| 单词 | communication trench |
| 例句 | While some cut the embrasure for the machine-gun, others dug a communication trench from the blockhouse to a group of ruins about two hundred yards in the rear. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z You know that bit of line north of the M—— road that you reach by the communication trench that is always up to your knees in mud no matter how dry the weather is. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z Before dawn the next morning he was groping his way along three-quarters of a mile of muddy communication trench to the O.P. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z I wondered would I have got very far, or dropped straight back into the endless open grave of the communication trench. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z Such network has concealed many guns, headquarters, ammunition dumps, communication trenches, roadways, etc. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z Barricades rigged up, communication trenches which now ran to our Front blocked up, the trench made to fire the other way. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z Cigarettes are not lighted in front-line communication trenches after nightfall—not by officers, at any rate—nor do second lieutenants address staff captains so flippantly. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Failing to see it from there, he wandered on up an old communication trench known as Middle Alley, which led direct from our own to the German front line. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z The 1st Welsh Fusiliers swarmed over the German parapets with real Celtic ardour, and drove the enemy down a long communication trench into an orchard. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z Well, I thought, if we leave it much longer they will be down the communication trenches into the main trench. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z When one occupies the German front line and the Hun has been driven into his second, the communication trenches which ran between are still there. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z In trenches, communication trenches, little dark labyrinths, little tunnels where men suffer and sacrifice themselves, there will be found established our best and purest school of socialism. War 2011-02-10T03:00:52.487Z All the long communication trenches were watched, and wherever a head or a moving rifle showed at a gap a bullet came with automatic regularity. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z In the middle of the scrap a wounded man crawled to our trench, and said the Turks had rushed a communication trench, and there was only one man keeping them back. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z Calling for volunteers, Sergeant Hogan and ten others came forward, and we began to crawl up the communication trench. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z Worn out and tired, their faces grey with exhaustion, their clothes grey with chalk, heavy-eyed, unshaven, driven out by sheer weight of numbers and bombs, they fell back—those that remained—down a communication trench. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z But in order to be restored to hope and cheerful confidence, it is sufficient to turn back along the communication trenches, where the men are just finishing their supper in the pleasant twilight. War 2011-02-10T03:00:52.487Z And when at last we came into the deep communication trench we felt that the end of this weariness must surely be near. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z Thinking that the communication trench had been captured, they blew out the candle and pushed on. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z We had about four miles to go, two down through the front line trenches, then two more through winding, narrow communication trenches, almost to the edge of the Salt Lake. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z Night—and a working-party stretching away over a ploughed field are digging a communication trench. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z But it is indeed too risky to venture there, for death is ever prowling about and we can only cross it furtively by these tortuous tunnels, hastily excavated, which are called communication trenches. War 2011-02-10T03:00:52.487Z The communication trenches that night were good and deep and dry, and free from the awfulness of mud; but they were very few, and unintelligently used. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z At length they reached a trench running at right angles to the communication trench. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z Communication trenches had to be dug to avoid long tramps through the firing line; and connecting trenches had to be made between the existing communication trenches. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z As the Germans fled for the communication trenches the Canadians leaped among them, and with bomb and bayonet killed a great number. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. They are little hollow tracks, some undulating, some straight, communication trenches which the French nickname "intestines." War 2011-02-10T03:00:52.487Z All the deserted fields about the line were a mass of poppies and cornflowers, and they hung over one in extravagant masses as one walked up the communication trench. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z In the midst of the whirlwind of shot and flame the Germans who had survived the explosions were seen falling over one another in their efforts to escape by means of the communication trenches. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z We straightened up when we came to the communication trench that gave us cover from snipers. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z Meanwhile the British army had found exceptional quarters in the captured Hindenburg trenches with their wonderful dugouts and network of front-line and communication trenches, all ready for occupancy. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. Approach�es, in field-engineering, an old-fashioned name for what are now called 'communication trenches'. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli When he is halfway up the communication trench, cannoning into the walls in his haste and weariness, the firing suddenly stops. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z Barricades were erected in the communication trenches, and over these the enemy flung hand grenades. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z Through field glasses we could see the communication trenches choked with fleeing Turks. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z As it was, however, by the time they did arrive, we were dug in and had a good front line trench, although most of the support and communication trenches still had to be dug. A Kut Prisoner He came alone into a German communication trench beyond the reserve line. The Irish at the Front The days of comfortable walking in communication trenches were over. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z Observing a party of the enemy trying to escape along a communication trench, Corporal Fuller ran towards them, flinging bombs. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z Hoddinott and Pike, the stretcher bearers, stopped just where the communication trench began. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z A few minutes brought us to the shelter of a ruined brasserie, and from its further side we entered the communication trenches, and thus passed to the Bois Carré. The Romance of the Red Triangle The story of the coming of the red triangle and the service rendered by the Y.M.C.A. to the sailors and soldiers of the British Empire A sharp command was given, and once more I was lifted up on to some one's back, and was being dragged down a long communication trench. On the right of the British line The patrol finished, my pilot spiralled down to within a 300-yard range of the ground and flew along the road past Martinpuich, while I pumped lead at anything that might be a communication trench. Cavalry of the Clouds So skilfully was this work accomplished that 200 Germans were forced to surrender, and 200 others were driven pell-mell down their communication trench. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z At last we emerged into a large wide communication trench, with the landmarks of which I was familiar. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z Under cover of canvas screens, which in many places were blown away by shell-fire, and bending low to save our heads from the snipers' bullets, we gained the communication trenches. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. What a delight it would be to send him in his immaculate uniform; his highly polished leggings and boots, along the muddy communication trenches. On the right of the British line On the same date British forces in the neighborhood of the Stuff Redoubt and Schwaben Redoubt cleared two lines of German communication trenches for a distance of nearly 200 yards. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources The third company reached the back end of a German communication trench; but being without bombs, and having almost wholly used up its cartridges, was soon in desperate straits. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z Art Pratt had walked just behind the blanket until we came to the communication trench. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z Getting there through the communication trenches was as difficult as in the winter. