Y Sap mine
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y-sap-mine-292-3419513
title:
Y Sap mine
text:
The Y Sap mine was an underground explosive charge, secretly planted by the British during the First World War and ready for 1 July 1916, the first day on the Somme. The mine was dug by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German machine-gun nest known as Blinddarm (appendix) in the front line, on the north side of the village of La Boisselle in the Somme département. The mine was named after Y Sap, the British trench from which the gallery was driven. It was one of 19 mines o
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
WWI underground explosive charge
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Sap_mine
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date modified:
2024-02-11T09:14:41Z
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13
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