The brutality of winter in the trenches
Europe, 23 November 1914 - An unusually severe winter has created great misery for the hundreds of thousands of soldiers living in trenches across Europe.
Biting frost and driving snow is followed by penetrating slush when temperatures rise. Reports from every front tell of hardship, illness and death from conditions that are testing the resolve of soldiers from every army.
[Editor's note: This is an article from Century Ireland, a fortnightly online newspaper, written from the perspective of a journalist 100 years ago, based on news reports of the time.]
