After two days' rest (26–27 August) the division returned to the attack in the Second Battle of Bapaume,Gibbon, pp. 162–6. and by 3 September it was advancing across open country in pursuit of the enemy until they reached the line of the Canal du Nord. Considerable resistance was met with at Neuville-Bourjonval and a trench system beyond.Gibbon, pp. 166–67. A company of 1/7th Bn, supported by a Box barrage laid down by B company of the 42nd Machine Gun Bn, attacked these trenches on the afternoon of 5 September. 'The attack was brilliantly successful, the trench system being captured and more than 100 prisoners taken, with very slight loss to the company'.Gibbon, p. 167.Latter, Vol I, pp. 386–7. The 42nd Division was withdrawn for rest that night.
