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 .

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 .

The 28th ( `` Baden '' ) Reserve Division , which held Defending the front from Montauban to Fricourt and Ovillers , was saved Rescuing from destruction Destroying by reinforcements from the 10th Bavarian Division .

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 .

Trônes Wood lay Placing on the northern slope of Montauban ridge , between Bernafay Wood and Guillemont .

The wood was pear-shaped , with a base about wide on Montauban ridge , the rest of the wood running Motion north for about , coming to Motion a point on a rise towards Longueval village .

The Toulouse and Montauban shootings were a series of Islamist terrorist attacks Attack committed by Mohammed Merah from 11–19 March 2012 in the cities of Montauban and Toulouse in the Midi-Pyrénées region of France .

The Toulouse and Montauban shootings were a series of Islamist terrorist attacks Attack committed by Mohammed Merah from 11–19 March 2012 in the cities of Montauban and Toulouse in the Midi-Pyrénées region of France .

On 15 March , he killed Killing two off-duty uniformed French soldiers and seriously wounded Bodily_harm another in Montauban .