Pozieres

Taking the Heights - Part 1

The Battlefield of Pozieres

In 1916, the British launched the now infamous Battle of the Somme. Three weeks after the opening of the battle, the high ground around a small village in French Picardy remained in German hands. In the AIF's first major assault on the Western Front, the task of seizing Pozieres fell on the 1st Australian Division. The 23rd July would mark the beginning of the battle which would incur the greatest loss of life in Australian military history.


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Contalmaison to Pozieres. Direction of approach for 1st Australian Division.

Courtesy Google Maps

Courtesy Official History.

Jumping off positions.

Courtesy Official History.

Men of the 11th and 9th Battalion chasing Germans to The Windmill

Courtesy Official History.

Final positions and end of stage 1

Courtesy Official History.

Pozieres before the war. Albert Bapaume Road.

Gibraltar. Located on what was the south western edge of the village.

The remains of K Trench photographed in February 1917.

Albert Bapaume Road.

Albert Bapaume Road 2024.

Author’s photo.

The entry to Pozieres 2024. They remember.

Author’s photo.