ENORMOUS GERMAN LOSSES.
BRAVERY OF BOYS. MET DEATH IN DROVES. Received Tuesday, 6.55 p.m. London, Monday. An eye-witness at the British Headquarters' Staff estimates during the attack at Ypres on the Bth the enemy's losses in front of one square of the British section were about twelve thousand. Evidence that the Germans are beginning to be affected by the heavy losses is is apparent. A large proportion of the forces are comparatively untrained, but the great fact remains that these illassorted levies did not hesitate to advance agaiißt highly tra'ned troops. Boys of sixteen and seventeen marched steadily up to the muzzles df our rifles and met death in droves unflinchingly.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 722, 18 November 1914, Page 5
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111ENORMOUS GERMAN LOSSES. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 722, 18 November 1914, Page 5
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