The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The western ridge of Westhoek Ridge, in the Ypres sector, showing the shelters towards the crown of the ridge, which were dug by the advancing Australians as a temporary measure of protection against the intense shelling, during the consolidation of the captured positions.
Looking across from Bellewaarde Ridge to the honeycombed western slope of Westhoek Ridge, in the Ypres sector, showing a party of pioneers cleaning up a dugout near Seiben House, in the ground capture
Looking towards Glencorse Wood from near Westhoek, in the Ypres sector, during the bombardment on the afternoon of 26 September, showing a number of German concrete pillboxes on the eastern slope of W
Three unidentified soldiers view the corduroy track leading from Westhoek Ridge to Bellevarde Ridge, in the Ypres sector, showing the area towards Hooge and Chateau Wood, littered with wreckage of war
A German shell bursting near a concrete pillbox on Broodseinde Ridge in the Ypres sector, in Belgium. Note the shelters spread across the infantry support trenches as protection against the rain and
Artillery limbers, loaded with duckboards which were used for making tracks around the gun positions at Westhoek, in the Ypres Sector.
A view from Bellewaarde Ridge, towards Westhoek Ridge, in the Ypres sector. Note the water filled shell holes and the abandoned German 105mm Howitzer. A duckboard winds its way around to the left an
