Thread:Maltalidenta Kwuitidherali/@comment-26084195-20161011170236/@comment-25356210-20161020192854

Again, untrue. I can't find the battle that trenches were especially useful in, but pretty much, trenches would be used to slow  enemy infantry and cavalry charges while longbow-men would pick them off with arrows. Especially in rainy semi-coastal areas, were it was muddy, men could get stuck and even die in trenches.

Another use was to conceal your true numbers, conditions, and hide from arrows and missiles.