Fighting for Mouquet Farm
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The Fighting for Mouquet Farm took place between the British Reserve Army and the German Army during the Battle of the Somme. The fighting began on 23 July. The farm was captured by the 3rd Canadian D
Mouquet farm, Pozières, by Fred Leist
Mouquet Farm and its defences, June 1916
Mouquet Farm and its defences, September 1916
Battle of Thiepval Ridge
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The Battle of Thiepval Ridge was the first big offensive of the Reserve Army, during the Battle of the Somme on the Western Front during the First World War. The attack was intended to benefit from th
Fighting for Mouquet Farm
…Canadian Corps on 16 September, then lost to a German counter-attack, before being re-captured on 26 September by the 11th (Northern) Division during the Battle of Thiepval Ridge (26–28 September). Number 16 Section of the 6th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment (Pioneers) smoked out the last German defenders. Mouquet Farm was to…
Schwaben Redoubt aerial photograph, 1916 (IWM HU 91107)
Mouquet Farm before its destruction. (AWM J00181)
Night scene at Thiepval