The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-08-08
HUN LOSSES
SHOWN TO Be
STAGGERING
BY HENRY WOOD

Omitted Press Stan Correspondent
With the French Armies, June 30
tBy Mail. From prisoners. from let
ters and captured documents. from
German papers that daily reach the
French front by way of Switzerland.
and from dozen other sources there
is being daily established fresh de-
tails of the terrific losses suffered
by the German armies since the be-
ginning of their offensive on the west
ern front on March 2I
One of the most remarkable dec
larations along this line is that of
prisoner of the Iosth German Diyis.
ion. According to this prisoner, while
Gen. Won Hutier was at Solesmes. he
addressed the officers of the division
reminding them that their unit had
lost 5000 men. and holding the Off
GERS themselves responsible for these
losses which he declared were exces-
sive. He gave orders especially that
in the future they enforce a greater
degree of discipline in the trenches
where many OF the losses had occur
red. The general is declared to have
ended his discourse by declaring that
the losses in the future must be kept
down TO a lower point or else il would
be necessary 10 give up all hope of
reaching either Paris or Calais.
Other informations which to large
extent have been controlled and veri-
fled. establish. for example. that at
Antwerp 5000 beds have been requi-
sitioned by the Germans for their
wounded.
WOUNDED EVERYWHERE.
/ At Lille, Rouvsix. Tourcoing. Menin.
cities near the front. all of the factory
buildings. schools and hospitals are
also the case at Courtrai. winkel, Eloi
and Lauwe.
From Cologne and Dusseldorf il is
learned that the principal street rail
ways have been used day and night
I for the transportation of wounded
from the railway centers to the hos
pitals and ambulances.
A prisoner from the Goth Bavarian
of Garvelle. March IS. his regiment
lost practically all its officers and so
per cent of its men. The 152nd regi-
ment lost 5S per cent of its electives.
The Sd company. s5ed regiment.
lost s5 men on the Somme.
The esd regiment at Montdider
averaged % men per company follow
ing the battle. The Sd company dis
appeared entirely. Even before the
regiment could reach its trenches for
entering the battle 80 men were killed
by the machine guns OF French air
planes.
The nth regiment, reserve infan-
try. lost So per cent of its electives.
~ OF its machine guns and two-thirds
of its officers.
The LIST company, I'd regiment,
grenadiers of the Prussian guard. was
completely annihilated by French
aerial bombardnent during the night
OF June .. When the French cap
tured the position where the company
had been bombed over 200 dead were
found on the ground.
STAGGERING LOSSES.
At the beginning of the Aisne drive
electives of the SD and lleth regi-
ments of reserve averaged 100 COM
batants TO the company.
The 7th company of one of these
regiments. a few days later numbered
only one officer. IA underonicers and
5S men. The LIST company of machine
gunners on June 10 had lost so out
of Is men.
Losses for scores of other units have
been established similarly From
other sources the proportion of losses
among the German population has
been established in different man
ner.
At Meckendorf. Bavaria. cut OF a
total population of 100 there have
been rs killed In the present offensive.
| At Seifersdorf. with population OF
! $50 dead from the Village have been