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. One communication trench packed with men was raked from end to end with a British Lewis gun till it was a graveyard. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War At 2000 yards the British infantry came under rifle fire, and had no communication trenches to curtail the zone of fire. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War One company made a frontal attack, and the other proceeded along the communication trench which had been won by the Welsh Fusiliers. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z We had some men hit further back in the communication trench, but funnily enough none in the forward line.... The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources We proceeded as fast as the innumerable shell-holes and old barbed wire would allow, and made straight for the ruins of ——, then crossing the road we followed the communication trenches along the top. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. Germans counterattacking hurried up their communication trenches, and as they came on some examples of prompt handiwork stopped their advance. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War Each section of the successive lines of trenches was connected by an intricate network of communication trenches. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War They soon chanced upon a communication trench which seemed to lead in the desired direction. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z And regularly twice a week three shells were dropped along Delta Road, a communication trench forming the third side of the little salient. From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade Eventually I obtained the desired view, and making my way through the communication trenches to the front of the guns, I obtained excellent pictures of rapid firing. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. The most notable piece of military engineering was a heavily timbered communication trench 300 feet long, and of such a depth that those passing through it were safe from even the heaviest shells. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War The Germans did succeed in penetrating the British front in the southern communication trench of the Hohenzollern redoubt, but were shortly after expelled again by British bombers. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War A hasty march through the communication trenches up to the front, the night lit up far and wide with searchlights and flares and ourselves in a long chain lying on our bellies. “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went Then other communication trenches lead back until finally you are in the open country out of the range of bullets, but not outside the range of shells. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers I asked, referring to the various communication trenches leading to the front line. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. This communication trench dipped into the earth at right angles to the "Boulevard" Street. Attack An Infantry Subaltern's Impression of July 1st, 1916 He was put into a communication trench from which he directed his men. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders We were then relieved by the 10th Company, and made our way back along the communication trenches to our old positions. “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went On the left was a communication trench known as Dump Ave which was left to the capable hands of Major Wise and the remaining companies were spread to the right. Over the top with the 25th Chronicle of events at Vimy Ridge and Courcellette The pain at last subsided, and collecting the apparatus we trudged off along the communication trench to the front line. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. "Crumps" were bursting round about the communication trench, but at a distance, judging by their report, of at least fifty yards. Attack An Infantry Subaltern's Impression of July 1st, 1916 We all walked down a zigzag communication trench which led to the centre of our trenches. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders We find the 126th have no communication with the rear, as the communication trenches have been completely blown in. “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went The shady side of the wide communication trench was exposed to shrapnel, which the Turks had kept up more or less continually since the failure of their night attack. The Tale of a Trooper The best thing to do under the circumstances was to go straight on, trust to Providence, and make for the communication trenches with all speed. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. What happened to our materials for blocking the German communication trench, when we got to our objective, I should not like to think. Attack An Infantry Subaltern's Impression of July 1st, 1916 At 6:30 A.M. the enemy heavily counter-attacked, and by means of heavy bombs forced our men out of the most forward trench, though we still hold communication trenches made during the night. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 The first and second systems each consisted of several lines of deep trenches, well provided with bomb-proof shelters and with numerous communication trenches connecting them. World's War Events, Vol. II The exit consisted of a large barbed-wire gate across a great communication trench, close to the stone wall on the beach. The Tale of a Trooper The communication trenches seemed interminable, and, as we neared the front line, the mud got deeper and parts of the trench were quite water-logged. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. The scene at the head of that communication trench is stamped in a blurred but unforgettable way on my mind. Attack An Infantry Subaltern's Impression of July 1st, 1916 The trenches were in a desperate state, with very few traverses, no complete communication trenches or second line, and mud quite indescribable. Short History of the London Rifle Brigade Scores of miles of deep communication trenches had to be dug, as well as trenches for telephone wires, assembly and assault trenches, and numerous gun emplacements and observation posts. World's War Events, Vol. II To his section fell the duty of going up the ravine to cut enemy communication trenches, leading across it to their strong outpost on the ridge above on the left. The Tale of a Trooper Packing up, and bidding adieu to the officers, I started on the return journey through the communication trenches. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. There were more of them at the head of the communication trench. Attack An Infantry Subaltern's Impression of July 1st, 1916 A couple of us seized him, planning to go down to where the communication trench had once been. The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland I was standing between a communication trench and a crater left by a mine which was being "consolidated," as they have it in these days.... Barbarians "Stand to" ended, they composed themselves to sleep where they were, which was still in the same communication trench in reserve. The Tale of a Trooper I waited until the address was finished, and then proceeded to a certain place, striking out on the left and trudging through innumerable communication trenches, at times up to my knees in mud and water. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. We set off down the communication trench again, in company with several bombers, I holding the bandage to my wound. Attack An Infantry Subaltern's Impression of July 1st, 1916 Vast communication trenches, six to ten feet deep, ran back for miles behind the front line. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 Sometimes the bottom of the mud of that communication trench was close, and sometimes not; you knew when you had tried. Old Junk The artillery were immediately responsible for it all—the artillery, for which, in spare moments from the firing line, they had dug this communication trench and gun-pits beyond, and had even dragged the pieces up. The Tale of a Trooper Presently the extra sentries are posted—one man in every three—the disgusted working parties are told off to their work of filling sandbags or improving the communication trenches, and the long, trying night begins. Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France I got a machine-gun bullet in the pit of the stomach while digging that communication trench into No Man's Land. Attack An Infantry Subaltern's Impression of July 1st, 1916 "Here, six of you fix bayonets, follow me," and down the communication trench he crouched and crawled towards the left. The Kangaroo Marines H.Q. is a network of deep dugouts with communication trenches, but a direct hit will pierce any one of them. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" Especially was this so in connection with the main communication trenches. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula And now comes the odd quarter of a mile of communication trench. Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France Looking up out of the trench beyond him, I saw huge, black columns of smoke and débris rising up from our communication trench. Attack An Infantry Subaltern's Impression of July 1st, 1916 Snipers kept an unsteady but never silent series of bullets smacking into the stones of the ruin, whistling over the communication trench, and 'whupp'-ing into the mud around both. Between the Lines In making communication trenches along which the wounded have to be carried from the firing trench, the carrying of stretchers is never considered. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" Later on excavations were made in the walls of the communication trenches—each to afford a "comfortable" sleeping place for two or more men. