• Photos 3 and 4, Destructive shoots on hostile batteries. These two photos show how accurate artillery fire could be. The first photo shows the effects of ordinary neutralizing fire; the second one shows the destroyed German positions. The roads were the other main target.

Photos 3 and 4, Destructive shoots on hostile batteries. These two photos show how accurate artillery fire could be. The first photo shows the effects of ordinary neutralizing fire; the second one shows the destroyed German positions. The roads were the other main target.

From "The infantry cannot do with a gun less": the place of the artillery in the British Expeditionary Force, 1914-1918 by Sanders Marble

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  • European: 1800-present
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