in truth it's the battle itself that's gone and. it's about pride ego and prestige. and industrial war where technology counts for more than all the lives lost and the slaughter is starting to run amuck. the odds on either side of the front are roughly equal two hundred thousand french against two hundred thousand germans all are dug in well to hide from the observation balloons that make them sitting targets. return has his troops on a rotation system ten days on the frontline ten days on the second line then a rest back at the rear. and