HILL 60 AND HILL 62

 Hill 62 - Sanctaury Wood: Is located two miles from Ypres, at the
 back of the museum are some preserved trenches.

 Canadians were located here. On 2nd June 1916 the Germans
 attacked and by 6th June, Hill 60 & 62 were lost. Out of 702 men
 at their posts only about 76 survived.

 Hill 60 - Formed in the 1860's with the spoil from the construction
 of the nearby railway cutting.

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Outside the museum at Hill 62	Looking around the museum at Hill 62
A Trench	A muddy trench
A long shot of the trench complex	A piper in the woods at Hill 62
In the rain at Hill 60	The remains of a pill box
A memorial at Hill 60	Another memorial at Hill 60

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