In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 83, 4 November 1916, Page 6

In the West

ESTIMATED CERMAN TROOPS.

Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. London, November 2. Mr Helaire Belloc, writing in Land and Water, estimates the Gorman troops at 5,000,000"; apart from her reserves of 1,310,000, but including the cured wounded' mlfi who will be available by November. There are, he states,; 129 divisions now oon the west front,,'/and 74 on the east. Before General Riuisiloft's attack there were three German '^divisionsat ..the Pripet and the\ Aegean, buVshere''a* how 41. w«»eased army iu the iiimMp& ; sf£S£»the expense of |l& W'i'>* - '^&srt3 The Dailyt;f>W|pfa^pSrrespon,dent :M%& fflMfj^ y jSf x ! |?f talionß of SileSiaris participated in the attack on Sailly-Sail-lisel. The French lines 'were dosed plentifully with flaming liquid and poison gas. The infantry advanced bravely. Six assaults were smashed up with heavy'losses. A successful advance later | brought the British within 200 yards of Le Transloy. The French are near"-the south of this important point.