weeks later, i came upon them, overtrol, and had to crawl them, rows of dead bodies. growing rolls of body personally. he was killed soon after. throughout 1915 and 1916, the and central powers sought alternatives. something to break the stalemate. attempted mass artillery reconnaissance. still, none of these alternatives remodeled the the infantrynt of offensives, that breaking through the western front at some level a mass infantry attack across no man's land. attempts tolied break the stalemate through mass assault began in the spring of not let up.y did every day, some small engagement occurred along the line. largest offenses came in 1916. they committed 1.2 german soldiers in the attacks against french. by the end of the struggle, the french admitted to suffering 337,000 casualties while the german suffered somewhere about 281,000. despite months of heartache, the barely alteredes the front lines, driving them a few miles here and there, but decisive enough to break either side's commitment to holding that sector. battle sputtered to a close, the british organiz