Battle of Mouquet Farm

Name: Battle of Mouquet Farm
Start: 1916

1916 CE.

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

Text from the Wikipedia article Fighting for Mouquet Farm, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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