Memorial honoring the soldiers of the 16th irish division who died during the World War One battle of Mesen in 1917
(Browse the collection : West Flanders Province time lapse and video stock footage
Once battle commenced, at 3.10am on 7 June 1917, the planned objectives were achieved within hours and on schedule. The mines and a massive and very detailed combination of creeping and standing artillery barrages followed by consolidation and reinforcement removed the Germans from Wijtschate and off the Wijtschate-Mesen Ridge by mid-morning.
The worst effect of the mine explosions was the fumes, which caused many of the Irish troops to vomit. In the haze units crossed each other. Confused, high on adrenaline, blinded and choking with dust, they battled their way across no man’s land under a creeping barrage to take their first objective on the western edge of Wijtschate.
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