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As least two characteristics of the trenches on the western front

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About 7 feet deep and 6 feet wide.

Protected by barbed wire and machinegun posts.

Front of the trench was known as the 'parapet' and this would consist of thick sandbags to absorb any bullets or shell fragments.

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