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The assault upon the formidable Bullecourt in April and May 1917 by three British divisions the 7th, 58th and 62nd and three Australian divisions was initially designed to assist Allenbys Third Army break-out from Arras. This book tells the full story of a battle that can be seen as an archetype of the horrors of trench warfare. The first Bullecourt battle of 11 April came to be regarded as the worst Australian defeat of the war, when Australian infantry assaulted without artillery and tank support. They were badly let down by the British tanks but the Britsih tank crews were let down in turn by their own commanders, who put them in the forefront of the attack in Mark II training tanks, prone to malfunction and not armour-plated. Significant numbers fought their way into the German lines at Bullecourt against all odds, including legendary ANZAC soldiers Major Percy Black, Captain Albert Jacka and Captain Harry Murray. The Australians cemented their reputation as a reliable and formidable force, not merely a colonial adjunct to the British Army. Marshal Foch described the soldiers of the AIF as the finest shock troops in the world. British and Australian forces launched repeated offensives throughout May in an effort to capture Bullecourt. It became an awful battle of attrition fought with savagery on both sides. After three more weeks of fighting, which saw stretcher bearers sniped at and hand-to-hand struggles with bayonet and entrenching tool, the village was eventually taken. Approximately 17,000 soldiers were sacrificed to capture the village and nearby trenches; 4,124 of those soldiers killed were listed as missing and have no known grave. Was possession of the pile of rubble that was Bullecourt worth the butchers bill, when plans were already in place to switch the main push to Flanders that summer The bloody sacrifices made by Australian and British soldiers notwithstanding, the fighting at Bullecourt resulted in the first breakthrough of the impregnable Hindenburg Line. Author Paul Kendall has contacted many of the living relatives of those who fought to bring a human face to those terrible statistics. Gazetteer of the Western Front: Bullecourt Gazetteer of the Western Front Bullecourt Location Bullecourt is a village South East of Arras Lat: 50 11' 32" N Lon: 2 55' 42"E It was well behind the front Life on the Home Front - The Wartime Memories Project Army Camps & Barracks in the Great War is a section of Life on the Home Front a Heritage Lottery funded initative from The Wartime Memories Project The Regiments In The Great War 1914-18 Lancashire The Kitchener Battalions In Lancashire patriotic volunteers flocked to enlist Soon after the outbreak of war the existing 4th and 5th battalions of each regiment The Australian Victories in France in 1918 DEDICATED to the AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER who by his military virtues and by his deeds in battle has earned for himself a place in history which none can challenge Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood Australian War Addresses and accounts by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood 1916 to 1917 - church parade submission for the Lord Kitchener Memorial Book and the opening of a RAR QLD Defence News DVA * DEFENCE MEDIA * ' ON THE RECORD' * MINISTERIAL: THE AUSTRALIAN * SMH * THE AGE * CM * ABC * ARMY: Coordinating success in Afghanistan 7 May 17 (5 May 17) ON The Lanes Armoury The items of militaria shown below can be viewed in our on-line shop complete with full descriptions photographs and prices British Basket-Hilted Swords: A Typology
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