translate English to French: After the attack on "C" Company Brigadier Allard directed that the tops of the trenches were to be wired in with single strands of barbed wire, criss-crossed just below the lip of the trench.
Un fossé, plus profond que la tranchée de communication, entourait les deux-tiers de la circonférence de la position occupée, un peu plus bas seulement que le sommet.