shelling left the landscape completely destroyed. In Belgium’s West Flanders some of the worst fighting of the war took place. The three words that best describe the horror of the Western Front in the First World War. ( Public domain ) The Grim Origins of the Celtic Wood Mystery Disappearance What happened to those poor Australian soldiers of the European 10th Battalion?Īustralia’s WWI 10th Battalion fought in the Flanders Celtic Wood area of Belgium, where the mystery occurred in 1917, but they were also active in Egypt. The rest, 37 men, disappeared without a trace, and their fate remains one of the biggest unsolved mysteries of the First World War. There were some instances where the fate of the fighting men remained, as they say, “known only unto God.” Eighty-five Australian soldiers of the famed 10th Battalion marched into eerie Celtic Wood in Flanders on 9th October 1917, but only some would return alive. But not all of them fit into the classic forms of warfare. During those defining four years, many tragic and courageous episodes occurred. It was a war in which millions upon millions of people lost their lives tragically, and for no lasting peace in return. The First World War (WWI) was a grave period in our collective history, a stained page in the book of mankind’s journey. Our memory of their bravery and daring will remain alive forever, as a testament of the unconditional sacrifice that our predecessors gave for us, the generations that followed.

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