How British soldiers protected their trenches during enemy raids

Title (Dublin Core): How British soldiers protected their trenches during enemy raids
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Trenches and fortifications
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): Not at Home to the Enemy
extracted text (Extract Text): IN, the earlier days of trench raiding on
the western front, a young officer who
had been studying medieval methods
of defence decided to apply the idea to
his trench section. The re-
sult, shown in the picture,
was generally adopted along
the British front.

The V - shaped gate
swung outward on hinges at
the top. When the Boches
were behaving the gate was
held up by a chain, per-
mitting free passage into
the adjoining trench. But
in a raid the guard stood
ready to drop the barbed-
wire protection and secure
it with an iron stake.
Language (Dublin Core): eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): Interwar period
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1919-01
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Science Monthly, v. 94, n. 1, 1919
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 53
Rights (Dublin Core): Public domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core): Google Books
Archived by (Dublin Core): Davide Donà; Marco Bortolami (editor)
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core): Western Front of World War I