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
Pozières
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Pozières is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Fighting for Mouquet Farm
…Section of the 6th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment (Pioneers) smoked out the last German defenders. Mouquet Farm was to the right of the modern D 73 Pozières–Thiepval road, south of Grandcourt and to the south-west of Courcelette, about 1.1 mi (1.7 km) north-west of the high ground near Pozières. Following…
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