corps attacked Attack westwards north of the Somme but was fought Quarreling to a standstill east of Mametz .

Reinforced Cause_change_of_strength by the XIV Reserve Corps the Germans on the north side of the Somme attacked Attack again and took Conquering Mametz on 29 September .

In mid-December the French conducted Action a local attack Attack in the Mametz area but were repulsed Defending with many casualties .

Mine warfare began Process_start soon after a front line was established Creating but the most extensive mining took place Process_start further north at La Boisselle and during 1915 , the area around Mametz became Becoming a comparative backwater .

In June 1916 the British preliminary bombardment cut Removing much of the barbed wire protecting the Mametz defences and destroyed Destroying many of the trenches in the first position occupied by Reserve Infantry Regiment 109 of the 28th Reserve Division .

Mametz was occupied Control during the morning by the 20th Brigade but a German counter-attack forced most of the British troops out , until a second attack Attack during the afternoon , when the advance of the 18th ( Eastern ) Division on the right flank , had cut the Germans in the village off from Montauban to the east .

British and French attacks Attack south of the Albert–Bapaume road continued on 2 July and by 13 July had pushed Motion up close to the German second position through Mametz Wood to the north of Mametz , ready for the Battle of Bazentin Ridge on 14 July , the 7th Division having been relieved Cure by the 38th ( Welsh ) Division on 5 July .

British and French attacks Attack south of the Albert–Bapaume road continued on 2 July and by 13 July had pushed Motion up close to the German second position through Mametz Wood to the north of Mametz , ready for the Battle of Bazentin Ridge on 14 July , the 7th Division having been relieved Cure by the 38th ( Welsh ) Division on 5 July .

Mametz and the vicinity were retaken Conquering for the last time on 26 August by the 18th and 12th ( Eastern ) Divisions .

Fricourt is from Albert , north of Bray and west of Mametz , near the D 938 road and at the junction of the D 147 with the D 64 .

The ground sloped south-west from Bazentin ridge , divided by Willow Stream , which rose Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale in Trônes Wood and flowed Motion past the ends of the Mametz and Fricourt spurs .

German fortification of the area around Mametz and Fricourt had created Creating a web of trenches deep behind the front-line trench , which was irregular making many angles from which an attacker could be engaged .

The German defence south of the road mostly collapsed and the French had `` complete success '' on both banks of the Somme , as did the British from Maricourt on the army boundary , where XIII Corps took Conquering Montauban and reached Arriving all its objectives and XV Corps captured Conquering Mametz and isolated Fricourt .