EAUCOURT L'ABBAYE IN HANDS OF BRITISH.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 828, 5 October 1916, Page 7

EAUCOURT L'ABBAYE IN HANDS OF BRITISH.

WAILS FROM GERMANY REALISING THE MIGHT OF BRITAIN SHORTAGE OF MEN AND MONEY The latest advices from the Western front state that the village of Eaueourt l'Abbaye has been cleared of the enemy, and is now in the hands of the British. Colonel Repington declares that the Somme offensive is mere child's play compared with what Germany will have to stand when Britain and Russia have attained their full strength. There is despairing comment in Germany on the British control of the sea, it being stated that Germany never rightly estimated the strength of the British Empire. It is believed Germany is suffering from a great lack of men. The number of sentinels on the Dutch frontier has been considerably reduced. Sir Edward Carson declares that Great Britain will be compelled to revise and extend the Military Service Act in the near future, to meet the conditions in Ireland. A neutral diplomat has predicted that before the winter is over there will be a terrific naval action in the North Sea.