Villers-Bretonneux was the key to the strategically important communications centre of Amiens, a principal objective of the German offensive that began in March 1918.
This story tells how the initiative fell to brigade and battalion commanders and how units were hastily cobbled together to stem the German tide..
Villers-Bretonneux was the key to the strategically important communications centre of Amiens, a principal objective of the German offensive that began in March 1918