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this is jargon from the First World War. With constant shelling and poor weather conditions, trenches were in regular need of maintenance. Sides of trenches needed to be strengthened, duck boards maintained, sand bags to be filled and re filled. Any job that had to be done to maintain a secure position
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It meant that the Germans were eating choclate covered strawberries in their trenches.
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British Trenches were waterlogged due to 2 key reasons:The geography of the trenches meant that they were largely flat and below sea level. This meant water was trapped in the trenches as they were dips in the groundThe trenches also had poor drainage systems, which did not allow water to escape
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