TELL-TALE DOCUMENTS.
SOME COMPANIES WIPED OUT.
LONDON, July 17
The following captured documents show the very heavy casualties the enemy suffered. A company Officer of the Sixteenth Bavarians writes: The company's strength is one-officer and twelve men. I beg iiryktly for speedy relief. What re-, the company are so exhausted that if the enemy attack the men cannot be counted pn. An officer of another company of Bavarians reported: The company has completely lost its fighting value. The men are so exhausted that they cannot longer be employed. If the heavy artillery fire continues the company will soon fce exterminated.
An officer of the second battalion of the Sixteenth Bavarians reported: The battalion consists»at the present time of three officers, two non-coms and nineteen men.
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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 19 July 1916, Page 5
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125TELL-TALE DOCUMENTS. Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 19 July 1916, Page 5
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