The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A section of the battle ground over which troops of the 1st Australian Brigade attacked on 18 September 1918 as part of the first battle to take the Hindenburg Outpost System, including former British lines, and the Hindenburg Farm Line. The whole operation was a big effort on a long front by one French and two British armies. The Australians, being in the centre of the Fourth Army, were at the centre of the onslaught. Their attacking line (4th and 1st Divisions) was the 12th Brigade, 4th Brigade, 3rd Brigade, and 1st Brigade from right to left. The view shows Cologne Farm and 'The Egg' (left), a quarry in which there were a number of dugouts, located on a hill which overlooked a considerable section of the Hindenburg fortified zone. This is the right hand image in a two part panorama. See E03348P for the combined image.
A section of the battle ground over which troops of the 1st Australian Brigade attacked on 18 September 1918 as part of the first battle to take the Hindenburg Outpost System, including former British
The Quarry and dugouts near Cologne Farm known as 'The Egg', situated between Hargicourt and Bellicourt. It was a strategic point of considerable value overlooking the Hindenburg Line, and in the area
The ruins of Hargicourt, a village, which formed part of the strong German outpost system fronting the main Hindenburg Line, was attacked and carried by Australian troops of the 1st Division on 18 Sep
Looking towards Hargicourt and Cologne Farm from the hill near Le Templeux. The area shown was advanced over by the Australian troops in the attack on the Hindenburg Outpost Line, on 18 September 191
The 45th Battalion digging in under a smoke barrage near Ascension Farm on the second objective in the attack made by the 1st and 4th Australian Divisions and British Divisions upon the old British tr
Looking towards Hargicourt and Cologne Farm from the hill near Le Templeux. The area shown was advanced over by the Australian troops in the attack on the Hindenburg Outpost Line, on 18 September 191
