In fairness to the French policy of attack, it had worked during the Napoleonic era when attacking French columns shattered the Russian and Austrian armies.
But 100 years had passed with the lessons of the American Civil War and the Russo-Japanese War teaching about firepower.
In fairness to the French policy of attack, it had worked during the Napoleonic era when attacking French columns shattered the Russian and Austrian armies.
But 100 years had passed with the lessons of the American Civil War and the Russo-Japanese War teaching about firepower.
Heavy artillery and machine guns saw to that. The last year of the American Civil War foreshadowed it.