After a dry spell in September , rains began Process_start on 3 October and by the Battle Hostile_encounter of Poelcappelle on 9 October much of the British field artillery opposite Passchendaele was out of action due to the effects Influence of rain , mud and German artillery-fire .

The attacks Attack by the Fifth Army further north from Poelcappelle to the French First Army boundary to close in on Houthoulst Forest succeeded but at the end Process_end of 9 October the front line near Passchendaele hardly changed Change .

Attacks Attack in the XVIII Corps sector from the right flank of the Fifth Army , north to Poelcappelle , were costly and gained Getting little ground but the attack Attack of XIV Corps from Poelcappelle to the French First Army boundary beyond the Ypres–Staden railway , reached Arriving the fringe of Houthoulst Forest .

Attacks Attack in the XVIII Corps sector from the right flank of the Fifth Army , north to Poelcappelle , were costly and gained Getting little ground but the attack Attack of XIV Corps from Poelcappelle to the French First Army boundary beyond the Ypres–Staden railway , reached Arriving the fringe of Houthoulst Forest .