Battle of Pozières

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 and 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".

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Battle of Pozieres
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1916 Battle of Pozières

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Road to Pozieres August 1916 (AWM EZ0084)

Bundesarchiv Bild 104-0999G, Pozieres, zerstörte Kleinbahnlokomotiven

Australian 2nd Division machine gunners at Pozieres (AWM photo EZ0079)

Modern view of the field at Pozieres where Gerald Blake died Wellcome L0074464

Australian 6th Brigade marching Somme (AWM EZ0092)

Pozieres - An Australian Episode Art.IWMART322

AWM E00015 Pozieres Windmill site

Members of the 5th and 6th Brigades resting in Pozieres in July 1916 (AWM EZ0074)

ObservationBalloonPozieresJuly1916

Australians Loading 9.45 inch Trench Mortar Somme 2 August 1916

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict		Battle of Monchy-au-Bois	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1339	Thiérache campaign	military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1356	Lancaster's chevauchée of 1356	offensive	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1472	Siege of Nesle	siege, sack	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1536	Siege of Péronne	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1636	Crossing of the Somme	Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of France, battle, Hispanic Monarchy	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1636	First siege of Corbie	Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of France, siege, Hispanic Monarchy	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1636	Second siege of Corbie	Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of France, Hispanic Monarchy, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1642	Battle of Honnecourt	Kingdom of France, battle, Hispanic Monarchy	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1793	Battle of Caesar's Camp	battle, Kingdom of Great Britain	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1870	Battle of Amiens	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1870	Battle of Hallue	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1870	Siege of Péronne	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1871	Battle of Bapaume (1871)	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1914	Ovillers-la-Boisselle in World War I	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1914	Battle of Albert	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1915	Battle of Hébuterne	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Battle of Albert	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Battle of the Somme	British Empire, German Empire, French Third Republic, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	First day on the Somme	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Leipzig salient	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Capture of La Boisselle	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Battle of Mametz Wood	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Battle of Mametz Wood	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Battle of Bazentin Ridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Battle of Delville Wood	British Empire, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Capture of Ovillers	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Battle of Pozières	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Battle of Mouquet Farm	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Battle of Guillemont	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Battle of Ginchy	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Battle of Flers–Courcelette	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle, Canadian Expeditionary Force	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Capture of Martinpuich	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Battle of Morval	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Battle of Thiepval Ridge	J. R. R. Tolkien, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Capture of Combles	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Battle of Le Transloy	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Battle of the Ancre Heights	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Capture of Regina Trench	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Battle of the Ancre	battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Battle of Drocourt-Quéant Line	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Attack on Noreuil	offensive	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Spring Offensive	Alberico Albricci, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, offensive, United States, British Empire, German Empire, Dominion of Newfoundland, Erich Ludendorff, French Third Republic, John J. Pershing, First Portuguese Republic, Ferdinand Foch	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	First Battle of Dernancourt	Australia, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	First Battle of Morlancourt	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Second Battle of Dernancourt	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Second Battle of Morlancourt	German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Third Battle of Morlancourt	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle, Imperial German Army, Australian Army	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Battle of Hamel	battle, United States, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Hundred Days Offensive	British Empire, Austria–Hungary, German Empire, Erich Ludendorff, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, French Third Republic, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, offensive, Ferdinand Foch, John J. Pershing	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Battle of Albert	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Second Battle of Bapaume	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Second Battle of the Somme	United States, British Empire, German Empire, battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Battle of the Scarpe	Canada, British Empire, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin	Australia, German Empire, battle, John Monash	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Battle of Havrincourt	German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle, Dominion of New Zealand	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Battle of Épehy	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1940	Battle of Arras	United Kingdom, battle	Wikidata
site	bunker	1917	Casemate à mitrailleuse 526	bunker	Wikidata
site	museum		Musée Somme 1916 of Albert	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1986	South African Delville Wood Commemorative Museum	Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2008	Carrière Wellington	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2012	Bullecourt 1917, Jean and Denise Letaille museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2018	Sir John Monash Centre	military museum	Wikidata
site	tower		donjon de Bailleulmont	keep	Wikidata
commons	image		Road to Pozieres August 1916 (AWM EZ0084)		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 104-0999G, Pozieres, zerstörte Kleinbahnlokomotiven		Commons
commons	image		Australian 2nd Division machine gunners at Pozieres (AWM photo EZ0079)		Commons
commons	image		Modern view of the field at Pozieres where Gerald Blake died Wellcome L0074464		Commons
commons	image		Australian 6th Brigade marching Somme (AWM EZ0092)		Commons
commons	image		Pozieres - An Australian Episode Art.IWMART322		Commons
commons	image		AWM E00015 Pozieres Windmill site		Commons
commons	image		Members of the 5th and 6th Brigades resting in Pozieres in July 1916 (AWM EZ0074)		Commons
commons	image		ObservationBalloonPozieresJuly1916		Commons
commons	image		Australians Loading 9.45 inch Trench Mortar Somme 2 August 1916		Commons