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Photograph P01835.017 First World War, 1914-1918Riencourt area, France, 1917. A captured and partially ruined German gun pit, with the Riencourt Road in the background. Riencourt was located to the southeast of Bapaume.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Riencourt, France, 1917. The entrance to a German dugout in an area southeast of Bapaume. The word "Australia" has been written on the lintel above the entrance to the dugout, indicating that it was probably captured by Australian troops.
Riencourt area, France, 1917. A captured and partially ruined German gun pit, with the Riencourt Road in the background. Riencourt was located to the southeast of Bapaume.

Villers, France, 1917. The entrance to an abandoned German dugout in the ruined town located southeast of Bapaume. The entrance is well constructed of masonry.

Bapaume, France, 1917. The entrance to an abandoned German tunnel which has been solidly constructed of bricks.

Riencourt, France, 1917. An Australian soldier, probably a member of the 2nd Divisional Signals Company, 1st AIF, standing on a rubble-strewn street among ruined buildings damaged by enemy bombardment

Riencourt, France, 1917. An Australian soldier, probably a member of the 2nd Divisional Signals Company, 1st AIF, sitting on the remains of a wall in the ruined church in the town located southeast of

Bapaume-Cambrai area, France, 1917. Sunken road running from Haplincourt to Villers southeast of Bapaume. The road is lined with abandoned German dugouts. (Donor B. Garcia)
