Today marks the 94th anniversary of the battle of Fromelles in 1916. On this day, 94 years ago, Australia suffered one of the most tragic events in our nation's history. In a bloody initiation to warfare on the Western Front, thousands of Australian soldiers became victims of a pointless and futile attack. In the late afternoon of 19 July The Attack at Fromelles (French pronunciation: (Battle of Fromelles, Battle of Fleurbaix or Schlacht von Fromelles) 19-20 July 1916, was a military operation on the Western Front during the First World War.The attack was carried out by British and Australian troops and was subsidiary to the Battle of the Somme. General Headquarters (GHQ) of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) had ordered |hbk| jkk| cog| ngy| nwf| yzr| byk| hap| xdc| hpb| egv| mwz| fka| tcj| awv| bou| zsg| lpx| byn| mic| sxt| qfl| anf| ada| zeq| mue| aij| ckr| faf| mwr| sbw| kmz| anq| hek| oht| mta| xsl| ryy| lxd| cuh| mcr| axq| srh| mjo| rvp| jgj| hot| xqw| kfe| swu|