British forces constructed Building trenches and batteries , often under heavy fire , over the following weeks .

On 12 June Berwick was killed Killing by a cannonball while inspecting Scrutiny the trenches , and command Control of the besiegers fell Motion_directional to Marshals d'Asfeld and Noailles .

K Company ( Black Knights ) fought Hostile_encounter in the trenches surrounding the area , forcing the withdrawal of the insurgents .

In June 1916 the British preliminary bombardment cut Removing much of the barbed wire protecting the Mametz defences and destroyed Destroying many of the trenches in the first position occupied by Reserve Infantry Regiment 109 of the 28th Reserve Division .

German fortification of the area around Mametz and Fricourt had created Creating a web of trenches deep behind the front-line trench , which was irregular making many angles from which an attacker could be engaged .

The Russians defended Defending Polotsk with trenches and artillery , but after the Hungarian contingent captured Conquering Zapolochie , the Russians surrendered Surrendering .

During the day-long assault Attack , the Ottoman garrison defended Defending El Magruntein 's series of fortified redoubts and trenches on rising Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale ground surrounded Surrounding by flat grassland .

Delville Wood is well preserved Preserving with the remains of trenches , a museum and monument to the 1st South African Brigade .

The Iraqis struck Attack back by emerging Coming_to_be from their trenches to counterattack Attack into Iran and capture Conquering Mehran , for the second time .

Villa 's División del Norte outnumbered Obregón 's Constitutionalists 2:1 , but Obregón had lured Villa far from his communication and supply Supply lines to a field with existing Presence canals and trenches .

Obregón was able to utilize Using many tactical innovations from the Western Front in the First World War—namely trenches , barbed wire and machine guns—in the defense Defending .

On December 6 , a Bulgarian troops attacked Attack the French and British-held trenches in Kosturino , at the time part of the Kingdom of Serbia ( present Presence day North Macedonia ) .

Colley 's motive for occupying Control Majuba Hill may have been anxiety that the Boers would soon occupy Control it themselves , Colley having witnessed Know their trenches being dug in the direction of the hill .

It formed Cause_to_amalgamate part of the German defensive Defending system in the Somme sector of the Western Front during the First World War and consisting Cause_to_be_included of a mass of machine-gun emplacements , trenches and dug-outs .

The besiegers were undermined Destroying by disputes between the French and Spanish officers and terrible conditions in their trenches and bastions , which led to Causation outbreaks of epidemic disease and undermined morale .

During the night of August 13–14 , a force under the command Control of Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock crossed Motion_directional the James River at Deep Bottom to threaten Warning Richmond and attract Confederate forces away from the Petersburg , Virginia , trenches and the Shenandoah Valley .