14′45″
On the right flank of the minefield a shallow gallery will be fired.
15′
The artillery, which was firing on the southwest corner of La Boiselle, will increase its range and shell the trenches in rear.
The close-range weapons will cease fire.
The machine guns will sweep communication trenches in this sector and in the Galgen.
15′30″
In the Blinddarm and just south of the same, isolated groups of dummies will be exposed in order to make the enemy think an attack is pending. From now on, artillery and Minenwerfer fire will increase to its maximum intensity on the real objective.
The “Albrecht-Mörser” of the 1st Reserve Company, 13th Pioneer Battalion, in position on the Lehmgrubenhöhe, will bombard the Nordrondell with the utmost intensity.
20′