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Introduction After the Battle of Marne in September 1914, the German army was forced to retreat. They had failed their objective to pressurise France into an early surrender. Rather than give up the territory that they already held the Germans dug trenches to protect themselves from the weapons of the advancing Allies. The Allies couldn't break the German trench lines and so followed the German example. The trench lines soon spread from the North Sea to Switzerland, this was known as the Western Front. Trenches Arriving At Etaples Base Camp: British soldiers intended for the Western Front usually landed at the French ports of Le Havre and Boulogne. The men were then transported to the main base camp just outside the French town of Etaples. As many as 100,000 soldiers at a time were housed at the camp. The soldiers were trained here, instead of in Britain in case they were...

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