One historian I heard (not sure how accurate this is) said the British Army had a parallel but somewhat inverted experience. Before the war the British Army was much smaller than eg the French or German armies, but was very professional and had adapted well to modern weaponry and tactics in both attack and defence.
The trouble was that at the beginning of the war, the war was expected to be over quickly so the British command didn't worry about sending nearly all its officers (and their institutional knowledge) to France for the experience and 'adventure'.
It didn't work out as planned though and after getting bogged down and suffering many casualties very quickly, the huge job of training lots of new officers and soldiers was left to an older generation of ex officers back home who reverted to the older tactics. It didn't take long for the British army to revert to those ineffective suicidal charges too.
The other main reason is that as the men hardened with experience, not only were they reluctant to participate in a mass suicide, but French officers started to be increasingly killed by "friendly fire", which somewhat tempered their strategy.