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 19
... shell and bullet - swept slope . In one hollow away on the left there was an inferno of shell - fire , and the black smoke of the German crumps rose at intervals along the line and far- ther back . ' The whole line was being held up by ...
... shell and bullet - swept slope . In one hollow away on the left there was an inferno of shell - fire , and the black smoke of the German crumps rose at intervals along the line and far- ther back . ' The whole line was being held up by ...
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... shell hole to and and even under these conditions rather heason losses were experienced . When we reached the line WOLE FARM CEMETONY We found the An extract from a report on the fighting on 12 October 1917 by Captain A. Thomson ...
... shell hole to and and even under these conditions rather heason losses were experienced . When we reached the line WOLE FARM CEMETONY We found the An extract from a report on the fighting on 12 October 1917 by Captain A. Thomson ...
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... shell craters ; the trenches have been left to weather , and rusting barbed- wire pins can be seen in places . During summer young Canadians conduct tours of the park . Returning to the D73 , proceed through Auchonvillers to Mailly ...
... shell craters ; the trenches have been left to weather , and rusting barbed- wire pins can be seen in places . During summer young Canadians conduct tours of the park . Returning to the D73 , proceed through Auchonvillers to Mailly ...
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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