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Photograph E00237 First World War, 1914-1918Part of the trench system evacuated by the Germans during our Somme offensive near Eaucourt l'Abbaye. It was subsequently occupied by the 10th Battalion, AIF, as support lines.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Signal engineers of the 3rd Brigade wiring a headquarters near Eaucourt L'Abbaye. They are seen here laying telephone lines in one of the newly captured sandbagged trenches, renamed Pioneer Trench.
Part of the trench system evacuated by the Germans during our Somme offensive near Eaucourt l'Abbaye. It was subsequently occupied by the 10th Battalion, AIF, as support lines.

A view of the country around Eaucourt l'Abbaye, France, over which our troops advanced, showing an enemy burst near one of our newly acquired battery positions, 28 February 1917.
Dugouts used as Headquarters of the 10th Battalion, near Eaucourt l'Abbaye, France on 27 February 1917.

A German shell bursting in the vicinity of 10th Battalion Headquarters, near Eaucourt l'Abbaye, France on 27 February 1917.

Dugouts used as 10th Battalion Headquarters near Eaucourt l'Abbaye, France on 27 February 1917. Immediately in front of where the German shell is seen bursting, and beside the damaged truck, was a rat

A hillside covered with sandbagged dugouts near the Anzac Corps Headquarters. Note the telephone lines.
