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=Life In The Trenches=

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Basic information: -The trench was used in the War World 1 -Trench warfare represented much of the fighting in World War One, particularly along the Western Front. -Bad smell due to soldiers being dirty, rotting dead people, rotting food, poison gas. -Very bad condition: Lice & mice -Mice: ate human remaining -Lice: caused Trench Fever -Fungal infection due to unsanitary environment -No proper latrine-lice were one of the hazard in the trench, because once they got into the clothes they are immobile and it is hard to destroy them & also lice made the people harder fight -The trench was a very disgusting area -Trench wars were very random: there could be shellfire anytime -If peer over the parapet of the trench into No Man's land a sniper will shoot that person -about 1/3 of Allied casualities in Western Front were in trenches -diseases were common in the trench -"stand to" is the morning -an hour before dawn everyone roused from slumber by the company orderly officer & sergeant & ordered to climb up on the fire step to guard against a dawn raid by the enemy--bayonet fixed -the policy of "stand to" was adopted by both sides and as the light grew was "morning hate" -with the "stand to"; rum might be issued to the men; then the cleaning of the rifle equipment; and then breakfast would be served -after men had done their tasks they were free to attend to their personal matters--reading books & writing letters -meals are also prepared after their work/sleep is taken d -on the onset of dusk, stand to is repeated to guard against a surprise attack launched as light fell -after this is over the trenches become very busy: supply & maintenance activities could be undertaken -patrols would be often sent into the No Mans Land -some men are tasked with repairing/adding barbed wire to the front line -others go out to assigned listening posts, hoping to pick up valuable information from the enemy lines -men were relieved from the front-line duty at night time -