Battle of Polygon Wood
Videos
The Battle of Polygon Wood was fought during the second part of the Third Battle of Ypres in the First World War. The battle was fought near Ypres in Belgium, from the Menin road to Polygon Wood and t
Australian infantry wearing respirators
Troops of the 10th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers, of the 3rd Division, move into position for the attack on Zonnebeke, 25 September 1917
The British front line and the German defences in the area east of Ypres, mid-1917
Composite photograph of Australian soldiers in trenches at the Battle of Polygon Wood
Battle of Passchendaele
Videos
The Third Battle of Ypres, also known as the Battle of Passchendaele, was a campaign of the First World War, fought by the Allies against the German Empire. The battle took place on the Western Front,
Battle of Polygon Wood
…The Battle of Polygon Wood (26 September to 3 October 1917) was fought during the second part of the Third Battle of Ypres in the First World War. The battle was fought near Ypres in Belgium, from the Menin road to Polygon Wood and thence north, to the area beyond St Julien…
Australian gunners on a duckboard track in Château Wood, near Hooge, 29 October 1917. Photo by Frank Hurley.
The Eastern Front in 1917
The progression of the battle and the general disposition of troops