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125 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 2nd June 1916 New Works intermittently shelled 1st Jul 1916 Trench Raid   16th of December 1916 Enemy Very Quiet   23rd of December 1916 Artillery Relief   28th of December 1916 Artillery Continue Shelling   31st of January 1917 Two Patrols Dispersed   2nd February 1917 Reliefs 9th April 1917 37th Divison move up at Arras  13th Battalion, Rifle Brigade with 37th Division were in reserve initially at the launch of the Battle of Arras. After initial success the 37th moved up through the lines to continue the attack. This was the area of the Brown Line and having reached here, the 37th Division was brought up through the other Divisions in order to carry the attack into Monchy. This was supposed to have happened on the evening of 9 April, but a sudden turn in the weather made advancing much more difficult. It was so cold that men would freeze to death during the night. That evening the 37th continued the attack in the face of snow past Feuchy Chapel reaching an area known as Orange Hill to the south-east of Monchy 10th April 1917 Attack Made  It was only on the night of 10 April that the 37th Division including 13th Battalion, Rifle Brigade and its six supporting tanks were in a position to consider mounting an attack on Monchy. The attack was delivered with the 11th Brigade on the left facing Monchy and the 112th on their right advancing towards La Bergère crossroads (where you will see the Windmill CWGC Cemetery and turn left towards Monchy). Standing up on this hill by the monument you get an immediate understanding as to why the village was so important and why the Germans had spent such a long time fortifying it (The Newfoundland Caribou is erected on top of a German bunker). The attack got off to a bad start. At 0500 hours on a freezing cold morning the infantry and tanks set off across the snow, but the artillery was late in getting into position and when they did eventually open their bombardment they began by shelling the advancing troops who had not been warned of any postponement. Amongst the numerous casualties of this friendly fire was one of the tanks. By 0900 hours though, Monchy was in British hands. The Germans launched a number of counter-attacks but these were driven off. The village remained in Allied hands until it was abandoned during the German Spring offensive of 1918. Monchy was finally retaken again by the Canadians on 26th of August 1918 over three days and at remarkably little cost in terms of casualties, General Allenby's 3rd Army had made remarkable gains. 10th Apr 1917 Attack Made 10th April 1917 Situation    11th Apr 1917 Village Taken 11th Apr 1917 Attack Made 12th Apr 1917 Reliefs 30th of June 1917 Another Move 1st Jul 1917 Shelling   29th Jul 1917 Reliefs   27th Mar 1918 Reliefs   5th Apr 1918 Attack Made 22nd of August 1918 A New Objective   3rd of September 1918  Enemy Withdraws   4th of September 1918 Divisional Relief 1st of October 1918  Division Relieved 13th of October 1918  Attack Repulsed   23rd of October 1918 Heavy Bombardment If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 125 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery? 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