THE SUGAR REFINERY BETWEEN COURCELETTE AND POZIÈRES.
GERMAN OBSERVATION-POST OF CONCRETE, IN THE ENGINE-ROOM.
Before reaching Pozières, N. 29 passes over Hill 160. The windmill which formerly stood there has disappeared.
From the top of Hill 160, which dominates the whole district, there is an extensive view in the direction of Bapaume. To keep this observation-post, the Germans transformed Pozières into a fortress defended by more than 200 machine-guns.
After capturing Ovillers-la-Boisselle and advancing little by little along the National road as far as the outskirts of Pozières, the British attacked on July 23, 1916, but only at midnight were they able to get a footing in the village. Throughout the night and the two following days, the fighting went on with unabated fury. It was only on July 26 that the Germans were definitively driven from the northern part of the village, and the fortified cemetery, and a few days later from the windmill on Hill 160.
BRITISH CROSS. In front: OVERTURNED TANK.
