Austrian Admissions.
JUGGLING. WITH FIGURES. Received this day at 11.30 a.m. Rome, July 1. A semi-official reply to Count Wekerle's speech in Austria declares that the latter constitutes an official admission of the immense gravity of the Austrian disaster. Wekele tries to soothe public opinion by doubling t-lie Italian and halving tlie Austrian losses. Ho asserted that only 70 regiments otherwise 200,000 'men participated in the battle, therefore the Austro-Hungarian losses on his showing were 50 per cent, but Austrian prisoners are agreed in stating that 42 divisions, otherwise 450,000 men were engaged, .therefore "Wekerle's proportions corrected show that the Austro-Hungarian losses were 200,000. Moreover we took 9000 and not 12,000 prisoners.
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 2 July 1918, Page 3
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