Observation and rapid communication were keys to success on the Western Front. In this image a New Zealand soldier watches for enemy movement from an observation post on Westhoek Ridge, Ypres Salient. Another soldier is using a field telephone. Photograph taken 3 February 1918.
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Credit
H. Stewart, The New Zealand Division 1916–1919: a popular history based on official records, Whitcombe & Tombs, Auckland, 1921
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'Observation post on Western Front', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/observation-post-western-front, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 6-Mar-2015
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