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula It was with a strange feeling at heart that he, with others, crept along the pave road towards the communication trench. Tommy I had reached the head of New Woman Street, though at the time I did not know what communication trench it was—or trouble, for that matter. Attack An Infantry Subaltern's Impression of July 1st, 1916 The Artillery Observing Officer was just outside the communication trench at the relief hour and saw the casualties being helped or carried out. Between the Lines The ditches are nearly full of water, which means that all communication trenches will be worse than ever, and Heaven knows they are bad enough already! Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie (commanding 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles) Dated November 4th, 1914-March 11th, 1915 Also from the right of No. 1 Post in order to keep in touch with the Light Horse on Rhododendron Spur pending the completion of the communication trench. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula Presently, when they came to a house used as a first dressing station close to the beginning of the communication trench, Tom felt his heart grow cold. Tommy He was not wounded, but had been blown up whilst engaged in cutting a communication trench across No Man's Land, they told me. Attack An Infantry Subaltern's Impression of July 1st, 1916 The line of men turned at last into a long deep-cut communication trench leading out into a village. Between the Lines These firing-trenches having been got well under way, the communication trenches were started. The Defence of Duffer's Drift Many of these bombs landed near the junction of three communication trenches. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula Tom was reclining near a dangerous corner, close by the Potijze Road which runs straight to the beginning of the British communication trench. Tommy In offensive operations it is used for searching communication trenches, preventing the enemy's reinforcements intervening in the fight, repelling counter-attacks, and, as an alternative for high-explosive shell, for cutting wire entanglements. 1914 It was just breaking daylight when the remains of the Engineers' party emerged from the communication trench and already the guns on both sides were beginning to talk. Between the Lines It's five I would have had, only for a stray shell that bursted alongside of the communication trench and lifted two of them off me. Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918 So he settled his steel helmet firmly on his head, and stepped out of his dug-out into the communication trench. No Man's Land He adds that the Intelligence Corps report that information received from deserters leads us to suppose that Fritz intends to strafe all roads and communication trenches in our sector to-night. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 29, 1916 In the imitation communication trench, which began a hundred or more yards behind it, we met the Subaltern, hurrying to rejoin his platoon, bearing what seemed to be an enormous despatch-box. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 26, 1916 You know that open stretch of road that takes you up to the openin' o' the communication trenches? Between the Lines The tramp back at midday along the communication trenches was boiling-hot going. Pushed and the Return Push Now in that particular part of the line the communication trenches were long ones, and by the time he reached the front line it was getting dark. No Man's Land The distance to march was about three miles before we reached the end of the communication trench and we never started till late in the afternoon. With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917 The left of the Cheshires was within 40 yards of the enemy, who were hidden in the wood in front of them, so, there being no communication trenches, we had to be fairly careful hereabouts. The Doings of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade August 1914 to March 1915 One of the regimental stretcher-bearers put the facts bluntly and briefly to the doctors: 'The open ground an' the communication trenches is fair hummin' wi' shells an' bullets. Between the Lines Meanwhile, the Oxfords had been assailed with much greater violence, and over 2,000 shells fell in their lines; while their communication trenches were barraged with lachrymatory shells. The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) Time was when communication trenches existed only in the fertile brain of those who were never called upon to use them; but that time has passed long since. No Man's Land A light was burning in Brigade Headquarters and a sentry on duty and we silently filed up the long communication trench which was deep in dust as rain had not fallen for months. With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917 There was a good lot of shelling from the Turks but, humanly speaking, we were all quite snug and safe in the big gully or moving down the deep communication trenches. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 And Macgillivray was moving slowly along the communication trench that led to the forward fire trench. Between the Lines The men crouched low as they ran, but the Hun probably saw their heads, for shrapnel was sprinkled along the communication trench, causing a few casualties. The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) In other words, it was not merely a communication trench, but was recessed and traversed like a fire trench. No Man's Land That afternoon I ran into the man under hot fire hurrying down the communication trench for more stuff. Short Stories of Various Types When communication trenches have been dug and brushwood and rocks flattened out, it will be easier. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 Macgillivray pushed on into the trench, along it to a communication trench, and up and down one alley after another, until he reached the most advanced trench which the British held. Between the Lines The men began, therefore, in accordance with orders to edge into a shallow communication trench only half finished, which the 5th Berks had started from their old line to 6th Avenue. The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) It went right through the wall in front, and beyond, the same deep communication trench could be seen stretching away. No Man's Land Then they shot up our communication trench until it was positively dangerous to go up and down it for rations and ammunition. The Emma Gees From Anzac I walked along the old communication trench for a couple of miles, and then went round General Taylor's Brigade along the front by Green Hill and the Chocolate Hills. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 A couple of heavy shells crashed down on the parapet of the communication trench he was moving towards, and for a minute his figure was hidden by the swirling black smoke and yellow dust. Between the Lines One of our platoons rushed up a communication trench leading from their assembly trench to Point 79, while two others kept pace along the open, one to the right and one to left. The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) The Sapper gave the message as requested, and stepped down three stairs into the communication trench, which passed close under one of the crumbling walls. No Man's Land As a matter of fact, our communication trenches did become completely obliterated and we had no recourse but to go in and out of the trenches "overland." The Emma Gees There was no room for them in the front line trenches and communication trenches to the front had not yet been dug. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 Right up on the top, well behind our front line and close to one of our communication trenches, there is a good big hawthorn bush, in which a magpie has built her nest. The Old Front Line The two intermediate communication trenches, Larrey and Jena, some 2,500 yards long, were not yet sufficiently repaired for our passage. The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) He moved slowly away and turned up a communication trench, while into the eyes of Mogg's pride there came a peculiar look quite foreign to his general disposition. No Man's Land At Messines we had "Surrey Lane," "Stanley Road" and "Plum Avenue" for communication trenches, while our front line embraced the whole series of "C" trenches. The Emma Gees There were of course no communication trenches whatever, all communication to the front posts being over the top, mostly by tracks through the growing crops. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion All along that graceful chalk hill our communication trenches thrust up like long white mole-runs, or like the comb of rollers on a reef. The Old Front Line All rations and supplies had to be brought up from H�buterne by communication trenches more than a mile long and in bad repair. The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) Especially the mile-long communication trenches called 'Chili' and 'Civil' Avenues, if they were to be kept passable, required attention. The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry At that time, our ration parties were going out just before daylight, as we had no communication trench and had to cross the open and exposed ground behind our line. The Emma Gees For the rest of the day they helped to carry stores to the Redoubt by way of a new communication trench and to fetch in and attend to the wounded. