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Not often will you hear the tale of damned Fromelles

A battle tried forgotten where great sorrow dwells

The worst twenty four hours in our history of Australia

An unnecessary battle and a complete bloody failure

Orchestrated by a British Corp. Commander

This bloke is the subject of cruel yet just slander

For he had learnt nothing from his past planned disasters

So Australians fell thick and fast on dead foreign pastures

A feint to draw the Germans away from the Somme

Started with a seven hour barrage of bombs

But the Germans from their high ground could see

That a feint was all it was going to be

It was the first major battle by Australians in France

Welcome to the Western Front, they stood not a chance

Cut down by a weapon underrated at Haig

In shell holes and graves countless Australians were laid