The Ypres Salient, 1917

The artillery pocked banks of the river Yser.

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See also: The Trenches at Messines (trench maps of the area) British Trench Warfare 1917-1918

	The effects of rain and artillery. Canadian 2nd Division, Passchendaele, 4-Nov-1917.		Mud. Canadian 4th Division, Passchendaele, 14-Nov-1917.
	British stretcher bearers. Pilckem Ridge (near Boesinghe), 1-Aug-1917.		View from the bottom of a mine crater. 1 of 19 exploded by the British at Messines Ridge, 7-Jun-1917.
	An Australian trench at Messines Ridge.		A German pillbox knocked out of action at Messines Ridge.
	Taking cover from a shell burst at Pilckem Ridge.		Shells burst on the Menin Road looking towards Zonnebeke, 20-Sep-1917.
	Forward German radio post.		Duckboards through Chateau Wood.
	Identifying a fallen comrade, Chateau Wood.		German anti-aircraft hole.
	Ypres in the fall of 1917. A town destroyed by three years of fighting.		British infantry knee deep in mud.
	An abondoned German trench at Messines Ridge. Note the hand grenades that were left behind.		A view of the artillery bombardment of Messines Ridge.
	The 16th Irish and 36th Ulster in the ruins that were once the village of Wytschaete. Jun-1917.		Osttaverne Wood, Jun-1917.