Australian Army Corps Order of Battle March/April 1918
1 ‘. . . in the midst of universal madness’
2 ‘. . . the height of human felicity’
3 ‘Here goes the gallant Sixteenth!’
4 ‘It would be better to make peace on any terms . . .’
PART TWO: Battles for the Somme
5 ‘I recognised Marshal Foch and General Haig’
6 ‘. . . he willingly sacrificed himself’
7 ‘Fini retreat, Madame – beaucoup Australiens ici’
8 ‘. . . they had no objective’
10 ‘. . . a battery of four heavies . . . got onto them’
11 ‘. . . stop all stragglers and compel them to fight’
12 ‘This officer undoubtedly retrieved a very awkward situation’
13 ‘. . . shot for all they were worth’
14 ‘. . . a massed force of German infantry had broken through’
15 ‘. . . the 4th Division’s guns were geared only to move forwards’
16 ‘Men were lying dead all over the place’
18 ‘Not a single man of my old patrol platoon . . . returned’
PART THREE: Saving Hazebrouck and the Channel Ports
19 ‘. . . only formed body of troops between here and the Channel Ports’
20 ‘Are you going to make a fight of it?’
21 ‘His actions seemed to absolutely stop the Huns’
22 ‘The French attack did not eventuate’
23 ‘Some of us had to stand on their bodies’
PART FOUR: Losing and Retaking Villers-Bretonneux
24 ‘Look out! Jerry tanks about’
25 ‘. . . you must let us do it our own way’
26 ‘It absolutely blew him to pieces . . .’
29 ‘Creeping in single file . . .’
Maps
3 The First Battle of Dernancourt
5 The First Battle for Villers-Bretonneux