A moving barrage or creeping barrage was a barrage that lifted in small increments, usually 100 yards every few minutes, so that it moved forward slowly, keeping pace with the infantry. British practice evolved to normally fire at two lines simultaneously. Eventually three patterns of advancing the barrage developed. In a creeping barrage fire moved from one line to the next. In a block barrage the 'block' moved as block to the next lines that were not previously engaged. In a rolling barrage the fire on the line nearest to own troops moved to the first unengaged line furthest from own troops.
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