. The story of the Fifth Australian division, being an authoritative account of the division's doings in Egypt, France and Belgium. SouTtA Jsee1i1s YY s ed. THE BATTLE OF THE HINDENBURG LINE 369 only three infantry battalions and supported by the 14th ( Derham) the 15th Machine Gun Company, acompany of tanks, and a composite troop of the 13th wasentrusted with the attack. The 14th Brigade Group (GeneralStewart), supported by the 6th (Army) Brigade, the 14thMachine Gun Company and a company of tanks, was held asDivisional Reserve. Half the 8th Machine Gun
. The story of the Fifth Australian division, being an authoritative account of the division's doings in Egypt, France and Belgium. SouTtA Jsee1i1s YY s ed. THE BATTLE OF THE HINDENBURG LINE 369 only three infantry battalions and supported by the 14th ( Derham) the 15th Machine Gun Company, acompany of tanks, and a composite troop of the 13th wasentrusted with the attack. The 14th Brigade Group (GeneralStewart), supported by the 6th (Army) Brigade, the 14thMachine Gun Company and a company of tanks, was held asDivisional Reserve. Half the 8th Machine Gun Company operatedunder this brigade while the other half was attached to the 8thBrigade. The three brigade groups had been bivouacked on the nightbefore the attack in areas along the several roads by which thetroops were to march to the assembly line. A thick autumnalfog hung over the whole battlefield on the morning of the 29th andthis was intensified by the smoke used by the artillery and aero-planes. We will trace separately the events of the 29th of Septemberon the 8th and 15th Brigade sectors, commencing w^th the former. The 8th Brigade attacked
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