The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A photograph of Mont St Quentin taken the minute the renewed assault at 1.30 p.m. was launched by the 6th Australian Infantry Brigade. The ground rose fairly steeply at this point, and was covered with broken wire, a condition which, combined with the fact that the attack was made against heavy machine gun and rifle fire in broad daylight, made the task a difficult and costly one. The morale of the enemy had been shaken by the brilliant surprise attack early in the morning, but the Germans fought to the last, until their resistance was broken down.
Captain Sullivan MC and Bar MM, Officer Commanding A Company, 21st Battalion, in Elsa Trench with some of his men, immediately before going out to participate in the attack on Mont St Quentin, at 1.30
Members of the 6th Australian Infantry Brigade moving along a communication trench at 1.30 p.m. in the renewed assault upon Mont St Quentin, which resulted in the final capture of this highly importan
Lieutenant A. V. Sedgwick MC and some of his party from the 24th Battalion, awaiting the lifting of the artillery barrage on Mont St Quentin, photographed a few minutes before moving out of the trench
The summit of Mont St Quentin, five minutes after it was captured by the 21st, 23rd, and 24th Battalions, following the renewed attack at 1.30 p.m., after a morning of bitter fighting by the 5th Infan
Unidentified officers of A Company, 21st Battalion, studying the trench map just prior to the renewed attack on Mont St Quentin, at 1.30 pm. This is a stereo image. One half of this image is held at
Unidentified officers of A Company, 21st Battalion, studying the trench map just prior to the renewed attack on Mont St Quentin, at 1.30 pm. This is one half of a stereo image. The full stereo image
