Title

Australian troops the day before of the Battle of Messines, Belgium, 6 June 1917. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Australian troops the day before of the Battle of Messines, Belgium, 6 June 1917. The Battle of Messines was launched on June 7, 1917 by British General Herbert Plumer's Second Army. The attack began with the simultaneous detonation of 19 huge mines in shafts dug beneath the German lines. The battle was an Allied success and marked the first large-scale operation in which casualties sustained by the attacking forces were actually less than those suffered by the defenders.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1917

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C13_178

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

90,8Mb (2,3Mb) / 15,6in x 22,5in / 4694 x 6758 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male man men Australia Australian country guy Flanders Belgium war front location century soldiers soldier first world war concept battle B&W MONOCHROME Army warfare military uniform World War I WWI infantry black & white black and white B W Military personnel World War One 1910s 20th century British Army The Print Collector 1st World War Battle of Messines Ridge Messines TGN Western Front WW1 photograph Unknown photograph