// To view this interactive you will need to Download latest Flash Player.First used in 1913 during the siege of Adrianople, the creeping barrage became synonymous with the First World War. This important tactic was developed in response to the static, trench-based warfare of the Western Front and the inadequacies of existing artillery barrages.Perfected during the Battle of the Somme in 1916, it was used with considerable success during the British attacks on Messines and Gravenstafel Spur in 1917, but it failed, with disastrous consequences, during the 12 October attack at Bellevue Spur.
