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HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. Wellington, Last Night. Tli 0 High Commissioner reports from .London on March 18, 8.5U p.m.: The army men killed number 121, wounded 200, missing liil, prisoners IJKJ; Canadian officers killed 2, wounded 10. Paris reports that a British observer with the French forces sends an interesting account of the operations in Ciiampagno during the last three weeks. lie points out that the sustained nature of t:io effort is with the object of keeping a constant pressure on the enemy,'s first line of defence, affecting the use of the railway from Bazancourt to Challerange, and wearing down the reserves of men and ammunition.
February# lath, it is contended, marks the opening of the 1015 campaign, the first phase of which is found worthy of note -for a future hi-atorv of the war. The account concludes': "Hitherto the French have progressed steadily, not being forced back on any day 'behind the line held in the morning, despite innumerable counter-attacks. It is not merely a question of ground, but of increasing moral superiority."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 241, 20 March 1915, Page 5
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