THE LATEST ESTIMATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 April 1917, Page 5

THE LATEST ESTIMATES.

OVER 12,000 I PRISONERS. Received April 13, 2 a.m. London') April 12. Tiie latest estimates of .Monday's and Tuesday's limiting show tlmt 12,000 prisoners were taken, M 0 guns, innumei" nble machine gims and trench mortars. Experts suggest that the Germans were obliged to employ large /orces at Bulleconrt. because eight miles from which the line still bulges westward towards Arras, and therefore is in danger of being pinched out. The salient nort* of the Yimy Kidge and south-.west of Lens is also dangerously narrow. BRUTAL NURSES. GKB MAN RED CROSS METHODS. Times Service. Received April 12, 5,5 p.m. London). April 11. A Berne correspondent says that revelations of the systematic brutality of German women of the Red Cross toward British wounded are made by scores. Soldiers of all ranks were released i n German prison camps after a long journey through Germany, and it was the common amusement of these women to tempt the wounded, "who iwere at the last extremity of hunger and thirst, by holding food and drink before then; and then snatch it away. Many begging foi a drink, had coll'tie, water, and soup tendered, but at the last moment the gentle nurse would spit into it. Frequently wounded had their drink defiled, while the women laughed. Another common' entertainment was to offer a, glass of water and then pour it slowly on the ground. Cases of physical maltreatment of the wounded by the German nurses were equally common. They not only refused to attend to their want:), but regularly insulted and spat upon the wounded men, and even struck and kicked the bandaged limbs in order to increase the pain. The correspondent adds: "The truth is the German Bed Cross is merely a branch of militarism; it has desecrated its sacred sign, shamed its name, and forfeited all right to be regarded as an organisation of humanity." CANADIANS' CAPTURES. Washington, April 11. Mr. Simrns, the United Press correspondent, says that the Canadians have taken 3000 prisoners an.l 23 guns.