The Battle of Pozières took place in northern France around the village of Pozières, during the Battle of the Somme. The costly fighting ended with the British in possession of the plateau north and east of the village, in a position to menace the German bastion of Thiepval from the rear. The Australian official historian Charles Bean wrote that Pozières ridge "is more densely sown with Australian sacrifice than any other place on earth".
The "Gibraltar" bunker, Pozières, in late August. A fatigue party laden with sandbags heads for the fighting at Mouquet Farm.
Road to Pozières: In the distance the village of Contalmaison is under German shellfire.
The view from Centre Way trench towards Mouquet Farm, August.
The hill of the windmill.
Pozières is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
The tank monument in Pozières
A fatigue party from the Australian 7th Brigade (Australian 2nd Division) pass the former German bunker known as "Gibraltar" at the western end of Pozières, 28 August 1916, during the Battle of the Somme. The infantry are laden with empty sandbags, heading towards the fighting around Mouquet Farm, north of Pozières.
The view from Centre Way trench towards Mouquet Farm, August 1916
Mouquet Farm and its defences, June 1916
