Table of Contents Chapter 6 Paul's group is sent to the front early to prepare for a coming offensive. On the way there, they pass a huge wall of brand-new coffins. The men joke crudely about them, but they know that the coffins are there for them. At the front, they can hear the sound of trucks bringing supplies to the enemy. It is obvious that the English are preparing for something big.
Morale is very low.
That night, while keeping post in the dug-outs, they are shelled by their own artillery. This is not the first time that this has happened. Paul thinks about a time that he left a dug-out and when he returned it was gone. To him and his comrades, life and death become meaningless on the front. We lie under the network of arching shells and live in a suspense of uncertainty.