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Fromelles and Pozieres: In the Trenches of Hell

Published: March 15, 2016, 4:04 a.m.

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Wednesday 9 March 2016 - Peter FitzSimons AM

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On 19 July 1916, 7,000 Australian soldiers \\u2013 in the first major action of the AIF on the Western Front \\u2013 attacked entrenched German positions at Fromelles in northern France. By the next day, there were over 5,500 casualties, including nearly 2,000 dead. Yet the sad truth is that, nearly a century on from those battles, Australians know only a fraction of what occurred. With his extraordinary vigour and commitment to research, Peter FitzSimons shows why this is a story about which all Australians can be proud. And Angry.

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