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The first attack launched for Bullecourt. On the 11th of April 1917 was a complete failure. On the 3rd of May 1917. The second attack was ordered across the same ground. This time the Australians broke into and took part of the Hindenburg Line. Unfortunately, no important strategic advantage was ever gained. The two attacks cost the lives of 10,000 Australian soldiers. Charles Bean, Official Historian. In the first attack for Bullecourt,. In the second attack for Bullecourt on the 3rd of May 1917,.
The Villers-Bretonneux Australian National Memorial is a WW1 memorial. Near the town of Villers-Bretonneux, in the Somme region of France. Listed at the memorial are 10,773 names of soldiers of the AIF with no known grave. The soldiers were killed from 1916 to the end of the war on November 11, 1918. It is also the Australian National Memorial to all the Australians who died on the Western Front in WW1. Three years after the Australians came ashore at Gallipoli, and as the sun came up on April 25, 1918, .