Editing John Monash (section)

=== Western Front ===
In June 1916, Monash and his command were transferred to the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]], being sent to the front around [[Armentières]]. On 10 July, Monash was promoted to temporary [[major general (Australia)|major general]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29730|page=8597|date=1 September 1916}}</ref> and placed in command of the [[3rd Division (Australia)|Australian 3rd Division]].<ref name=ADB /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/232455840|title=Australian Imperial Forces – Appointments, Promotions, etc.|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=176 |date=30 November 1916 |access-date=30 March 2020 |page=3246 }}</ref> He trained the division in England with attention to detail,{{sfn|Dennis et al|1995|p=405}} and after the division was sent to the Western Front in November 1916, including [[Battle of Messines (1917)|Messines]], [[Battle of Broodseinde|Broodseinde]], and the [[First Battle of Passchendaele]],<ref name=ADB /> with some successes, but incurring the usual heavy casualties.{{sfn|Palazzo |2002| pp= 37–41}} The British High Command was impressed by Monash and, according to biographer Geoffery Serle, while dining with [[Field Marshal (United Kingdom)|Field Marshal]] [[Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig|Sir Douglas Haig]], Monash was informed that Haig "wanted him as a corps commander".<ref name=ADB />

Monash's division spent the winter of 1917–1918 around [[Ploegsteert]]. Early the following year, after the Germans launched their [[German spring offensive|Spring Offensive]], the 3rd Division was deployed to undertake defensive operations around [[Amiens]]. Throughout April and May, the division undertook several [[peaceful penetration]] operations.<ref name=ADB /> Monash later described the recapture of the town of [[Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux|Villers-Bretonneux]] on 25 April 1918, after the Germans had overrun the 8th British Division under General [[William Heneker]], as the turning-point of the war. Sir [[Thomas William Glasgow]]'s 13th Brigade, and Harold Elliott's 15th Brigade, were both heavily involved in the operation.<ref>{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography
 | last= Harry
 | first= Ralph
 | title= Glasgow, Sir Thomas William (1876–1955)
 | year= 1983
 | id= A090021b
 | access-date= 12 March 2011
}}</ref>