⚔️ Battle of Polygon Wood,
26 September – 3 October 1917
The Battle of Polygon Wood is significant to me. My grandfather served in 5th Australian Division Signal Company and fought at Polygon Wood with the Division.
The Battle of Polygon Wood was fought between 26 September and 3 October 1917, as part of the Third Battle of Ypres. The aim was to seize the German-held high ground around the Ypres salient. The battle demonstrated the brutal effectiveness of the Allied limited-objective ‘bite and hold’ tactics, and forced the Germans to reassess their ‘Eingreif’ tactic of immediate counterattacks.