The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The crater in Lagnicourt (beyond Vaulx-Vraucourt and near the Hindenberg line), the scene some months earlier of heavy hand to hand fighting. Lagnicourt was captured by the 7th Australian Infantry Brigade on 26 March 1917, and the Germans attacked and won the village on 15 April, but were immediately driven out by the 5th Brigade, who continued to hold it until their withdrawal from the Sector.
A scene in , showing the houses wilfully destroyed by the Germans during their withdrawal on the Somme. The village was later made the battle headquarters of the 7th Infantry Brigade in the capture of
Depicts a ruined building, quite possibly at a railway station. Debris litters the ground surrounding the building. The Somme area sustained heavy damage during the First World War as it was the scene
The German withdrawal. Noreuil (beyond Vaulx-Vraucourt and near the Hindenburg Line), showing the slope down which the 50th Battalion advanced on 2 April to the seizure of the village, an occasion of
Anzac Camp in the Cafe Belge area. This camp was occupied by Australian reserve troops during the fighting in the Ypres sector and was subject to heavy shelling some months earlier. This is the righ
Anzac Camp in the Cafe Belge area. This camp was occupied by Australian reserve troops during the fighting in the Ypres sector and was subject to heavy shelling some months earlier. This is the left
Scene of an attack by the Germans on the Australians on 15 April 1917, with part of a trench in the foreground and the ruined village of Lagnicourt in the background. The Germans penetrated the Austr
