Over 100% Casualties in the Great War- How?

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In the First World War, there were numerous instances of battles which saw particular Regiments face casualty ratios upwards of 100%. How can this be possible? How can every man of a group, and then a few more, ALL become casualties? And how could it have happened on so many different occasions? Well, it is certainly a brutal reality...but it might not be quite so brutal as the figure initially suggests!

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The recreated 151 Regiment D'Infanterie De Ligne's website, with some statistics regarding the French army of WW1:
http://151ril.com/content/history/fre...





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