#potijze

[thisdayinwwi]

Sep 20 1917 War photographer Ernest Brooks took these pictures of German prisoners, one wounded, captured in the attack on Vampire Farm near Potijze, during the Battle of the Menin Road Ridge.

IWM Q 2861, IWM Q 2859

Colourized by Frederic Duriez

[poor-bloody-infantry]

© IWM (Q 2853) A wounded South African soldier is given a hot drink by a padre after the attack on 'Potsdam', a German stronghold near Zonnebeke, during the Battle of the Menin Road Ridge near Potijze, 20 September 1917.

[the-greatwar]

Potijze Chateau Wood

[the-greatwar]

St Charles de Potyze

[the-greatwar]

Potijze Burial Ground

[poor-bloody-infantry]

© IWM (Q 2852) A doctor examining a Scottish territorial soldier in a dressing station after the attack on Rose Farm, Frezenberg, during the Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, near Potijze, 20 September 1917.