Mines in the Battle of Messines (1917) Wikipedia
At the start of the Battle of Messines (7–14 June 1917) during the First World War, a series of underground explosive charges were detonated by the British Army beneath German lines near the village of Mesen (Messines in French, historically used in English), in Belgian West mines, secretly planted by British tunnelling units, created 19 large craters and are estimated to have ...