On 25 September, a German counter-attack around Polygon Wood had recaptured some of the ground lost during the Battle of the Menin Road. The following day, the Allied advance resumed on a front extending from the Menin Road to Saint Julien, and centered on Polygon Wood, to remove them and then continue to move east. In the north of the battle area, the 48th Div, still part of XVIII Corps held the area around Saint Julien which they had captured during the Battle of Langemarck.