artillery bridge
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= road bridge = pontoon bridge?
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cyngast
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These artillery bridges had been made so that they could be laid across a trench so that the guns could be moved forward. They would most likely be used where trenches cut across an older roadway.
In the second line for the Road Bridges entry, it says that 11 of them were laid across trenches.
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erik.schaubroeckscarlet.be
in response to cyngast's comment.
Do you know what O.B.I. (the same line) stands for?
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cyngast
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I think it's Old British Line. This page is during the period when the Germans were moving back to the Hindenburg Line http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/battles/battles-of-the-western-front-in-france-and-flanders/pursuit-of-the-german-retreat-to-the-hindenburg-line/ and the British were following behind them. Here, the most advanced British troops were probably well into the old German lines so the old British lines were now in reserve and support areas.
The Germans did their best to destroy anything that might help the British and generally delay them in their advance.The entry below Road Bridges mentions the Old German Support Line where trees had been cut down and placed across the road.
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