Battle of Pozières

Battle of Pozières
	Part of the Battle of the Somme during the First World War
	; Battle of the Somme 1 July – 18 November 1916
Date	23 July – 3 September 1916
Location	Pozières, Somme, France50°2′42″N 2°44′10″E / 50.04500°N 2.73611°E
Result	Australian victory
Belligerents
British Empire Australia; United Kingdom;	German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Douglas Haig; Hubert Gough; William Birdwood;	Fritz von Below; Max von Boehn;
Strength
	12 divisions
Casualties and losses
	I Anzac Corps c. 23,000
	Pozières Pozières, a commune in the Somme department of Picardy in northern France

The Battle of Pozières (23 July – 3 September 1916) took place in northern France around the village of Pozières, during the Battle of the Somme. The costly fighting ended with the British in possession of the plateau north and east of the village, in a position to menace the German bastion of Thiepval from the rear. The Australian official historian Charles Bean wrote that Pozières ridge "is more densely sown with Australian sacrifice than any other place on earth".