FOOD FOR THE GUNS
AMPLE MUNITIONS AT THF FEONT. By Teleeraoh—Press Association—OopyrlffM . (Rec. October 22, 0.30 a.m.) London, October 20. Mr. H. J. Tepnant (Under-Secretary for War), speaking in the House of , Commons, said that the chief sickness at the Dardanelles, dysentery; had witnessed a remarkable decline since the beginning of the month. The War Office has been supplementing the local timber supply for winter huts England, and is also sending huts out in sections.
The "Times" says that despite the. great amount of higli explosive shells which were expended on the Loos advance the supply was not exhausted, and the gunners had more ammunition in hand than they expected at- the end of the fight. In some cases the supplies were : greater at the end of the struggle than'' at the beginning, owing to the excellent transport. But the unlimited supply for completely beating down the German entrenchments has 'not been at-" tained. About a million of tho British are how employed in making munitions, and about 5000 skilled engineers have been brought back from the trenches.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2599, 22 October 1915, Page 5
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178FOOD FOR THE GUNS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2599, 22 October 1915, Page 5
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