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SUMMARY:The Lost Soldiers of Fromelles - Professor Margaret Cox\, Emeritus
  Professor\, Department of Forensic Anthropology\, Cranfield University an
 d Founder of the International Centre for Forensic Excellence
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CONTACT:Dr Nigel Bennee
DESCRIPTION:On 19 July 1916 near the village of Fromelles about six miles 
 from the city of Lille in northern France\, a force of about 9\,250 Austra
 lian and British soldiers attacked a group of heavily fortified German pos
 itions. The conflict was initiated after Allied intelligence reports indic
 ated that German troops in that area could reinforce their compatriots eng
 aged in the Battle of the Somme\, which was raging nearly 50 miles to the 
 south.  \nThe battle near Fromelles would prove disastrous for Allied forc
 es\, with nearly 5\,533 Australians and 1\,547 British killed during the t
 wo-day action. Shortly after the conflict was over\, German troops hurried
 ly buried in unmarked graves several hundred of the Allied soldiers who ha
 d fallen over their lines in an effort to stop the spread of diseases. The
 se bodies would remain in these unmarked locations until their discovery i
 n (June 2008)\, when the mass grave site was discovered adjacent to woodla
 nd (Pheasant Wood) near Fromelles. 
LOCATION:Wolfson Lecture Theatre\, Churchill College\, Storey's Way\, Camb
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