#bapaume

[postcard-from-the-past]

17th-century town hall of Bapaume, Artois region of France

French vintage postcard

[thisdayinwwi]

Mar 19 1917 IWM (E(AUS) 393) “Men of the Australian 2nd Division outside the Mairie in Bapaume. The town was occupied by the Australians on 17 March 1917, following the German withdrawal to the Siegfried Stellung (Hindenburg Line)."

Production date: 1917-03-19

[mtwws-orvkns]

Mapping The World With §ound§ in Bapaume - carillon de l’Hôtel de Ville - 18/06/2020

Dans le cadre de l’installation sonore “On s’dit quoi” Louvre-Lens 2020 - Remerciements  : Madame Dudicourt

[retrogeographie]

Bapaume (Pas-de-Calais), les nouveaux quartiers.

[thewartoendwars]

17th March 1917. Bapaume burns as the Australians take it from the German defenders

[poor-bloody-infantry]

Machine gunners passing along on the Western outskirts of Bapaume, in France, moving up to new positions, following the occupation of the town by Australian troops on 17 March 1917. Note the soldier second from left carrying a Vickers machine gun.

[thewartoendwars]

Australian soldier engraving his name on the pedestal of a statue in Bapaume. On the top is a German dummy anti aircraft gun.

[thewartoendwars]

A field kitchen that handed out hot food to soldiers passing through the ruins of Bapaume