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion Near the lines they had to leave the roads for the shelter of some communication trench or deep cut in the mud, revetted at the sides with wire to hinder it from 23collapsing inwards. The Old Front Line They were connected with the first line fire trench by communication trenches about every 100 yards. The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) See the Colonel, Cuthbert, Marcon, Brown, Stockton, Robinson and myself lead off down a communication trench behind a guide, pledged to take us to the Berks Headquarters. The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry I have seen the water in these streams rise seven feet within less than an hour and there were times when in one of our communication trenches it was over a man's head. The Emma Gees The Company was later ordered to dig a communication trench to link up the Redoubt with our old front line. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion There were many communication trenches between the two lines. The Old Front Line The inner defence, running through the orchards, just covered the village, and was connected both with the outer line and with the cellars of the houses by numerous communication trenches. The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) Five of the enemy were also bayoneted in a communication trench. The 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (First Sportsman's) A Record of its Services in the Great War, 1914-1919 The communication trenches were washed out and the only way was down that ill-fated Devil's Elbow road. The Emma Gees The chief work that we were concerned with, was the digging out of old communication trenches from Foncquevillers to the front line, a distance of about 700 yards. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion On the right, where the grass is green and the chalk of the old communication trenches still white and clean, it is called Tara Hill. The Old Front Line Having examined the wire, Captain Fyfe led the companies through and found the enemy holding a communication trench running obliquely from the road. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 But no reserves reached us and we saw our only hope lay in the fact that they had rushed one of the communication trenches and might manage to bomb out the machine gun. The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of War Service, 1914-1918 We had become so accustomed to doing without communication trenches that they were a distinct novelty. The Emma Gees Unfortunately the runner made a mistake at a trench junction, and gaily followed an old communication trench, running straight to the enemy's lines. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion I went down into a communication trench and the next instant a shell burst. The Great War As I Saw It In front of the communication trench a further enemy post was discovered in trenches. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 For twenty minutes they bombed and destroyed, cleared dug-outs, pulled down machine guns, barricaded communication trenches, and handed prisoners back to escorts. The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of War Service, 1914-1918 A communication trench was dug from one extremity to the other, rivetted and duck-boarded throughout, and led to the men's quarters. Three years in France with the Guns: Being Episodes in the life of a Field Battery To look after the rear portion of these communication trenches the system of Trench Wardens was instituted during our stay at Bellacourt. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion From Railway Dugouts, by paths and then by communication trenches, one made one's way up to Hill 60 and the other parts of the front line, where the remains of a railway crossed the hill. The Great War As I Saw It On being asked where he had been, he told us that he had been out at the post at the end of the communication trench to see if there was anything doing in his line. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 The front line and communication trenches were knee deep in water and the trench shelters were poor. The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of War Service, 1914-1918 Wire cutting was undertaken and carried out by all field batteries, and the heavies pounded enemy emplacements and communication trenches in the rear. Three years in France with the Guns: Being Episodes in the life of a Field Battery The weather during most of our stay was of the best, and there could be few things more pleasant than to stroll on a quiet afternoon round some of the communication trenches, e.g., The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion A path up the valley led to the communication trench, and finally down Pudding Lane to Pudding Trench. The Great War As I Saw It Nothing further occurred till 4 p.m. on the 18th, when a bombing attack was made on our post at the end of the communication trench. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 We began to work towards the communication trench, but owing to the lie of the ground we were badly exposed and I at length found myself the only living occupant of that corner. The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of War Service, 1914-1918 As soon as the work was completed and a communication trench constructed, covered with turf and plants, we commenced moving the guns. Three years in France with the Guns: Being Episodes in the life of a Field Battery At the same time strong parties of A, C and D Companies made demonstrations along communication trenches towards Hedge Trench. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion Four of our men stopped behind to bury the dog, the rest of us found our way into the communication trench. The Red Horizon I. Ross and three men to form a connecting link between the forward posts and their headquarters, and these were posted about midway up the communication trench. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 A new trench, with communication trenches, had been laid 300 yards out from their old line, protected by treble staked wire, on a frontage of 600 yards. The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of War Service, 1914-1918 We had the good fortune, however, to be somewhat isolated from the others, and occupied a forward position, where the guns were hidden in an old German communication trench. Three years in France with the Guns: Being Episodes in the life of a Field Battery The task allotted to the Grenadiers in this fight, was to bomb the various communication trenches leading from "West Face" to "Fosse Trench," clear dug-outs and establish blocks in "Fosse Alley." The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion When an attack is on the communication trenches are persistently shelled by the enemy with a view to stop the advance of reinforcements. The Red Horizon Milne, with one half of "A" Company, endeavoured to push forward in the communication trench, but failed to get beyond the road. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 It became evident that we, who were working up between two communication trenches, after two or three rushes, that further advancing was impossible without support. The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of War Service, 1914-1918 We learned the order of precedence for troops in the communication trenches. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army When we got to the village you can either go up the communication trench or miss the first 500 yards or so of it and go up the road taking your chance of machine guns. Letters from France We had been at work since five o'clock in the morning, digging away at the new communication trench. The Red Horizon A few deserters came over, a convenient road being by a communication trench which led from one line to the other. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 We ran for the communication trench and found it disorganised. The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of War Service, 1914-1918 We breathed more freely when we entered the communication trench in the center of a little thicket, a mile or more back of the first-line trenches. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army After you get to the deserted village, you start up the communication trench, twisting and turning for about 1,000 yards, you pass the second line, and so on up to the firing line. Letters from France He knows the range of every yard of our communication trenches. The Red Horizon The enemy's communication trench was severely bombed by the grenade teams which had been established at the various stations and the enemy bombers became much less troublesome. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 When they reached the second-line trench the boys were leaving it, by hundreds as it seemed to Tom, and crowding through the crooked communication trenches. Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer There were attacks and counter-attacks, hand-to-hand fights in communication trenches with bombs and bayonets, heavy bombardments, nightly burial parties. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army We wandered up the communication trench and nosed all along the firing line, only 50 yards from the German trench—I thought it was topping. Letters from France The communication trench we found to be one of the widest we had ever seen; a handbarrow could have been wheeled along the floor. The Red Horizon The light was now beginning to fail and it was apparent that no further progress could be made to secure the junction of the central communication trench with G11A. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 Out of narrow, crooked side avenues soldiers poured into the communication trench which the wire carriers were following, falling in ahead of them. Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer However, they had a communication trench connecting with their second line, through which carrying parties brought them a limitless supply of bombs. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army Through this curtain appear, dozens at a time, little balls of white,—the shrapnel searching out the communication trenches and cutting the wire entanglements. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I Now and again we could hear bombs bursting out in front and still the artillery thundered at our communication trench. The Red Horizon The attack was divided into two portions, that on G12 and the communication trench leading into it from Sap 2 being named the East Attack, that on G11A the West Attack. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 Once when Tom peeped over the edge of the communication trench he saw the tanks waddling along to right and left, rearing up and bowing as they crossed the trench, like clumsy, trained hippopotamuses. Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer Poppies and buttercups had taken root in the banks of earth heaped up on either side of the communication trench. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army By noon the second French Division had stormed and captured all the Turkish first and second line trenches opposite their front, including the famous Haricot Redoubt, with its subsidiary maze of entanglements and communication trenches. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I The enemy knew the communication trench; they had got the range months before and at one time the trench was occupied by them. The Red Horizon By this time the enemy were beginning to throw grenades from their central communication trench and getting them into G11A. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 It was perhaps half a mile to the communication trench and it took us half an hour of the hardest walking I have ever had to reach it. Italy at War and the Allies in the West The colonel, major, and adjutant lived in a luxurious palace, about fifty yards down a communication trench. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army Finally we struck a communication trench and the going was a little safer. Into the Jaws of Death The big gun at La Bass�e was shelling the communication trench, endeavouring to stop reinforcements from getting up to the firing lines and the red field between. The Red Horizon Through this system of trenches ran two communication trenches—Oxford Street and Central Street, in which latter Battalion Headquarters were situated. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 They then took us a little way down the communication trench called "Hertford Street," under the "Marble Arch" to "Oxford Circus!" Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 We located all of their communication trenches leading back to the rear; and at uncertain intervals we covered roads and trenches with bursts of searching fire. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army Mac, Skinny, and I were coming off shift at 2 A.M., and in the communication trench we met an officer without an escort. Into the Jaws of Death The communication trenches serve, however, for more purposes than for the passage of troops; during an attack the reserves wait there, packed tight as sardines in a tin. The Red Horizon Seven men of "D" Company were wounded, and more casualties were incurred further on when we reached the communication trenches. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 This turned out to be one of the German communication trenches. Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 If there was a communication trench at hand, we all made a dive for it at once. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army The French had made this front, and with typical French ingenuity they had connected all the cellars of the houses and so constructed a perfectly safe communication trench to the front line. The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 We stumbled back again into the communication trench and turned to the left, to go out we should have gone to the right. The Red Horizon Pitchford had entered the trench at its northern end; they found a party of the enemy behind a barricade of bags about twenty yards up the communication trench, which runs parallel to the nullah. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 The A.D.M.S. is going to arrange for us to go up with one of his motor ambulances to one of the advance dressing stations where the first communication trench begins! Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 Fatigue parties, working in the communication trenches, dropped their picks and shovels and came hurrying up to the first line. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army Officers were bringing order out of the tide which flowed in across the fields and the communication trenches as if they were used to such situations, with the firing-line only two thousand yards away. My Second Year of the War The Headquarters, a large dug-out roofed with many sandbags piled high over heavy wooden beams, was situated on the fringe of the communication trench five hundred yards away from the Keep. The Red Horizon Meantime, we were busy improving our trenches and digging South Lane and Peyton Avenue communication trenches, and generally making ourselves more comfortable. The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919 The days have probably passed when a man could be drowned in the mud of a communication trench. Letters from France The communication trench by which he went was not quite finished, and he had to get out into the open and race across to where the unfinished trench began again. My War Experiences in Two Continents When a German machine gun was able to sweep them, a corporal slipped up another communication trench and bombed it out of business. My Second Year of the War We entered the main communication trench, one just like the others, narrow and curving round buttresses at every two or three yards. The Red Horizon The Turks evidently anticipated something of the sort, and their rifle fire soon forced us to take to the communication trenches. The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919 They had told me that for three or four days no water could be brought to them up their communication trenches owing to the British bombardment. Letters from France One by one our men slipped into the communication trench. In the Field (1914-1915) The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry Another communication trench near by was reserved for German dead who were being gathered at the same time as the British. My Second Year of the War In one narrow arm near Basra, a sort of communication trench between two canals, I saw orange bushes overhanging the water, and, growing with them, some plant with great white bells. A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden Gradually the weather improved and the sun came out, and we managed to drain off more and more of the water from the communication trenches. The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919 As we were entering a communication trench a few days ago we noticed four or five British soldiers walking across the open from a cottage. Letters from France The communication trench was at right angles to the enemy's trenches. In the Field (1914-1915) The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry In the German trenches the entries on the other side of the ledger appeared; and on the fields and in the communication trenches lay green figures. My Second Year of the War Once in the communication trench you are fairly safe from snipers, but not, of course, from shrapnel or high-angle fire. Leaves from a Field Note-Book And then a stream of wounded poured down this communication trench. One Young Man The simple and true story of a clerk who enlisted in 1914, who fought on the western front for nearly two years, was severely wounded at the battle of the Somme, and is now on his way back to his desk. "I always said that was a dangerous gap where the communication trench crosses the ditch." Letters from France It would have taken about twenty minutes, and have saved us the long difficult journey through the communication trench. In the Field (1914-1915) The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry We dropped into a communication trench at a point which experience had proven was the right place to begin to take cover. My Second Year of the War By night the Battalion was occupied in digging a new communication trench, Pagoda Trench. At Ypres with Best-Dunkley But it was not for a rest; for every night we had to go up digging and consolidating the trenches regained and digging communication trenches. One Young Man The simple and true story of a clerk who enlisted in 1914, who fought on the western front for nearly two years, was severely wounded at the battle of the Somme, and is now on his way back to his desk. The enemy was contenting himself with throwing a few shrapnel shells far back over communication trenches. Letters from France There were many communication trenches along the front, up which we should advance, for at the last moment all were made "up" trenches until after the attack; originally some were "up" and some "down." The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. Nothing could be seen of the fight, even had one known that it was coming, in that flat region where everyone has to follow a communication trench with only the sky directly overhead visible. My Second Year of the War My party was detailed to repair the parapet of a communication trench just behind our front line. At Ypres with Best-Dunkley Then, farther on, just where the landscape becomes magnificent in freedom, expanse, and light, the winding furrow, called the communication trench, begins. Letters of a Soldier 1914-1915 Therefore ration and hot food parties had to go four times a day along a communication trench called Boyau Maison Rouge, one and a half miles long, and which was not duckboarded. The Story of the "9th King's" in France The enemy retaliated mostly on communication trenches, using some very heavy shells, but not doing a great deal of damage. