Across
- 1. These rodents fed on bodies and scraps, so were very common in Western Front trenches
- 6. A raised area at the top of a trench, allowing soldiers to fire at the enemy from behind cover
- 7. Trenches were constructed using this pattern, to prevent enemy fire or shells travelled along their length (3,3)
- 9. A term for army divisions or regiments who fight on foot
- 12. An early battle of World War I, fought in September 1914, the Battle of the .....
- 13. Constant immersion in mud and water caused this common ailment, a form of gangrene (6,4)
- 16. River in northern France, the scene of a major Allied offensive in July 1916
- 17. German military planning of the late 1800s was largely concerned with avoiding a war fought on two ......
- 19. The process of recruiting, training, organising and moving armies, particularly at the start of a conflict
- 20. The area between two combatant trenches, '.. .... land' (2,4)
- 21. A timber platform or deck laid at the bottom of a trench to allow easy movement
- 25. Name given to the German, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman alliance, the ....... Powers
Down
- 2. A gunman who shoots at enemy forces, usually from an elevated or concealed position
- 3. Name given to the German military plan involving a rapid invasion of France through neutral Belgium and the Netherlands
- 4. The capital city of Serbia
- 5. A long knife or dagger, attached to the end of a rifle and used as a close quarters weapon
- 8. method of slowly advancing your artillery bombardment to move over the enemy trenches
- 10. A collective term for weapons such as cannon or howitzers, which project large calibre shells or projectiles
- 11. commander of the British forces during the battle of the Somme
- 14. Type of wire used as an anti-personnel device on the Western Front
- 15. A term used to describe his unconditional backing of Austria-Hungary was the kaiser's '..... ......' (5,6)
- 18. Austro-Hungarian forces invaded this eastern European nation on August 12th 1914
- 22. A collective term for soldiers mounted on horseback
- 23. A city and region in north-eastern France, the scene of a major battle during most of 1916
- 24. German military commander and Chief of the General Staff 1906-14, Helmuth von ......