Status Updates From The Thin Yellow Line (Words...

To answer my question, how did the French mutinies affect the British forces? They didn't. The high command did a tremendous job of keeping the mutiny under wraps from the British as well as the Germans. Precisely why catastrophe on the Western Front was avoided. And the British bore the offensive burden while the French were out of it, and the rate of desertion never wavered. Remarkable

Still captivating in it's writing style. Such a ray of sunshine when the army took a more measured approach to the prevalence of shell shock at the end of 1916. But it was truly despicable to undo that goodwill with the executions for cowardice in Spring 1917. I'm curious of the effects the French Mutinies on the British army in the following chapter.

Very intriguing, still on the prewar preamble about capital punishment and discipline in the army in the centuries leading up to 1914. Still enjoying the history a lot.