Ypres offensive—Western Front (1917)

The Sunday Times front page, featuring a cartoon of a skeleton flying a glider

(1917, October 7). Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1930), p. 1. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page13215182

Australia and the Great War newspaper article

(1919, January 6). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 5 (The Argus War Review). http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page402797

Significant Battles

First Battle of Gaza (26–27 March 1917)

First Battle of Bullecourt (11 April 1917)

Second Battle of Gaza (17 and 19 April 1917)

Second Battle of Bullecourt (3 May 1917)

Battle of Messines (7 June–14 June 1917)

Messines 2 (September to November)

Menin Road (20–25 September 1917)

Polygon Wood (26 September–30 October 1917)

Broodseinde (4 October 1917) 

Poelcapelle (9 October 1917)

First Battle of Passchendaele (12 October 1917)

Second Battle of Passchendaele (26 October–10 November 1917)

Battle of Beersheba (31 October 1917)

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