Battle of Pozières

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battle engagement of the First World War

The Battle of Pozières was a major and intensely fought engagement on the Western Front during the 1916 Somme offensive, in which Australian and British forces captured and held the strategically vital village of Pozières against heavy German counterattacks.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Pozières canonical	6
Battle of Pozieres	1
Pozières Ridge operations	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ engagement of the First World War ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Pozières ⓘ surface form: Pozières Ridge operations
artilleryUsage	extensive British artillery support ⓘ intense German defensive fire ⓘ
belligerent	British Empire ⓘ German Empire ⓘ
campaign	Battle of the Somme ⓘ surface form: Somme offensive of 1916
casualties	heavy Allied casualties ⓘ heavy German casualties ⓘ
characterisedBy	heavy German counterattacks ⓘ intense artillery bombardment ⓘ
commander	Douglas Haig ⓘ Friedrich von Below ⓘ Fritz von Below ⓘ Hubert Gough ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War
countryInvolved	Australia ⓘ Germany ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
dateYear	1916 ⓘ
endDate	1916-08-07 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Mouquet Farm ⓘ
front	Western Front ⓘ
involvesUnit	1st Australian Division ⓘ 2nd Australian Division ⓘ 4th Australian Division ⓘ British 12th (Eastern) Division ⓘ British 48th (South Midland) Division ⓘ
location	Pozières, Somme, France ⓘ
notableFor	destruction of Pozières village ⓘ high Australian casualty rate ⓘ
objective	capture of Pozières ridge ⓘ capture of Pozières village ⓘ
participant	Australian Imperial Force ⓘ British Army ⓘ German Army ⓘ
partOf	Battle of the Somme ⓘ
precededBy	opening phase of the Battle of the Somme ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ
significance	major action for the Australian Imperial Force on the Western Front ⓘ secured a key observation position on the Somme front ⓘ
startDate	1916-07-23 ⓘ
terrain	elevated ridge position ⓘ
theatre	European theatre of World War I ⓘ
tookPlaceNear	Albert, Somme ⓘ Thiepval Ridge ⓘ surface form: Thiepval
typeOfWarfare	trench warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry Rawlinson → notableBattle → Battle of Pozières ⓘ

1st Division (Australia) → notableEngagement → Battle of Pozières ⓘ

Australian Imperial Force → majorCampaign → Battle of Pozières ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Pozieres

Somme (department) → historicalEventSite → Battle of Pozières ⓘ

Battle of Pozières → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Pozières ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pozières Ridge operations

1st Australian Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Pozières ⓘ

1st Division → notableBattle → Battle of Pozières ⓘ

subject surface form: 1st Division (Australia)

I ANZAC Corps → notableEngagement → Battle of Pozières ⓘ