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This depends, the creeping barrage was a huge flop at the Battle of the Somme (July 1916) because of a lack of communication and preparation. But at the Battle of Vimy Ridge (April, 1917) the Canadian Corps used it with great success, it allowed them to capture most of the ridge that day.

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