By September 16, Pershing's forces had earned an important victory in eliminating a dangerous bulge, or "salient" in the German lines near St. Mihiel. MacArthur's Rainbow Division was in the thick ...

General Haig, the senior British officer, planned to destroy the German defences with an intense seven day artillery bombardment and by detonating a series of massive mines under enemy lines.

Michael St. Maur Sheil Ten thousand men were killed within seconds when the British exploded 19 mines under German lines during the Battle of Messines in Belgium. Michael St. Maur Sheil Nearly 70 ...