During world war 1 the second phase in battles that crossed enemy lines and approached trenches was

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Infantry attack

The second phase of the battles that crossed the enemy lines were the infantry attacks, these attacks managed to attack the enemy trench line often with many losses for the armies.

During the First World War, the Allied army managed to break into the German trench system thanks to the improvement of the tanks, this was known as infantry supported by tanks.

b) that he was not a free man

it refers to race, i am pretty sure this was a popular term in nazi germany or something.