The attack on the night of 25 to 26 October 1942 at Trig 29

The plan for the 2/48th to attack Trig 29 included using a barrage and two infantry companies "forward". Carriers would bring a third company along with other vehicles with anti-tank guns. The next phase included using the 2/24th Battalion to attack the switch line flank. They anticipated an attack on the 2/48th Battalion, but it didn't happen. "At dusk" they captured a group of enemy soldiers that included the 125th Regiment commander and the 125th/II Battalion commander. A prize capture was a map that showed the area to be attacked. The map included minefields and where troops were positioned. After seeing the map at the brigade headquarters, they changed the orders for the 2/24th Battalion and the sappers to make a gap easier and more useful.

The 2/17th Battalion took over the 2/48th defensive positions and freed up the 2/48th for the planned attack. The two companies forward moved up "on foot". They moved forward to about 200 yards from Trig 29. At that point, the carriers drove up to the objective. When they arrived at the "spur", the infantry unloaded and charged. They found that one position was actually a "dug-in tank". Grenades "knocked out the crew". The right company reached its objective after taking officer losses. They took 38 Germans prisoner.

The left company took heavy casualties, but was able to take the position they attacked. Once in place, they started digging in the "rocky soil". They asked for the "consolidation stores to be driven forward. A lucky hit from an enemy shot blew up a truck with mines, and caused five other trucks to also explode. They were "stunned" but got the undamaged trucks moving forward. Captain Potter was ordered back to "B Echelon". He brought back "five composite reorganization stores trucks". "By first light 2,000 mines had been laid". One 2/48th company was looking north. A second company was looking west. A third company "on the left" were looking "west and northwest". They were in touch with the 2/17th Battalion, now holding the ground that the 2/48th Battalion had been holding. This is based on the account in Vol.III of the Australian Official History.