Editing First day on the Somme (section)

=====Mametz=====
{{main|Capture of Mametz}}
[[File:Gordon Highlanders Mametz 1 July 1916.jpg|thumb|{{centre|2nd Battalion, [[Gordon Highlanders]] crossing [[no man's land]] near Mametz}}]]
[[Mametz, Somme|Mametz]] village was attacked by the [[7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|7th Division]], which on the right flank had only {{cvt|100|–|200|yd}} of no man's land to cross. The infantry advanced behind a creeping field artillery barrage that lifted slowly according to a timetable and moved towards a standing barrage fired by the heavy artillery, that lifted to the next objective at set times. The right and central brigades attacked on a {{cvt|1800|yd}} front, from support trenches behind the British front line. Crossing no man's land led to few casualties but far more were suffered as the battalions advanced {{cvt|700|yd}} uphill to the village. The east end was captured but several attempts on the north and west ends were repulsed. After a series of bombardments and when British troops further south began to menace the supply routes of the garrison, resistance collapsed and the village was occupied.{{sfn|Edmonds|1993|pp=346–353}}

The west side of the village was attacked by the [[20th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|20th Brigade]], which had to fight forward for most of the day. The infantry pushed on to ground facing Mametz Wood and Willow Stream, outflanking Fricourt further north, though the objectives beyond Mametz were not reached.{{sfn|Edmonds|1993|pp=346–353, 365–366}} Much of the front of the 7th Division was opposite Reserve Infantry Regiment 109 (RIR 109), of the [[28th Reserve Division (German Empire)|28th Reserve Division]], which should have been relieved on the night of 30 June and which received a warning of the attack from a listening station at La Boisselle. Most of the regiment was caught in their deep shelters under the front trench and cut off from telephone communication. Most of the supporting machine-guns and artillery was put out of action early on. Reinforcements were sent to the second position but not ordered to counter-attack, due to uncertainty about the situation at Montauban and the need to secure Mametz Wood. The 7th Division suffered {{nowrap|3,380 casualties.}}{{sfn|Edmonds|1993|pp=368–370}}