On Route de Baupaume (Route D929) south of Route D107, on the right when traveling south.
Pozières Ridge
July-August 1916
All is buried, and churned up, and buried again... poor wounded devils you meet on stretchers are laughing with glee. One cannot blame them-they are getting out of this.
(Lieutenant . . . — — Map (db m253269) HM
On Route of Baupaume (Route D929) south of Route D107, on the right when traveling south.
The ruin of Pozières Windmill which lies here was the centre of the struggle in this part of the Somme battlefield in July and August 1916 It was captured on August 4th by Australian troops who fell more thickly on this ridge than on any . . . — — Map (db m253281) HM WM
Near this spot the first tanks used in war went into action on 15th Sept. 1916 This monument is erected to the memory of officers, warrant officers, non-commissioned officers & men of The Tank Corps who fell in action in the years . . . — — Map (db m253420) HM WM
On Route de Baupaume (Route D929) south of Route D107, on the left when traveling south.
Les Tanks Les tanks furent utilisés pour la première fois
par les Britanniques sur la Somme le 15 septembre 1916. Sortis prématurément, donc insuf-
fisamment au point, ils ne donnèrent pas les résultats escomptés. Mais, dès lors, la . . . — — Map (db m253283) HM
On Route de Baupaume (Route D929) south of Route D107, on the right when traveling south.
The Windmill Site
In those forty-five days Australians had launched nineteen attacks... They knew their constant advance during a time of deadlock would compare with any other achievement on the Somme.
[Charles Bean, . . . — — Map (db m253278) HM
