They attacked the German trench lines north of Carnoy, advancing towards the west of the fortified village of Montauban on the southern sector of the battle. Elsewhere the majority of the attacking units failed, though not for want of effort and courage - a week long artillery barrage had simply failed to kill the German defenders and destroy the impregnable lines of barbed wire in front of their trenches.
The casualties on 1st July were horrific - 60,000 in total of which 20,000 were killed, most in the first hour. This failure meant that the success in the south was not exploited, to the consternation of the troops there.
Albert has no known grave and is listed on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing, along with some 80,000 others.
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