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Battle of Ploegteert
Cranston Military Prints  By Subject Military Art World War One  Battle of Ploegteert |
| Battle of Ploegteert. First World War military prints and paintings depicting the Battle of Ploegteert. |
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Bombardier Cooper Digging Out Men Buried In A Gun Pit. During the heavy fighting near Ploegteert, in October 1914, a battery of the R.F.A. (Royal Field Artillery) behind the crest of a hill had the misfortune to be discovered by German artillery observers and subjected to a systematic shelling. In such circumstances the gunners had no option but to retire to their gun pits, rely on luck and hope for happier times. The occupants of one gun pit, however, were out of luck. A large shell scored all but a direct hit and buried them alive. Their plight was critical, when a young bombardier, Ernest George Cooper, sprang forward with a small party to dig them out. Two were quickly saved, but the third had six feet of earth above him and he was nearly dead before his rescue was affected. During this time the German howitzers had not ceased to devote their energies to the destruction of this battery. |
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