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August 23rd Photos


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All Imperial War Museum, Alexander Turnbull Library, and Australian War Memorial photos captured on Friday, 23rd August, 1918.


© IWM (Q 6987)
Battle of Albert. Ruins of Meaulte taken by the 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment (12th Division), on 22 August 1918 (23 August). The pontoons were left behind by the British in March.
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© IWM (Q 6988)
Battle of Albert. German shell bursting on a building in Meaulte on the day after its capture, 23 August 1918.
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© IWM (Q 7019)
British official cinematographer and his assistants going towards Meaulte. Note shell-burst on the right. 23 August 1918.
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© IWM (Q 7020)
Battle of Albert. British official photographer at work in Meaulte the day after its capture, 23 August 1918.
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© IWM (Q 7089)
Two soldiers of the 12th Division taking cover behind a wall from splinters of a bursting shell at Meaulte, 23 August 1918. (Captured by 12th Division on 22 August).
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© IWM (Q 7303)
Battle of Albert. Two gun-carrying tanks and a Royal Engineers cable limber in Bihucourt. The tanks were used for carrying supplies. Bihucourt was captured by the 37th Division and six Mark V tanks of the 10th Battalion, Tank Corps, on the 23rd August 1918.
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© IWM (Q 11213)
In the heat of summer, an infantry working party goes forward with guide in Albert, 23 August 1918, following the village's capture by 18th Division at the start of the Hundred Days Offensive.
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© IWM (Q 11256)
A Lewis gun section from 18th Division firing on retiring Germans outside Albert, during the Battle of Albert, Second Battles of the Somme, 23 August 1918.
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© IWM (Q 60809)
British troops passing by the church at Mailly-Maillet, 23 August 1918.
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© IWM (Q 60971)
An air raid alarm siren on the church of Sacre Coeur de Montmartre in Paris, 23 August 1918.
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© IWM (Q 78692)
British troops in the ruins of Rue d'Amiens at Albert, 23 August 1918.
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© IWM (Q 78693)
RAMC medical orderlies moving a wounded soldier on a wheeled stretcher at Albert, 23 August 1918.
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© IWM (Q 78694)
Damaged houses in Mailly-Maillet, 23 August 1918.
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© IWM (Q 78763)
British cyclists resting on the road from Bouzincourt to Albert, 23 August 1918.
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Photo12
France, August 23, 1918, World War I, The commander's baton was turned over to Marshal Foch by the president of the French Republic.
August 23, 1918
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E03005
Soldiers from the Australian 1st Machine Gun Company (1st Machine Gun Battalion), rest near Chuignolles, August 1918
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E03116
The village of Bray, photographed from the north east. Bray was taken on the night of 23 August 1918, by a direct frontal surprise attack, of the 40th Battalion, assisted on the left flank by the 37th and 38th Battalions. The railway station is in the foreground and directly behind is the ruined church used as a hospital by the enemy. The structure on the right is a field telephone distribution small tower.
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E03211
A Regimental Mascot, a dog, posed in the barrel of the 15 inch naval gun captured by the Australians on 23 August 1918 at Chuignolles. The soldiers around the gun are unidentified.  Photograph caputred  Setember 1918.
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E05475
A 15 inch German naval gun captured by members of the 3rd Battalion on 23 August 1918. In a ceremony held on 3 August 1919 this gun was handed over by General Sir W Birdwood to the city of Amiens. This gun was responsible for the much of the extensive shell damage the city sustained during the war. Note the signatures of Australian soldiers written on the gun.
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H15437
Proyart, France. 23 August 1918. A photograph taken from a support line being dug by the 2nd Battalion, AIF, during an attack in the area. German Army prisoners can be seen assisting wounded men of the 4th Battalion, AIF, whose front line position was on the ridge in the distance. The view is looking east from a position between St Martins Wood and Matto Wood. (Donor J.D. Young)
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H15438
Proyart, France. 23 August 1918. Men of B Company, 2nd Battalion, AIF, digging a support line following an attack in the area. Photograph H15437 was taken from this position. (Donor J.D. Young)
