A March 1918 photograph of a British trench on the Western Front of the First World War (1914-18). Features of trench warfare shown include the firing step to allow a soldier to rise above the parapet which is protected with sandbags, a Lewis machine gun, and a soldier eating out of a mess tin. Lee Enfield rifles stand in the foreground. (Imperial War Museums).
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