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. How the Australians managed to get food and men up through the communication trenches under the unceasing inferno over that bare slope is tribute to their skill in slipping out and in between its blasts. My Second Year of the War We left our own trench soon after 10 p.m. and filed up the communication trench and out into no man's land. At Ypres with Best-Dunkley From there continues the communication trench, more and more deep and winding, in which I feel anew the emotion I always get from contact with newly turned earth. Letters of a Soldier 1914-1915 During the tours of duty in this sector the paucity of the numbers and the length of the communication trenches made the difficulties of food supply very great. The Story of the "9th King's" in France Our first three lines, where the assembly would take place the night before the battle, were all carefully reconnoitred as well as the "Up" and "Down" communication trenches—Barts Alley, Central, Water and Left Boyaus. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. Then a lone figure stepped up out of a communication trench just back of the German first line. My Second Year of the War I made a dash across the open into the communication trench and hurried down it, bent double. At Ypres with Best-Dunkley We had no dugouts and no communication trenches. Private Peat The communication trenches contained a lot of water and caused great hardship to those men who were not fortunate enough to possess gum boots. The Story of the "9th King's" in France Westwards from this trench ran three communication trenches, all in good condition, Bart's Alley, Left Boyau and Quarry Alley, all leading to the Vermelles broad guage railway line, whose hedges concealed Sussex trench. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. They met this condition by fortifying themselves against enfilade in an old German communication trench and rushing other points of advantage to secure their position. My Second Year of the War When we were going along one winding communication trench shells began to burst in front of us right in our course. At Ypres with Best-Dunkley Quite a number of bullets scattered about us as we clambered along the short communication trench, and up into the open. Private Peat Things were fairly quiet during the day, and at night a shallow communication trench was dug over the ridge and attempts made to improve the forward positions. The Story of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry France, April 1915-November 1918 The centre group had no name, started from Northampton trench, and had no proper communication trench. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. Now they were deepening communication trenches and thickening parapet walls and were mud-plastered by their labor. My Second Year of the War At all points subject to shell fire access to the firing line from behind is provided by communication trenches. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 I started promptly to hike down the communication trench, following back the way we had come. Private Peat The relief was observed, and the communication trench shelled. The Story of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry France, April 1915-November 1918 The right group of tunnels, the Savile tunnel, started half-way up Savile Row, a communication trench which had originally run from the Reserve line to Northampton trench, but now stopped at the tunnel entrance. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. The Relief— Coming up to the front lines through the communication trenches, which extend a kilometer or so. "I was there" with the Yanks on the western front, 1917-1919 We came up to the trenches by a road, then went into the zigzag communication trenches up to the front, the fire-trench. Joy in the Morning He knows that the moment we have cleared the top of the parapet hundreds of men have poured from the communication trenches into our places. Private Peat The following day, by organised bombing, the whole of the final objective was captured and held, and communication trenches were dug back to North Durham Street. The Story of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry France, April 1915-November 1918 Some of the communication trenches were in a particularly bad condition, and worst of all was the very deep Berlin Trench running alongside the road from Bienvillers to Hannescamps. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. There was bustling in the communication trenches, pack-mules bringing up ammunition, and men shouldering cases of bombs. Tell England A Study in a Generation We had captured a communication trench from the Germans and he was at the end of it, alone. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front He would be beating it down his communication trenches, or what was left of them, as hard as he could go. Private Peat Following on the methods adopted by the French the relief took place through very long communication trenches, running from Estrées through Berny to the line in front of Misery. The Story of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry France, April 1915-November 1918 Russell and Creed were both wounded, and six men killed and several wounded at the same time, nearly all by shells in the communication trenches. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. D Company, with myself attached to it, left the Bluff and filed through a communication trench to the firing line. Tell England A Study in a Generation They were divided, every fifteen feet or so, by a bulwark of earth about two feet thick, round which extended a communication trench. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front It began to rain as we entered the communication trench, and I had my first taste of mud. A Yankee in the Trenches The front line trenches were worse if possible than the communication trenches, and the days that followed were most unpleasant. The Story of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry France, April 1915-November 1918 The enemy's guns replied by registering our communication trenches, and then remained silent. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. It is terrible to pass in broad daylight in these communication trenches, at right angles to the lines, where one is in view all the way. Light Positions and emplacements are being constantly improved, communication trenches widened or made more secure. The First Hundred Thousand This communication trench was over two miles long, and it seemed like twenty. A Yankee in the Trenches After moving down the communication trench for about 500 yards, Lieut.-Col. The Story of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry France, April 1915-November 1918 Farmer walked calmly from post to post, cheering the garrison, and just before the end of the bombardment at 4-0 p.m., made his way down the small communication trench towards his support platoon. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. "But first I shall send a man down one of the communication trenches to learn if the enemy are numerous in the second-line trenches." Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche The parapet is none too strong—at one point it has been knocked down for three days running—the communication trenches are few and narrow, and there are not nearly enough dug-outs. The First Hundred Thousand I never did know why there was no communication trench unless it was because the ground was so full of moisture. A Yankee in the Trenches The only vista was the curving wall of the long communication trench and the soft sky of Lorraine, lit with the pleasant sunlight of middle afternoon, and islanded with great golden-white cloud masses. A Volunteer Poilu There were two communication trenches, one each side of the Riaumont Hill: "Assign" on the South, shallow and unsafe in daylight, and "Absalom" on the North. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. A short stroll through a communication trench brought them to the first line ditch. Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche The Hun—what was left of him after an intensive bombardment of twenty-four hours—had betaken himself back over the ridge, via the remnants of his two new communication trenches, to his original front line. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand The order went down the line to fall in, single file, keeping touch, no smoking and no talking, and I supposed we were about to enter a communication trench. A Yankee in the Trenches A communication trench comes right into the cellar. A Volunteer Poilu These were first used in communication trenches only, where the Monmouthshires were at work for us; later we used them in all trenches wherever possible. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. In the darkness of the night it was a toilsome march back through the communication trenches. Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche The two communication trenches themselves were blocked and sandbagged, and were being heavily supervised by a pair of British machine-guns. