This was quite a different kind of fighting to Gallipoli, and one was liable to stop something any minute.

At a pretty rough time of it, what with whizbangs, H.E., Shrapno, 5.9s, and so we did not know which way to turn, and at nighttime it was always worse,

for Fritz put them over thick and fast, and the marvelous part of it all was that more did not get

hit, for bits were flying everywhere.

Private William Holford, First Anzac Corps

Posier, the Psalm

1916. Hey folks, welcome to the battles of the First World War podcast episode 15, the Psalm, enter the Australians.

So I just want to get it out there right now that with this episode,

we are veering off the chronological path of the Battle of the Psalm a little bit.

Reason being that ending the last episode at Delville Wood means that the next major action to take place on the psalm

were the attacks at Highwood starting on the 20th of July.

But I thought it would be cool to look at the Besantan Ridge fights

from right, left, and then center.

You know, like playing this cool, edgy, like...

I'm kidding.

I messed up the timeline.

Just straight up fact.

I said I would do Pozier next.

Here we are.

But it is good to get out of the woods for a little bit.

With that, let's get into the wide open expanse and gentle slope of Pozier Ridge on the very left of Bazantan Ridge.

Because after the taking of Ovier to the southwest and Conton Maison to the south,

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