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Photograph E00394 First World War, 1914-1918View of the ruins of Bapaume seen from the tower of Mairie, on 19 March 1917.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
View of the ruins of Bapaume seen from the tower of the Town Hall on 19 March 1917.
View of the ruins of Bapaume seen from the tower of Mairie, on 19 March 1917.

View of the Town Hall in Bapaume, seen through the smoke of the burning houses on 17 March, 1917, the day the town was occupied by the Australians.

The Mairie (Town Hall) in Bapaume, behind the ruins in the foreground, on fire on the day the Australians occupied the town, 17 March 1917.

View of the Mairie (Town Hall) in Bapaume, burning on the day the Australians entered the town, 17 March 1917.

Beugny, France, 1917. Ruins of the church in the town located northeast of Bapaume. The tower, damaged by enemy bombardment, lies among debris in the foreground.

A working party of Australian soldiers passing in front of the Town Hall, in the Grand Place at Bapaume on 19 March 1917, just before the building was blown up by a German delayed action mine.
