Life in the Trenches

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Across
  1. 1. The abbreviation for prisoner of war.
  2. 4. The kind of '10 Across' that ripped men's clothing and bodies.
  3. 6. You began your attack on the enemy's trenches by going 'over the...'
  4. 7. Almost as many died from this in the trenches as did from wounds.
  5. 10. One of the new, most frightening weapons of the war.
  6. 11. The territory between the opposing enemy's attack was called 'no man's'...
  7. 12. These creatures filled the trenches and were better fed than the soldiers.
  8. 13. Where all soldiers wanted to be after being in the trenches for some time.
  9. 15. What you better have when attacked by '21 Across'.
  10. 16. This was your constant companion and often your closest friend.
  11. 17. Men bathed in water filled shell...
  12. 18. What never seemed to fill the sky when in the trenches.
  13. 19. This was everywhere.
  14. 20. Soldiers were never free from these pests in the trenches.
  15. 22. This word describes what the soldiers' meals always seemed to taste like.
Down
  1. 2. The material used to slow down the enemy's attack towards your trenches.
  2. 3. Soldiers in the trenches enjoyed receiving these from loved ones at home.
  3. 5. What everyone in the trenches wanted to happen soon in the war.
  4. 8. Men suffered from this after being shelled for hour after hour, day after day.
  5. 9. When the trench soldiers thought the war would end.
  6. 14. Weapons that made attacking across no-man's land almost impossible.
  7. 17. An expensive weapons that was thrown at the enemy.
  8. 21. What would likely happen if you put your head above the trench.