THE HEAVY TOLL
crams losses. SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND CASUALTIES IN SOME BATTLE. ' DEMAND FOR MORE MEN IN BRITAIN. DESPERATE STRUGGLE ON NARAJOWKA FRONT FAVOURS RUSSIANS. BULGARS EVACUATING MOXASTIR. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. BATTLE OF THE SOMME. LONDON, September 20.—German local attacks on Martinpuich were repulsed. Bad weather impeded the French operations. Estimates based on Sir Douglas Haig’s statement concerning the wastage in German divisions place the enemy’s losses in the Somme battle at 700,000. THE WESTERN FRONT. PARIS, September 20.—Enemy attacks on the Russians in the Champagne sector were repulsed. The German attacks on the new French gains on the Mort Homme slopes also failed. RUSSIA’S CAMPAIGN. PETROGRAD, September 20.—Desperate fighting continues on the Narajowka, and in favour of the Russians, who also report successes in the Carpathians. Enemy reports mention heavy battles near Dorna Watra. MACEDONIAN OFFENSIVE. SALONIKA, September 20.—The Allied turning movement on the left continues. They are within six miles of • Monastir, which the Bulgars are evacuating. RUMANIA’S WAR. LONDON, September 20.—A claim is made by tbe Germans that they penetrated the Russo-Rumanian position in tho Dobrudja. MORE MEN NEEDED. LONDON, September 20.—The Imperial authorities have decided to “comb out” the civil servants eligible for military service.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17279, 21 September 1916, Page 7
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199THE HEAVY TOLL Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17279, 21 September 1916, Page 7
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