Patrolling No Man's Land
Patrols would often be sent out into No Man’s Land. Some men would be tasked with repairing
or adding barbed wire to the front line. Others however would go out to assigned listening posts,
hoping to pick up valuable information from the enemy lines.
Sometimes enemy patrols would meet in No Man's Land. They were then
faced with the option of hurrying on their separate ways or else engaging in
hand to hand fighting.
They could not afford to use their handguns while patrolling in No Man's
Land, for fear of the machine gun fire it would inevitably attract, deadly to all
members of the patrol.