Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-21
Great Britain at War

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 prisoners taken on all fronts was over 100000 of which nearly 300.000 were German prisoners. The total number of guns captured is estimated at over 4,O00; the majority of these were taken from the Germans in France and Flanders
 British Aircraft.
 One of the most brilliant pages in the history of the army in the great war is that covering the aircraft for cess In 1914, the amount of bombs dropped by aircraft was practically nil. In May, 1918. 66S tons were dropped in a single day. On the wes- tern front, British aviators silenced 127 German batteries, destroyed 2S gun supplements, and caused 60 ex- plosions in ammunition dumps, etc. In one week in August, British avia- tors accounted for total of 334 enemy machines and one Zeppelin From July, 1917. to June, 1918, 4.102 enemy machines were destroyed or brougn, down by. British pilots, with loss of 1,213 machines.
 The Navy.
 It is common truism accepted the whole world over. that but for the preparedness and power of the British fleet, Germany would have succeeded quickly in her monstrous attack on nS~ will t10 has been summarized as follows:
 l. The High Seas-Fleet of Ger many. costing her $1,500, 100000 was contained in it's home ports
 z Five million five hundred thou sand tons of German shipping and L. GOO tons of Austrian shipping was driven off the seas or captured.
 3. The overseas trade of Germany and Austria was strangled.
 4. The German Overseas Empire was torn from them.
 5. Two million enemy subjects of military age abroad have been pre- vented from joining the enemy.
 G. Ocean communication with the markets of the world has been denied to the enemy and secured to the Allies.
 The situation which the British navy established within 24 hours. re- mained unchanged to the close of the war.
 During this war British warships have fought in every sea, either against enemy ships or to support the Allied troops in land operations. It officially announced that, in propor- ton to numbers serving, the casual ties suffered by the British navy are higher than those i'll the army.
 In August 1914. the British navy sonnel of 145 ,000 officers and men. To- day it has a tonnoge of S,000C00 in cluding the auxiliary fleet, and its personnel has increased to more thar 450000 officers and men. This doe: not include those in the Mercantile Marine, over 12,000 of whom have given their lives for the cause of tht Allies. In 1914. mine-sweepers ant patrol boats numbered 12: they nov exceed $500.
 During the first four years of thu war, the British navy transported across the sea over 13.00G,000 men 2,006 ,000 horses and mules, 500,00' vehicles, g ,OC0,o00 tons of explosives 51,000,000 tons of oil and fuel, an, 130,000,000 tons of food and other ma terial for the use of the Allies, Ever day of the year during the fighting il France and Flanders, the navy carrie from England 1000 men and 5000 tons of military supplies. and las April to make good the loss from tn German drive, she carried from Eng land to France in 30 days. 355.00 men. To date the Royal Dockyard have dooked and repaired during tn war over 10000 vessels. in addition t doing extensive repairs on Allie ships.
 Because of it's terrible threat to tn boys on our transports and because ( the cooperation of our destroyers an patrol boats with Great Britain, Amer jeans have been, particularly inter ested in the anti-U-boat warfare. :