First Battle of Ypres - BEF casualties (August–December 1914)

The British fired short bursts at close range, to conserve ammunition. Sheldon also wrote that German troops knew the firing characteristics of machine-guns and kept still until French Hotchkiss M1909 and Hotchkiss M1914 machine-guns, which had ammunition in 24- and 30-round strips, were reloading.

Reference 1: Losses.

Reference 2: August, September, October, November, December and Total.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Ypres