The Trench System

Question 1

Pattern?

Answer 1

Zig-zag formation for protection

Question 2

Front line trench

Answer 2

Where attacks were launched - 50 yards to a mile away from enemy.

Question 3

Support trench

Answer 3

Several yards behind front-line trench:
Soldiers would retreat to them during an attack.

Question 4

Reserve trench

Answer 4

Hundreds of yards behind support trench: Soldiers would use these to prepare for a counter-attack

Question 5

Dugouts

Answer 5

Holes in the side of the trench for troops to take cover.

Question 6

Conditions

Answer 6

Water-logged, craters and holes due to explosions, very deep mud.

Question 7

Barbed Wire

Answer 7

Separating trench from no man’s land and acts as protection from enemy fire.

Question 8

Duckboard

Answer 8

Placed at the bottom of trenches to protect soldiers from trench foot.

Question 9

Parapet

Answer 9

The front of the trench was known as the parapet.

Question 10

Sandbags

Answer 10

The top of the parapet consisted of a thick line of sandbags to absorb any bullets or shrapnel.