1917 Ypres - Australian Troops AC Cooke The "lake" at the top

The "lake" at the top of the image was known originally as "Batman's Swamp"

industrial buildings and to left

looking south across Palmerston Street

Seas "which seemed mountains high" struck the vessel

1917 Ypres - Australian Troops AC Cooke The "lake" at the topA photograph of Australian Troops making their way to the trenches, on October 28th 1917, along the wreckage strewn ridge of Westhoek, in the Ypres sector, in Belgium. One can only image what terrible conditions they suffered in the trenchs. All text HotPress Photographer possibly Captain G. Wilkins. The notes from the State Library tell us that this image is of "Australian troops making their way to the trenches, on October 28th 1917, along the