Fromelles. The Story Of Australia's Darkest Day

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2007
Edition: First Edition

Description: 407 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. The Only Exception Are A Few Light Age Markings On Page Edges. Many Of Our Diggers Survived Gallipoli Only To Lose Their Lives In An Ill-conceived Battle Near The Tiny French Village Of Fromelles. They Were Out Numbered Two To One By An Entrenched German Force. In The Backest Night In Australian History - 19 July 1916 The Diggers Suffered 5533 Casualities, With Almost 2000 Killed. Against All Odds, Hunderds Of Our Soldiers Broke Through Enemy Lines, Never To Return. Their Fate Has Been Unknown For Close To A Century. They Simply Disappeared Into The Mists Of History. Until Now.

Publishers Description: On July 19 1916, in the northern French village of Fromelles, Australia suffered its worst-ever military defeat when a British officer ordered 15,000 of our best and bravest to go over the top and attack the German lines. Contains new information from the Fromelles site.

ISBN: 9781740665117