Diggers in France
Subtitle: Australian soldiers on the Western Front
By: Richard Travers
Contributors: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Publisher: ABC Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Sydney, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9780733323423
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Campaigns; Australian Participation
Other titles: Australian soldiers on the Western Front
Description: Summary: "Diggers in France not only compelling describes the diggers at battle in the front line, but also their lives away from the front when wounded or on leave. Incredibly, in places the front line was only a thousand metres from rest areas where they could enjoy a coffee; it was possible to be in the trenches one day and in London the next. Paris was closer still."--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 352-393.
Table of contents: title: Legacy of Gallipoli; title: Splitting the divisions; title: Arrival in France; title: Battle of Somme; title: Fromelles; title: Pozières and Mouquet Farm; title: Wounded; title: Breaking the deadlock; title: Bullecourt; title: Messines; title: Passchendaele; title: Prisoners of war; title: Leave; title: Birth of the Australian Corps; title: German offensive - 21 march 1918; title: Villers-Bretonneux; title: Hamel; title: 8 August 1918; title: mont St Quentin and Pèronne; title: Victory.