Complex sentence: Distinguishing features of this battle included the extensive rain leading up to it, as well as the relative absence of French troops as the government of France faced a massive mutiny at the time, having lost nearly 4 million troops to this point against the Central Powers.
Split into simpler sentences: Distinguishing features of this battle included the extensive rain leading up to it, as well as the relative absence of French troops. The government of France faced a massive mutiny at the time, having lost nearly 4 million troops to this point against the Central Powers.