FIGHTING IN WW1 TRENCHES

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• Death was a constant companion to those serving in the line.
• constant shellfire directed by the enemy brought random death
• many men were buried as a consequence of such large shell-bursts

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• Typically, a battalion would be expected to serve a spell in the front line.
• each side's movement was logically restricted until night fell
• Supply and maintenance activities could be undertaken
• although danger invariably accompanied these as the enemy would be alert for such movement.
• Supply and maintenance activities could be undertaken

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• Patrols would often be sent out into No Mans Land
• Some men would have to fix or add barbed wire in the front lines
• Sometimes enemy patrols would met eachother.
• Would not use handguns because they might be shot by machine guns.

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• no overview of trench life can avoid the aspect that instantly struck visitors to the lines
• The appalling reek given off by numerous conflicting sources
• Rotting carcasses lay around in the thousands .
• Trenches smelled like creosol and chloride of lime.