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H15951
Albert, France. 23 August 1918. A British Army soldier in a ruined section of the town. (Donor Imperial War Museum Q11207)
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Chuignolles, France, c. 1918-12. A German 15-inch naval gun that was captured on 1918-08-23 by the 3rd Battalion. The weapon has been destroyed and its barrel lies on the ground. (Donor Estate of F. Stichnoth)
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044847
A 15 inch German naval gun, known as the Chuignes gun, captured in August 1918 by No 3 Battalion, at Chuignes, France. German troops destroyed the Chuignes gun, which, on 23 August was secured by Australian troops. The gun was utilised at Villers-Bretonneux as an Australian Memorial until replaced by a new Memorial which was unveiled on 22 July 1938.
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044848
A 15 inch German naval gun, known as the Chuignes gun, captured in August 1918 by No 3 Battalion, at Chuignes, France. German troops destroyed the Chuignes gun, which, on 23 August was secured by Australian troops. The gun was utilised at Villers-Bretonneux as an Australian Memorial until replaced by a new Memorial which was unveiled on 22 July 1938.
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Die Trümmer der Basilika von Albert 23 August 1918
Großes Hauptquartier, 23. August. 
Westlicher Kriegsschauplatz: 
Heeresgruppen Kronprinz Rupprecht und Böhn: 
Teilangriffe des Feindes nordwestlich von Bailleul und beiderseits der Lys wurden abgewiesen. Im Gegenstoß machten wir Gefangene. 
Der Engländer hat gestern den am 21. August nördlich der Ancre begonnenen Angriff mit voller Kraft fortgeführt und unter Aussparung der Ancre-Front nördlich von Albert auf den Abschnitt von Albert bis zur Somme ausgedehnt. Der umfassend angelegte Durchbruchsversuch des Feindes ist in seiner ersten Entwicklung völlig gescheitert. Der Gegner hat gestern eine schwere Niederlage erlitten. 
Auf dem Kampffelde nordwestlich von Bapaume griffen in Erwartung feindlicher Angriffe preußische Divisionen mit sächsischen und bayerischen Regimentern den Feind zwischen Moyenville und Miraumont an. Sie stießen überall auf den feindlichen in der Entwicklung begriffenen Angriff und auf starke Bereitstellungen des Gegners, und warfen den Feind stellenweise bis zu 2 Kilometer Tiefe zurück. Damit waren die für den Morgen vorbereiteten englischen Angriffe zerschlagen. Im Laufe des Tages griff der Feind noch mehrfach, im besonderen aus Richtung Puisieux - Beaumont-Hamel an. Er wurde überall unter schweren Verlusten abgewiesen. Starke Angriffe des Gegners aus Albert heraus brachen in unserem Feuer zusammen. 
Zwischen Albert und der Somme griff der Feind unter stärkstem Feuerschutz an und drang vorübergehend über die Straße Albert-Braye hinaus in östlicher Richtung vor. Kraftvoller Gegenangriff hessischer Truppen mit Teilen preußischer und württembergischer Regimenter warf den Feind über die Straße hinaus in seine Ausgangsstellungen zurück. Offen auffahrende Batterien schossen zahlreiche Panzerwagen des Gegners zusammen. Nördlich von Braye setzte der Feind Kavallerie zur Attacke an, sie wurde fast restlos vernichtet. Teilkämpfe dauerten auf dem Schlachtfelde bis in die Nacht hinein an. Zwischen Somme und Oise im allgemeinen ruhiger Tag. Starker Feuerkampf südlich der Somme flaute in den Vormittagsstunden ab. Südlich der Avre kamen französische Angriffe bei Fresnières in unserem Feuer zur Entwicklung und wurden abgewiesen. Infanteriegefechte an der Divette.
Zwischen Oise und Aisne nahmen wir im Anschluß an die am 20. August erfolgte Verlegung unserer Linien hinter die Oise in der Nacht vom 21. zum 22. August unsere Truppen vom Feinde ungestört hinter die Anette zurück. Starken Angriffen des Gegners zwischen Manicamp und Pont St. Mard wichen unsere auf dem Westufer der Ailette noch verbliebenen Kompagnien hinter den Abschnitt aus. Teilangriffe des Feindes zwischen Ailette und Aisne scheiterten in unserem Feuer und im Gegenstoß. 
Heeresgruppe Deutscher Kronprinz: 
Zwischen Bazoches und Fismes drückten wir in örtlichen Angriffen amerikanische Postenlinien zurück und wiesen feindliche Gegenangriffe ab. 
Leutnant Udet errang seinen 57. und 58. Luftsieg. 
Bei Fliegerangriffen auf das Heimatgebiet wurden nach bisherigen Meldungen von einem auf Karlsruhe angesetzten feindlichen Geschwader zu 10 Flugzeugen durch unsere Jagdflieger 7 Flugzeuge vernichtet.
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© IWM (BOX 373-122-21HAB-36A-1918) Plotting reference 36A R 27b. Key feature, Vielle-Chapelle 23rd August, 1918.
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Nice, thanks for this series of photographs, I always look at them.

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I would agree with WhiteStarLine and they have helped The Camera Returns team to find another contribution. Keep it up, it will possibly end in November this year...............or will it?

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I have enough planned to continue to June 1919 when my grandfather finally returns home.

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