Jag läste nyss om slaget om Champagne hösten 1915:
”The offensive had been disastrous for the French. They had lost 145,000 men, while the Germans lost about half that. The French had taken 25,000 prisoners and captured 150 guns. Overall, the offensive was almost a complete waste, because the French lost the land they had recaptured anyway.”
Battle of Champagne – bottle of champagne. Vägen från bubblande fröjd till gyttjig fasa går från A till O.