reading

Underground soldiers page 36 and 37

Link to text: http://instructionalseries.tki.org.nz/content/download/27600/292333/file/L4%20June%202014%20Underground%20Soldiers.pdf

New words: 

Sleet - Rain containing ice

Stalemate - a draw, a tie, two teams are even, nobody is winning 

Canadian - soldiers from Canada

German-held territory - 

Boobytraps - trap of something made for people who tresspass

Landmine -  a bomb that explode when people step on it

Retreating - 

Withdrew - 

My summary: 

Davlyn- in 1917 the allies broke through the german line so the germans retreated but they left the land mines behind. While the people were going to the tunnels they got shot or get injured so they had to get carried to the underground hospital and get fixed.

Extra sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Arras_(1917)

https://web.archive.org/web/20081021084314/http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/news/media-releases/20070412-mtbnzt.htm

Page 36

When did the battle of Arras happen? Who was involved?

On 9 of April 1917 to 16 of April 1917.

How long was the battle supposed to last?

Between 18 months and two years

Why was this battle so important to the war? 

To break the stalemate to get across no mans land.

How many Allied soldiers died in this battle? Nearly 40 thousand allies died

How were many Allied soldiers able to be saved? (hint: remember what else they built in the caves..) the Allied  were saved because they built a hospital in the caves to save some soldiers.

How many German soldiers died in this battle? 150,000

Page 37.

What was the new task the soldiers of the NZ Tunnelling company did? Why was this task important? Havrincourt Bridge, they build roads, gun post 

How was this new job dangerous, in a way they hadn’t experienced before?  Shooting, digging, mining, supporting, defending. They were above ground instead of below ground.

Once the Germans started retreating, what was the NZ soldiers new job? They had to find landmines there called boobytraps. 

Why did these soldiers stay in Europe much longer than other soldiers?

To check if the enemy might come back and guard. 

How is the work these soldiers did remembered in Arras? 

 Museum and memorial.