was stopped on its right by fire from the German pillboxes north of the Messines Warneton road up to the Blauwepoortbeek 500 yards short of the Oosttaverne Line with many casualties The left battalion unaware that its support on the left had been delayed veered north to try to make contact near Lumm Farm which tok the battalion across the Wambeke spur instead of straight down The Oosttaverne Line was easily reached but on the Wambeek brook 1 000 yards north of the intended position The Auatralians extended their line further north to Polka Estaminet trying to meet the 33rd Brigade The brigade arrived at 4 30 p m with four tanks and took Joye and Van Hove Farms beyond the objective to silence German machine guns there On the IX Corps front a brigade from the 11th Division was ordered to advance to Vandamme Farm at 9 25 a m but the mesage was delayed and the troops did not reach the assembly area at Rommens Farm until 3 50 p m half an hour late To cover the delay the corps commander ordered the reserve brigade of the 19th Division to take the Oosttaverne Line from from Van Hove Farm Oosttaverne village Bug Wood so that only the southern 1 200 yards of the objective was left for the 33rd Brigade These orders were also delayed and the 19th Division commander asked for a postponement then ordered the 57th Brigade to advance without waiting for the 33rd Brigade The troops only knew that they were to advance downhill and keep up to the barrage but were able to occupy the objective in 20 minutes against light opposition meeting the Australians at Polka Estaminet Two brigades of the 24th Division advanced into the X Corps sector and reached Damm Strasse on time The brigades reached their objectives easily around Bug Wood Rose Wood and Verhaest Farm tanking many German pillboxes unopposed 289 Germans and six field guns were captured for a loss of six casualties in an 800 yards advance along the Roozebeek valley Ravine Wood on the left was also taken unopposed and the extreme left of the advance was drawn back to meet the 47th Division which was still held up by machine gun fire from the Spoil Bank The final objective had been taken except for the area of the Comines canal near the Spoil Bank and 1 000 yards of the Oosttaverne Line between the II Anzac Corps and IX Corps