The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-22
REPORT OF NUMBER OF MEN ACTUALLY AT FRONT MADE
 BY DAVlD-LLOYD-GEORGE.
MUCH AMMUNITION IS USED
More Bullets Fired in Single Battle Along Front Than in the Three Year War Conducted During the Up- rlsines in South Africa, is Report.

London April 2l.-The British eX- | peditonary force in France which. at l the beginning of the war; consisted of 1 six divisions has been increased to 1 more than 3G divisions, or, roughly ] speaking, 750 GOO men, according to statement made by David Lloyd 1 George, chancellor of the exchequer, l in the house of commons this after noon
 The chancellor added that the place of every man who had fallen in battle had been filled, and that the army was adequately equipped. But he re- l iterated the need for great supply of munitions, declaring that during the battle of Neuve Chapelle more ammunition was used than in the whole of the South African war, which lasted nearly three years
 The interesting information also was given that the output of the intuition factories had been increased more than nineteenfold since the | outbreak of the war but the call was ' IT, 1 Geotge continues to hold the opinion that consumption of liquor is interfer- ing with the work, he promised legs- i lation' to deal with this matter.
 The figures made public by the chancellor as to tine size of the Brit
 sd army in France and the expendi- l ture of ammunition has caused great surprise in England, where the opin, l ion has been general that about half 1 that number of men had reached the front, especially as there has been no sign of any decrease in the number of khaki-clad men training in this country.
 It is likely that many of the new men have already been under fire as tie Germans are making repeated at- tempts to recapture Hill 60 near 1 Ypres, which the British took on Sun day, and have. according to Field Marshal Frenchs report, has been re- l pulsed with great loss
 | There has been activity in many other points along the western front and Berlin which is more communi- cative than Paris. says that the Ger mans nave made progress in the forest of Le Petre, near st Mihioi. and reports the repulse of French at- l tacks in other sections from Cham. pasne to Alsace,
 The Russian advance in the Car pathians has now apparently come to full stop, for reports from that region speak only of attempted at. tacks. which were repulsed. both in the mountains and in the direction of l Stry. The Austro-Germans have made an outflanking effort to support this latter movement. It is stated l from neutral sources that the Aus trians have virtually evacuated Buko- l wina
 Berlin supplies details. heretofore 1 lacking, of British reverse in Ger man East Africa in January, when a l British force was defeated near Jassni and lost heavily in men and ammunition. The other colonial wars are reported to be going well for the allies, progress being steadily main tained in Kamerun and German Southwest Africa.
 The British have also had to deal with a raid against Indian territory on the northern border of the Pessa- wur valley, undertaken by 4,000 men in command of a fauatical Mulal. After a few hours fighting in which the British suffered 70 casualties, the raiders were dispersed
 In Mesopotamia the British are pur- suing the defeated Turks and have oc- cupied Nakhailah, from which place the Turks fled last week The Turks | are also being attacked from the Black sea, the Russian fleet having ] again been out and destroyed 10 Turk ish supply vessels and bombarded l Arzvah
 From every side comes news of the activity of the air fleets. which have been busy bombarding towns and
 military stations behind the lines of the armies. The British claim to
 have damaged the German airship
 haIbor at Ghent
 These divisions. the chancellor of
 the exchequer said, were adequately
 supplied, and every man who has dropped has been replaced It was
 one of the most magnificent pieces of
 or ganization ever performed aud