Hill 60
The Capture and
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The Ypres Times.
Hill 60 Ypres-Comines Railway Zw
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Sheet 28.1 29.C. 2.4. Direction E. b;
The British Army lay in the marshes and piud of Flanders after the great and exhaust
ing battles of 1914. It had established a record for indomitable fighting against over
whelming odds, and after the monotonous misery of the first winter in the trenches, it
blazed out again with a great feat of heroism and endurance which remains one of the
outstanding exploits of the War. The tremendous struggle that followed so shortly in
the north of the Salient, altogether dwarfed the importance of Hill 60, but it cannot
shadow the glory of the regiments involved. As Sir John French said, addressing the
troops after the battle Nothing ever required greater tenacity and courage."
Hill 60 was a small moundthe crest of Ypres Ridge. It was formed artificially
when the railway cutting was dug, and received this name from our troops from the height
in metres on the Contour map. Though of no great size, it was yet the highest point in
this district, and with commanding views in every direction, it had considerable military
importance. It had been captured from the French on the 10th December, 1914, and when
