The Capture Conquering of Wurst Farm was an attack Attack by the British 58th ( 2/1st London ) Division ( 58th Division ) against the German 36th Division on 20 September 1917 , near Ypres , Belgium , during the Battle of the Menin Road Ridge , part of the Third Battle of Ypres ( Battle of Passchendaele ) .

The Second Battle of Passchendaele was the culminating attack during the Third Battle of Ypres of the First World War .

The battle took place Process_start in the Ypres Salient area of the Western Front , in and around the Belgian village of Passchendaele , between 26 October and 10 November 1917 .

The Canadian Corps relieved Cure the exhausted II Anzac Corps , continuing the advance started Process_start with the First Battle of Passchendaele and ultimately capturing the village .

By mid-October , as the Battle of Passchendaele continued on the Western Front , the last of the British reinforcements arrived Arriving as Allenby 's preparations to commence Process_start a campaign of manoeuvre neared completion .

The First Battle Hostile_encounter of Passchendaele took place Process_start on 12 October 1917 , in the Ypres Salient of the Western Front , west of Passchendaele village .

The First Battle Hostile_encounter of Passchendaele took place Process_start on 12 October 1917 , in the Ypres Salient of the Western Front , west of Passchendaele village .

Passchendaele lay on the last ridge east of Ypres , from a railway junction at Roulers , which was an important part of the German 4th Army supply system .

After a dry spell in September , rains began Process_start on 3 October and by the Battle Hostile_encounter of Poelcappelle on 9 October much of the British field artillery opposite Passchendaele was out of action due to the effects Influence of rain , mud and German artillery-fire .

During the battle Hostile_encounter , misleading information and delays Change_event_time in communication left Causation Herbert Plumer and Field Marshal Douglas Haig under the impression Change_sentiment that a substantial advance Cause_to_make_progress had taken place towards Passchendaele ridge .

The attacks Attack by the Fifth Army further north from Poelcappelle to the French First Army boundary to close in on Houthoulst Forest succeeded but at the end Process_end of 9 October the front line near Passchendaele hardly changed Change .

Instead of an advance Cause_to_make_progress of to complete the capture Conquering of Passchendaele , the British attack Attack on 12 October began Process_start from the village .

The Germans retained Preserving control Control of the high ground on Passchendaele Ridge opposite I and II Anzac corps , where the attack Attack was repulsed Defending or troops were forced Request by counter-attacks Attack to retire Escaping from most captured ground , as had happened on 9 October .