The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The cross roads south west of Beaumetz in April 1917, looking towards the crater in the railway from which the German counter attacks were launched in the fighting a month previous. Behind the trees there are the remains of a shelled building.
A view looking north from the cross roads south west of Beaumetz in April 1917, where the Australians withstood a German counter attack during the fighting at Beaumetz between 21 and 25 March. Discard
The cemetery east of Beaumetz, looking north towards the house on the Cambrai road, in which the Germans made an unavailing stand after a counter attack at Beaumetz in March 1917.
The main street of Pozieres after heavy bombardment by the British and the Germans, looking towards Bapaume. Note the shattered remains of trees. Between 23 July and early September 1916, the 1st, 2
The house in which the last Germans held out after the counter attack on Beaumetz, during the fighting from 21 to 25 March 1917. It was demolished by a concentration of artillery fire upon it.
The remains of the French village of Pozieres as it appeared shortly after capture by the Australians. The 1st Division captured Pozieres on 25 July, but the Germans counter attacked strongly with su
THE CROSS-ROADS AT BEAUMETZ, IN FRANCE WHERE MINES MADE HOLES 20 YARDS WIDE AND 6 YARDS DEEP. TAKEN ON 1917-04-05. (DONATED BY MR. T.J. RICHARDS, M.C.)
