HUGE GERMAN LOSSES.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 138, 28 January 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)

HUGE GERMAN LOSSES.

PRUSSIANS REPORTED OVER TWO MILLIONS Mr Horace Green, the special correspondent of the "New York Evening Post,'' its revisiting Germany after almost a year's absence, and in a letter dated October sth lie deals with the changing spirits of the Germans, duo mainly to their tremendous losses. Ho writes :

''The German casualties for the week ended October Ist were 61,955. In other words, 61,955 German citizens, moro than 5*850 a day, have been killed, wounded or taken prisoner during the last seven days of Russian warfare. Since it, takes a week or more to compile reports from the front, these figures can have no connection with the great fight of this week along the western front, where during the renewed English and French offensive it ;'s said the losses were three Union greater than during any similar period of the war.

"The seven days from Septoi ' -r 23 to 30 inclusive, were not above the average of the past two months. In each column of the lists wore 120 names. On September 30th there were 72 columns of nanus, making a total of 8(340 losses. On Scptcmboi 2Mb there were GO columns, giving 720 H name*, i.nd the losses for other days of the week (inured in the same wav as follow-: September LN/'HHX); September 27. &>2">: September 26, no list posted; September 2"i>, 11, IN): September 21. KS10: September 23. ?700. !»y far the greater manlier of h;-.se> were sustained by the Prussians. Ii is reported that the Prussian- alone have lost more than two million men up to thi- date. In all eases the Prussian, Saxon, and Havarian losses wore groupnd separately. In certain instances companies, and even entire regiments, were wi]>ed out. A random example is the 3rd Company uf the Mrd Pru-sian Hrscrvc Infantry, which 10-t 216 men. The company's war footing is 2Vi : ~l these 81 were killed outright, •(!> severely wounded, and the retmrnder were slightlv wounded, not a man be im captured."