page_title: 67th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
section_title: Arras
hierarchical_section_title: 67th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery / Service / Arras
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of British 8 inch howitzer, a converted 6 inch naval gun, recoiling after firing, Wagonlieu. The 2 small recoil cylinders above the barrel are fully extended. They were incapable of fully absorbing the gun's recoil, and the whole carriage would then move backwards a short distance up the ramp provided by the "scotches" behind the wheels before returning to the firing position. The gun is concealed by camouflage netting and branches. Other photographs in the same sequence&#160;: File:BL 8 inch howitzer firing NLS 74546002.jpg File:Englische schwere Haubitze in Gefecht.jpg
context_page_description: 67th Siege Battery, was a heavy artillery unit of the Royal Garrison Artillery formed in Scotland during World War I. It saw active service on the Western Front at the Somme, Arras, Ypres, and in the final Hundred Days Offensive.
context_section_description: The battery joined VI Corps' Heavy Artillery in Third Army on 2 February 1917, but until 3 March its men were employed in digging positions and their guns were not in action. When the battery was reunited with its guns it was in 47th HAG, then moved briefly to 34th HAG (20 March) followed by 10th HAG three days later. 10th HAG was assigned to support VI Corps in the forthcoming Battle of Arras.
  There were many more guns available for this attack and the artillery plan was much more carefully worked out than previous operations. It began with systematic CB work to put the German artillery out of action. Then, at Zero hour on 9 April, howitzers laid a standing barrage on the German trenches. VI Corps' attack was relatively successful. However, the follow-up over succeeding days was less successful, the guns having to be moved forward through mud and destruction, and the later bombardments were rushed and less effective. 67th Siege Bty was moved to 72nd HAG on the second day of the battle. Fighting on the Arras front dragged on into May.
caption: 8-inch Howitzer at almost full recoil.
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