![Members of the 1st Battalion outside the house of Madame Bermesch where they are billeted, Nord Pas de Calais, April 1916. Image courtesy Australian War Memorial.](https://www.centenaryww1orange.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Arrival-in-France-1916-300x216.jpg)
Members of the 1st Battalion outside the house of Madame Bermesch where they are billeted, Nord Pas de Calais, April 1916. Image courtesy Australian War Memorial.
- The first AIF units and New Zealand Division troops land in France. The green fields and orchards of the French countryside prove a welcome (but short-lived) respite from Egypt’s heat and sand.
- German forces in the Battle of Verdun launch further attacks on Vaux, managing this time to capture the village