Battle of Polygon Wood facts for kids

Quick facts for kids 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.

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.

Images for kids

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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 at the Battle of Polygon Wood
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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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  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.