- Destroyed German concrete dugout, near Hill 60, 27 August 1917. This is what heavy artillery could do: a 9.2″ shell destroyed a German dugout with two feet of concrete reinforcement that had been ten feet underground. However, it took a long time to destroy any substantial percentage of these defenses, and the Germans built many pillboxes. Source: IWM photo E665.
Source: IWM photo E665.
From "The infantry cannot do with a gun less": the place of the artillery in the British Expeditionary Force, 1914-1918 by Sanders Marble| Creator(s) | |
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