Unfortunately, heavy rains were not sufficient to wash away the filth and foul odor of human waste and decaying corpses. Not only did these unsanitary conditions contribute to the spread of disease, they also attracted an enemy despised by both sides—the lowly rat. Multitudes of rats shared the trenches with soldiers and, even more horrifying, they fed upon the remains of the dead.
Soldiers shot them out of disgust and frustration, but the rats continued to multiply and thrived for the duration of the war.
Plural of trench (plural noun) The front line of any field of endeavor, as the line of scrimmage in American football, patrol duty for a policeman. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trench. The Allied Expeditionary Force (AEF) Trenches exhibit is a general representation of several of the types of.