The frontline troops' "mutiny" happened two days ago, on the third day of Nivelle's offensive.
Perhaps encouraged by the victory on the first day, Nivelle relentlessly ordered the soldiers to continue charging at the enemy lines, even during the night.
In his view, commanding the battle was not difficult; it merely involved bringing in batches of troops from other places and pushing them onto the battlefield.
As for whether the soldiers fell in waves under the enemy's gunfire, he thought that was the natural state of the battlefield.
However, the subsequent offensives did not go smoothly.
The Germans used Shire's reverse slope fortifications in the Battle of the River Somme, utilizing every high ground, even just a small hill.
Land mines were planted between the high grounds, and even directional mines appeared.
