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The Labyrinth and the 6th Seaforth Highlanders
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The Labyrinth was a maze of trenches at the southern end of the Vimy Ridge, north east of the villages of Anzin and Maroeuil. On the right the ground sloped down to the ruined village of Roclincourt. Above: The Labyrinth (Ashdown Forest Research Group) Above and below: Stereoscope images of the Labyrinth The area had been the scene of fierce...
16 April 1916: Lance Corporal Hay Guthrie
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In the days before the 16 April, a local newspaper recounted the words of one Seaforth Highlander describing the barrages that were being endured by the 6th Seaforth Highlanders: ‘These mortars are of a tremendous size. You can see them coming through the air, twirling round and round and then they reach the earth a terrific explosion occurs….th...