The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The remnants of one of the field guns captured and damaged by the Germans in their temporarily successful counter-attack against the Australians at Lagnicourt in 15 April 1917. In this area desperate fighting took place between the enemy and Australians when the Germans in a counter attack penetrated the attenuated Australian line and succeeded in capturing the advanced guns of the 2nd Australian Field Artillery Brigade and holding them for nearly two hours. When the guns were recaptured it was found that of the 21 pieces that had been in German possession, only five had been damaged.
A view of the Lagnicourt battlefield. The image shows the extent of the momentary German advance on 15 April 1917, when, attacking on a six mile front between Hermies and Noreuil, with Lagnicourt as
A view of the Lagnicourt battlefield. The image shows the extent of the momentary German advance on 15 April 1917, when, attacking on a six mile front between Hermies and Noreuil, with Lagnicourt as
Scene of an attack by the Germans on the Australians on 15 April 1917, with part of a trench in the foreground and the ruined village of Lagnicourt in the background. The Germans penetrated the Austr
View of a portion of the barbed wire entanglements erected at Lagnicourt by the Germans during their momentary advance on 15 April 1917, long after the ground had been recaptured by the Australians.
Showing a British destroyer moored in the distance. Kalamata was one of the evacuation points for the withdrawal of British forces from Greece. Nearly 9,000 Australians had been evacuated when the Ger
Depicts the destruction of the 43rd Battery on the morning of the German attack at Lagnicourt. Gun carriages are visible in the foreground, behind one is a soldier on all fours, perhaps wounded from b
