The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
BAZENTIN, FRANCE, 1917-06. RUSSIAN NAVAL GUN CAPTURED BY GERMANS ON THEIR MARCH TO RIGA IN LATVIA, USED BY THE GERMANS AGAINST THE BRITISH AND RECAPTURED BY THE BRITISH ON THE SOMME.
England. A French Hotchkiss Model 1914 machine gun on a heavy machine gun mount. The gun had been captured from the French Army by the Germans and subsequently recaptured from the German Army by the B
Somme Area, France. 1918. A French Army field gun captured by the German Army which modified it into an anti aircraft gun. Canadian troops later recaptured the weapon.
Lagnicourt, France. 26 March 1917. A gun of the 1st Battery, Australian Field Artillery, which had been captured by the German Army in the morning and recaptured shortly afterwards. The AIF soldier st
Near Hamel, France. 29 March 1918. View of the Somme Valley. Germans shelling the Somme Valley near Hamel in preparation for a further thrust of 30 March 1918 against the British line there. (The view
Vimy Ridge, France. c. 1917. Two German Army 21cm Morsers (large calibre howitzers) captured by the Canadian Army were turned around and used against the Germans. (Donor Cnadian Official Photograph)
Pozieres Area, France. c. 1917. A team of twelve horses assisted by British Army soldiers hauling a big gun forward on a muddy track at Bazentin-le-Petit. (Donor British Official Photograph D405)
