  the battle of mouquet farm, also known as the fighting for mouquet farm was part of the battle of the somme and took place as part of the battle of poziÃ¨res  the fighting for mouquet farm began on 10 august with attacks by the i anzac corps and it 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 as part of the battle of thiepval ridge  in which no. 16 section of the 6th east yorkshire (pioneers), smoked out the last german defenders. ==background== ===1916=== mouquet farm was to the right of the modern d 73 poziÃ¨resâthiepval road, south of grandcourt and to the south-west of courcelette, about  north-west of the high ground near poziÃ¨res. following the fighting that had occurred around the village earlier in the year, the decision was made by the british to gain control of the ridge beyond the village in order to create a gap in the german lines, behind the salient that had developed around the german-held fortress of thiepval. by capturing mouquet farm, the british hoped that it would destabilise the german position and enable subsequent gains. ==battle== ===10 august â 3 september=== thumb|map showing mouquet farm and the german defensive fortifications from thiepval to courcelette, july 1916 during the night of 10 august, parties of the 4th australian division of the i anzac corps, attacked towards the farm and managed to establish advanced posts in the valley south of the farm and to the east. attacks were then made from a foothold in  (fabeck trench) to the north-east and to deepen 
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