British raiding party await the word to go

Photograph: British raiding party await the word to go.From an album of 76 official photographs, 1916-1917.Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918).Trench raids were a regular feature of life at the front. Small groups of men would cross no-man?s-land and infiltrate the enemy lines. They were often undertaken to capture prisoners for interrogation, gather intelligence on defences and troop dispositions or to destroy enemy fortifications and weapons

Await Defences Destroy Feature Fortifications Gather Infiltrate Intelligence Interrogation Mans Often Raiding Raids Regular Tactics Undertaken Word

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