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| Picture No | 10215258 |
| Date | 1915 |
| Description | Underground warfare |
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Men working a mine-drill in a gallery, making a bore-hole for a 'camoflaut' or secondary chamber, intended to cause the enemy work to fall in. Underground mines became a major feature of warfare 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. 3 July 1915, page 10 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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