The shift in the strategic focus of the Austrian Empire clarified the unpredictable situation on the Central European Battlefield.
The Allied Forces, initially eager to launch a counterattack, had now completely transitioned into a defensive stance. They seemed to be burdened by the refugee crisis, and no matter how the French Army provoked them, they steadfastly held their ground.
With planes and airships in the sky, and trenches, barbed wire, and machine guns on the ground, the French Army was also at a loss.
To attack meant paying a high cost, with the unsatisfactory outcome far from guaranteed.
After all, trenches required no high technology; breaching one meant facing another. To simply fill them with infantry was to be irresponsible to the safety of the soldiers.
Although it's said that any casualty is worthwhile if it leads to victory, the Battle of the Rhine River was but a microcosm of the war in Europe.
