ENEMY TRENCHES FULL OF DEAD.
REGIMENTS MOWN DOWN,
BRITISH LOSSES RELATIVELY SMALL.
{Australian and N.Z. Cabi* A*soetatl<>t.
(Received April 27, 10.25 a.m.) PARIS, April 26,
The newspaper Matin states that the enemy trenches on the Scarpe are full of dead. Their losses are 20 per cent, of effectives. A Pomeranian devision was almost annihilated. One Prussian regiment was' mown down to the last man. The Prussian Guards' units were replaced by exhausted Bavarians.
The British, losses were relatively small, a majority being minor wounds.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14283, 27 April 1917, Page 3
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