They would do this to themselves directly against the sides of the trench to hold their place for more time. They would do this to fight longer.
What is position?
100
Soldiers stationed in this trench were constantly on alert for the enemy attacks and patrols. Also meant for "over the top" attacks.
What is the front line trench?
100
Most of the men from this place would stand in the front line to be well defended against enemy attacks.
What is England?
100
The trenches needed this constantly or they would erode from the weather and from enemy bombs.
What is repair?
100
A method of digging a tunnel and then removing the roof to make a trench when it is complete – was the safest method, but it was the most difficult too.
What is tunneling?
200
They would dig their trenches out in this way so that when they did get breached the enemy would be confused while finding their way through the trench
What is zig zags?
200
This type of trench ran the opposite direction of all other trenches. It allowed the soldiers to move supplies from trench to trench without being seen.
What is the Communication trench?
200
Some soldiers heavily manned certain sections, others had small roles and reinforced the barbed wire. The wire was between 5-7 lines of trenches and kept 2/3 of troops behind front line.
What is France?
200
Sometimes a trench was this, causing more danger
What is salient?
200
The land between the two enemy trench lines. This land was sometimes covered with barbed wire and land mines. The enemy trenches were generally around 50 to 250 yards apart.