Battle of Polygon Wood
The Battle of Polygon Wood took place during the second phase of the Third Battle of Ypres in World War I and was fought near Ypres in Belgium 26 September – 3 October 1917, in the area from the Menin Road to Polygon Wood and thence north, to the area beyond St. Julien. Much of the woodland had been destroyed by the huge quantity of shellfire from both sides since 16 July and the area had changed hands several times. General Herbert Plumer continued the series of British general attacks with limited objectives. The British attacks were led by lines of skirmishers, followed by small infantry columns organised in depth, (a formation which had been adopted by the Fifth Army in August) with a vastly increased amount of artillery support, the infantry advancing behind five layers of creeping bo
12th Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
1st Staffordshire Artillery Volunteers
23rd Division (United Kingdom)
4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
59th (2nd North Midland) Division
Albert Jacka
Arthur Hall (VC)
Billy Sing
Blair Wark
Caleb Shang
Harold Edward Elliott
Henry Bachtold
High Peak Rifles
Jack Stevens
Langford Wellman Colley-Priest
Maurice Wilder-Neligan
Patrick Bugden
Walter Edmond Smith
William Bridgeford
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Battle of Polygon Wood
The Battle of Polygon Wood took place during the second phase of the Third Battle of Ypres in World War I and was fought near Ypres in Belgium 26 September – 3 October 1917, in the area from the Menin Road to Polygon Wood and thence north, to the area beyond St. Julien. Much of the woodland had been destroyed by the huge quantity of shellfire from both sides since 16 July and the area had changed hands several times. General Herbert Plumer continued the series of British general attacks with limited objectives. The British attacks were led by lines of skirmishers, followed by small infantry columns organised in depth, (a formation which had been adopted by the Fifth Army in August) with a vastly increased amount of artillery support, the infantry advancing behind five layers of creeping bo
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De slag om het Polygoonbos was ...... ptember tot 27 september 1917.
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The Battle of Polygon Wood too ...... British offensive superiority.
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Australian: 5,770
British: 15,375
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1917-09-27
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Allied victory
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2 Australian divisions
7 British divisions
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De slag om het Polygoonbos was ...... ptember tot 27 september 1917.
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The Battle of Polygon Wood too ...... ind five layers of creeping bo
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Battle of Polygon Wood
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Slag om het Polygonebos
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Battle of Polygon Wood
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