Flash spotting
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Flash spotting was a military method of detecting the position of enemy guns at long range where the gun could not be observed directly, and was developed during World War I. The flashes could be obse
The bright flash of artillery firing could be seen from long distances
First day on the Somme
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The first day on the Somme was the beginning of the Battle of Albert the name given by the British to the first two weeks of the Battle of the Somme in the First World War. Nine corps of the French Si
An example of a Lewis gun
60-pounder gun battery
Aerial photograph of a British gas attack from Carnoy to Montauban, shortly before the Somme offensive.
Diagram of the Lochnagar mine