German resistance against the French attack Attack close to the village , particularly with machine-gun fire , held back Hindering the advance but further east , the French captured Conquering Rancourt in the afternoon and closed up to Frégicourt .

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 .

The advance Cause_to_make_progress of the 103rd Brigade was over ground with a fold , which meant that the disastrous attack Attack by the preceding Process_start brigades could not be seen Perception_active as the brigade advanced Cause_to_make_progress to be engaged Participation by artillery and machine-gun fire Use_firearm , which inflicted Bodily_harm before the troops had reached Arriving the British front line .

To exploit Hold the success , British cavalry went Self_motion forward to probe the area around the village but were repulsed Defending by machine-gun Use_firearm and artillery-fire Bearing_arms from improvised German defences Defending on Transloy Ridge .

The Scottish infantry advanced Cause_to_make_progress from a trench from the German lines , half the distance of 1 July , with the support Supporting of tanks , an accurate creeping Self_motion barrage and an overhead machine-gun barrage .

It formed Cause_to_amalgamate part of the German defensive Defending system in the Somme sector of the Western Front during the First World War and consisting Cause_to_be_included of a mass of machine-gun emplacements , trenches and dug-outs .