PROSPECTS OF BIG THINGS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17076, 1 September 1917, Page 5

PROSPECTS OF BIG THINGS.

ITALIANS HAVE ALREADY CAPTURED 93 MILES OF VALUABLE COUNTRY.

WEARING THE ENEMY DOWN.

ENEMY LOSSES GREATLY OUTNUMBER THOSE OF ALLIES.

BAD WEATHER IN FLANDERS.

FRANCO-BRITISH REPORTS INDICATE STEADY

PROGRESS.

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WAR SITUATION REVIEWED

ALLIES WEARING ENEMY DOWN

. Received August 31, 5.35 p.m. LONDON, August '6 0. General Maurice, interviewed, said there had been no developments on the British front. The process of wearing down the enemy by continuous bombardments and infantry actions was. proceeding • with greater succcess than was generally imagined. The Germans had been engaged in battles round Ypres since July 31st with twice as many divisions as the British, and had withdrawn from fighting a shade less ( than^jftce as many as the British. i The exhaustion of the enemy's reserve is the great test of progress. Mackensen's attack failed owing to the Roumanians' gallant resistance and the Austrian withdrawals to strengthen the Italian front lines. General' Maurice has received many letters stating that the British are getting Colonials to fight for them. This idea is current in America, and especially in Spain. This is a down- * right lie, and part of the German propaganda. At present the British troops in France are six to one com- . pared with the overseas forces. The casualties throughout the war have been exactly the same. The figures of the casualties at Ypres since July 31st are almost exactly 9 to 1, ■