While stationed in Heraklion from 1897 to 1911, British troops cleared out the ditch and used it to house various services in tents.
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British troops encamped on the Venetian walls, 1900 (R. Behaeddin, Historical Museum of Crete, © S.C.H.S, Heraklion)