On this day 100 years ago 7,000 Aussie Diggers were killed in the Battle of Pozières. More: http://yhoo.it/2a3sTHV Reporter: Hugh Whitfeld - 7 News #Pozières #7News | 7NEWS Sydney

BATTLE OF POZIERES: Australians have gathered to remember one of the worst conflicts of World War One – the Battle of Pozieres. www.9News.com.au | #9News | 9 News

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The 23,000 ANZAC casualties of Pozieres are being remembered 100 years after the bloody battle. More: http://bit.ly/weekendsun7 #Pozieres #sun7 | Sunrise

100th anniversary of the Battle of Pozières. Almost 7,000 diggers died saving the tiny French town. www.7news.com.au #7News | 7NEWS Melbourne

The Battle of Poitiers (1356) showed how disciplined defensive tactics could defeat even a vastly superior cavalry force. The Black Prince positioned English archers and dismounted knights behind natural obstacles. French cavalry repeatedly charged uphill but were slowed by hedges, ditches, and mud. As momentum stalled, English longbow volleys shattered their formations. When the French king was captured, Poitiers became one of England’s greatest victories of the Hundred Years’ War. #Poitiers135

The Third Battle of Ypres erupted 108 years ago, on 31 July 1917, Ominously, that afternoon, it began to rain. Yet the stamp of sodden boots like a drumbeat continued for another 3 months. The stout hearted men tramped past the ruins of the Cloth Hall, and Menin Gate into the abyss. In that sodden wasteland, cannons sounded, machine guns stuttered, parachute flares fizzed, poisonous gas drifted, and disembowelled horses shrieked. ‘Mud, blood, and madness. That’s all Passchendaele ever was,’ reca