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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Page 28
... July to take part in operations that were designed to distract enemy attention from the major blow further north at Ypres planned for 31 July . La Basseville became the focus of attention : the New Zealanders took it on 27 July , lost ...
... July to take part in operations that were designed to distract enemy attention from the major blow further north at Ypres planned for 31 July . La Basseville became the focus of attention : the New Zealanders took it on 27 July , lost ...
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... July 1916 . The village of Longueval lies 11 kilometres east of Albert , at the crossroads of the D20 and the D197 . It was in German hands from 1914 until occupied by British forces after heavy fighting in the second half of July 1916 ...
... July 1916 . The village of Longueval lies 11 kilometres east of Albert , at the crossroads of the D20 and the D197 . It was in German hands from 1914 until occupied by British forces after heavy fighting in the second half of July 1916 ...
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... July 1918. The New Zealand corps troops , therefore , found themselves operating in the Ardre Valley , well removed from the site of New Zealand's main effort . During this attack , the Cyclist Battalion , attached to the British 62nd ...
... July 1918. The New Zealand corps troops , therefore , found themselves operating in the Ardre Valley , well removed from the site of New Zealand's main effort . During this attack , the Cyclist Battalion , attached to the British 62nd ...
Contents
Visiting the battlefields | 5 |
MessinesLa Basseville | 26 |
ArmentièresLys | 35 |
Copyright | |
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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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