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Cover
About the Book
Title Page
Contents
Australian Army Corps Order of Battle mid-September 1918
Prologue
PART ONE: Template for Success: Monash and Hamel
1 ‘. . . it could be seen that they were cut to the heart’
2 ‘Hope his conscience don’t worry him later’
3 ‘I have seen the Australians’
4 ‘This was to be a hurricane assault’
PART TWO: Amiens: The Black Day of the German Army
5 ‘All present and correct’
6 ‘The greatest trouble experienced was keeping direction’
7 ‘. . . sobbed convulsively in an agony of contrition’
8 ‘. . . fell with a bullet through his temple’
9 ‘Give it to them cavalry!’
10 ‘Orpheus rendered very valuable assistance . . .’
11 ‘The tears rolled down his cheeks’
PART THREE: Keeping the Pressure On
12 ‘. . . how could a man die better?’
13 ‘Your Billy was killed on the night of 10th/11th of August’
14 ‘Let the damn mule go!’
15 ‘Hell, here’s some Huns’
16 ‘. . . the Australians now held an excellent position’
17 ‘He received the full stream of fire’
18 ‘. . . these Australians do not give the impression of a worn out division’
19 ‘Let’s rush the bloody place’
20 ‘A frontal attack was impossible’
Part Four THE BATTLE FOR MONT SAINT-QUENTIN AND PÉRONNE
21 ‘all wore brand new uniforms and equipment . . .’
22 ‘. . . our Lewis gunners and riflemen had some busy moments’
23 ‘. . . it reminded me of the mob leaving the Sydney Cricket Ground’
24 ‘. . . seldom had a meal been more appreciated’
25 ‘. . . ministered to by their mates, until nightfall’
26 ‘. . . they were death traps’
27 ‘. . . amongst the finest achievements of the war’
28 ‘oh Kate, the poor old Brigade!’
29 ‘They met a digger’
Part Five THE BATTLE FOR THE HINDENBURG LINE
30 ‘. . . how strange to be in our home!’
31 ‘If the German had had the fighting spirit of a louse . . .’
32 ‘I don’t think you’ll have much trouble with them’
33 ‘I was carrying a stick’
34 ‘Their nerves seemed to be on edge’
35 ‘Blame the politicians in Australia . . .’
36 ‘He thinks we shall finish the war this year’
37 ‘A quarter of an inch to the right . . .’
38 ‘. . . the best fighting soldier in the battalion’
39 ‘Shoot me, please . . .’
40 ‘. . . they had been having a little war with Fritz all on their own’
41 ‘. . . painful loss’
42 ‘. . . somebody had ratted them before’
43 ‘Hard luck, isn’t it’
44 ‘Hun said to be in the village’
Epilogue
Picture section
Acknowledgements
Notes
References
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, CANBERRA
OFFICIAL HISTORIES
UNIT HISTORIES
BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS
JOURNAL ARTICLES
ONLINE RESOURCES
About the Author
ALSO BY DAVID W. CAMERON
Imprint
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