Not a gold mine rush, but working parties composed of British Tommies, equipped with spades and picks in addition to their rifles, going up to consolidate newly captured trenches. Note the duck-boards which render marching over the sodden ground much easier.
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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1415, 7 June 1917, Page 19
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41Not a gold mine rush, but working parties composed of British Tommies, equipped with spades and picks in addition to their rifles, going up to consolidate newly captured trenches. Note the duck-boards which render marching over the sodden ground much easier. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1415, 7 June 1917, Page 19
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