What was battle like for british soldiers in world war 1 and what were the trenches like?
Trenches have been the same for all armies since man figured out how to mass gunfire. Trenches reduce the exposure of the defenders and thus greatly improve defensive positions. As you might guess, men are afraid in battle and being less exposed in a trench causes more of them to actually stick their heads up and aim. Until they become battle-hardened many troops just shoot without looking at all. That’s one of the things meant by “seasoned troops”. The use of modern artillery (exploding shells during the War of 1812) greatly reduced the effectiveness of the line abreast charge. When John Gatling’s gun began to be used during the American Civil War (1861 – 1865), things got worse. It was only late in the Civil War that soldiers figured out how to attack through enemy artillery against enemy trenches full of riflemen supported by Gatling guns (you have to attack in a vertical line like an arrow, not line abreast like a push broom). Somehow during the years between the Civil War (1965) a
