4. Second Bullecourt 3-26 May 1917

From 3 until 26 May the 1st, 2nd and 5th Australian Divisions made a another attempt to seize Bullecourt. The Australians established a two mile gap in the Hindenburg Line became two miles wide and withstood counterattacked by elite German troops on 15 May.

 


 

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