The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Near Morlancourt Ridge, France. 7 April 1918. The 37th Battalion occupying a sunken road in front of Marett Wood, near Morlancourt Ridge, when the enemy occupied the ridge in the distance. This road marked the approximate Australian front line and was taken up by the 10th Australian Infantry Brigade, on coming into the area on 27 March, to resist the German advance on Amiens. The town of Morlancourt was just beyond the ridge in the centre of the picture.
The dugout shelters built into the foot of the ridge and occupied by the 37th Battalion. It was along the crest of the ridge, near Marett Wood, that the front line of the battalion was located. Note
Marett Wood, France. 7 April 1918. Dugouts in front of Marett Wood occupied by 37th Battalion. The German line was 800 yards forward of this point.
Unidentified Australian soldiers resting outside dugouts and shelters built into the bank of a sunken road. The Australian front line was approximately along this road while the German forces occupie
The Sunken Road in front of Treux Wood, from which the Germans were forced by the 10th Infantry Brigade in their capture of Marett and Treux Woods, on 28 March 1918. Moving down from the northern slop
Near Dernancourt. 27 April 1918. Looking towards Dernancourt and Ville-sur-Ancre from a front line position occupied by Australians at Marett Wood. Several Germans could be plainly seen in the distanc
Contour map of the Somme position, Section II, Morlancourt Ridge. (Running East and West between Ancre and Somme Rivers.) Dotted line shows approximate line 27 March 1918. Dashed line shows advances m
