Group+2+Soldier



June 26 1917 We just entered the battle field. We have been bombarded by French troops in holes in the ground. I feverishly work to build the little hole to escape bombardment.

July 10 It took two weeks to build the monsterous pit but a day to make the hole to escape the shoting the trench had been twenty miles so far it was amazing to se the elabrate pattern of trenches. We still have painful blisters from shoveling. We sleep on dirt floors with the blankets still chilled to the bone.The food I had was been terible we had'nt had shiped supplies yet

September 20 1917 My feet are suffering trench foot it made painful to walk and imposible to run but it not bad enough to be amputated im lucky thers hudreds of solders getting amputated right now. Although it has been four months, thousands upon thousands of troops were killed yet we're still fighting the French with little head way. The ground is littered with grenades. The grenades take too long to detonate. Sometimes the French troops throw our own grenades leaving masses of shrapnel among our ranks. Although we have machine guns they are useless against artilery attack and snipers. We lost thousands in the trenches. The food we were given has been terrible. We're all barely hanging on to our guns.