The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 fired. This photograph is an enlargement of a vest pocket camera snap, taken on 29 August 1918, by Mr C E W Bean, to prove that the gun had actually been used, although when captured the railway connecting it was still uncompleted.
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 pho
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 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
Lieutenant Colonel D. T. Moore CMG DSO, Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion, AIF (on the platform) and Lieutenant C. O. Clark MC MM, Battalion Intelligence Officer (beside the broken barrel) of the 15 i
An unidentified Australian soldier standing on top of the carriage 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
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
