Title: LIFE IN THE TRENCHES
1LIFE IN THE TRENCHES
Strong eyes, fine limbs, haughty athletes, Less
chanced than you for life, Bonds to the whims of
murder, Sprawled in the bowels of the earth
2PHOTOS OF THE TRENCHES
3Conditions in the Trenches
4This is an entry in the diary of Harold Saunders,
a soldier during World War One. He describes
trench life as he knows it.
When I made my debut in the line I had a cheerful
conviction that nothing would hit me. And I
remember standing on the fire-step for the first
time and saying to myself exultantly "You're in
it at last! You're in it! The greatest thing
that's ever happened!" Lice and wind-up came into
my life about the same time. At stand-to one
morning a flight of whizz-bangs skimmed the top
of the trench. The man next to me went down with
a scream and half his face gone. The sand-bag in
front of me was ripped open and I was blinded and
half-choked with its contents.
5Rats and Lice
- Two types black and brown
- Soldiers made games of killing them
- Lice were an even worse problem
6Diseases in the Trenches
TRENCH FEVER
TRENCH FOOT
7What Else?
- Novice Death
- The Trench Cycle
- Stand To and The Morning Hate
- The Breakfast Truce
- Inspection and Chores
- Patrolling No Mans Land
8GAS
- First used by the French
- Second Battle of Ypres
9DIARY ENTRY of Anthony Hossack on THE FIRST GAS
ATTACK
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