Matt Dixon Posted 16 January , 2004 Share Posted 16 January , 2004 Are these the two slag heaps that can still be seen when standing on the Vimy Ridge memorial? Taking these as a point of reference where was the Hohenzollern Redoubt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Dunlop Posted 16 January , 2004 Share Posted 16 January , 2004 Can't answer the first question but Hohenzollern Redoubt was north of the Double Crassiers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 16 January , 2004 Share Posted 16 January , 2004 Yes, the two enormous spoil heaps are on the site of the Double Crassier, but are in cubic metre terms probably millions of times greater than they were in 1915. Viewed from Vimy, the site of the Hoenzollern is to the left a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dixon Posted 16 January , 2004 Author Share Posted 16 January , 2004 Were the Tower Bridge mine working destroyed in the battle, or did they survive the war to be removed afterwards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWills Posted 16 January , 2004 Share Posted 16 January , 2004 Parts of the double crassier (as it was art the time of the war) can be found but one is never too sure how much of what you see dates from 1915. The mines themselves were worked long after the great war. Someone will tell me I'm wrong, but I think this went on into the seventies. The Loos crassier is still their but the pithead was sealed and landscaped some time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dixon Posted 16 January , 2004 Author Share Posted 16 January , 2004 Last time I was there I only got the chance to stop at the memorial to the missing, and not to have a look round. With the way it's built up now, it's impossible to get ones bearings from ground level....pretty much like it must have been then, except I wasn't being machine gunned at the time, so I suppose I haven't got an excuse really! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brindlerp Posted 17 January , 2004 Share Posted 17 January , 2004 Modern day aerial photographs of the Loos battlefield are available on this link http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/the...chy/cuinchy.htm Check the photograph 'Area north of Vermelles', it shows the position of Hohenzollern Redoubt and Loos. regards Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dixon Posted 17 January , 2004 Author Share Posted 17 January , 2004 excellent link, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brindlerp Posted 17 January , 2004 Share Posted 17 January , 2004 A picture of the Loos Tower Bridge before its destruction. regards Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brindlerp Posted 17 January , 2004 Share Posted 17 January , 2004 A map of the Loos battlefield. regards Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brindlerp Posted 18 January , 2004 Share Posted 18 January , 2004 According to 'The Battle of Loos' by Phillip Warner: "Just beyond Loos there was a double pit-head which superficially resembled the London Tower Bridge. This gave excellent observation to the Germans and defied efforts by the British 18 pdrs to destroy it. When it came into British possession the German 5.9s made short work of it. 'Tower Bridge' was rebuilt after the war..." regards Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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