The capture Conquering of Beaumont Hamel and Serre would go some way to redeem Recovering the failure Earnings_and_losses of 1 July and obtain Getting ground on which the British would have a tactical advantage .

Beaumont Hamel , St Pierre Divion and Beaucourt were captured Conquering , which threatened Warning the German hold on Serre further north .

Nine corps of the French Sixth Army and the British Fourth and Third armies , attacked Attack the German 2nd Army ( General Fritz von Below ) from Foucaucourt south of the Somme northwards across the Ancre to Serre and at Gommecourt , beyond , in the Third Army area .

The objective of the attack Attack was to capture the German first and second positions from Serre south to the Albert–Bapaume road and the first position from the road south to Foucaucourt .