| 31. | A creeping barrage in three belts deep began and counter-battery groups bombarded all known German artillery positions with gas shell.
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| 32. | The creeping barrage was used during the Action of Tell'Asur on 12 March 1918 in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign.
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| 33. | A creeping barrage could maintain the element of surprise, with guns opening fire only shortly before the assault troops moved off.
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| 34. | The rest of the fired standing barrages on each line of trenches, until the creeping barrage arrived then lifted with it.
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| 35. | The speed of the creeping barrage had been based on the infantry crossing frozen ground and was too fast for the conditions.
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| 36. | These included afternoon offensives, synchronised barrages-including the wider use of creeping barrages-and the limited use of tanks.
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| 37. | Organised counter-attacks worked best with fresh troops, advancing behind a creeping barrage, lifting according to a time-table.
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| 38. | Three layers of creeping barrage deep preceded the infantry, who had been trained in the pillbox fighting methods used at Vimy Ridge.
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| 39. | A periodic field artillery bombardment, swept the ground between the main German trenches and a creeping barrage was planned for the attack.
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| 40. | 1 / 11 Gorkhas link up with 22 Grenadiers at the base of Khalubar Ridge after braving an intense creeping barrage of artillery.
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