Mine Crater Caterpillar
On 7 June 1917, at 3.10u in the morning, two tunnel mines were detonated underneath the German positions at Hill 60. The 204.Division lost 687 men that day.
This crater is 79.2 m (diameter) and 15.5 m deep.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Luc van Waeyenberge
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Crash site
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