▁it ▁during ▁battle ▁or ▁the ▁night ▁before . ▁Work ers ▁did ▁not ▁just ▁deal ▁with ▁the ▁actual ▁wire ; ▁they ▁also ▁had ▁to ▁clear ▁the ▁ent ang lement s ▁of ▁any ▁bodies ▁or ▁body ▁parts . ▁Under ▁the ▁cover ▁of ▁darkness , ▁often ▁one - third ▁of ▁units ▁ste alth ily ▁clim bed ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁tren ches ▁to ▁perform ▁maintenance ▁on ▁their ▁w ires , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁investig ating ▁the ▁status ▁of ▁the ▁enemy ' s . ▁They ▁were ▁charged ▁with ▁the ▁task ▁of ▁repair ing ▁dam aged ▁wire ▁and ▁re construct ing ▁the ▁line ▁if ▁necessary . ▁In ▁addition , ▁these ▁working ▁parties ▁attempted ▁to ▁cut ▁and ▁destroy ▁the ▁enemy ’ s ▁wire ▁in ▁the ▁hopes ▁of ▁prevent ing ▁their ▁troops ▁from ▁being ▁stopped ▁in ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁no ▁man ' s ▁land ▁during ▁the ▁next ▁attack . ▁From ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁ 9 pm ▁and ▁as ▁late ▁as ▁ 3 am , ▁they ▁were ▁like ▁" so ▁many ▁animals , ▁working ▁during ▁the ▁night ▁and ▁sleep ing ▁by ▁day ". ▁As ▁the ▁war ▁progress ed , ▁it ▁seemed ▁to ▁become ▁' regular ▁routine ', ▁but ▁often ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁dead ly ▁and ▁difficult ▁duties ▁to ▁perform . ▁ ▁Equ ip ment ▁and ▁methods ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁extreme ▁d angers ▁inher ent ▁with ▁no ▁man ' s ▁land , ▁special ized ▁tools ▁and ▁methods ▁were ▁implemented ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁process ▁qui eter ▁and ▁more ▁effective . ▁Pick ets , ▁or ▁metal ▁posts , ▁were ▁originally ▁used ▁to ▁hold ▁up