In 2007, Jack Sheldon wrote that although the German troops defending Passchendaele who survived the massed British artillery-fire had performed superlatively, morale could not withstand the realisation that the British bite and hold system was irresistible.
In 2007, Jack Sheldon wrote that although the German troops who survived the massed artillery of the British to defend Passchendaele performed superlatively, morale could not withstand the realisation that the Germans could not defeat the British. During October, the German troops found that the British bite and hold system was irresistible.