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Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2025 5:22 am
To save the situation, the Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force decided to use a diversionary maneuver. At that time, on the Western Front, the 10th Battalion of the 1st Australian Division was distinguished by its outstanding combat training and bravery. Two soldiers from its ranks received the highest military award in Great Britain - the Victoria Cross. For numerous services and high morale, this battalion received the nickname "The Terrible Tenth".
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It was these Australian soldiers, according to Haig's plan, who were to enter the Celtic Forest at dawn and blow up the German trenches so that the enemy would think that this was part of the main attack. At the same time, it was planned that the second division would carry out the attack, protecting the flank of the main British attacking forces. Thus, 7 officers and 78 soldiers of the legendary "Formidable Battalion" entered the Celtic Forest, never to come out.
It is still unclear what actually happened there. It is viber database that the maneuver failed and the German troops retreated only a week later, although the British media covered the attack as a victory. The battalion commander wrote the following in his report:
"Then followed a desperate clash, during which heavy losses were inflicted on the enemy."
He went on to note, "I can only report 14 unwounded members of the group." Apparently, this report was the basis for the conclusion that 71 people were missing. However, the official documents often list the number "37."
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Charles Bean, an Australian correspondent, commented on the incident as follows:
"The operation ended disastrously. The missing were never heard from again. Their names were not on any list of prisoners of war obtained during the war. The graves commission found no trace of their bodies afterwards."
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It was these Australian soldiers, according to Haig's plan, who were to enter the Celtic Forest at dawn and blow up the German trenches so that the enemy would think that this was part of the main attack. At the same time, it was planned that the second division would carry out the attack, protecting the flank of the main British attacking forces. Thus, 7 officers and 78 soldiers of the legendary "Formidable Battalion" entered the Celtic Forest, never to come out.
It is still unclear what actually happened there. It is viber database that the maneuver failed and the German troops retreated only a week later, although the British media covered the attack as a victory. The battalion commander wrote the following in his report:
"Then followed a desperate clash, during which heavy losses were inflicted on the enemy."
He went on to note, "I can only report 14 unwounded members of the group." Apparently, this report was the basis for the conclusion that 71 people were missing. However, the official documents often list the number "37."
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Charles Bean, an Australian correspondent, commented on the incident as follows:
"The operation ended disastrously. The missing were never heard from again. Their names were not on any list of prisoners of war obtained during the war. The graves commission found no trace of their bodies afterwards."