About: Battle of Pozières

The Battle of Pozières was a two week struggle for the French village of Pozières and the ridge on which it stands, during the middle stages of the 1916 Battle of the Somme. Though British divisions were involved in most phases of the fighting, Pozières is primarily remembered as an Australian battle. The fighting ended with the British forces 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.