Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-21

were the Seventh army corps, under
corps. under Lieutenant General
! Hunter Weston. the Tenth corps, un-
der Lieutenant General Morland, the
Third corps, under Lieutenant General
pultcnay. the Fifteenth corps. under
Lieutenant General Horne, and the
Thirteenth corps. under Lieutenant
General Congrccc These units are
named In the order In which they at
tackled from Gommec0urt on the
north 10 the Junction with the French
unit Of the Somme and II was the
Seventh ana Eighth corps which were
unable to hold the positions they won
and were driven back to their old
lines chat suffered most severely. The
original British attack was made with
six army corps or not NOR" than
24O.000 men. Instead of 100000, as
the German bulletins at the time al
legged Since july most of the d.
visions ON the whole western front
have passed thru what the German
troops call the "blood bath Of the
Summc" Tho British losses In
France as reported from July / to
November rs have been. Officers
KILLED 6.53l, officers wounded or
missing lG.S95. mon killed 91.76G.
mon wounded or missing 3ba.3l9;
total casualties 475.0li
over Half Million.
Al the present writing Britain has
certainly lost more than half mill
lion men on the Sommo battlefront
The figures given above include casu-
altics from other parts Of the line as
well, bat there has been no action of
importance anywhere else since the
Sommc fight begnn. ana the normal
wastagc bon trench warfare would not
account for more than between 80. 600
and 5000 dead and wounded during
five months. ON the othor hand. many
thousands Of casualties are not re-
ported uutil months aftcrwnrd thru
clerical errors and delays of variOu.
sorts, and the losses incurred In tho
drive of tho Ancrc In November are
not included I'm the figures given.
have heard them estimated at forty
thousand one thing about the Brit
ish casualty lists may he said posi-
lively. they are not falsified or doc
torcd IN any way, "a are the German
lists. according TO pretty good evil
dcnce in the hands of the allies. 1t
should he noted that since all tho
missing are included under the head
of wounded and missing. the death
roll is heavier perhaps 10y - per cent
than indicated under the head OF
dead" there have been very few
British prisoners taken on the Somme.
The number OF British officers and
mon who have laid down their lives
in this battle is certainly more than
$4,000. probably less than 10000.
The man In the street does not know
these figures. and he believes the
LOSSES to have been much greater.
while he is inclined to minimize what
has been accomplished Ho knows
that the attack by the French troops
under General Foch ON the British
right was intended simply To cover
the right OF the British advance. and
he sees ON the map that the French
have captured more ground, and
hears that their losses during the
whole campaign have been between
ono third and one-quarter those suf-
fered by tho British Consequently
the same kind OF whispers circulate
thru England regarding Sir Douglas
Haig as I'm the United States during
the winter OF 1864 after the bloody
Wilderness campaign, when the man
who received Lees surrender at APP
pamattoN was called the butcher
All this is most unfair, the fact being
that tho French attack which sue
cccdcd so splcndidly was made 10y two
crack corps. the Colonial and
while six British corps
were engaged. and the Germans had
masscd and still have masscd the
bulk Of their best troops on the west
crn front before the British lines At
the beginning OF the Somme engage
mcrt about fifteen German divisions
confronted tho British along the line
~ attack, ami only three met the
French onslaught In the Peronne dis
trict
Map u Misleading.
II Is true that the French losses