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  2. Trench map - Wikipedia

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    The majority of trench maps were to a scale of 1:10,000 or 1:20,000, although trench maps also frequently appeared on a scale of 1:5,000 (maps printed on a large scale such as 1:5,000, were generally meant for use in assaults). In addition, the British army also printed maps on scales smaller than 1:20,000, such as 1:40,000 and 1:100,000, but ...

  3. War Department Light Railways - Wikipedia

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    The War Department Light Railways were a system of narrow gauge trench railways run by the British War Department in World War I.Light railways made an important contribution to the Allied war effort in the First World War, and were used for the supply of ammunition and stores, the transport of troops and the evacuation of the wounded.

  4. Western Front (World War I) - Wikipedia

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    Western Front; Part of the European theatre of World War I: Clockwise from top left: Men of the Royal Irish Rifles, concentrated in the trench, right before going over the top on the First day on the Somme; British soldier carries a wounded comrade from the battlefield on the first day of the Somme; A young German soldier during the Battle of Ginchy; American infantry storming a German bunker ...

  5. Lochnagar mine - Wikipedia

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    The charge at Lochnagar was one of 19 mines that were dug under the German lines on the British section of the Somme front, to assist the infantry advance at the start of the battle. The mine was sprung at 7:28 a.m. on 1 July 1916 and left a crater 69 ft (21 m) deep and 330 ft (100 m) wide, which was captured and held by British troops. The ...

  6. File : Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt trench map 2.jpg

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  7. Battle of St Quentin Canal - Wikipedia

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    Detail of a British trench map of Bellicourt. The canal tunnel is coloured red. The Hindenburg Line runs west of the tunnel and east of the canal cutting. Map showing the operations of U.S. 27th and 30th Divisions affiliated to Australian Corps as part of British Fourth Army during the Battle of St Quentin Canal, 29 September 1918.

  8. Capture of Fricourt - Wikipedia

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    Fricourt is a village that was fought over in July 1916, during the Battle of the Somme, which took place in France during the First World War.Fricourt is 3 mi (4.8 km) from Albert, north of Bray and west of Mametz, near the D 938 road and at the junction of the D 147 with the D 64.

  9. Tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers - Wikipedia

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    A preserved World War 1 fighting tunnel in the Vimy sector. Between October 1915 and April 1917 an estimated 150 French, British and German charges were fired in this 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) sector of the Western Front. [34] The tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers progressively took over from the French between February and May 1916.