Hill 60 (Ypres)
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Hill 60 is a World War I battlefield memorial site and park in the Zwarteleen area of Zillebeke south of Ypres, Belgium. It is located about 4.6 kilometres from the centre of Ypres and is directly on
Caterpillar1 crater, Hill 60
Zillebeke, Belgium: tracks of Ypres-Comines railway, with Hill 60 on the left
Entrance to the memorial site and park
Location of Hill 60 and The Caterpillar in the Ypres Salient
Battle of Messines (1917)
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The Battle of Messines was an attack by the British Second Army, on the Western Front, near the village of Messines in West Flanders, Belgium, during the First World War. The Nivelle Offensive in Apri
Hill 60 (Ypres)
…and months of underground fighting until June 1917, when they were fired along with the rest of the mines under Messines Ridge at the beginning of the Battle of Messines (7–14 June 1917). When the mines were detonated at 3:10 a.m. on 7 June 1917, 990,000 lb (450,000 kg) of explosives went off under the German positions…
Messines–Wytschaete area, 1917
Messines Ridge from Hill 63, George Edmund Butler
A howitzer firing during the battle
A view of Mesen from south-west of Wytschaete (Wijtschate) in 2007.