The French divisions were forced Motion back and the two divisions of the II Bavarian Corps , advanced Cause_to_make_progress westwards on the north side of the Somme , eventually being stopped Process_end around Maricourt , Montauban and Fricourt .

Fricourt lies to the west , Contalmaison is to the north , Montauban to the north-east and Carnoy and Maricourt are to the south-east .

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 .