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| Picture No | 10219661 |
| Date | 1916 |
| Description | The crater of an exploded mine |
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One side of a crater left by the detonation of a buried mine by the French army as part of the Somme offensive of 1916. The crater was reported to have been 'between fifty and sixty yards across,' with a depth of over one hundred feet.
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| Source | Photograph in 'The Illustrated London News', 26 August 1916, page 251 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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