MAGNITUDE OF THE BATTLE.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 14129, 4 July 1916, Page 5

MAGNITUDE OF THE BATTLE.

THREE TIMES GREATER THAN LOOS.

FIVE HUNDRED SHELLS A

MINUTE.

SPLENDID WORK BY BRITISH

AIRMEN.

(Reuters Telegi'ams.)

(Received July 3, 8.5 p.'uo.)

London, July 3,

.. Reuters special correspondent at the front says the offensive is roughly three times the magnitude of the hattle of Loos. The shell bursts reached 500 a minute on a short front. The guns are of ail calibres.

He pays a tribute to the splendid work of the British aviators; who sail undisturbed in the storm of shells, marking down the enemy.