Sugar Refinery Courcelette (in red crayon) - "The Sugar Refinery at Courcelette" Ruins [DND Photo o.859 ] OFFICIAL CAPTION: "The Sugar Refinery was captured by the 21st Canadian Infantry Battalion during the Battle of Courcelette on the 15th of September, 1916 and also noted as "All that is left of the sugar refinery." Photo from album which possibly belonged to Lt Reginald Vigars Prenter (RVP), 72nd Bn. The Battle of Flers-Courcelette (15 - 22 September, 1916). "From the middle of September, however, to the middle of November the Corps bore its full share of the Somme fighting. The first important action in which the Canadians were engaged was the capture of Sugar and Candy trench and the sugar refinery at Courcelette on September 15, 1916 this action is notable not only for the fierce fighting involved but by the fact that for the first time Tanks were used in cooperated with the Canadian infantry. The following day the Canadians swept on and captured the village of Courcelette itself, in one of the most successful operations of the Somme fighting. For many days the Germans strove stubbornly to retake Courcelette; but their efforts resulted only in further loss of ground and further punishment".