ON THE WESTERN FRONT.
FORTY THOUSAND PRISONERS. IN TWO WEEKS' FIGHTING. PARIS, May 2. M. Marcel Hutin states that between April 16 and April 30 the English and French captured 40,603 prisoners, 437 eavy guns, 346 trench mortars, and 882 machine-guns. The Petit Parisien states that 24 enemy divisions launched on the British front bad to be relieved from further participation in the fight. Enemy effectives melted away amazingly. Many survivors deserted and some went mad.
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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 4 May 1917, Page 3
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76ON THE WESTERN FRONT. Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 4 May 1917, Page 3
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