This volume narrates the part played by the Australian Corps in the barring of the German advance upon Amiens in 1918. It also endeavours to explain the change of outlook which enhanced the spirit and performance of Australian soldiers throughout the last year of the war. The main subject necessarily involves a more than incidental reference to the performance of the British Army in the greatest battle ever waged.During the main German offensive 1918Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 - Volume V - The AIF in France 1918 Hardcover cardboard, Illustrations, Maps, Chronologymessines, ludenorff strike, australian corp, amiens, dernancourt, battle of lys, villers bretonneux, hangard wood, somme, st. quentin, fonquebillers, lancashire fusiliers, 53rd battalion, 35th battalion, sir henry wilson, arras, battle of hazebrouck, kemmel ridge

Areas covered on this map “Corbie, Villers Brettoneaux, Hangard Wood, Aubigney, River Somme”. Item re William Alexander No 502 AIF. Refer Cat No 3746.3 for his service details.Trench map, France, Edition 2A, sheet 62D S.W, scale 1:20,000, British trenches in blue, trenches corrected to 9.5.1918.map, france, trench

Areas covered on this map “Corbie, Villers Brettoneux, Hangard, Blangy and Tronville Wood, River Somme”. Item re William Alexander No 502 AIF. Refer Cat No 3746.3 for his service details.Trench map, France, Edition 3B, trenches corrected to 7.7.1918, German trenches in red, British in blue, scale 1:20,000.map, france, trench