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand They were out of the communication trenches and were coming across lots. A Yankee in the Trenches We were glad to turn out of the support trench into a communication trench leading toward the front trench; into another gallery cut deep in the fields, with scattered shell-pits on either side. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form We also secured the Western end of "Almanac," a communication trench running N.E. alongside the railway. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. Private Berger had been summoned to lead the party through the intricate system of communication trenches to the front. Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche By this time the party, including the Gunner Captain, were filing along a communication trench, lately the property of some German gentlemen, on their way back to headquarters. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand On our first march out of the Cabaret Rouge communication trench we covered a matter of ten miles to a place called Villiers du Bois. A Yankee in the Trenches Darkness found all the survivors among the P.P.s in the support and communication trenches. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form There was a front line trench and portions of a reserve line, all rather the worse for wear, while the communication trenches, "Hurrah" and "Humbug" Alleys, were unspeakably filthy. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. Leading him into a communication trench, they started with him for the rear. Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche We followed him, and in an instant were in the communication trench. Over There War Scenes on the Western Front Three or four Germans appeared, running down communication trenches, and the bombers sent a few Millses after them. A Yankee in the Trenches At one point we crossed a communication trench, where soldiers could go and come to the guns and the infantry positions without being exposed to shell-fire. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form This endless communication trench led all the way past the famous Loos Crucifix, still standing, to what had been the front line before the Canadian attack. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. He was able to judge that he had walked half a mile through the communication trench, then at least another half-mile along a road before he was halted at a hole in the ground. Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche Well, the first-line trench, very remarkably swept and dusted and spotless—as were all the trenches beyond the communication trench—was not much like a trench. Over There War Scenes on the Western Front At Bully-Grenay, the point where we entered the communication trenches, guides met us and looked us over, commenting most frankly and freely on our appearance. A Yankee in the Trenches They were giving the communication trench a turn at "strafing," now, and shells were urgently dropping behind us. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form Our chief tasks were clearing out existing trenches and digging new communication trenches where they were wanted. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. A minute later, they found themselves at the sloping entrance of what was evidently a communication trench. On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles He arrived at last at an officer and at a point where a communication trench entered the firing trench. Action Front Ordinarily troops are moved at night, but the communication trench from Bully-Grenay was very deep and was protected at points by little hills, and it was possible to move men in the daytime. A Yankee in the Trenches Those emerging alive were told to retreat to the communication trench. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form It seemed curious to see a civilian in a grey suit, adorned with a steel helmet and box respirator, wandering about the communication trenches. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. I caught sight of a lot of the enemy running along a shallow communication trench of theirs, apparently with the intention of reinforcing their front line. Bullets & Billets The only daylight movement attempted would have been the cautious filling of the trenches, the pouring in of the long gray-coated lines along the communication trenches, all keeping well down and under cover. Action Front Going up from Mill Street there were no communication trenches. A Yankee in the Trenches When the survivors fell back to the communication trench that also was blown in their face. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form Our only communication trench was "Cadbury's," which started near "Chocolat Menier," corner of the Rue du Bois, so called after an advertisement for this chocolate fastened to the side of a house. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. It was a sort of emergency exit back from a row of ramshackle, water-logged hovels in the ditch to the communication trench. Bullets & Billets The German yielded with a very bad grace, and moved ahead of Macalister and his threatening bayonet, along the line and down the communication trench to the support trench. Action Front By another communication trench we returned to the little house. Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them Blythe came hobbling through the traverse to the communication trench, seeming well pleased with himself. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form Hepworth ordered the party back to our lines, where they found the rest of the Battalion in the support line and communication trenches, waiting for the Staffordshires to move forward. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. We left the motor-bus well back, and walked about a couple of miles up roads and communication trenches until we reached a line of trenches we had never seen before. Bullets & Billets Two men near the corner of the other traverse disappeared round it, two more flung themselves violently on their faces, and another leapt into the opening of the communication trench. Action Front He led the way into the communication trench—a straight-sided winding ditch, shoulder-deep, and just wide enough to walk in comfortably. Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them Looking over the parapet of the communication trench you saw fields, lifeless except for the singing birds in the wheat, who had also the spirit of battle. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form He had not heard a sound until he was a few yards from the place, and they would be inaudible to men in the reserve trenches and even in the communication trenches. Greenmantle A little farther on captive and captor turned off into a narrow and tortuous communication trench. The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf At daybreak next morning Courtenay and the sergeant stood together on the road leading to the communication trench. Action Front Again we are led down that endless line of communication trench, again we stumble through the ruins, again we emerge into the street where our cars are awaiting us. A Visit to Three Fronts June 1916 The walls of that communication trench were two feet above our heads. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form It was a Turkish trench—a communication trench. Greenmantle The naked feet with their grey convulsed toes stared into the communication trench like things robbed, with a mute accusal. Men in War He had his hand on my shoulder, as men in a communication trench have to keep in touch with each Other. Over the Top I was anxious to see the Italian trenches, in order to compare them with our British methods, but save for the support and communication trenches I was courteously but firmly warned off. A Visit to Three Fronts June 1916 Every evening he used to search out all communication trenches and likely battery-positions with any quantity of shells. The Glory of the Trenches After that he was fairly bundled down communication trenches and then over swampy fields to a farm among trees. Greenmantle Two kilometers still from the farther spur of the hill to the entrance of the communication trenches, and straight across open fields without cover of any kind. Men in War Not long after the first digging party, our General decided, after a careful tour of inspection of the communication trenches, upon "an ideal spot," as he termed it, for a machine-gun emplacement. Over the Top A sudden turn among some broken walls takes one into the communication trench. A Visit to Three Fronts June 1916 We found this man, sir, in a communication trench. The Glory of the Trenches From one shell-hole to another he wormed his way, till he struck an old ruinous communication trench which led in the right direction. Greenmantle You can have them dug in at night up there among the communication trenches, Captain. Men in War The rations are unloaded at the entrance to the communication trenches and are "carried in" by men detailed for that purpose. Over the Top If we had a communication trench we could escape—but there isn't one. What Germany Thinks The War as Germans see it The Germans tried to flee through the communication trenches, but the Canadians leaped among them with bayonets and bombs, killing many and sparing few as prisoners. America's War for Humanity It was on, or rather in, Monte Kaberlaba, just behind the front line, approached through a communication trench and then a long tunnel through the rock, named by our troops the Severn Tunnel. With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement He walked along the communication trench after his men, and I along the line of my silent sentries. Towards the Goal The company we relieved filed past us and disappeared into the blackness of the communication trench leading to the rear. Over the Top Troops were moving through those fields, undoubtedly, advancing in single file through communication trenches or dashing from shell hole to shell hole; other troops lingered in dugouts underground. The Boy Allies with Haig in Flanders Or, the Fighting Canadians of Vimy Ridge He slipped down a communication trench with a few men, mostly bombers. Tales of War A communication trench slipped deviously up to it, and through this trench were brought the wounded; for the shrine, a dugout in the hillside, had been converted into a first aid station. The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me Then we go down again into the communication trenches. Under Fire: the story of a squad Then from the communication trenches came dixies or iron pots, filled with steaming tea, which had two wooden stakes through their handles, and were carried by two men. Over the Top The Dorsets, Manchesters, Highland Light Infantry, Lancashire Fusiliers, and Borderers of the 32d Division were in possession of La Boisselle and clearing out communication trenches to which the Germans were hanging on with desperate valor. Now It Can Be Told In a few minutes down the communication trench came a wounded man walking, jubilant in spite of his wounds. