SIDELIGHTS ON THE BATTLE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 303, 11 September 1918, Page 5

SIDELIGHTS ON THE BATTLE

GERMANS' SHORTAGE OF AMMUNITION ■ WEAK COUNTER-FIRE ' London, September 9. Reuter's correspondent, writing from American Headquarters, says:—"Repeatedly during the past week, even when the Gorman infantry was most hotly pressed, the German artillery did not provide anything like .the assistance which might have' beon anticipated. For example, tlio German counterbattery work on the occasion of tho sanguinary defeat of three German divisions at Crecy-nu-Mont was peurile. On® is forced to conclude that perhaps this is partly owing to the loss o l f millions of rounds of wells in the retreat. The enemy in certain sectors isi short of ammunition." —Router. AMERICA'S CASUALTIES TO DATE • New York, September 9. The New York "Times" correspondent at Washington states that, as roportod by General Pershing, the American casualties now exceed thirty thousand, mot including twenty thousand lightly wounded 1 ! —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. UNITED STATES WAR STAFF INJRANCE Washington, Soptember 8. It is officially announced that Mr. Newton D. Baker (Secretary for War) and tho military heads have arrived in France.—Aus.-N.Z. Oablo Assn.