| 21. | The high ground was undefended, and the 1st Brigade easily captured it under the cover of a creeping barrage.
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| 22. | The main offensive tactic was the creeping barrage, an artillery strike combined with constant infantry progression through the battlefield.
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| 23. | In a creeping barrage fire was'lifted'from one'line'to the next as the attackers advanced.
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| 24. | Supported by a creeping barrage, the Canadian Corps captured most of the ridge during the first day of the attack.
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| 25. | Skirmishers formed the first wave and followed the creeping barrage into the German front line to hunt out points of resistance.
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| 26. | Of the three corps which tried a creeping barrage on the day of the attack, only VIII Corps was completely unsuccessful.
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| 27. | The battle plan called for a creeping barrage, in which the artillery barrage moves slowly in front of the advancing troops.
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| 28. | Shrapnel appears to have been favoured for creeping barrages and a mix of shrapnel and HE for standing barrages and other tasks.
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| 29. | The 16th RWF, which had fallen behind the creeping barrage, were met with determined German resistance which repulsed two assaults.
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| 30. | The right-hand battalion advanced close behind a creeping barrage at reached the objective with few losses where the defenders surrendered.
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