Circumstances Leading to Death - The Story of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment by C.L. Kingsford

On October 9th 1916 the Battalion moved into the front lines at Les Boeufs. On the afternoon of the 12th October 1916 a fresh attack on enemy lines was delivered. Under cover of a creeping barrage the Battalion went out of the trenches at the double in four waves. At first they made good progress but the Royal Irish Fusiliers on the left were hung up early in the day and together with one company of Royal Warwickshire were forced to return [to original lines]. The other 3 companies got forward about a quarter of a mile and dug themselves in and held on till evening when the failure of the attack on either flank compelled them to withdraw. The battalion had 5 officers killed and 260 other casualties, including Frank.