The British Campaign in France and Flanders—January to July, 1918

CHAPTER VIII

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THE SOMME FRONT FROM APRIL 1 ONWARDS

The last waves of the storm--The Twelfth Division at Albert--The Forty-seventh Division at Aveluy Wood--The Australians in the {ix}

south--Capture of Villers-Bretonneux by the Germans--Recapture by Australians and Eighth Division--Fierce fighting--The first turn of the tide