Trench Fighting

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Again, in the Russo - Japanese War, trenches were used, and in this war barbed-wire entangle ments played a considerable part. To come down to the present day,' all soldiers Of all countries are taught that the Object Of a soldier in a battle is to press home in the quickest possible way to the final assault; that is, to get at close grips with the enemy and despatch him with the bayonet. The Official handbook Of one of our noted mili tary Powers in 1913 described this assault as follows: A soldier Should only dig in (entrench)