The initial French attack broke Bodily_harm through and captured Conquering Vimy Ridge but reserve units were not able to reinforce Cause_change_of_strength the troops on the ridge , before German counter-attacks forced them back about half-way to their jumping-off points .

Hasty counter-attacks Attack by the British were repulsed Defending amidst the darkness , smoke Ingestion and dust , which left British artillery observers unable to see Perception_active the front line .

The Viet Cong subsequently launched two successive counter-attacks Attack , both repulsed Defending by the Australians .

From the 2nd Rifle Brigade defeated Conquering numerous Axis armoured Wearing counter-attacks and withstood constant artillery-bombardments and machine-gun fire , while knocking out armoured vehicles , with intermittent support from the tanks and artillery of the 1st Armoured Division .

After a hurricane bombardment Attack , the objectives were captured Conquering with few British losses Earnings_and_losses and German counter-attacks Attack were defeated Conquering by artillery-fire .

The strategically important Halfaya Pass was taken Conquering against stiff Italian opposition , and deeper inside Libya Fort Capuzzo was captured Conquering , but German counter-attacks Attack under Colonel Maximilian von Herff regained Getting the fort during the afternoon causing Causation heavy casualties Catastrophe amongst its defenders .

although the operation got Getting off to a promising start Process_start , throwing Self_motion the axis high command into confusion , most of its early gains were lost Earnings_and_losses to local counter-attacks , and with german reinforcements being rushed to the front the operation was called Name_conferral off after one day .

After a brief exchange of fire , both bridges were captured Conquering and then defended Defending against tank , gunboat and infantry counter-attacks , until relief arrived Arriving .

In their first battle Hostile_encounter with the PVA , the 3rd Battalion , Royal Australian Regiment ( 3 RAR ) captured Conquering a well defended Defending hill with only limited Limiting offensive support , and held Defending it in the face of heavy counter-attacks before confused Perception_active command Control decisions Deciding resulted in Causation a disorganised night withdrawal Escaping while still in contact Communication .

I Corps was also delayed Change_event_time by constant counter-attacks of the 21st Panzer Division .

It was intended that two fresh armoured divisions would continue the attack Attack but some hesitancy by these two comparatively inexperienced divisions and German armoured counter-attacks Attack slowed Change_event_time the offensive .

German counter-attacks Attack during the afternoon recaptured Conquering most of the lost Earnings_and_losses ground north of the Albert–Bapaume road and more British attacks Attack against Thiepval were costly failures .

The Germans retained Preserving control Control of the high ground on Passchendaele Ridge opposite I and II Anzac corps , where the attack Attack was repulsed Defending or troops were forced Request by counter-attacks Attack to retire Escaping from most captured ground , as had happened on 9 October .

The attackers had managed to advance Cause_to_make_progress towards the village but most of the captured ground had been lost Earnings_and_losses to German counter-attacks during the afternoon .

New defences were to be built Building behind the front line to contain a breakthrough until the position was restored Recovering by counter-attacks .

Attacked Attack several times by the Canadian Corps during the Battle of the Ancre Heights , the 5th Canadian Brigade of the 2nd Canadian Division briefly controlled Control a section of the trench on 1 October but was repulsed Defending by counter-attacks of the German Marine Brigade ( equivalent to an army division ) , which had been brought Bringing from the Belgian coast .

Three counter-attacks were repulsed Defending by the Canadians and by 22 October , more than a thousand Germans had been taken Conquering prisoner .

Troops of the 36th ( Ulster ) Division captured Conquering the redoubt on 1 July 1916 , until forced out by German bombardments Attack and counter-attacks Attack after night had fallen .

In late September , the British gained Getting a footing in the redoubt , during the Battle of Thiepval Ridge Attack and counter-attack followed until 14 October , when troops of the 39th Division , captured Conquering the last German foothold in the redoubt and repulsed Defending German counter-attacks from The site of the redoubt lies between the Thiepval Memorial and the Ulster Tower .

South of the river , the Allies improvised Hold defences and made Creating local counter-attacks , to dislodge Removing the Germans from bridgeheads on the south bank and re-capture river crossings for an advance northwards to regain Recovering contact with the armies in northern France and Flanders .