WWI – images of Poelcapelle and the Passchendaele battle site Conditions in the area of Poelcapelle, October 1917Gun battery near Langemarck, close to Poelcapelle, 12 October 1917Passchendaele November 1917Passchendaele November 1917Passchendaele October 1917Passchendaele October 1917Poelcapelle immediately after the war from Michelin Guide. Note the abandoned British tank, leftPoelcapelle from the air 27 October 1917. A sea of mud and craters filled with rainwater. Philip was killed here three days later.