In the Cornillet Tunnel
In the Mont Cornillet Tunnel, France: the formidable subterranean network that became a grave for its German garrison. On 16th May 1917, a 400 pound shell fell on a ventilation shaft and blocked one of the principal galleries. Special shells, used for this purpose, continued the destruction. 600 corpses were found, most of them had been asphyxiated
Picture No
10470772
Media ID
47985320
Size
3383px x 4645px
(1.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans/Robert Hunt Collection
Source
Unattributed photograph from the Robert Hunt Library collection
Date
16th May 1917
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Asphyxiated Buried Corpses Garrison Network Shaft Subterranean Ventilation
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