The Detroit times., 1917-05-14
IF0F miro
LUSEN
100000 IN
FOR T NIGHT
That's Estimate of Ger
man Casualties On
French Front
CARNAGE NOW
MORE SEVERE
Wastage Since May l
Is Even More Pro-
n0unced
81 HENRY WOOD.
siaf Correspo,.de7t United Prea

~H4|N W GO f'fttAN'FA q 'aAtEhA 4 NFfH
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES
IN TIE FIELD May 14-Germapy
lost zoo 900 men in killed. wounded
and ap'ured IN he period from
April l6 70 NAY or the French
ront alone Ia the two weeks since
May <. il was estimated oday her
additional losses have been proper
tIonaily greater even than This stag
ge-ing mortality
The agares or which this esti-
mate are based are those 90 head.
quarters They are conservative
Tile totals may b. much more
Between Apr, I5 and Or i. Is
known 'he Germans were forced or
account az losses 10 Withdraw go
division approximately 100000
mem from The front replacing ;Aem
with fresh reserves. Since tbat
date more than q dozen additional
divisions have been similarly re-
placed
Many German divisions have been
practlcany wiped our Thf N'uth
Bavarian reserve Division. number
ing 1000 n i,s battle array. lost
2.7s3 in prisoners alone vhich ac-
cording 20 establs bed scien iac
military statistics means min mum
o. COO killed ard roGniet This
means The division los- 'hree
fourths - IT'S err 70 number az ef
fectves
The same scientific calculations.
confirmed by special aform3 on OF
rained by French arms aea6qaar
ters and applied 20 tas Twenty first
German infantry division which loss
2.1o0 prisoners rhe Fifth Bavar'au
reserve division. whioh lost Ls1s
prisoners The For .v-thlrd reserve
division which lost 1874 prisoners
and the sixteenth reserve division
.i.ill prisoner each sus
tained total losses averaging from
half 20 three-fourths ~ heir s-ec
tives
other German divisions have SUE
fered such losses tha; trey TOW or
I lst In name only
The Fortvfo1rth division ~ Ger
man reserves. for instance. sus
( ta.nfd heavy losses during -he Hin
/. derhurr retreat ~ T.as-trrv. raTero
4 and Mont u entered ne ba"'a ~
( Chemin des Dame on April ~
averaging only $50 men per com
/ pany
/ Between -ha- date and Way 'te
/ French artillery wiped o1t t-o
70 80 per cen or the electives ~
IFS various battaiions ana French
I infantry TOO 1900 pr,sone-. o, ~
ranks This means The division IS
now non-eKistenf
The 2i4th. ne tStt and he 2ath
I German divisions entering The bat
| ne between April Is and oth were
I AL vHhdra r1 after single DAY
! lighting because rhey aero prsc
csi,y wiped out
The f''h and sixth divisions bad
! their Companies reduced % IN =
( erase 81 81 men
The 2f3th division ~ 1fan'rg
after having its companies reduced
% &C average % il5 nsn esct vas
terpora lily withdrsvu April ~ 50d
reinforced oy addins a0 average ~
- men 10 each COMPANY Tae sane
German division 70 entered he
aghunE % MAJ ant sEain SUI
Tered The heavfss' losses
The hggres Of these losses are
. based on ~srefuliy checked info-
nation gathered bv tho French
headquarters Word received here
indicates similar losses inflicted
npon n" enemy on tho British
q. front
Officers estimate the German
-otsl losses before both he wrench
and English since beginning ~ ne
+ Allied offensive zresd those %
on, previous similar period