Trench warfare dominated strategy on the Western Front, and the use of chemical and poison gases added to the devastation.

The land war quickly became dominated by the muddy, bloody stalemate of Trench warfare, a form of war in which both opposing armies had static lines of defense.

Trench warfare prevailed on the Western Front from September 1914 until March 1918.

* Trench knife: Purpose-made or improvised knives, intended for close-quarter fighting, particularly in trench warfare characterized by a d-shaped integral hand guard.

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Trench warfare often turned to a stalemate, only broken by a large loss of life, because in order to attack an enemy entrenchment soldiers had to run through an exposed " no man's land " under heavy fire from an entrenched enemy.

Trench warfare and tactics evolved further in the Crimean War and World War I, until systems of extensive main trenches, backup trenches ( in case the first lines were overrun ) and communication trenches often stretched dozens of kilometres along a front without interruption, and some kilometres further back from the front line.

Trench warfare is a form of occupied fighting lines consisting largely of trenches, in which troops are significantly protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery.

Trench warfare occurred when a military revolution in firepower was not matched by similar advances in mobility, resulting in a grueling form of warfare in which the defense held the advantage.

Trench warfare has been infrequent since the end of World War I.

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The main defensive works-a series of forts and Trench warfare | entrenchments-were located in the northwest of the county in and around the Dutch town of Brookland.

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* Trench warfare in the American Civil War, notably the Siege of Petersburg

* Trench warfare in World War I, including the Battle of the Somme ( 1916 ), the Battle of Verdun and many others

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The inscription supposedly commemorated the execution of Aristocrates of Arcadia, who had betrayed the Messenian hero Aristomenes at the battle of the Great Trench .< ref > Paul Anthony Cartledge " Aristomenes ( 1 )" The Oxford Classical Dictionary.

During surveys carried out between 1997 and 2001, a spot was found along the Mariana Trench that had depth similar to that of the Challenger Deep, possibly even deeper.

Because the people of Medina had dug a trench to further protect the city, this event became known as the Battle of the Trench.

To supplement this income, Childe, who had mastered a variety of European languages, also worked as a translator for the publishers Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co and occasionally lectured in prehistory at the London School of Economics.

In 1925, the company Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co published Childe's second book, The Dawn of European Civilisation, in which he synthesised the varied data about European prehistory that he had been exploring for many years.

Air Commodore Lukis, Air Officer Commanding, North East Area, reported on 28 May 1942, that Pilot Officer Trench, RAAF had inspected the countryside near Portland Roads ( also known as Weymouth Bay ), with Colonel Mills and Captain Herman G. Cox of the USAAF.

A second controversy related to the fact that the land had been inhabited prior to its flooding, therefore the flooding resulted in the displacement of the residents located in the Trench.

The Australians were to advance along Fir Tree Spur between the right flank of the New Zealand brigade and the edge of Krithia Nullah, and had to travel up to from their reserve position just to reach the start line at " Tommy's Trench ".

Trench had previously represented Portarlington from 1798 in the Irish House of Commons.

Later, disguised as a mad Greek musician, Harry gets imprisoned in Omdurman, where he rescues the Colonel Trench, who had been captured on a reconnaissance mission and they escape.

Pear Trench, named after its shape, was one of many German defenses that the soldiers had to overcome.

This had a window looking onto the ' Trench ' and to the outside world.

Director Terence Young, who once had turned her down on the grounds that she looked like she " smelled of soap ", offered her either Moneypenny or the recurring Bond girlfriend, Sylvia Trench, but she was uncomfortable with a revealing scene in the screenplay.

Before the formation of the District of The Wrekin ( Telford ) and later the Borough of Telford and The Wrekin, the Urban District of Oakengates comprised Oakengates, Wrockwardine Wood, St. George's, Priorslee, Snedshill, The Nabb, Wombridge and Trench, and always had a Labour council.

Dix's The Trench ( 1923 ), showing the dismembered bodies of the dead after an assault, caused a scandal, and was first displayed behind a curtain, before causing the dismissal of the museum director who had planned to buy it.

In August, Potts, who by this time had been promoted to lieutenant and given command of the 4th Light Trench Mortar Battery, was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry during the Battle of Mouquet Farm.

Artillery had bombarded the Trench but the 4th and 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles found that the barbed wire defences had not been cut and the German machine guns had survived and were able to open fire ; casualties were high.

The artillery had taken its toll on the position and the attackers reported in places that Regina Trench had been to a ' mere depression in the chalk ' They spent the rest of the day consolidating their gains and fighting off counterattacks.

John Sterling, in letters to Richard Chenevix Trench, writes of Richmond as the most interesting young artist he had met.