Bullecourt

We travelled around the Somme battlefields today where the Australians fought and thousands died. Seeing the terrain and hearing the information from our expert guide, a military historian, really gives an insight into the battles and what went right, what went wrong, and why.

After our visit to Tyne Cot we saw the areas where the battles of Bullecourt, Pozieres and the Somme were fought, as well as some of the cemeteries.

A few figures:

* the Australians lost 10000 men at Bullecourt in two weeks.
* the British lost 60000 at Poziers, the Australians lost 23000.
* the Thiepval memorial lists the names of 72000 missing British soldiers with no known grave.

There are cemeteries literally everywhere and it is all so depressingly sad.Read more