The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Near Longueval, France. 24 March 1918. The German offensive, 1918. British troops (probably of the 35th Division, which this day filled the gap on the old Somme Battlefield) waiting by the roadside near Longueval, while the transport of the retiring army passed. Although the wheeled traffic is keeping to the right of the road, a block has occurred, and the leading Germans are only a few miles distant. The 35th Division, after three days' continuous fighting, was eventually relieved by Australian Divisions brought hurriedly from the north.
The German offensive, 1918. Men of the 180th British (Tunnelling) Company, Royal Engineers (who, like many others, had fought as infantry in Carey's Force during the March retreat), digging trenches a
The German offensive, 1918, its extreme forward limit at Dernancourt. Part of the battlefield of Dernancourt, near Albert, showing the village and church held by the Germans, and the railway line on w
The German offensive, 1918. In the foreground, immediately south of the River Ancre, is the village of Treux, which was seized by the 3rd Australian Division upon its arrival in this area. On the extr
Chipilly, France. 17 August 1918. A group of Australians, including Major General J. Gellibrand, Commanding the 3rd Division, on a newly built steel girder bridge constructed by the 3rd Pioneer Battal
The German offensive began on 21 March 1918, its full weight falling upon the extended British line near its junction with that of the French. This was far south of the sector held by the Australian C
Fromelles, France. 11 November 1918. The old no man's land of the Fromelles Battlefield, as it appeared on 11 November 1918, over two years after the action in which the troops of the 5th Australian D
