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a weir at the mouth of a slow-flowing river such as the Murray River to maintain a separation between fresh and salt water or reduce the risk of tidal flooding up the river
Barrage (military), a large amount of coordinated artillery or depth charge fire
Barrage (game), a game for computers running the Linux operating system
a deluxe Insecticon from the Transformers Universe.
Barrage (Band) is a Canadian violin/fiddle troupe notable for their covers of Bridge over Troubled Water and The Irish Blessing (Under the title Until We Meet Again)
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Although considered as a battlefield tactic as early as 1915 (and initially deployed by Bulgarian artillerists during the Adrianople siege of March 1913) the so-called 'creeping barrage' was not actually deployed until August 1916 by the British (Sir Henry Horne) during the Battle of the Somme on the Western Front.
A creeping barrage however was designed so as to place a curtain of artillery fire just ahead of advancing infantry, a barrage which would constantly shift - or creep - forward directly ahead of attacking troops.
French Commander-in-Chief Robert Nivelle placed over-reliance upon the merits of the creeping barrage as a primary form of attack during his disastrous Second Battle of the Aisne in April 1917, the failure of which led to widespread mutiny in the French Army.
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