GERMAN PRISONERS TOTAL NEARLY 100,000.
ALLIES’ WONDERFUL FOUR MONTHS’ HAUL. A. and S.Z. Cable Association and Heater. (Received November 8, 11.30 a.m.) PARIS, November 7. A communique states: —From July 1 to November 1 the French and British Forces on the Somme front have taken prisoner 91,532 men and 11-39 officers. The material captured includes 173 field guns, 130 heavy guns. 215 trench mortars, and 981 machine guns. The French share of the captures includes 40,791 men and 809 officers.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 857, 8 November 1916, Page 9
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