brickstacks

Updated: August 3, 2026

Hitherto the nature of the ground had made trenches impossible. The trenches at Cuinchy were in front of a row of brickstacks, and in consequence of the water-logged nature of a portion of the front were only dug three feet down, and a sand-bag parapet was built; the trenches were not duckboarded, and were in consequence wet.

Enos Herbert Glynne Roberts - The Story of the "9th King's" in France