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SPLKXDJD COLONIAL WORK
■ ("Times" Cable.) (Press Assn.—Reed. 10.5 p.m.)
LONDON, December 1
The co-respondent at British heaJ. q.isvicrs on the Somme says the battle, measured by the standard of previous wars was really 50 battles an! 50 victories. We took prisoners 80,000. more than the fighting strength of nine German divisions. Once in July and once towards the end cf September the German military machine was perilously near breaking down. We never expected to break it here, but we learned it can be done. It is believed that the capture oi Beaumont-Hamel was the most brilliant of the Sommc offensive. There is nothing finer than the record of the Oveaseas' troops, including the extraordinarily successful fighting of th.: New Zealanders at Piers.
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Northern Advocate, 2 December 1916, Page 3
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