LITTLE CHANGE IN THE GREAT BATTLE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2274, 7 October 1914, Page 5

LITTLE CHANGE IN THE GREAT BATTLE

HEAVY FIGHTING ON ALLIES'LEFT GERMAN LOSSES ALREADY HEAVIER THAN . . ■ .;'; IN 1870 ; A ■ EyTelegrapi—Press Association-Copyright ' . (Rec. Ootober 6, 5.45 p.m.) '' ■' \ . ■■ ■ • . • Paris, October 5, evening. : Offioial.—On the left, north of the Oise, the violent battle continues, and the result is indecieive. Wβ were forced to yield ground at certain points. There is no ohange elsewhere. . . i , (Reo. October 7, 0.35 a.m.) ■"-••' London, October 5, morning. OfScial.—At midnight the general situation was stationary. On the left wing the. action is still progressing. . AVo repulsed day and night attacks in the !Aigonne and on the heights of the Meuse. London, October 6. It is estimated that the German losses in Belgium and France are already ' heavier than those incurred in 1870. The German losses in the Franco-German War of 1870-71 were:—Killed. 19,782; died of wounds, 10,710; died of sickness, 14,259; disabled, 89,000; total casualties, 133 2 751. The total French casualties were: 684,000, including 446,000 prisoners. , ' ' ■ >■'■' . ' ' ' ~ ■ PROGRESS MADE AT SOISSONS, The Prime Minister has received th« following message from the High Commissioner:— ■n . ' . , London, October 5, 4.15 p.m. Vans official reports state:—On our left wing the battle is in full progress in the Arras region. The fighting between the upper valley of the Ancre and the Somme and between the Somme and the Aisne is less violent. Progress has been made in the Soissons region, where tho enemy's trenches • have been taken. . ■ . .