Diggers' brutal battle for French town

By Max Blenkin
Updated April 20 2018 - 6:07am, first published 6:02am
Australian troops overcame massive odds Villers-Bretonneux to achieve a significant WWI victory.
Australian troops overcame massive odds Villers-Bretonneux to achieve a significant WWI victory.

It seemed to be another disaster in the making, a counter-attack launched at short notice at night across unfamiliar ground against an entrenched enemy force armed to the teeth with machine guns.

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