The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Shell damaged buildings on the Lagnicourt battlefield. It was over this area that the Australian troops in April 1917 made a desperate, but unsuccessful, effort to penetrate the Hindenburg Line at Bullecourt. In the following month they succeeded in an action which was described by Sir Douglas Haig in his despatch as 'a most gallant feat of arms'. Note what is probably a camouflaged dugout in front of the damaged buildings.
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
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 panoramic view showing Le Catelet and Govy, two fortified villages in the Hindenburg Main Line of defence. These villages figured largely in the gallant effort of the American and Australian troops
A panoramic view showing Le Catelet and Govy, two fortified villages in the Hindenburg Main Line of defence. These villages figured largely in the gallant effort of the American and Australian troops
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
Australians of the 13th Brigade studying the large contour map near Petit Pont, Belgium, which was specially made to give the troops a knowledge of the Messines battlefield. The operation, which opene
