Once within artillery range another parallel trench would be dug with gun emplacements.
Three parallel trenches had been reopened and marked by electric lights on tall poles, staked into the sandy soil and powered by a portable generator.
On this plateau, the Egyptians constructed three parallel trenches of about five kilometers each, reinforced by concrete bunkers.
Bersu dug a network of parallel trenches, one after the other across the site.
Depending on the slope of the hill, the parallel trenches can be closer or further from one another.
In the depression on the northern side of the valley, a kay from where the Fifth Company descends the hill, there are long parallel trenches.
Essentially, two parallel trenches are made and the turf is folded over towards the centre.
This siege took place long before the days of parallel trenches, so the works consisted of eccentric zig-zag trenches and self-contained batteries that formed strong points.
Austin took the spade and knelt at Nina's feet, where he began to dig a series of parallel trenches about six inches deep.
Many stone walls were dismantled and buried in parallel trenches in this area.