The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The uncompleted railway line to the 15 inch naval gun, established by the Germans in Arcy Wood, near Chuignolles, where it was captured by Australian troops, on 23 August during their advance. The photograph, taken next day, shows the shell bursts from enemy artillery known as an 'area strafe', put down at various points in a wide area to harass the troops in rear of the advance.
An ammunition truck on the railway to the 15 inch German naval gun, known as the Chuignes gun, captured in 23 August 1918 by No 3 Battalion, at Chuignes, France, which was established by the Germans i
The 15 inch naval gun, at Arcy Wood, near Chuignolles, captured by members of the 3rd Battalion in a bayonet attack on 23 August 1918, during an advance by Australian troops in this vicinity. The big
A view of the base of the German 15 inch Naval Gun, captured by the 3rd Battalion, in Arcy Wood, near Chuignolles, showing beyond it the blackened and broken trees, evidence of the gun having been fir
Unidentified soldiers at Arcy Wood, near Chuignolles, with the shell case of a 15 inch naval gun captured by the 3rd Battalion on 23 August 1918, during the battle of Chuignes, to illustrate the size
Lieutenant C. O. Clark MC MM, Intelligence Officer of the 3rd Battalion, with a 6 inch rule inset in the muzzle of the wrecked 15 inch naval gun taken by the Australian troops in a bayonet attack, at
A close up of the wrecked 15 inch naval gun, at Arcy Wood, near Chuignolles, captured by members of the 3rd Battalion in a bayonet attack on 23 August 1918, during an advance by Australian troops in t