In July 1915, British and German forces fought three engagements in Hooge, a village near Ypres with a destroyed chateau held by the Germans, and its stables held by the British. A British mine on July 19 opened a crater 120 feet across. On July 30, the Germans attacked with flamethrowers, the first time the British had faced the weapon. Map from Military Operations France and Belgium, 1915, Vol. II, by Brigadier-General J.E. Edmonds and Captain G.C. Wynne. Map by Major A.F. Becke R.A. (Retired) Hon. M.A. (Oxon.)
Sketch 14Hooge, 30th and 31st July 1915.The Liquid-Fire AttackLegend:German Front Line before the AttackGerman Front Line at the close of the ActionBritish trenches, captured or evacuatedBritish Front Line at the close of the ActionBritish trenchesUnoccupied crater
"In July 1915, British and German forces fought three engagements in Hooge, a village near Ypres with a destroyed chateau held by the Germans, and its stables held by the British. A British mine on July 19 opened a crater 120 feet across. On July 30, the Germans attacked with flamethrowers, the first time the British had faced the weapon. Map from Military Operations France and Belgium, 1915, Vol. II, by Brigadier-General J.E. Edmonds and Captain G.C. Wynne. Map by Major A.F. Becke R.A. (Retired) Hon. M.A. (Oxon.)"
Friday, July 30, 1915
July, 1915
1915-07-22, 1915-07-19, 1915, July, Military Operations, Military Operations 1915 Vol. II, Edmonds, Battle of Hooge, Hooge, J.E. Edmonds, Edmonds
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