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 ...
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Over the next three years the battle line remained virtually stationary. It ran, approximately, from Ostend past Armentières, Douai, Saint-Quentin, Reims, Verdun, and Saint-Mihiel to Lunéville. Meanwhile, on the Eastern Front, the Russians invaded East Prussia but were decisively defeated (Aug...
fighting withdrawal south towards Paris. Retreating, holding actions or unsuccessful counterattacks were fought at Le Cateau (August 26-27) and St. Quentin (August 29-30), while Mauberge capitulated September 7 after a short siege. Forming a line behind the Marne River, Joffre prepared ...
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On 29 September, his artillery brigade were supporting the 27th American Division in their attack on the German line between Nouroy and Gouy, between St Quentin and Cambrai, as part of a more general push to break the Hindenburg Line. The brigade war diary records the successful actions of ...
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The town of Péronne was recaptured in August 1918 when the Australian Imperial Force stormed the German defence line on the Somme during the Battle of Mont St Quentin. This action was described as the greatest military achievement of the war by British general Henry Rawlinson. ...