page_title: Battle of Ginchy
section_title: Casualties
hierarchical_section_title: Battle of Ginchy / Aftermath / Casualties
caption_attribution_description: English: Extract of the list of World War I dead from the village of Preying (municipality of Saldenburg, district of Freyung-Grafenau in Bavaria, Germany) - part of the village war memorial Français&#160;: A la mémoire, entre autres, d'un fantassin allemand tombé à Lihons, le 25 septembre 1914.
context_page_description: The Battle of Ginchy took place on 9 September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme, when the 16th Division captured the German-held village. Ginchy is 0.93 mi north-east of Guillemont, at the junction of six roads, on a rise overlooking Combles, 2.5 mi to the south-east. After the conclusion of the Battle of Guillemont on 6 September, XIV Corps and XV Corps were required to complete the advance to positions which would give observation over the German third position, to be ready for a general attack in mid-September, for which the Anglo-French armies had been preparing since early August.
  British attacks northwards from the boundary between the Fourth Army and the French Sixth Army, from Leuze Wood north to Ginchy, had begun on 3 September when the 7th Division captured the village, before being forced out by a German counter-attack. Attacks on Leuze Wood and attempts to re-take Ginchy on 4 and 5 September were also defeated by German counter-attacks. The 7th Division was relieved by the 16th Division and 55th Division on the evening of 7 September and the 5th Division was replaced by the 56th Division on the right at the army boundary.
context_section_description: From 7 to 12 September, Bavarian Infantry Regiment 19 lost 884 men in the defence of Ginchy. The 16th Irish Division lost 4,330 casualties from 1 to 10 September and was transferred to the Second Army in Flanders. From 23 August to its relief on 7 September, the 7th Division lost 3,800 men. The 24th Division had lost approximately 2,000 casualties since the end of August.
caption: Detail of the war memorial in the village of Preying (Saldenburg, Bavaria) naming Infantry Vizefeldwebel Josef Liebl who was killed during the Battle of Ginchy, 9 September 1916.
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