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Mine crater photo shows German exploded field near La Basses
A stark image captures a vast mine crater in a La Basses street as German forces exploded mines while Allied troops advanced. Mines and poisoned wells were to be disclosed under armistice terms, though such blasts could devastate entire villages.
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la Basses
Alicy
Versailles
di Robilant
Sonnino
Orlando
Edward M
House
Tasker H. Bliss
Venizelos
Vesnitch
Admiral Wemyss
Henry Wilson
Douglas Haig
Sadkville West
Andrew Bonar Law
Lloyd George
Georges Clemenceau
Stephen Picton
Marshal Petain
Mershal Petain