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Description: | The Large Mine Crater at La Boisselle. This mine contained 60,000lbs of gun-cotton, was exploded on 1st July1916 beneath the German front line, forming a crater 100 yards across and 90ft deep. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Destruction Western Front 1914-1918 British Army 1914-1918 Allied Offensive British Army Land Warfare Western Front First World War Battles of the Somme 1916 | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Brooke, John Warwick (Lieutenant) | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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