Battle of Polygon Wood

The Battle of Polygon Wood was a small battle that took place in World War I. It happened during the second part of the Battle of Passchendaele. Most of the battle was fought in an area named Polygon Wood, near Ypres, Belgium.

Battle of Polygon Wood
Part of the Battle of Passchendaele
Australian soldiers wearing gas masks
Date September 26 – 27, 1917 Location Polygon Wood, Flanders Result Allied victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom Australia	German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Herbert Plumer	Erich Ludendorff
Strength
7 British divisions 2 Australian divisions	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Australia: 5,770	Unknown, but many.

Battle Of Polygon Wood Media

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  Troops of the 10th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers, of the 3rd Division, move into position for the attack on Zonnebeke, 25 September 1917
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  The British front line and the German defences in the area east of Ypres, mid-1917
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  Australian soldiers in trenches at the Battle of Polygon Wood
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  Albatros D.Va

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  Private John Hines of the 45th Battalion, with German money and equipment looted during the Battle of Polygon Wood
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  A painting of the battlefield at Polygon Wood by George Edmund Butler, an official war artist to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, in 1918. The Butte is visible in the distance.

Bibliography

• Bean, Charles (1941). The AIF in France:1917, The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918. Vol. 4. pp. 794–795.

Other websites

• "Battle of Polygon Wood, 26-27 September 1917". History of War. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
• "Battle of Polygon Wood: 26 September 1917". www.polygonwood.com. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
• "Battle of Polygon Wood: 26 September 1917". Department of Veterans' Affairs. Archived from the original on 2009-11-11. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
• Bean, Charles (1941). The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918 (PDF). Vol. 4 (Eleventh ed.). Sydney: Angus and Robertson. pp. 791–832. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-06. Retrieved 2011-08-23.