. . . . . . . . "44"^^ . . . . . . "*Australia" . . . . . "50.85194444444444 2.9852777777777777" . "Edmonds"@en . . "5060088"^^ . . . . "3 ground holding divisions" . "2.985277891159058"^^ . . . . "Hubert Gough"@en . "*" . . "The Battle of Polygon Wood took place from 26 September to 3 October 1917, during the second phase of the Third Battle of Ypres in the First World War. The battle was fought near Ypres in Belgium, in the area from the Menin road to Polygon Wood and thence north, to the area beyond St Julien. Much of the woodland had been destroyed by the huge quantity of shellfire from both sides since 16 July and the area had changed hands several times. General Herbert Plumer continued the series of British general attacks with limited objectives. The attacks were led by lines of skirmishers, followed by small infantry columns organised in depth (a formation which had been adopted by the Fifth Army in August) with a vastly increased amount of artillery support, the infantry advancing behind five layers of creeping barrage on the Second Army front. The advance was planned to cover 1,000\u20131,500 yd (910\u20131,370 m) and stop on reverse slopes, which were easier to defend, enclosing ground which gave observation of German reinforcement routes and counter-attack assembly areas. Preparations were then made swiftly to defeat German counter-attacks, by mopping-up and consolidating the captured ground with defences in depth. The attack inflicted a severe blow on the German 4th Army, causing many losses, capturing a significant portion of Flandern I Stellung, the fourth German defensive position, which threatened the German hold on Broodseinde ridge. The drier weather continued to benefit the British attackers by solidifying the ground and raising mist which obscured British infantry attacks made around dawn. The mist cleared during the morning and revealed German Eingreif (counter-attack) formations to air and ground observation, well in advance of their arrival on the battlefield. German methodical counter-attacks (Gegenangriffe) from 27 September \u2013 3 October failed and German defensive arrangements were changed hastily after the battle to try to counter British offensive superiority."@en . . . . . . . . "283"^^ . . "1956"^^ . . . . "Battle of Polygon Wood"@en . . . . "Battle of Polygon Wood"@en . "divisions"@en . "Polygon Wood, Flanders"@en . . . . . . . . "Moorhouse"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Bataille du bois du Polygone"@fr . . "2 Australian divisions" . . . . . . . . . . . . "Sixt von Armin"@en . . "250"^^ . . . . "Bean"@en . "Foerster"@en . . "The Battle of Polygon Wood took place from 26 September to 3 October 1917, during the second phase of the Third Battle of Ypres in the First World War. The battle was fought near Ypres in Belgium, in the area from the Menin road to Polygon Wood and thence north, to the area beyond St Julien. Much of the woodland had been destroyed by the huge quantity of shellfire from both sides since 16 July and the area had changed hands several times."@en . . . . . . . . . "* Australia\n*"@en . . . . . "167"^^ . . . . . "British: 15,375" . . . . "1991"^^ . . . . "--09-26"^^ . . . . "Quirk"@en . . . . . . "2007"^^ . . . . . "2003"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "96"^^ . "50.85194396972656"^^ . "Davidson"@en . . . . "1091164722"^^ . . . . "Erich Ludendorff"@en . . "Sheldon"@en . . "Australian: 5,770" . . . "174"^^ . . . . "Slag om het Polygonebos"@nl . . . . . . "La bataille du bois du Polygone s'est d\u00E9roul\u00E9e du 26 septembre au 3 octobre 1917, lors de la deuxi\u00E8me phase de la troisi\u00E8me bataille d'Ypres pendant la Premi\u00E8re Guerre mondiale. La bataille a eu lieu pr\u00E8s d'Ypres en Belgique, dans la zone allant de la route de Menin au bois du Polygone et de l\u00E0, vers le nord, jusqu'\u00E0 la zone situ\u00E9e au-del\u00E0 de St Julien. Une grande partie du bois avait \u00E9t\u00E9 d\u00E9truite par l'\u00E9norme quantit\u00E9 d'obus des deux camps depuis le 16 juillet et la r\u00E9gion avait \u00E0 plusieurs reprises, bascul\u00E9 d'un camp \u00E0 un autre."@fr . . . . . . "2010"^^ . . "--09-30"^^ . . "3" . . "the Battle of Passchendaele on the Western Front of the First World War"@en . . . . . . . . . . "1991"^^ . . "183"^^ . . "De Slag om het Polygoonbos was een veldslag tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog bij Zonnebeke in Belgi\u00EB die plaatsvond op 26 september tot 27 september 1917."@nl . "Australian: 5,770"@en . . . . . . . . "667"^^ . . . . . . "283"^^ . . . . "166"^^ . "Battle of Polygon Wood"@en . . . . "McRandle"@en . "Edmonds"@en . . "Douglas Haig"@en . . . . "POINT(2.9852778911591 50.851943969727)"^^ . "1917-10-03"^^ . "divisions" . "British victory"@en . "British: 15,375"@en . "7 British divisions" . . "Herbert Plumer"@en . . . "2006"^^ . . "2007"^^ . . . . . "2"^^ . "3"^^ . "British victory" . "1941"^^ . "Crown Prince Rupprecht"@en . . . . "7"^^ . . . . "La bataille du bois du Polygone s'est d\u00E9roul\u00E9e du 26 septembre au 3 octobre 1917, lors de la deuxi\u00E8me phase de la troisi\u00E8me bataille d'Ypres pendant la Premi\u00E8re Guerre mondiale. La bataille a eu lieu pr\u00E8s d'Ypres en Belgique, dans la zone allant de la route de Menin au bois du Polygone et de l\u00E0, vers le nord, jusqu'\u00E0 la zone situ\u00E9e au-del\u00E0 de St Julien. Une grande partie du bois avait \u00E9t\u00E9 d\u00E9truite par l'\u00E9norme quantit\u00E9 d'obus des deux camps depuis le 16 juillet et la r\u00E9gion avait \u00E0 plusieurs reprises, bascul\u00E9 d'un camp \u00E0 un autre."@fr . "61651"^^ . . "De Slag om het Polygoonbos was een veldslag tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog bij Zonnebeke in Belgi\u00EB die plaatsvond op 26 september tot 27 september 1917."@nl . "Australian infantry wearing respirators"@en . . . . . "799"^^ . . "293"^^ . "Sheldon"@en . . . . . "794"^^ . . . . .