The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The Riqueval entrance to the St Quentin Canal Tunnel, captured on 29 September 1918. This tunnel, which formed a strongly fortified section of the Hindenburg Defence System, was a "huge unhealthy barracks" wherein, it was stated, the enemy could secrete two divisions of men, by means of barges moored along the entire length of the tunnel. The Canal itself also formed a serious obstacle, being deep and wide and honeycombed with dugouts and machine gun posts. The whole system, however, was captured in the general offensive by Australian, American and British troops.
The Riqueval entrance to the St Quentin Canal Tunnel which ran for three and a half miles between Bellicourt and Vendhuille, and with the barges moored in it, was used by the enemy as a fortified barr
View of the St Quentin Canal, Tunnel in the Hindenburg Main Line, looking towards the Bellicourt entrance. The Tunnel formed one of the most strongly defended positions in the Hindenburg System.
The steep, wooded banks of the St Quentin Canal, in the Hindenburg Main Line, looking towards Bellenglise from near Riqueval. This canal, hiding innumerable machine gun posts and snipers in its banks
The St Quentin Canal and entrance to the tunnel at Riqueval. It was captured by American and Australian troops in the operation on 29 September 1918, against the Hindenburg Main Line.
The Riqueval entrance to the St Quentin Canal Tunnel which extended for three and a half miles from Bellicourt to Vendhuille, photographed a month after its capture by Australian and American troops i
The northern entrance to the St Quentin Canal Tunnel, a famous section of the Hindenburg Defence System between Bellicourt and Vendhuilles. Barges, similar to those seen moored at the entrance, were u
