GERMANS GAIN EIGHT MILES.
' THE POSITION ANALYSED. BY COLONEL REPINGTON. Received March 25, B.<io p.m. London, March 24. Colonel Repington, writing in the Morning Post, said the Germans gained eight miles in two days, being half the first day's objective. They also gained an indisputable tactical success, but no strategical success. The prisoners captured are far below the number of wounded who might be expected to be 'left behind. The guns, captured are only a fraction of the divisional artillery supporting the fresh lines. The loss will not incommode ns. The ground won is a portion of tl: t which the Germans voluntarily surrendered in 1917. They employed fifty divisions in re-takinc; it after severe losses. Our reserves will soon be ready to return blow for blow. The deployment of considerable reserves and the accompanying artillery is not a matter of a few hours. Thu Germans took ten days in bringing up reserves to retrieve the Cambrai losses.
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 March 1918, Page 5
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158GERMANS GAIN EIGHT MILES. Taranaki Daily News, 26 March 1918, Page 5
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