Cross sections of the Butte de Vauquois, September and December 1916 (top and middle) and April 1918 (bottom). The village stood on the plateau, which was deeply cratered by September 1916. Depths in metres below the summit are shown. The sheer side of the German position (left) can clearly be seen, and the spoil dumped at the tunnel entrances. On the French side E2 vertical shaft was sunk from the French front line in March 1915, while on the German side Stollen 5 was begun from further in the rear. The Germans began Fabian Stollen at the end of 1915, making use of the rear slope, and began Mittel in May or June 1916. The French began D3 incline in June 1916 and X gallery from their rear slope in September 1916, but with insufficient incline. They started T in January 1917. The Germans began Mittel II Stollen in spring 1917. From Amis de Vauquois, La Butte Meurtrie. (Collection Amis de Vauquois)