WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF TRENCH LIFE?

REST

• An afternoon during daylight
• At night an hour at a time
• Woken up to do chores

REST ACTIVITES

• Communication with home kept up morale
• Germans played card games: 'Skat'
• The British played football, boxing, testing horsemanship
• Competitions to improve morale

DIET AND FOOD

• Rations were brought at night
• Mobile field cookers
• Important to cover smoke
• Canned corned beef, bread and biscuits
• Pea soup and horsemeat

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• Dependent on local vegetables
• Supplement with food from home
• Wages on wine, beer and tobacco

WAGES

• Better than unemployment at home
• A shilling a day