THE WAR.
The following was issued as an extra last night:— SIXTY SURVIVE OUT OF 6000. GERMANS SLACKEN IN THEIR MARCH. THE POSITION OF ALLIES UNCHANGED. BOTH SIDES WORN OUT WITH FIGHTING. GERMANS CO NORTH JO MEET THE RUSSIANS. Official: The High Commissioner reports under date, London, August 30th:—
Reliable; Paris reports that the situation of the Allies’ front on the Somme and the Vosges is unchanged. The Germans seem to have slackened in their march. Both sides had heavy losses and were exhausted by continuous fighting. In one instance only sixty Germans survived out of a. force of six thousand. It is estimated that the German losses were two hundred thousand. A report from Amsterdam states that a hundred and sixty trains of Germans passed through Belgium northwards, to strengthen the force against the Russians. The report that the Allies have abandoned Boulogne is not confirmed. Official: The British have not laid mines.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 11, 31 August 1914, Page 7
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154THE WAR. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 11, 31 August 1914, Page 7
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