Fighting for Mouquet Farm

Fighting for Mouquet Farm
Part of the Battle of the Somme of the First World War
Battle of the Somme, 1916
Date 23 July – 26 September 1916 Location Near Pozières, France 50°03′04″N 02°42′46″E / 50.05111°N 2.71278°E / 50.05111; 2.71278 Result British victory
Belligerents
British Empire  Australia  Canada  United Kingdom	German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Douglas Haig Hubert Gough	Fritz von Below Max von Gallwitz
Casualties and losses
6,300
Mouquet Farm class=notpageimage| Mouquet Farm, south of the D 73 Pozières–Thiepval road, south of Grandcourt, south-west of Courcelette in the Somme department of northern France

The Fighting for Mouquet Farm, also known as the Battle of Mouquet Farm was part of the Battle of the Somme and began during the Battle of Pozières (23 July – 3 September 1916). The fighting began on 23 July with attacks by the British Reserve Army. The farm was captured by the 3rd Canadian Division of the Canadian Corps on 16 September. The farm was lost to a German counter-attack, before being re-captured on 26 September during an attack by the 11th (Northern) Division during the Battle of Thiepval Ridge (26–28 September). Number 16 Section of the 6th Battalion East Yorkshire (Pioneers) smoked out the last German defenders.