....and over 200 Generals were either killed, captured or wounded. Apparently they visited the front line pretty much daily and were based significantly closer to it than nowadays when in battle.
Yes there was bad decisions made and some weren't up to the position, but the 'General Melchet' type character as portrayed in Blackadder Goes Forth is largely fiction.
Also a lot of people seem to think WW1 ended in a kind of stalemate. It didn't. It was a decisive victory for the allies .
Oh and yes I am looking these figures up. Thanks for the motivation mtread, I'm learning a lot of new stuff here.