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Australian 5th Division (World War I) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1748 words) |
 | The three Australian divisions of I Anzac, which had been acclimatising on the quiet sector near Armentières, had been dispatched to the Somme as reinforcements and so the 5th Division took their place at Armentières on July 12. |
| The result of this move was that the 5th Division, the most inexperienced of the Australian divisions in France, would be the first to see major action in the Battle of Fromelles, a week after going in to the trenches. |
| The 5th Division was relieved by the 2nd Division and, when on October 5 the Australian Corps handed over its line to the U.S. II Corps, the division was withdrawn to the coast for a rest that would last until the end of the war. |
| British 5th Division (World War I) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (303 words) |
| The British 5th Division was a permanently established Regular Army division that was amongst the first to be sent to France at the outbreak of the First World War. |
| Between February and April 1915 the brigade temporarily moved to the 28th Division, swapping with the 84th Brigade. |
| In December 1915 the brigade moved to the 32nd Division, being replaced by the 95th Brigade. |
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