Home   The Great War | The War Years | Passchendeale    Tank mired in mud A tank caught in the badly shelled mud of Passchendaele.   Canadians laying trench mats over mud Canadian soldiers spent days preparing for the battle by building and laying duck boards and trench mats over the gaping water-filled shell holes and sucking mud of Passchendaele.        1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9