Also, it's a naive British misconception that the French are a set of surrender monkeys.
Hats off to the French for the first day of the Somme etc, however correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the French mutiny in the summer of 1917?
The actions of further mutiny would have allowed the German Army to break through the rapidly diminishing French lines at Aisne. In order to divert the German attention, this in turn led to the launch of Third Battle of Ypres/Passchendaele. (Where my Great Uncle fought in the Battle of Polygon Wood)
Naive misconception or historical fact?