6000 CANADIANS FALL IN A WEEK'S FIGHTING.
The desperate nature of the fighting m which the Canadians have been participating during the early part of June may be imagined by an announcement made m Ottawa on' June 8, when, according ti-y a statement made by MajorGeneral Samuel .'Hughes, Ministei* of Militia, upward of six thousand Canadians fell within the first week of June m the desperate fighting around tSanctuary Woods. Presenting colors to a Canadian regiment on Pa-rliatnent Hi'l m Ottawa, Sir Samuel paid : "Tlie great majority wounded are already clamoring to get back into the fray, but many of the gallant lads have gone down never to rise again. We deeply mourn their loss, but tliat loss affords an inspiration for tens .of thousands more tb take their
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14047, 18 July 1916, Page 6
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1296000 CANADIANS FALL IN A WEEK'S FIGHTING. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14047, 18 July 1916, Page 6
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