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Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 4:49
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Subject: Re: Australian war graves
cemeteries in France
Here from Encyclopedia:
After July 18, 1918, the Allied offensive never stopped until the
armistice. On August 8, the Allies led by Canadian and Australian
troops, attacked the Germans fiercely at Amiens. A Canadian corps
advanced 14,000 yards in one of the war's deepest advances made in a single
day. On August 16, the Germans began retreating to the Siegfried
Line. Ludendorff described this battle as "the Black Day" in the history
of the German army. In September, the Allies swept toward Saint Mihiel
and the Meuse-Argonne region. American soldiers took over a large
portion of the battle line, and helped break through the fortified Siegfried
Line. About 1,200,000 Americans fought in the Battle of
Meuse-Argonne. About one of every ten was killed or wounded.
I will update the site late tonight.
Laurel
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Sergeant John Mitchell Sinclair, 10th Btn. Killed in action 30th July
1918 Aged 24. Son of James Hugh and Helena Sinclair, Grange, South
Australia.
(That one belongs to me)
Judy
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