trench-line

A man bet me five pounds on the ship that I could not get through a trench-line, and if there had been a trench-line handy I would have taken him on.

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An unpleasant and quite unnecessary little bulge in the trench-line, known as the Toadstool, was manned by the platoon of which he found himself second-in-command.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 21, 1917 Various

Besides, every minute or two, all along the front, one could see the German or British magnesium flares illuminating the trench-line.

The Adventure of Living Strachey, John St Loe 1922

Just as you turn the bull's-eye on any place which you are not quite sure of, so a flare-light is sent up when either side suspects evil designs on a particular part of their trench-line.

The Adventure of Living Strachey, John St Loe 1922

During the visit I was for a night a guest at Lord Haig's advanced headquarters, and from a little hill above the château in which he lived, I was able to see the trench-line by night.

The Adventure of Living Strachey, John St Loe 1922

I was taken by my son-in-law, Captain Williams Ellis, and a life-long friend, Lord Ruthven, then the Master of Ruthven, and chief Staff Officer of the Guards Division, into the first trench-line opposite the Aubers Ridge, and incidentally to view some of the worst and wettest trenches on the whole front, at the moment held in part by my son-in - law's regiment, the Welsh Guards.

The Adventure of Living Strachey, John St Loe 1922

Flesquieres Ridge, followed by the breaking of a bridge at Masnieres under the weight of a tank and the holding of a trench-line called the

Now It Can Be Told Philip Gibbs 1919

Though the citadel's massive walls have resisted the terrific bombardments to which it has been subjected, it has neither guns nor garrison: they are far out on the trench-line beyond the encircling hills.

Italy at War and the Allies in the West 1918

This trench-line ran through certain of the small outlying forts, such as Tavannes, Thiaumont, Douaumont, and

Italy at War and the Allies in the West 1918

The order came to go forward to a trench-line traced on the map;

Ballads of a Bohemian 1916