When were the first trenches dug in ww1?
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September 15, 1914
Trench warfare
When were the first trenches dug in ww1?
Trench warfare Western Front (World War I) Sapping Capture of Regina Trench 179th Tunnelling Company Attack on the Gommecourt Salient 1st Australian Tunnelling Company Tunnel warfare First Battle of the Marne Capture of Schwaben Redoubt
This was the standard method <b>early</b> in the war; it was rarely ... barbed wire or 
their deep <b>dug</b>-outs, where defenders <b>were</b> able&nbsp;... The German Army came within 70 km (43 mi) of Paris but at the <b>First</b> Battle of the 
Marne (6–12 September), French and British troops <b>were</b> able to force a ... The 
German Army retreated north of the Aisne River and <b>dug</b> in there, ... <b>trench</b> 
systems from the Swiss frontier to the North Sea. Sapping is a term used in siege operations to describe the digging of a covered 
<b>trench</b> (a &quot;sap&quot;) ... To protect the sappers, <b>trenches were</b> usually <b>dug</b> at an angle 
in zig-zag ... done with 450 tons of high explosive in the <b>First World War</b> battle of 
Messines, the largest planned explosion until the 1945 Trinity atomic bomb test. Regina <b>Trench</b> (Staufen Riegel) was a German <b>trench dug</b> along the north-facing 
slope of a ... It was the longest such <b>trench</b> on the German front during the <b>First</b> 
<b>World War</b>. Attacked ... Three counter-attacks <b>were</b> repulsed by the Canadians 
and by 22 October, more than a thousand Germans had been taken prisoner. The 179th Tunnelling Company was one of the tunnelling companies of the 
Royal Engineers created by the British Army during <b>World War I</b>. The tunnelling 
units <b>were</b> occupied in offensive and ... The <b>first</b> nine companies, numbers 170 to 
178, <b>were</b> each commanded by a regular Royal Engineers officer. These 
companies&nbsp;... The Attack on the Gommecourt Salient was a British operation against the 
northern flank of the German 2nd Army that took place on 1 July 1916, on the 
Western Front in France, during the <b>First World War</b>. ... The <b>first</b> six waves of 
infantry <b>were</b> to start from the advanced <b>trench dug</b> in no man&#39;s land but it was in 
such poor&nbsp;... The <b>1st</b> Australian Tunnelling Company was one of the tunnelling companies of 
the Royal Australian Engineers during <b>World War I</b>. The tunnelling units <b>were</b> 
occupied ... of subways, saps (narrow <b>trenches dug</b> to approach enemy <b>trenches</b>)
, cable <b>trenches</b>, and underground chambers for signals and medical services. Tunnel warfare is a general name for war being conducted in tunnels and other 
underground ... Hidden <b>trenches</b> to assemble for surprise attacks <b>were dug</b>, 
connected via tunnels for secure fallback. ... Mining saw a brief resurgence as a 
military tactic during the <b>First World War</b>, when army engineers attempted to 
break the&nbsp;... The <b>First</b> Battle of the Marne was a <b>World War I</b> battle fought from 6–12 
September 1914. ... The battle was a victory for the Allied Powers but led to four 
years of <b>trench</b> warfare stalemate on the Western Front. ... miles) at a point north 
of the Aisne River, where they <b>dug</b> in, preparing <b>trenches</b> that <b>were</b> to last for 
several years. The Capture of Schwaben Redoubt (Schwaben-Feste) was a tactical incident in 
the Battle of ... Part of the Battle of the Somme of the First World War ... 
Communication <b>trenches were</b> to be <b>dug</b> back to the reserve line, renamed the 
second line,&nbsp;...
by the start of WWI
Trench warfare