We Started At Once To Dig Our Trenches, Half Of My Platoon Stepping Forward Abreast, The Men Being Placed An Arm's Length Apart. After Laying Their Rifles Down, Barrels Pointing To The Enemy, A Line Was Drawn Behind The Row Of Rifles And Parallel To It. - SearchQuotes

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We started at once to dig our trenches, half of my platoon stepping forward abreast, the men being placed an arm's length apart. After laying their rifles down, barrels pointing to the enemy, a line was drawn behind the row of rifles and parallel to it.

Fritz Kreisler

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