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Diagram of British trench system, winter 1914-1915, from the official manual, "British Notes on Field Defences" : Photograph 1914-1915.

First World War (module 1: Personal Experiences) Available online

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Book
Author/Creator:
1914-1915, author.
Contributor:
1914-1915, author.
Language:
English
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Place of Publication:
1914
Notes:
Description based on online resource (viewed on October 15, 2018).
There are two lines, the 'fire trench' and the 'cover trench', linked by 'communication' trenches have alternation bays (12ft-15ft long) and traverses (6ft-8ft long, 3ft-6ft front to back). The cover trench is characterised by a series of dug-outs with overhead cover (bottom right), and is shown as 2 ft wide at the bottom.
AMDigital Reference: British_Trench.

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