Picture No | 10215259 |
Date | 1915 |
Description | Listening for sounds of counter-mining. |
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British soldier using a microphone to listen for evidence of enemy counter-mining underground. Underground mines became a major feature of warfare on the Western Front during World War I with miners and tunnel-workers recruited from Britain and France to work as 'sappers' in the tunnels.
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Source | The Illustrated London News. July 3rd 1915. P.11 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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