The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Albert is a town in the Somme in northern France; it is located about halfway between Amiens and Bapaume. Depicted here is the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Brebieres with war damaged buildings nearby. Atop of the Basilica tower is the statue of Mary and the infant Jesus. It was designed by sculptor Albert Roze and was hit by shelling on 15 January 1915 and slumped to a nearly horizontal position, where it remained until further shelling in 1918 destroyed the tower. This image became especially familiar to the British soldiers who passed through Albert to fight at the Battle of the Somme. The British said that whomever made the statue fall would lose the war.
Paul Mansard was the alias of French artist Henry Dupont. Dupont also worked under the alias Marcel Augis.
The Albert Cathedral, also known as Basilique d'Albert or Basilique Notre-Dame de Brebières in the town of Albert, Somme. The Albert Cathedral was described as being quite beautiful, with a tower much
Depicted here is a badly war-damaged landscape, with smashed and burnt trees and birds circling overhead at the Thiepval Woods after the battle of the Somme, in France. Paul Mansard was the alias of
Depicted here is the historic gothic town hall Hôtel de Ville in ruins, almost completely destroyed by German bombardment in 1914. German shelling torched the city hall to the ground on 8 October 1914
Depicted here in this night scene is a war damaged Mill at Hazelbrouck. The accompanying farm houses nearby also appear damaged. Marcel Augis was the alias of French artist Henry Dupont. Dupont also
The Basilica of Notre Dame de Brebieres at Albert photographed towards the end of 1916, after heavy artillery shelling.
Depicted here is a war damaged chateau along the Coney, a 55 kilometre long river in the Vosges and Haute-Saone region of northeastern France. The trees that surround the chateau look burnt out and de