I’ve seen many photos of WWI trenches. Many with soldiers standing in water up to their knees.
was there any way to construct a trench to remove water?
was there any way to construct a trench to remove water?
Short of plumbing, probably not.
In any event, the water-filled trenches and the accompanying misery and ailments that came with them (trench foot, for example) were by design.
German design, that is. When the Germans had been stopped by the Allied armies, they retreated to higher ground to dig in for the long haul; the water-filled trenches were almost exclusively an Allied problem.