The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 and all that remained was the Belfry. A fortnight later, the tower collapsed and the Belfry was reduced to a stump. The shades of red that Augis has used to colour this aquatint reflect Arras burning under constant shell fire.
Marcel Augis was the alias of French artist Henry Dupont. Dupont also worked under the alias Paul Mansard.
Depicted here is the war damaged Ypres Halls and Belfry tower in Ypres following German bombardment that occurred towards the end of the First Battle of Ypres, in mid November 1914. The red hues Augis
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
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 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
Depicted here is a road leading past Coney; the road winds alongside the outer buildings of the town. In the foreground and small of scale are silhouettes of soldiers, identifiable by the rifles swung
The First World War was fatal for the Peronne Cathedral of St John the Baptist (Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Péronne). It remained whole under German occupation which began in October 1914 and by Jan
