E02928C Accession Number: E02928C

Description

A German Casualty Clearing Station and cemetery which, when seized by the Australians on 9 August 1918, was found to have patients still in its wards. The area in which it was situated was finally captured after desperate fighting by troops of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Divisions in a general attack on the morning of 11 August, Lihons itself was taken by assault of the 2nd and 3rd Brigades, and held against two heavily pressed counter attacks. This is the left hand image in a three part panorama. See E02928P for the combined image.

Details

Accession Number
E02928C
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
14 August 1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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