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| Keywords: StateLibQld 2 66748 After the battle on the Menin Road, France, 1917.jpg en After the battle on the Menin Road France 1917 Wounded soldiers waiting to be taken to the dressing station Part of Our Boys at the Front series of postcards no 13 From official photographs by special permission of the Department of Defence Proceeds to the Australian Comforts Fund Printing on verso of postcard The Battle of the Menin Road was the first major Australian involvement in the series of British ˜bite and hold ™ attacks which began on 31 July 1917 Collectively these operations are known as ˜The Third Battle of Ypres ™ After moving through Ypres the First and Second Australian Divisions manned the front lines opposite Glencorse Wood Following a five-day bombardment the two Australian divisions advanced at 5 40 am on 20 September They were in the centre of an assault by 11 British divisions along Westhoek Ridge facing Glencorse Wood Although this battle was finally won by the allies the Australians sustained 5 000 killed and wounded 1917 handle 10462/deriv/2249 Copied and digitised from a postcard PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Images of postcards from the State Library of Queensland Military uniforms of Australia Military history of Australia Black and white photographs Australia in World War I Soldiers of Australia Trucks in Australia 1917 in Australia Wounded soldiers Battlefields People with helmets | ||||
