| The
battle of Fromelles opened at 1800 hours on 19 July
1916 when the Australian 5th Division, which had arrived
from Egypt less than two weeks earlier, and the British
61st Division, attacked German positions to the north-east
of the village.
Despite
briefly entering and holding part of the German line
the Australians were driven out by enemy counter-attacks
and were back in their own lines the following day.
The 5th Division lost some 5,500 men, the 61st about
1,500 and the Germans almost 2,000.
The
battlefield tour includes an in-text map, a visit
to the Fromelles museum, to the Australian memorials
and to where Adolf Hitler was billeted in 1916. As
with all the battles described in the book there are
detailed travel instructions, timings, photographs
and historical cameos. The cover picture of the book
is the Cobbers statue at the Australian Memorial Park. |
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