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land The spirit both of the troops who were going back of the lines to rest and of those who had zigzagged up through two miles of communication trenches to take their places was excellent. Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy A mingled hubbub of trampling and voices overflows from the communication trench that goes off here. Under Fire: the story of a squad I was on a stretcher being carried down one of our communication trenches. Over the Top The way to the observation post was sometimes a little vague, especially in frost-and-thaw weather, when parts of the communication trenches slithered down under the weight of sand-bags. Now It Can Be Told There was the sound of subdued voices and of quick marching feet along the communication trench a few yards away. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land Our chaps had cleared out the front line and was off down the communication trenches to the support. Okewood of the Secret Service We follow the communication trenches, and a comrade appears suddenly. Under Fire: the story of a squad One of the hands pointing to the German lines read, 'To Berlin,' the one pointing down the communication trench read, 'To Blighty,' while the other said, 'Suicide Ditch, Change Here for Stretchers.' Over the Top There was a long straight road leading to the village of Vermelles, with a crisscross of communication trenches on one side, and, on the other, fields where corn and grass grew rankly in abandoned fields. Now It Can Be Told Barry rode with the column to the very mouth of the communication trench running to Pozieres, dropping into step with each company commander for a time, and leaving each with a cheery word of farewell. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land There had been two days of rain, and the communication trenches were almost knee-deep in water. One of Ours Just as we emerge from the wood, slipping and floundering, to penetrate the region of communication trenches, two faint shadows are outlined in front. Under Fire: the story of a squad After a few minutes of digging, three still, muddy forms on stretchers were carried down the communication trench to the rear. Over the Top His voice came from behind a pile of sand-bags which divided the enemy and ourselves in a communication trench between the main lines. Now It Can Be Told He was seeing again that line of mud bespattered men, patiently plodding up the communication trench. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land When they were going back along the communication trench in the rain, wading single file, Claude broke the silence abruptly. One of Ours It was in a deep communication trench, away back, where we had come together for a meal after a morning spent in digging. Under Fire: the story of a squad Going down the communication trench we were in a merry mood, although we were cold and wet, and every bone in our bodies ached. Over the Top The bombardment was still relentless, and it was only possible to go part of the way in an old communication trench. Now It Can Be Told After a long tramp in this communication trench they made a sharp turn to the right, and entered that which they were going to hold for the next forty-eight hours. Michael He could easily follow the communication trenches without a glass. One of Ours At last we emerge into the communication trench that we left in error. Under Fire: the story of a squad At the end of the communication trench, limbers were waiting on the road for us. Over the Top "You know, sir," said a sergeant-major, one day, when I walked with him down a communication trench so waterlogged that my top-boots were full of slime, "it doesn't do to take this war seriously." Now It Can Be Told All communication trenches are tortuous and practically endless. War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war Filing along the communication trenches, they listened anxiously; artillery fire would have made it bad for the other men who were marching to the rear. One of Ours He was mad because we took leave to graze against him when they were bringing him back along the communication trench, and he looked down on everybody—like that. Under Fire: the story of a squad Upon arrival at the entrance to the communication trench, I looked at my illuminated wrist-watch—it was eleven o'clock. Over the Top The men of those divisions were lined up during the night in the communication trenches, which had been dug by the sappers and laid with miles of telephone wire. Now It Can Be Told Presently we are advised to get into a communication trench. War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war These cylinders would have to be assembled at a number of points in the rear of the given line where the roads met the communication trenches. The Riddle of the Rhine; chemical strategy in peace and war We leave by the communication trench at right angles to our own, and straight ahead towards the changeful frontier, now alive and terrible. Under Fire: the story of a squad The communication trench was about half a mile long, a zigzagging ditch, eight feet deep and three feet wide. Over the Top Some of the communication trenches were crowded with the Black Watch of the 1st Division, hard, bronzed fellows, with the red heckle in their bonnets. Now It Can Be Told It is not a very attractive communication trench, and we stick to our track across the open. War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war One day, while in a communication trench, we were horrified to see our Brigadier-General, Old Pepper, being brought down it by a big private of the Royal Irish Rifles. Over the Top It is a company of Territorials, deputed to our sector for the fortification of the second line and the upkeep of its communication trenches. Under Fire: the story of a squad At one part of our trench where a communication trench joined the front line, a Tommy had stuck up a wooden sign-post with three hands or arms on it. Over the Top Reinforcements were pouring out of the communication trenches. Over the Top We met the stew as we returned along the communication trench, and it smelt very good indeed.... War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war In single file we wended our way through a zigzag communication trench, six inches deep with mud. Over the Top It is ended, the accursed shift that began at six o'clock yesterday evening and has lasted all night, and now the last man has stepped from the last communication trench. Under Fire: the story of a squad At one point, just in the entrance to a communication trench, was a stretcher. Over the Top A little later we arrived at the communication trench named Whiskey Street, which led to the fire trench at the point we were to go over the top and out in front. Over the Top Often this chaos is stained bright yellow by high explosives, and across it run the twisting trenches and communication trenches eight, ten, or twelve feet deep. War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war There was a constant stream of stretchers coming out of the communication trenches and burial parties were a common sight. Over the Top "Watch the little ducks," says Blaire, "going along the communication trench." Under Fire: the story of a squad The Irishman, being new in the regiment, had never seen the General before, so when he came across him alone in a communication trench, he promptly put him under arrest. Over the Top A term-applied by the artillery to a wall of shell fire on the enemy communication trenches, to prevent the bringing up of men and supplies, and also to keep our own front lines from wavering. Over the Top "And that isn't enough either, even when you're not a big eater and you're got a communication trench as flat as a pancake." Under Fire: the story of a squad We plunge into a hole on our left, the entrance to the communication trench. Under Fire: the story of a squad We go down into the communication trench and there is sunshine there. Under Fire: the story of a squad Several stories had been told about an officer wearing a red band around his cap, who patrolled the front-line and communication trenches asking suspicious questions as to location of batteries, machine-gun emplacements, and trench mortars. Over the Top The communication trench rises, and at the top of the gully we pass in front of a telephone station and a group of artillery officers and gunners. Under Fire: the story of a squad |
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