THE ENEMY'S TERRIBLE LOSSES
NEARLY 50,000 PRISONERS IN FOUR WEEKS
(Rec. May 15, 6.20 p.m.)
London, May 14. The lliiiid Press correspondent at Headquarters savs that tlio British and tlio Frencli, between April 9 and May 12, took prisoner 49,579 men, including 976 officers, aud captured Hi heavy field guns, 913 machine-guns, and 386 trcncli mortars.
A message from Berne states that the German losses in the West sinco the New Year havo been heavier than anything so far experienced. It is estimated that 150,000 men have bcon either killed or taken prisoner in four months, while at least 150,000 havo been seriously wounded. The losses amongst the officers have been especially heavy. Including machine-guns, tho enemy has lost three thousand pieces of artillery, and has only been ablo to replace them by taking guns from tho Russian and Rumanian fronts. Tho German gun factories aro unablo to keep paco with tho ordinary demands nf the army. Tho factory at Elbing was constructing "tanks," which the Germans claim to bo much more formidable) than tho British or the French tanks.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3085, 16 May 1917, Page 5
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