New Zealand Battlefields and Memorials of the Western FrontThis is a guide book that provides directions for those who wish to visit the graves of their forbears or to examine the places in which so much New Zealand blood was shed, often in horrifying conditions. Brief descriptions of the various battles in which the New Zealanders took part are provided to give the visitor a perspective on the numerous New Zealand battlefields, monuments, and cemeteries. |
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... capture the Messines ridge south of Ypres ( see chapter 3 ) . The main operation began on 31 July 1917 , and the Pilkem ridge was quickly captured . However , the Germans resisted strongly on the Geluveld- Passchendaele plateau . The ...
... capture the Messines ridge south of Ypres ( see chapter 3 ) . The main operation began on 31 July 1917 , and the Pilkem ridge was quickly captured . However , the Germans resisted strongly on the Geluveld- Passchendaele plateau . The ...
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... capturing the heights at Broodseinde while II Anzac Corps provided flanking support by seizing the Gravenstafel ... captured . Even though the strategic object of his offensive had long since been rendered unachievable , Haig was ...
... capturing the heights at Broodseinde while II Anzac Corps provided flanking support by seizing the Gravenstafel ... captured . Even though the strategic object of his offensive had long since been rendered unachievable , Haig was ...
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... captured . The Commander - in- Chief , Haig , determined to press on in this area . The Fourth Army pushed forward to capture the second defence line , while the French on the right had some success as well . These developments ...
... captured . The Commander - in- Chief , Haig , determined to press on in this area . The Fourth Army pushed forward to capture the second defence line , while the French on the right had some success as well . These developments ...
Contents
Visiting the battlefields | 5 |
MessinesLa Basseville | 26 |
ArmentièresLys | 35 |
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12 October Alexander Turnbull Library Amiens Anzac Corps April Archives New Zealand Armentières Arras artillery Bailleul Bapaume barrage Basseville Battalion Battle Beaudignies Belgium Brigade British Cemetery captured casualties Cathedral Cemetery Ploegsteert Cemetery St Jan commemorated Communal Cemetery Extension CWGC Cyclist Étaples Farm Cemetery fighting Flers forces France front line German offensive Grévillers Havrincourt headstones Hébuterne Ieper II Anzac Corps July Kemmel kilometres Le Quesnoy Longueval machine-gun Marfaux Menin Gate Menin Road Mesen metres Military Cemetery Missing museum November NZEF Otago Passchendaele Passendale Péronne plaque Ploegsteert Wood Polygon Wood Poperinge proceed Quesnoy recorded the names Rifle Road Cemetery Roeselaarestraat Romeries s-Graventafel sector September Sergeant shell Solesmes Somme three kilometres town trenches tunnellers turn left turn right Tyne-Cot unveiled Vertigneul Victoria Cross village wall Website Western Front World Ypres Zealand battlefield memorial Zealand Division Zealand graves Zealand Memorial Zealand soldiers Zealand troops Zealanders advanced Zillebeke
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