The 58th Division ascribed Coming_to_believe their success to excellent training Practice , a good creeping barrage and smoke shell , which had thickened Change the mist and blinded Perception_active the German defenders ; gas shell barrages Use_firearm on the German reinforcement routes had depressed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale German morale .

The reinforcement Cause_change_of_strength of the Somme front with troops and equipment Supply from Verdun also contributed Causation to the German defeat Conquering in the First Offensive Battle Hostile_encounter of Verdun ( ) and the loss Earnings_and_losses of forts Douaumont and Vaux .

The daylight hours were punctuated with artillery , mortar and sniper fire , making repairs and reinforcement a more dangerous task .

The engagement Hostile_encounter formed Coming_to_be part of a series of actions fought Hostile_encounter to prevent Preventing_or_letting the French from resupplying Supply their garrison in Egypt , which had been trapped Placing there without significant reinforcement since the defeat Conquering of the French Mediterranean Fleet at the Battle Hostile_encounter of the Nile two and a half years earlier .

This force required Imposing_obligation reinforcement and supply Supply from France , and periodic attempts were made Action to reach Arriving the isolated convoy with new frigates , the first of which was `` Niémen '' .

although by the end of the day the town was still in polish hands Conquering and the two sides suffered Bodily_harm comparable losses Earnings_and_losses , the battle Hostile_encounter is usually considered a polish defeat because of the russian army 's almost unlimited strategic reinforcement capability .

This force , under Charles Gerard and Lord Bernard Stewart , was prevented Preventing_or_letting from joining Becoming_a_member them , and Langdale was instead attacked Attack by both Poyntz 's force and the reinforcement .

Despite minor British reinforcement , the Siege of Antwerp ended Process_end when its defensive Defending ring of forts was destroyed Destroying by German super-heavy artillery .

Early in July the commander of the Austrian Fifth Army , General Svetozar Boroević , received Receiving two reinforcement divisions , which put an end to the Italian efforts at breaking Bodily_harm through the Austrian lines .