What is Battle of Polygon Wood?
{{Infobox military conflict |conflict=Battle of Polygon Wood |partof= the [[Battle of Passchendaele]] |image=Australian infantry small box respirators Ypres 1917.jpg |caption=Australian soldiers wearing gas masks |date=September 26 – 27, 1917 |place=[[Polygon Wood]], Flanders |territory= |result=Allied victory |combatant1={{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}<br />{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Australia]] |combatant2={{flag|German Empire}} |commander1={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer|Herbert Plumer]] |commander2={{flagicon|German Empire}} [[Erich Ludendorff]] |strength1= 7 British divisions<br />2 Australian divisions<ref name=Bean>Bean p. 794</ref> |strength2= ''Unknown'' |casualties1='''Australia:''' 5,770<ref name=Bean>Bean p. 794</ref> |casualties2=Unknown, but many. |notes= |}} The '''Battle of Polygon Wood''' was a small [[battle]] that took place in [[World War I]]. It happened during the second part of the [[Battle of Passchendaele]]. Most of the battle was fought in an area named Polygon Wood, near [[Ypres]], [[Belgium]]. == References == ===Notes=== {{reflist}} ===Bibliography=== *{{cite book|last=Bean|first=Charles|title=The AIF in France:1917, The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918|year=1941|volume=4|pages=794–795}} ==Other websites== *{{cite web|title=Battle of Polygon Wood, 26-27 September 1917|url=http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_polygon_wood.html|publisher=History of War|access-date=2011-08-23}} *{{cite web|title=Battle of Polygon Wood: 26 September 1917|url=http://www.polygonwood.com/The%20Battle%20for%20Polygon%20Wood.htm|publisher=www.polygonwood.com|access-date=2011-08-23}} *{{cite web|title=Battle of Polygon Wood: 26 September 1917|url=http://www.ww1westernfront.gov.au/battlefields/polygon-wood-september-1917.html|publisher=Department of Veterans' Affairs|access-date=2011-08-23|archive-date=2009-11-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091111022409/http://www.ww1westernfront.gov.au/battlefields/polygon-wood-september-1917.html|url-