Life in the Trenches After the Battle if the Marine in September in 1914 the German army was forced to retreat. Rather than give up the territory the Germans dug in to protect themselves from the guns and the advancing allies. Soon, the allies followed the Germans in building the trenches. The trench lines spread from the North Sea to Switzerland. The trenches in both sides were protected by lined barbed wire with open land in …showed first 75 words of 364 total…

…showed last 75 words of 364 total…and the allies trenches and was a wasteland of craters, it was blackened by tree stumps and a few shell buildings. It was normally about 250 yards but could sometimes be 7 yards, or 500 yards at Cambrai. Communication trenches were the linking trenches from the front line trench to the support and reserve trenches. They allowed the movement of soldiers, equipment, and supplies and were also use to take the wounded back to the Casualty Cleaning Stations.