The Battle of Mont St Quentin-Peronne was unique in that it was almost entirely an Australian operation. The command-er-in-chief, Sir Douglas Haig, had issued instructions that the Fourth Army was to 'mark time' while the First Army launched an offensive to the north but the Australian ...
Mont St Quentind house by house. This book gives a detailed account of the planning and execution of the battle, the sometimes horrific human experience of the battle, and the courage that led to eight members of the First AIF being awarded the Victoria Cross.Bill Billet...
The aim of the project was to assess the archaeological potential of features related to the Battle of Mont St Quentin, which took place in August/September 1918 and was co-directed by Tony Pollard and Iain Banks. The fieldwork, which consisted of topographic survey, metal detector survey and...