Fromelles: French Flanders

by Peter Pederson and Peter Pedersen

The attack at Fromelles is significant for a number of reasons. It was the Australians' first major operation on the Western Front and pitted them against a part of the German line that was an object lesson in the siting of a defense.

Before the battle, the Australian Gallipoli veterans had airily dismissed the fighting in the new theater as 'pleasant'. After it, they said grimly that Anzac was 'a picnic' compared to France. Fromelles came...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 085052928X
• ISBN13: 9780850529289
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.5"