Day 3 - LOCHNAGAR MINE CRATER

After the arrival of our first tour guide, Perrine, we visited the Lochnagar mine crater on the Somme battlefield in France. The crater which is 30m deep and 100m wide is the largest man-made mine crater created in the First World War on the Western Front. From their own trenches the allies tunneled across no man's land to the German lines and blew them up - this only partially worked as the German's had already retreated to fall-back trenches - 200 killed.

The crater has been preserved as a memorial and a religious service is held each 1 July.

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