The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A view of the badly damaged buildings of the Dernancourt Casualty Clearing Station, taken from 'The Ravine' in No Man's Land. In the foreground is the railway line running from Albert to Amiens and immediately behind this is the front line, a section of which can be seen in the top right hand corner. During the fighting on 5 April 1918, the 12th and 13th Brigades of the 4th Division were heavily engaged at this point. They successfully held the line by a magnificent defence against the attempt of almost four German divisions to break through by massed assaults in a converging attack towards Amiens in conjunction with their onslaught through Villers-Bretonneux, which had commenced the previous day.
The Albert-Amiens Railway Line, where it runs through the village of Dernancourt. A decisive battle was fought on this ground on 5 April 1918, when the Germans of four divisions vainly endeavoured by
A view of the battlefield of Dernancourt. This area is where the 12th and 13th Australian Infantry Brigades broke the massed assaults of nearly four German divisions during their thrust towards Amien
A view of the battlefield of Dernancourt. This area is where the 12th and 13th Australian Infantry Brigades broke the massed assaults of nearly four German divisions during their thrust towards Amien
The German offensive, 1918, its extreme forward limit at Dernancourt. Part of the battlefield of Dernancourt, near Albert, showing the village and church held by the Germans, and the railway line on w
Reinforcements to the 52nd Battalion of the 13th Infantry Brigade, being allotted to their companies. In the defence of the Dernancourt, positions against the massed assaults of four German divisions,
Officers and men of the 1st Australian and 29th British Divisions, and others, watching the bombardment of Strazeele from Borre during the renewed German attack, which was now directed against the Bri
