Ancient Discoveries: Ancient Mining Machines
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mining
In warfare, military term meaning to drive a tunnel beneath an enemy position. The end of the tunnel is filled with explosives which are then detonated so as to destroy the position and its occupants.
The technique was frequently employed on the Western Front during World War I, but its drawback was that the enormous crater created could often be defended by unharmed troops quicker than the attackers could reach it.
From the Hutchinson Encyclopedia of World History. © Research Machines plc [2006] All Rights Reserved, Helicon Publishing is a division of Research Machines.
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