WESTERN FRONT.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17251, 19 August 1916, Page 9

WESTERN FRONT.

THE BIRTH RATE. ' . j FRENCH WAR OFFICE DECREE. United Service. PARIS, August 17. The French War Office has decreed three days’ leave for every soldier whom his wife presents with a baby. REPARATION. APPROVED BY FRENCH PRESS. Reuter’s Telegrams. PARIS, August 17. The Press has expressed approval of Mr Asquith’s proposal that the Allies should demand reparation for German brutalities. FRENCH MUNITIONS. BIG INCREASES. IN OUTPUT. * The Tim as” Service. (Received August 18, 11.5 p.m.) ’ LONDON, August 18. The French shell output is 80 times, the rifles 200, machine-gunsl36, and guns 90 times greater 'than they were at the beginning of the war.