THE YEAR'S CAPTURES.
Australian and N.Z. Cable Association and Renter. 1 LONDON, January 7. The War Office reports that the British captured during 1917, in the western theatre, 73,131 prisoners and 531 guns; in Palestine, 17,646 prisoners and 108 guns; in" Mesopotamia, 15,944 prisoners and 124 guns; in East Africa, 6,728 prisoners and 18 guns; in Macedonia, 1,095 prisoners, no guns. Total, 114,544 prisoners and 781 guns. The losses in the western theatre were approximately 27.200 prisoners and 166 guns; in Palestine, 610 nrisoners; in Mesopotamia, 267 prisoners; in East Africa, 100 prisoners; and in Macedonia, 202 prisoners; the totals being 28,379 prisoners and 166 guns.
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Evening Star, Issue 16627, 9 January 1918, Page 3
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