STEADILY DESTROYING ENEMY.

King Country Chronicle, Volume X, Issue 909, 23 September 1916, Page 5

STEADILY DESTROYING ENEMY.

BRITISH AND FRENCH EVENLY* SHARING GLORY. London, Wednesday A statement from a authoritative source draws attention to tbe groat moral value of the perfected cooperation of the Anglo-French army on the Somme. Between July Ist and September Bfb, hli German divisions were ongaged, of which 2"6 have been withdraw quite broken, and 11 otherß withdrawn to rest. Under the Allies' artillery lire and infantry pressure, the average life of a German division as a fit unit is about 19 day 4. More than two new German divisions have been brought to the front line every week since the end of June to replace those shattered and exhausted. These figures show, even more than the ground won, how steadily and swiftly the Allies are moving towards the accomplishment of their chief strategic aim, which is the destruction, aB a fighting force, of the enemy's armies in the field.

Of the 53 divisions, 28 were used wholly against the British, 20 were used wholly against the French, anil later against the British. On September Sth, seven German divisions were facing each of the Allied armies. The comrade amnio." are thus evenly sharing the burdens of and achievements of the struggle. If one shows more ground won, the other may claim that larger enemy forces were annihilated. In any caae, neither army seeks separate glory in the tremendous conflict, which the German General Staff has described as the decisive battle of the war.

LIMIT OF ENDURANCE,

BEING REACHED BY GERMANS. SOMME CASUALTIES 520,000. London, Wednesday. The military corresondent of tho Weutminster Gazette Btates that the 1) divisions which Sir Douglas Haig reports have been withdrawn exhausted from the British front on the Somme since July Ist represent 550,000 fighters. At least two-thirds of the effectives must have been lost before the Germans retired a single division. Therefore, the enemy's loases on the British front must have been about 370,000 since July Ist Probably the Germans lost another 15,000 on the French front, on the Somme. The correspondent adds: "The Germans must be reaching the limit of their endurance." * V.