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The soldiers had to dig and restore the trenches, because of the shells and massive production done to the trenches.

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clean water was hoarded for drinking. None was available for washing

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Guy Empey remembered, "The men slept in mud, washed in mud, ate mud, and dreamed mud."

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They smelt burnt human flesh, gas, and lots of mud.

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sounds of digging continued thought the night

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The communication trenches were usually narrower than the fire trench and the constant night traffic made them crowded.

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They used stretchers to carry wounded or dead soldiers through the trenches.

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Sentries had to remain alert for their two-hour shifts.

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A new man noticed that veterans put their overcoats over their faces when they slept. He learned why the first time he was awakened by a rat scampering across his face.

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period in the morning where both sides fire across for around 10-15 minutes straight.

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Snipers were always watching for movement on the other side of the battlefield

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Two cans of bully beef, sometimes they were awarded a strip of bacon. Also 12 gallon cans of dixies.

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psychological strain, especially on sentries, was what the French called cafard, or boredom

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Men repairing walls or engaged in other digging work frequently unearthed bodies of the dead

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Cooties thrived in hair, clothing, and the crevices of the body

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They carried back through the communication trenches the metal cans that were sometimes used as toilets

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The skin turned red or blue, bringing a terrible itching and peeling of the skin

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breathing the gas-at least in small doses-was one way of acquiring what the British called a "Blighty" wound it home-shot

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common attempts included shooting oneself in the hand or foot, chewing cordite

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The cooties spread a disease known as trench fever, for which there was no effective treatment until the last year of the war.