Battle of Polygon Wood

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[1]	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Australia: 5,770[1]	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.

References

Notes

Bean p. 794

Bibliography

Bean, Charles (1941). The AIF in France:1917, The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918. Vol. 4. pp. 794–795.

Other websites

"Battle of Polygon Wood, 26-27 September 1917". History of War. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
"Battle of Polygon Wood: 26 September 1917". www.polygonwood.com. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
"Battle of Polygon Wood: 26 September 1917". Department of Veterans' Affairs. Archived from the original on 2009-11-11. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
Bean, Charles (1941). The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918 (PDF). Vol. 4 (Eleventh ed.). Sydney: Angus and Robertson. pp. 791–832. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-06. Retrieved 2011-08-23.

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[Bean-1] Bean p. 794