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has gloss | eng: Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt was a German front-line fortification west of the village of Beaumont Hamel on the Somme. It was the scene of a number of costly attacks by British infantry during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. It was also the site of one of the most famous pieces of film footage of World War I when the Hawthorn Ridge mine was detonated beneath the redoubt at 7:20 am on 1 July 1916, the first day on the Somme. |
lexicalization | eng: Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt |
instance of | c/20th-century explosions |
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geo loc | geographic location 50.08339 2.65015 |
media:img | Ancre sector 1 July 1916.png |
media:img | Hawthorn Ridge mine 1 July 1916 2.jpg |
media:img | Hawthorn Ridge mine 1 July 1916.jpg |
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