and the British completed their goal of defending Paris although each side had five hundred thousand casualties. In the next couple of battles, their were many casualties. During the beginning of the war, the British said that you had to be five feet eight inches to enlist in the military. Two months later the British lowered their standards to five feet five inches. The next month, the British lowered their standards again to five feet three inches to be able to enlist in the military. After only three months, almost a whole British army has been destroyed and wiped out. The high number of casualties were caused because of trench warfare and the British not being able to adjust to it.
and the British completed their goal of defending Paris although each side had five hundred thousand casualties. In the next couple of battles, their were many casualties. During the beginning of the war, the British said that you had to be five feet eight inches to enlist in the military. Two months later the British lowered their standards to five feet five inches. The next month, the British lowered their standards again to five feet three inches to be able to enlist in the military. After only three months, almost a whole British army has been destroyed and wiped out. The high number of casualties were caused because of trench warfare and the British not being able to adjust to it.