Battle of Hill 70

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The Battle of Hill 70 took place in the First World War between the Canadian Corps and attached units against five divisions of the German 6th Army. The battle took place along the Western Front on the outskirts of Lens in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France between 15 and 25 August 1917.

1917  Wikimedia, Wikidata
battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 

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Arthur Ambrose McEvoy - Official Portrait of Filip KonowalArthur Ambrose McEvoy - Official Portrait of Filip Konowal
David Milne - Loos from the Trenches on Hill 70David Milne - Loos from the Trenches on Hill 70
A Canadian soldier badly wounded in his shoulder and leg drinking hot coffee at a soup kitchen 100 yards from the German lines at Hill 70 (I0004820)A Canadian soldier badly wounded in his shoulder and leg drinking hot coffee at a soup kitchen 100 yards from the German lines at Hill 70 (I0004820)
A003717-v8A003717-v8
Hill 70 - Canadian gun emplacementHill 70 - Canadian gun emplacement
Hill 70 - German shellingHill 70 - German shelling
Canadian trench mortar battery after Battle of Hill 70 1917 LAC 3522764Canadian trench mortar battery after Battle of Hill 70 1917 LAC 3522764
Hill 70 - Canadians in captured trenchesHill 70 - Canadians in captured trenches
A line of Canadian troops receiving drinksA line of Canadian troops receiving drinks
Hill 70 - German concrete gun bunkerHill 70 - German concrete gun bunker
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    commonsimageArthur Ambrose McEvoy - Official Portrait of Filip Konowal Commons
    commonsimageDavid Milne - Loos from the Trenches on Hill 70 Commons
    commonsimageA Canadian soldier badly wounded in his shoulder and leg drinking hot coffee at a soup kitchen 100 yards from the German lines at Hill 70 (I0004820) Commons
    commonsimageA003717-v8 Commons
    commonsimageHill 70 - Canadian gun emplacement Commons
    commonsimageHill 70 - German shelling Commons
    commonsimageCanadian trench mortar battery after Battle of Hill 70 1917 LAC 3522764 Commons
    commonsimageHill 70 - Canadians in captured trenches Commons
    commonsimageA line of Canadian troops receiving drinks Commons
    commonsimageHill 70 - German concrete gun bunker Commons
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