WHY WE WON
THE GERMAN EXPLANATION SURPRISED WITH* INTOXICATING • ' GASES. (Received October 5, 2.30 p.m.) AMSTERDAM,. 4th October. German headquarters explain that the retirement from the-first lines during the recent offensive "was not due to the ability of the English commanders, but was the consequence of a successful surprise attack with intoxicating gases. The German Staff calculates that the French casualties were 130,000, and the British 60,000, while the Germans did not lose one-fifth of that number.
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Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 82, 5 October 1915, Page 8
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