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Description: | Ernest Brooks: The mine under German front line positions at Hawthorn Redoubt is fired 10 minutes before the assault at Beaumont Hamel on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916. 45,000 pounds of Ammonal exploded. The mine caused a crater 130 feet across by 58 feet deep.
The mine under German front line positions at Hawthorn Redoubt is fired 10 minutes before the assault at Beaumont Hamel on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916.
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Optimised | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Western Front 1914-1918 Land Warfare Western Front Battle of Albert 1916 First World War Battles of the Somme 1916 | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Brooks, E (Lt) | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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