Conditions+in+the+trenches+continued

Type in the content of your page here. =The Flies= =Odour of decaying Corpses=
 * In summer the ANZACs also had to contend with swarms of flies.
 * Not only were they annoying, they were quickly spreading disease by spending half of their time on the rotten leftover food and human excrement and the other half of their time on open wounds and decaying corpses.
 * This brought about infestations of maggots. Dysentery and a number of other diseases raged as a result of inadequate diet and impure water

=Horrendous and no holiday=
 * The pungent odour caused by conditions in the trenches was almost unbearable, especially in the warmer months.
 * Several truces were called to enable soldiers from both sides to bury their dead.
 * For most of the time the corpses were simply left to rot in no man's land.
 * Conditions for the ANZACs were horrendous. They were in the middle of a war zone, against an enemy who outnumbered them, who was more familiar with the environment, and who was holding much better trench positions than they were.
 * Gallipoli was worse than anyone could have imagined and was certainly no overseas holiday for the ANZACs.