The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08
GERMAN LOSSES UP TO PRESENT BEFORE
 VERDUN ARE 100000
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tives of the Eighteenth corps have in this war lost 17,000 men and the Third corps has lost 22,0oo men.
 "Concerning the One Hundred and Twenty first division, which took pos session of North Vaux about March 12 we have precise information. More than one-half of the Seventh regiment of it's reserves was put out of action by our machine guns in the. intellectual at tack against the slopes of the fort The Sixtieth regiment met similar losses of which the total reached 50 per cent of the regiments effectives.
 "The Nineteenth German infantry had already suffered similar losses in attacking the village of Vaux on March g. Its Thirteenth regiment was sur- prised and annihilated. In this regi- ment it's first battalion was reduced 60 per cent.
 "In the regiments of the Eleventh Bavarian division, which led the at- tack on the Malancourt and the Avo- court Woods on March 20 and 22 were each reduced by one-half. The losses were estimated between 50 and 60 per cent. The same is true of the Fourth regiment of the Second division of landwehr engaged under similar con ditions
 "The foregoing are only losses dur ing actual attack and do not include the losses of regiments in the trenches or in reserve under the fire of our can non. They are solely the current actual losses that Is tillery fire, when no action of the in- fantry was in progress. We cite for instance the Thirty regiment of infantry which was surprised by our fire while on the march to the trenches It lost about 500 men and from this fact was so reduced that it could not, on March 10, take part in the attack on the village of Vaux, as was ordered, in place of the Nineteenth regiment. which had been decimated by our ma chine guns
 HAD 300,00O INFANTRY
 Summarizing, during the 40 days from February 21 to April 1 tho Ger mans had on the verdun front from Avocourt to Eparges exactly 239 bat talions of infantry, representing a minimum of 1075 companies of infantry besides 23 battalions of endorsements of three companies each, which gives an aggregate of 1144 companies fully reinforced. the companies varying from 260 to 2So men. The assaulting army therefore represented at least 295,OOO infantry alone.
 Since February 21 the reinforce ments have been frequent and heavy. At least 80 battalions have been sent to the rear to be reconstructed. Others have received their endorsements on the field. It is therefore nearly 45O,O0o infantry which have appeared upon the firing line. and this estimate is even under the mark.
 Declarations gathered from prison CTS and our own observations lead us to estimate at least one- third of the total engaged as the minimum losses to the German infantry up to April 1. It is therefore 150,O0O men who have fallen solely upon the first battle line.
 "But the German losses do not stop there. In a modern battle, long range guns reach far behind the first line, striking lines of communication and the quarters of troops. As the range of the artillery lengthens, the zone of destruction behind the battle line in- |creases proportionately. The German ar tillery, literally piled up in the woods. suffered losses comparable to those of infantry. Finally our heavy artillery reached supply camps and innumerab bls conveys in the rear.
 We arrive thus. keeping within a most moderate estimate. at upward of 100000 men as the figures of our en- emy's losses before Verdun."