Myths of Messines: Did the Messines Mines Really Kill ...
Were the mine to have detonated as most of the others had, and thrown its debris more widely, Stokes believed that it would have buried a third dugout and caused more casualties. He believed that the bunkers were mostly occupied by small posts of four to eight men, which led him to estimate the number of Germans who lost their lives at each of the mines: Judging from the dead seen around ...
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