The correct option is this: TROOPS WERE BASICALLY TRAPPED IN THEIR TRENCHES, PREVENTING PROGRESS TOWARD SEIZING ENEMY TERRITORY.
A trench refers to a long and deep ditch, big enough to accommodate humans. Trenches were used by soldiers during the World War 1. Soldiers faced a lot of difficulties living in these trenches, and it become a disadvantage to German and the other allied power, because the trenches hindered their progress towards seizing their enemies' territories.<span />
The French looked at America as a place to fish and hunt which other Europeans looked at it as a place to settle. As opposed to settling, like many other Europeans, the French wanted to use America to sell fur and make a profit from it
