The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The church and square at Theipval, before the First World War. In the vicinity of this village the German line withstood, for several months, the onslaughts of British troops during the first battle of the Somme, which commenced on 1 July 1916. (Copied from a French postcard.)
The ruins of the town of Guillemont, on the Somme; razed after several failed attempts by allied forces to wrest it from German hands in July and August 1916. The village was an important point in the
A scene of village life at Montauban, showing locals in the main square beside the church, as it existed before the First World War. (Copied from a French postcard.)
The ruins of the Chateau at Fricourt after several bombardments. Situated on the northern side of the Somme River in France, the village of Fricourt was captured by British forces in July 1916, and wa
Local boys seated on a cart outside the grounds of the Chateau at Fricourt, before it was destroyed by artillery barrages during the First World War. Situated on the northern side of the Somme River i
The church at Pozieres, before the First World War. Under the concentrated German artillery bombardments of July and August 1916, the town completely disappeared and Pozieres became merely a name. (Co
Locals and horse drawn carriages on the Route Nationale, Pozieres, before the First World War. Concentrated German artillery bombardments in July and August 1916 completely razed the village, and, whe
