trench warfare

The trench warfare has occasionally been interrupted by flashes of brilliance.

It was fought over several days in September 1914 and halted the German's advance on Paris, but was followed by years of trench warfare.

The funny thing is that until recently I had assumed that the contest was going to be political trench warfare again and the result would be very close.

“Then all bets are off … It will be battling ballot-by-ballot, trench warfare.”

The effectiveness of machine guns as defensive weapons kept both sides from achieving a breakthrough and helped prolong the deadlock of trench warfare that immobilized the Western Front.