CalH

I've just tried to read the new book "The Somme" and had to quit half way through, the numbers of men killed was just too dismal. My question is, after the first day's slaughter, why didn't the troops mutiny? Certainly they had a much reason as did the French after the Chemin de Dames fiasco. The number of Irish killed by British Artillery make today's "friendly fire" incidents seem trivial.