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LIFE IN THE TRENCHES
“Strong eye s , f ine l imbs , haughty ath le t e s , Le s s chanced than you for l i f e , Bonds to the whims of murder ,
Sprawled in the bowe l s o f the ear th”
PHOTOS OF THE
TRENCHES
Conditions in the
trenChes
This is an entry in the diary of Harold Saunders, a soldier during World War One. He describes trench life as he
knows it.
When I made my debut in the line I had a cheerful conviction that nothing would hit me. And I remember standing on the fire-step for the first time and saying to myself exultantly: "You're in it at last! You're in it! The
greatest thing that's ever happened!"Lice and wind-up came into my life about the same time. At stand-to one morning a flight of whizz-bangs skimmed the
top of the trench. The man next to me went down with a scream and half his face gone. The sand-bag in front of me was ripped open and I was blinded and half-choked with
its contents.
Rats and Lice• Two types – black and brown
• Soldiers made games of killing them• Lice were an even worse problem
Diseases in the Trenches
TRENCH FEVER
TRENCH FOOT
What Else?
•Novice Death•The Trench Cycle
•Stand To and The Morning Hate
•The Breakfast Truce•Inspection and Chores
•Patrolling No Man’s Land
GAS
• First used by the French
• Second Battle of Ypres
Country Casualties Deaths
ITALY 60,000 4,627USA 72,807 1,462
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
100,000 3,000BRITISH EMPIRE
188,706 8,109FRANCE 190,000 8,000
GERMANY 200,000 9,000RUSSIA 419,340 56,000OTHER 10,000 1,000
DIARY ENTRY of Anthony Hossack on THE
FIRST GAS ATTACK