Warfare

Fire step

A ledge cut into the front wall of a trench on which a soldier stood to fire over the parapet. On trench raids and during attacks men climbed from it.

Mentioned in

• Chapter IV Deadlock §1 Why the Trenches? Firepower and the Shell Crisis
• Chapter IX In the Trenches §1 Anatomy of a Trench System§2 A Day in the Line: Stand-To, Rum and Relief