WESTERN ATTACK.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 September 1916, Page 5

WESTERN ATTACK.

GERMANY'S HUGE LOSSES. ON THE SOMME FRONT. { HER LIMIT OF ENDURANCE JJUST BE NEARLY REACHED Received Sept. 20, 5,35 p.m London Sept. 10. The Westminster Gazette's military expert slates Unit the twenty-nine divisions which Sir Douglas llaig reports to have been withdrawn in an exhausted condition represent 550,000 lighters, so that at least two-thirds of thcTefl'ectives must have been lost before the Germans retired a single division. Ho therefore concludes that the enemy's losses on the Dritish front amount to about 370.l!0O since July 1, and that, probably, the Germans lost another 150,001) on the French front on the Somme. The limit of the German endurance must be nearly reached. , DESTROYING THE ENEMY. THE TASK OF THE ALLIES, ' PERFECT CO-OPERATION OF ANGLO- | FRENCH,

Received Sept. 20, 10.15 p.tn \ | . London, Sept. 20. A .statement from an authoritative source points out the value of the perfect co-operation of the Anglo-French army on the Somnie. Between July 1 and September S fifty-three German divisions were engaged, whereof twenty-eight were withdrawn quite broken. Eleven others were withdrawn to rest. Under the Allies' artillery fire and the infantry pressure the average life of a German division as a Jit unit is about nineteen days. Over two new German divisions have 'been brought to the front line weekly since the end of June and replaced those shattered and exhausted. Figures show even more than the ground won how steadily and swiftly the Allies are moving toward the accomplishment of their chief strategic aim, 'which is the destruction as a lighting force, of the enemy's armies in the field. Of lifty-tliree divisions, twenty-eight were used wholly against the British, and another twenty were wholly used against the French and later against the British. On September S seven German divisions were facing each of the Allied armies, the comrade armies thus evenly sharing the burdens of achievement in the struggle. If one shows more ground won, the others may claim larger forces annihilated. In any case, neither army seeks separate glory in this tremendous conflict, which the German General Staff described as the decisive battle of the war. General Sir Douglas Haig reports: A local attack on our trenches eastward of Martinpuich was easily repulsed. Our lire exploded an ammunition store in the neighborhood of Hill CO. A communique states: Bad weather hampered, our operations over the greater portion of the front. The artillery is active on. both banks of the iSoininc and on the right of the Mouse.

MORE MEN WANTED. TO CRUSH THE EXEMY, Received Sept, 20, 5.30 p.m. . London, Sept. 19. Recent responsible visitors to the front,, including Lord Xorthcliil'e, are impressed with the necessity for more men to make up the losses and so enable us to continue the most vigorous offensive. A public campaign has been initiated asking the Government to immediately comb out the munition works and Government olliees, where thousands of young men are sheltering. The .Daily Alsiil urges as the preferable course tin: most searching combing out. including exempts in civil occupations, because; men of 45 are unsuitable, quoting Sir Douglas ITaig that war is a young man's game. Numerous letters endorse the Daily ..Mail's contentions. A wounded Australian officer from France says that another million men are p anted before Germany is beaten. Received Sept. 20, 10.45 p.m. " ' London, Sept. 20. The Government is appointing a committee, to comb out military eligibles employed in the Civil Service.

AN OUTRAGE TO FRANCE. SUGGESTION TO MAKE SffiACE. AVITH THE BLOOD-DRIPPING - IXVADEK. Received Sept. 10.30 p.m. Paris, Sept. 20. 'M. Briand, llio Prime .Minister, in the Chamber of Deputies, delivered an eloquent speech us the outcome of tlie remarks of M. Buzon, a Socialist, who roused the Chamber's anger by asking whether France had not already suffered enough and couldn't she now negotiate for peace. M. Briand said: ''Xoo'k at your country, Buzon! It has been violently attacked for two years. It has the honor of championing the right. It has stayed the invader, yet when its blood Hows you say, 'negotiate for peace.' What a challenge! What an outrage to the memory of our dead! Ten of our provinces are invaded. Old men, women and children have 'been carried off; they await deliverance. Yet you ask for a peace which is both humiliating and dishonoring!" The Chamber gave M. Briand an ovation and ordered the speech to be placarded throughout -