When a major attack was planned, assembly trenches would be dug near the front trench.

These were used to provide a sheltered place for the waves of attacking troops who would follow the first waves leaving from the front trench.

He had no business even in the front trenches, let alone in no man's land.

If everything goes right, we keep their front trenches.

But after what we're going to do to them, there simply won't be any Germans in the front trenches.

A runner came from the front trenches, down the communicating trench.

He said everyone in the front trenches was splashed with blood from the German trenches.

An Outpost or working party was also met with about 100 yds in front of the front trench.

He was killed while inspecting the front trenches of the siege-works against Fredriksten.

The front trenches of the British were at that time seven hundred yards from the Boer lines.