South African soldiers of the Great War in Flanders, 1915-18

摘要

On 20 September 1917 at 05.40, two regiments, the 3rd and the 4th South African Infantry battalions of the 1st South African Infantry Brigade, left their assembly positions and advanced from Frezenberg Ridge in the direction of Zonnebeke. Zonnebeke is a small village 8km to the east of Ypres, the town that all soldiers who fought in Flanders knew so well. The attack was later officially named the 'Battle of the Menin Road' and was part of the so-called 'Third Ypres Offensive' in 1917.