Enemy high explosive shell hit a dugout in the support lines containing Ptes Vass, Fry and Summersford of C Company, killing all three. L-Cpl Anderson of D Company also killed, and along with Ptes Groves and Fowles on the previous day makes this the worst 48 hour period for the Battalion since the attack at Warlencourt towards the end of February.
Following the Twenty-Second 