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A wiring party is described in detail in the World War I novel All Quiet on the Western Front by E.M. Remarque, as well as the 1930 film based on it. Paul Bäumer, the main character, describes an experience of front line duty in a nighttime wiring party. Part way through the work, they are shelled and one of his comrades is killed.
The French XI Corps attacked at Beaumont Hamel on 19 November but failed to capture the village after being held up by uncut wire. A diversion, the Battle of Hébuterne, was conducted by XI Corps from 7 to 13 June 1915 at Ferme Toutvent (Windy Farm), 2 mi (3.2 km) to the south, during the Second Battle of Artois .
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Wiring party of the 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers going up to the trenches, Beaumont Hamel, France, July 1916. Note a trench pump in the foreground. Note a trench pump in the foreground. Passing through the Mediterranean port of Marseilles the 29th Division arrived in the rear of the Somme battle front from 15 to 29 March 1916. [ 10 ]
This list of military engagements of World War I covers terrestrial, maritime, and aerial conflicts, including campaigns, operations, defensive positions, and sieges. . Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large bit of territory and over a long period o
A wiring party with shovels and screw pickets. A soldier using a barbed wire anchor spike to screw in a picket at Fort Belvoir, Virginia (August, 1942) A screw picket is a metal device which is used to secure objects to the ground. Today, screw pickets are used widely to temporarily "picket" dogs.
During the evening of 22 April 1915, German pioneers released chlorine gas from cylinders placed in trenches at the Ypres Salient.The gas drifted into the positions of the French 87th Territorial and the 45th Algerian divisions, which occupied the north side of the salient and caused many of the troops to run back from the cloud.
Map of Europe on Armistice Day at omniatlas.com; European newspapers from 12 November 1918 – The European Library via Europeana; The Moment the Guns Fell Silent – American Front, Moselle River 11 November 1918 – Metro.co.uk; Sound of the Armistice – Recreated sounds at the moment of the armistice – by Coda to Coda Labs