What the records say
- When
- 25 Mar 1917
- Kind
- Explosion
- Coordinates
- 50.10° N, 2.85° E
- Description
- Attack in World War I
Bapaume town hall explosion
1917 bombing during World War I
On 25 March 1917 an explosion at the town hall in Bapaume, Pas-de-Calais, France, killed 24 people including Australian soldiers, civilians of the Australian Comforts Fund and two members of the French parliament. An explosive device had been left behind on a time-delayed fuse by German troops, hoping to kill members of an Allied headquarters unit.
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