Buildings and Structures in Nord - Fromelles Military Cemetery, English College, Douai, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial (Paperback)

Chapters: Fromelles Military Cemetery, English College, Douai, V.c. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Villa Cavrois, Matisse Museum, Liessies Abbey, Old Cambrai Cathedral, Free Institution of Sacred Heart, Saint-Amand Abbey, La Piscine Museum, Gare de Calais-Fr thun, Scottish College, Douai, Irish College, Douai, Dunkirk Lighthouse, H pital-G n ral de Douai. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 62. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery - Having sustained major attacks in 1915 at the battles of Neuve Chapelle and Aubers Ridge, German troops around Fromelles were heavily dug in by 1916, not only in trenches but also in bunkers such as this one and in fortified farm buildings.The Battle of Fromelles took place on the night of 1920 July 1916, during the Somme Offensive of the Western Front in World War I. It was a diversionary battle, intended to draw the attention of the Germans away from the larger attacks elsewhere. It involved units of the Australian 5th Division and the British 61st Division attacking German positions in and around Fromelles. The German positions were well defended, and the battle led to huge losses by the attacking forces, with particularly heavy losses incurred by the Australian 15th Brigade and British 184th Brigade. This was the first major battle on the Western Front involving the First Australian Imperial Force (AIF), and has been described as "the worst 24 hours in Australia's entire history." Records kept by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission show that 1,780 Australian soldiers and 503 British soldiers died in the battle, but many of these bodies were not recovered. These missing dead are commemorated not by individual graves and names on headstones, but by names carved on memorials dedicated for that purpos...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=26019974