Talk:Battle of Hill 60 (Western Front)

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A great deal of the fighting around Hill 60 was underground and it is believed that the first British mine of the war was detonated underneath Hill 60; and Hill 60 was primed with two mines along with 17 others to signal the start of the Messines battle on 7 June 1917.

After the war Hill 60 was acquired by the Queen Victoria's Rifles and the area fenced in.

A plaque at the site is inscribed with details of Hill 60's chequered history: It records that it was taken from the French by the German forces on 10 December 1914, recaptured by the British on 17 April 1915, retaken by the Germans on 5 May 1916, ceded back to the British on 7 June 1917 (the first day of the Messines offensive), taken once again by the Germans in April 1918 (during the great Spring push) and its final capture by the British on 28 September 1918.

Harm Frielink 16:55, 29 January 2006 (UTC) The word 'decimation' means; reduction by a tenth. Keith264.