When your battalion is cut off and being hammered from all directions, I suppose that could reduce events to a very small war.

For those with WaPo subscriptions,

On Veterans Day, a lost battalion, a war hero and a heartbreaking suicide
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.bc8788b0a08e

Or just give this a read. http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/whitt.htm