Cpl Archie Kilfoyle (Mooroolbark), 31st Battalion: Is evacuated from the field to hospital in England suffering from trench feet.
THE GERMAN RETREAT TO THE HINDENBURG LINE, FRANCE (February – March)
After surviving in the front line trenches during the terrible winter of 1916 – 1917, the AIF went on the attack as the German forces began withdrawing towards a defensive position known as the Hindenburg Line.
However, it wasn’t so much a retreat by the Germans but a withdrawal to better prepared positions, a wide line of entrenchments and defensive emplacements. It would be months and many casualties before the allies were able to penetrate the Hindenburg Line.