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 35
... Somme ( see chapter 6 ) . Operating initially under I Anzac Corps , the New Zealanders in mid - May took over a sector of the line east of Arras and running about six kilometres south - east from the River Lys on the axis Houplines - l ...
... Somme ( see chapter 6 ) . Operating initially under I Anzac Corps , the New Zealanders in mid - May took over a sector of the line east of Arras and running about six kilometres south - east from the River Lys on the axis Houplines - l ...
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... Somme battlefield in the direction of Bapaume , which was occupied by them on 29 August ( see chapter 7 ) . Amiens , Albert , Bapaume or Péronne all provide a convenient base for visiting the Somme area . For accommodation options , a ...
... Somme battlefield in the direction of Bapaume , which was occupied by them on 29 August ( see chapter 7 ) . Amiens , Albert , Bapaume or Péronne all provide a convenient base for visiting the Somme area . For accommodation options , a ...
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... Somme September and October , 1916 ' . In 1922 the farmer on whose land it stood moved it closer to the road . It is not known when it finally disappeared . Returning to Longueval , take the D20 westward . This area is full of British ...
... Somme September and October , 1916 ' . In 1922 the farmer on whose land it stood moved it closer to the road . It is not known when it finally disappeared . Returning to Longueval , take the D20 westward . This area is full of British ...
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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