Mouquet Farm - Australian memorial in Pozières
On the road to Thiepval from Pozières, a small Australian memorial with a Bastiaan plaque stands on the right at the ancient place of the Mouquet Farm.
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On the road to Thiepval from Pozières, a small Australian memorial with a Bastiaan plaque stands beside the road on the right. The Australians arrived on 23 July 1916 and captures Pozières then, exhausted by incessant artillery counter-attacks, were relieved by the Canadians at the Mouquet Farm on 5 September. |
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PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Somme Battlefields is your one-stop guide to the Battle of the Somme in 1916: follow the circuit of remembrance of the Somme and visit Somme memorials using our Battle of the Somme map, or find English speaking guides for your Somme history tours
