Keywords: Aus 2nd Division troops in Bapaume Mar 1917.jpg Men of the Australian 2nd Division outside the Mairie in Bapaume Somme France The town was occupied by the Australians on 17 March 1917 following the German withdrawal to the Siegfried Stellung of the Hindenburg Line E AUS 393 1 1917-03-19 Australian official photographer PD-AustraliaGov Town hall of Bapaume World War I forces of Australia in France German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line 1917 Black and white photographs Collections of the Imperial War Museum |