No, they either had to wait out the 'shellings' to be relieved by another squad, or to retreat. Often times soldiers would have a piece of bread in their pouch, which they could eat. Remember, No Man's land was the area between the trenches, so nobody was alive there anyways. You might mean in the trenches, on the front lines, for which the answer is the same.
No Mans Land
nma means no mans land, this was in world war 1
The phrase 'going over the top' - referred to the soldiers in the trenches climbing out and up to flat ground, and advancing towards the enemy over 'no-mans land'. Attacking the enemy's trenches~APEX
no mans land in is where no person during a war claims and is usually in the middle of two fighting people's bases
A firestep is a ledge built into the trenches that runs 2 or 3 feet from the ground. The fire-step allows soldiers to peer over the edge of the parapet into the no mans land.
There were no patrols in no mans land...
No Mans Land....
The area between trenches in world war II
between the two sides. the land was cleared of shrubs and covered in barbed-wire fences which left no cover for soldiers to advance and were often killed
It is difficult to determine an exact number of deaths in No Man's Land during World War I due to the chaotic and unstructured nature of the battles that took place there. However, estimates suggest that tens of thousands of soldiers may have died in No Man's Land during the course of the war.
The "No mans land" was the land between the trenches in which you'd likely be mowed down in a violent burst of machine gun fire or poison gas.
No Mans Land
nma means no mans land, this was in world war 1
No-mans Land
The phrase 'going over the top' - referred to the soldiers in the trenches climbing out and up to flat ground, and advancing towards the enemy over 'no-mans land'. Attacking the enemy's trenches~APEX
I think your getting your world wars mixed up it is World War 1 that in infamous for trench warfare as well as no mans land the land in between the two forward trenches. However it is actually estimated that 2,036,897 Germans were killed in world war 1. Estimates to my knowledge of how many were killed in no mans land itself have not been worked out however a large percentage were killed in no mans land. Any more questions regarding WW1 and WW2 please feel free to ask!
No mans land was the land between the trenches in WW1