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The Underground War- Vimy Ridge to Arras,
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Cave, Phillip Robinson, HB, 360pp
This volume looks mainly at the central Artois, the environs of the whole
line of the Vimy Ridge to the River Scarpe and Arras. It does not aim to be
a complete treatment of the intensive mining operations along this front.
It concentrates on mining, in the area of Vimy Ridge, in Arras itself and
at the use of ancient underground quarries, taking Roeux as a good example.
There are extensive descriptions of mining on and around Vimy Ridge,
including photography and explanations of systems that have been accessed
recently but are closed to the public, such as the Goodman Subway. The
narrative draws on French and German archival material and personal
descriptions. The text is illustrated with numerous diagrams and maps, in
particular from the British and German records, and there is an exhaustive
guide to the Grange Subway. Other sites open to the public, in particular
the Wellington Cave, are also explained and put into context. "BBC History
- Archaeologists are beginning the most detailed ever study of a Western
Front battlefield, an untouched site where 28 British tunnellers lie
entombed after dying during brutal underground warfare This is the first
part of a planned four-volume series focusing on a hitherto largely
neglected aspect of the Great War on the Western Front - the war
underground. The subject has fascinated visitors to the battlefields from
the very beginning of battlefield pilgrimages in the years immediately
after the Armistice, and locations such as Hill 60 and the Grange Subway at
Vimy have always been popular stops on such tours. Three other volumes will
follow, covering the Somme, Ypres and French Flanders. Each book in the
series has a short description of the formation and development of
Tunnelling Companies in the BEF and a glossary of technical terms (above is
publishers review)
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