The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The smoke and gas barrage put down along the Somme Valley about 7.00 am during the Australian attack at Hamel.
A photograph taken on a rainy day from a position near the Observatory on the Bray-Corbie Road, about a mile from Bray. Vaire-sous-Corbie is on the right and Vaux-sur-Somme on the left. Between these
Dawn on 4 July 1918, showing the Australian barrage falling on the village of Hamel, during the attack by the Australian and American troops. The blurred appearance is due to the smoke which hung over
The country over which the Australian advanced in their attack on Hamel. The photograph was taken from an observation post at Sailly-le-Sec at 7.00 am, four hours after the battle had opened.
The opening of the barrage of the battle of Hamel. As soon as the barrage opened at 3.10 a.m. the enemy sent up brilliantly coloured flares, of which only the white ones show in the photograph. For a
The commencement of a smoke barrage put down on 5 September 1918, to screen the movements of the Australian Infantry, who at that time were crossing the Somme marshes near La Chapelette, to engage in
The second stage of the barrage in the battle of Hamel, showing how the flares died out after the first shock of the attack on 3.10 a.m. had passed and the smoke hid the shell bursts. 'The smoke barra
