Menin Road map phase 2

A map of army corp advances past Sanctuary Wood
Map phase 2 (Allied advance): On 20 September, the Australian Corps, with British corps on both flanks, advanced 2km to capture the western half of Polygon Wood. The city of Ypres is in the bottom left (south-west) corner of the map. 6km east of Ypres is Polygon Wood. Beyond that, Molenhoek is shown. In the top right-hand corner of the map is the village of Passchendaele, 10km from Ypres. North-east of Ypres, the villages of Poelcappelle, Boesinghe, Pilkem, St Julien, Wieltje, Tyne Cot, Broodseinde, Zonnebeke are marked, with Dairy Wood and Gallipoli Farm shown to the east of Ypres.

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