Tho postcard was introduced, in to England in 1870, mid its total for the first year was 75,000,000. It gradually grew in popularity until in tho year before tho war'over 000,000,000 cards were.sent. The total for IBM-IS fell tu tacOO.OOO, which is 10 per head of the population.
Seme idea of modora artillery lire can 1m formed from tho statement of a Swiss officer that, during the three hours' bombardment just before tho attack on March 51, the Germans ii.scd one find a-lwlf million shelU. This is over 8300 a minute, or, taking the front at fifty miles, over 160 for eacli mile. Tho total number of shells used by Germany in the war of 1870-71 is usually irivJii as 050,000.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 240, 28 June 1918, Page 6
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121Untitled Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 240, 28 June 1918, Page 6
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