The operation was conducted by XI Corps of the First Army with the 61st Division and the 5th Australian Division of the Australian Imperial Force against the 6th Bavarian Reserve Division, supported b
Panorama of Fromelles, 1914.
Troops holding a well constructed breastwork near Fleurbaix, June 1916; one of the troops has a periscope rifle.
A German strongpoint in the Fromelles salient, July 1916
Troops of the 53rd Australian Battalion, only three of the men survived the battle, all wounded
Fromelles is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. As of 2023, the population of the commune was 1,161; its inhabitants are called Fromellois. It is located about 16 kilometres to the w
Attack at Fromelles
…Part of the Western Front in the First World War Front line following the Battle of Neuve Chapelle (10–13 March 1915) Date 19–20 July 1916 Location Fromelles, Nord, France Result German victory Belligerents British Empire United Kingdom Australia German Empire Commanders and leaders Richard Haking Gustav…
German soldiers posing on a crater left by the explosion of a mine. The photo is dated 9 May 1915, the start of the Battle of Aubers Ridge.