Somme - The Diggers Grind it Out

Battles of the First World War Podcast

Mike Cunha

History

4.8 • 812 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

The Pozieres Ridge battle continues as the Australians of the 1st ANZAC Corps fight for Pozieres village, the Windmill, and Mouquet Farm.

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0:00.0	The class of fighting on the psalm is an eye-opener to all of our men.
0:09.0	The intense artillery of both sides tend to unnerve the very best.
0:14.0	Curtain or barrage fire was entirely new to the oldest of our soldiers.
0:20.0	The idea is to establish an impassable wall of steel and shrapnel,
0:25.6	either in front of our men advancing or behind the country attacked,
0:29.6	so as to prevent reinforcements coming up.
0:33.6	We know from personal experience what a German barrage is like.
0:38.3	Our own must be terrible as I believe we fire three to the German one.
0:45.3	Sapper J. Julin, First Anzac Corps, Pozier, the Somme, 1916.
1:14.0	Hey folks, welcome to the battles of the First World War podcast episode 16, the Somme.
1:16.7	The Diggers Grind It Out.
1:24.5	Let's start off with a wicked big thank you for all of the recent reviews on iTunes.
1:26.8	I really, really appreciate them. And they help the BFWP get noticed.
1:30.3	In fact, the other day I went looking and could actually find it amongst the other history podcasts.
1:38.3	This has been a running joke in my family. But it is awesome. It really, really is. Thank you so much for the recent reviews.
1:47.8	Also, many thanks to listener Bob, who sent in great photos of the Posier Battlefield.
1:56.0	These are posted or will be posted on the Facebook, Twitter, and First World War Podcast.com for all to see.
2:06.7	The view from the windmill really shows just how flat the land is there.
2:11.3	And that was, of course, one of the many reasons for heavy Australian casualties.
2:18.3	Bob also provided some photos of Mamet's wood some time ago, and those have been and or will
2:26.5	be posted as well.
2:29.1	Thank you very much, Bob.
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