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 11
Ian C. McGibbon. in two attacks in September , at the end of which II Anzac Corps , in which the New Zealand Division was serving , returned to the line after a period of rest . It was earmarked to take part in Plumer's third attack on 4 ...
Ian C. McGibbon. in two attacks in September , at the end of which II Anzac Corps , in which the New Zealand Division was serving , returned to the line after a period of rest . It was earmarked to take part in Plumer's third attack on 4 ...
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... attack began at 3.10 a.m. on 7 June 1917. The defenders in the Messines sector were in disarray as the New Zealand , British and Austra- lian troops came up the slopes towards them . Just before the attack , three huge mines had ...
... attack began at 3.10 a.m. on 7 June 1917. The defenders in the Messines sector were in disarray as the New Zealand , British and Austra- lian troops came up the slopes towards them . Just before the attack , three huge mines had ...
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... New Zealand Division was earmarked to take part in this new attack as part of XV Corps . During August it had been pulled out of the line and deployed to Abbeville , where it trained in assault tactics in preparation for the attack ...
... New Zealand Division was earmarked to take part in this new attack as part of XV Corps . During August it had been pulled out of the line and deployed to Abbeville , where it trained in assault tactics in preparation for the attack ...
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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