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Change: and Wytschaete, which is south of the strategically positioned town of Ypres. The Ypres salient dominated the surrounding area and it was here that the German advance was finally halted in late Autumn 1914. The front had been relatively quiet - on the surface - although much tunneling had been   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 198)

Change: Sir Hubert Plumer, eve of battle speech 6th June 1917.The Battle of Messines Ridge to the south of Ypres began with nineteen mines (out of 25) set off along the ridge on the morning of July 7th 1917. All the initial objectives were taken. Footage of   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 155)

Change: cetainlycertainly alter the geography."General Sir Hubert Plumer, eve of battle speech 6th June 1917.The Battle of Messines Ridge to the south of Ypres began with nineteen mines (out of 25)   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 162)

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Change: "Gentlemen, I do not know whether we shall change history tomorrow,but we shall cetainly alter the geography."General Sir Hubert Plumer, eve of battle speech 6th June 1917.The Battle of Messines Ridge to the south of Ypres began   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 161)

Change:  The Battle of Messines Ridge to the south of Ypres began with nineteen mines (out of 25) set off along the ridge on the morning of July 7th 1917. All the initial objectives were taken.Aerial View of Messines Ridge April 1917   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 42)

Change: The Battle of Messines Ridge began with nineteen mines set off along the ridge on the morning of July 7th 1917. All the initial objectives were taken.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 27)