What was a creeping barrage? What were its risks to the attacking soldiers?

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Soloha48 [4]3 years ago

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A creeping bombardment, first used at the Battle of the Somme, involved artillery fire going forward in phases only ahead of the advancing infantry. ... To work, both the heavy artillery and the infantry required correct timing of the tactic. Failure to do this would result in their own troops being killed by artillery.

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