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German underground system destroyed by New Zealand artillery in World War I, Gommecourt

German underground system destroyed by New Zealand artillery in World War I, Gommecourt
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German underground system destroyed by New Zealand artillery in World War I, Gommecourt
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Alexander Turnbull Library
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TAPUHI
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A large underground system once housing German soldiers and which was destroyed by New Zealand heavy artillery is marked by the retreating Germans with a cross. The cross is visible amidst the soil and collapsed timber framing. Photograph taken Gommecourt, France, 10 August 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. An original print from this negative is in album PA1-f-094 with the caption: "The Efficiency of Our Artillery. The large underground system that was once occupied by the Germans but was so...

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Date created
10 Aug 1918
URL
http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22855817
Locations
Gommecourt
Related subjects
World War, 1914-1918 / Battlefields / France / Trench warfare / Campaigns / Artillery operations / Gommecourt

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