Lochnagar mine
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The Lochnagar mine south of the village of La Boisselle in the Somme département was an underground explosive charge, secretly planted by the British during the First World War, to be ready for 1 July
Geological cross-section of the Somme battlefield
The memorial cross
William Orpen: Mines and the Bapaume Road, La Boisselle (Art.IWMART2962)
Orpen: The Great Mine, La Boisselle (Art.IWMART2379)
On the morning of 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme during World War I, underground explosive charges planted by British tunnelling units were detonated beneath the German front li
Lochnagar mine
…de La Boisselle. The British named the mine after Lochnagar Street, the trench from which the gallery was driven. The charge at Lochnagar was one of 19 mines that were dug under the German lines on the British section of the Somme front, to assist the infantry advance at the start of the battle. The mine was…
A mine gallery with timber roof support (Canada 2003)
Miners laying charges for one of the mines on the Somme, 1–13 July 1916.
2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders crossing no man's land near Mametz