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The bridge over the St Quentin Canal at Riqueval is one of the most readily recognised images of the Great War, witnessing many ferocious engagements in the period between the retreat to the Hindenburg Line in 1917 and the final assault against the canal's defences in September 1918.

Largely unknown or unrecognised by most visitors to the Western Front, Villers-Plouich and its adjacent ridges were among the last centres of German resistance west of the Hindenburg Line. The capture and consolidation of the hamlet and nearby villages in April 1917 necessitated some ferocious and well-executed attacks by several British divisions. Once under Allied control the area came to represent the epitome of trench warfare. When British...

Where other sectors of the Western Front were mashed flat by repeated fighting, the Hindenburg Line area, with its hills, forests, farmhouses and villages, called for a unique approach to fighting. The area saw a particularly large number of ingenious fortifications and observation posts, often built into the sides of houses or hills, and with elaborate communication trenches and tunnels, many of which survive today.