In January 1914 the French Army had 47 divisions (777,000 French and
46,000 colonial troops) in 21 regional corps, with attached cavalry and
field-artillery units.
By 1918 about 40% of all French troops on the Western Front were
artillerymen. Increasing use of machine-guns, armoured cars and tanks
also reduced the numbers in the infantry. This volume examines the
French Army's last year of the Great War.