FRENCH CASUALTIES ON THE SOMME.
REDUCED BY ONE-HALF
(Received September 25, iibou.) PARTS, September 25
The French casualties oh the Soromc hare-been proportionately one-half .of
those in 1915, the minuteness of, the artillery preparation and .aerial observn-' tion enabling tho infantry to advance under a curtain of shells moving continuously 200 yards ahead of them.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3563, 25 September 1916, Page 5
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55FRENCH CASUALTIES ON THE SOMME. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3563, 25 September 1916, Page 5
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