Artillery

Artillery was a major part of WW1. It was the main counter to trench
warfare and it caused the majority of deaths in WW1. Artillery was very
effective against trench warfare and both sides had very powerful ones.
There were many different techniques which used various types of
artillery including: Box barrage, Chinese barrage and Creeping barrage.
A box barrage consisted of three or four barrages of heavy artillery
fire on a specified target that formed a box. Box barrages were used to
soften-up enemy front-lines before attacking. A box barrage could also
be used to prevent the enemy from reinforcing a position to be attacked.
A Chinese barrage was where you feinted an infantry attack so the
enemy would prepare (stand-to) but instead of attacking you barraged
them with artillery. It was called chinese because the Chinese were
reputable to be sneaky.
A creeping barrage was where infantry attacked with a barrage of
artillery in front of them as they moved forward to wipe out anything in
front. Although it was a good idea, it often killed some of your own
soldiers.