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Old 8 September 2000, 10:34 AM   #2 (permalink)
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The Wytschaete-Bogen literally means Wytschaete "elbow". Wytschaete was a small village on the southern edge of the Ypres salient - thus the name. In fact, from this position, German artillery could fire towards the northeast and shell behind the British trenches in the area of Zonnebeke.