40,000 PRISONERS TAKEN
TOTAL OF 75,000 SINCE JULY
LONDON, 14th 'August. Although the figures*cabled represent the number of prisoners actually counted, the authorities do not regard the Paris estimates of 40,000 as over optimistic. The French captured over 1600 machine-guns, and the British an enormous number,- but there has been no opportunity of counting them. The enemy is apparently matting preparations for a further retirement, and is burning the villages between Peronne and Chaulnes, but there are no signs of confusion or congestion behind the lines. Since'the beginning of July, 75,000 prisoners have been taken on the Western front.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 40, 15 August 1918, Page 7
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