 Against this the Australians suffered 1,062 casualties.The last-ditched effort by the Germans to win the war came to a grinding halt in mid-July and after that there followed a brief period of lull, during which time the Australians undertook a series of small unit actions aimed at capturing parts of the German line with limited support.These actions became known as Peaceful Penetrations and were essentially a cross between trench raids and patrolling.