Trench Warfare

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Across
  1. 2. _____ grew to huge proportions.
  2. 4. ________ were posted to watch over No-Man's Land all night long.
  3. 8. Damage done by the previous night's gun fire had to be ________
  4. 9. _________ trenches were behind the front.
  5. 11. The main work in the trenches was ________
  6. 13. The trenches were a __________ system of barbed wire, guns, artillery, and dead bodies.
  7. 14. "Cooties" ________ in hair, clothing, and body crevices.
  8. 15. Dead bodies _______ in the sun on No-Man's Land
  9. 16. The dead bodies littering No-Man's Land provided the rats with _____
  10. 17. The trenches stretched over 300 _______
Down
  1. 1. The first line in each army was called the _______
  2. 3. The conditions in the trenches were _________
  3. 4. No-Man's Land _________ the front lines of the two armies.
  4. 5. _________ in the trenches was very uncomfortable due to the many discomforts.
  5. 6. Soldiers had to go to ________ stations.
  6. 7. On the battlefield, one could smell the _________ scent of corpses.
  7. 10. ________ hate was when the sun came up and both sides blasted at each other for 10-15 minutes.
  8. 12. _________ were large holes scooped in the sides of trenches for each man to make his home.
  9. 13. Men in the trenches were bothered by lice, or ________
  10. 15. The men were not allowed to ________ clothing on the front lines.