Australians on the Western Front: New peak of heroism

By Michael Grealy
August 23 2018 - 12:00pm
FORTRESS: A 54th Battalion machine gun position established during the attack on Péronne. The photograph was taken after the capture of the town. Picture: AWM E03183
FORTRESS: A 54th Battalion machine gun position established during the attack on Péronne. The photograph was taken after the capture of the town. Picture: AWM E03183

One hundred years ago, Australian soldiers, exhausted and under strength in number, were about to enter one of their toughest and most pivotal battles on the Western Front.

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