The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A line of soldiers, vehicles and horses marching near the Butte-de-Warlencourt. This ancient mound near the village of Warlencourt, France, lay directly in the German front-line opposite the British at Le Sars during the severe winter of 1916-17. It accommodated a German garrison in deep dug-outs on the far side. A portion of this sector was twice attacked by British and Australian infantry in November 1916. Both attacks eventually failed. During the first two months of 1917 the Butte overlooked the Australian front-line and was daily subjected to artillery bombardments, but without apparent effect. It was occupied in March when the Germans began a general retirement from the Somme.
A line of soldiers, ambulances, wagons and horses marching near the Butte de Warlencourt. This ancient mound near the village of Warlencourt, France, lay directly in the German front-line opposite the
A German dugout on the Butte de Warlencourt, near Le Sars, France, which throughout January and February 1917, overlooked the Australian lines. The Butte was daily made a target for our artillery fire
Depicts a war damaged landscape in France, with the Butte of Warlencourt in the background topped by two crosses. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the
Depicts a wrecked, war damaged landscape, with a few smashed trees, at Warlencourt, on the Somme, France. Charles Bryant had some early art lessons before beginning his career as a clerk in the Bank o
Depicts two stretcher bearers in full uniform, wearing tin helmets, carrying a stretcher with a wounded man across a war damaged landscape. This work was reproduced in 'Australia at War: Drawings at t
Two unidentified Australian soldiers, accompanied by a horse, gathering coal left by German forces on the Bapaume road near the Butte de Warlencourt (background centre). This area was in no man's lan
