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Throughout the period of the first week of the offensive, the battalion suffered three officers and 45 other ranks killed or wounded.
In March 1918, however, following the start of the German Spring Offensive, the battalion was called back to help stem the tide of the German advance.
During this offensive, the battalion fought at Amiens and Mont St Quentin before assaulting "Beaurevoir Line", which was the third (and final) fortified line of the Hindenburg Line.
As a part of this offensive, the battalion fought major actions at Lihons on 9 11 August where they captured a number of German mortars and Herleville Woods on 23 August.
On 8 August 1918, when the Allies launched the Hundred Days Offensive, the battalion participated in an attack on Amiens that has since been described as one of the most successful for the Allies on the Western Front and, in the words of Erich Ludendorff, the "... blackest day for the German Army".
The King's were represented in the offensive by eight battalions, from standard infantry to pioneers.
In preparation for the coming offensive, Graham's battalion joined with the 2nd Battalion of the Scots Guards to form the 1st Division's 2nd Brigade.
The following two weeks saw a period of prolonged combat, as the task force slowly fell back to the pressure of the German offensive, with the battalion split up among various commands and often cut off or out of communication.
During this offensive the 32nd Battalion took part in operations through August and September, fighting its final engagement of the war between 29 September and 1 October 1918 as part of a joint Australian and American attack along the St Quentin Canal.
On the opening day of the offensive, the 2nd Battalion's lines near Belgian Wood were raided by the 72nd Infantry Regiment and although the attack was beaten off, four men from the battalion were forcibly taken back to the German lines as prisoners.
He had moved here more than three weeks ago for a major offensive with the First Battalion, 37th Armor, First Armored Division.
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