A camouflaged German machine gun post, from which three shallow trenches extended through a slope ...

Accession Number E03592
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Aisne, Beaurevoir
Date made 10 October 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A camouflaged German machine gun post, from which three shallow trenches extended through a slope in the ground. This set-up allowed German forces an unbroken field of fire on the allied troops as they advanced on Lormisset Farm on 4 October 1918.

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