The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . THE RUINS OF ARRAS CATHEDRAL LUDENDORFFS COLOSSAL DRIVE IN THE WEST (more than 6,000 men). The loss had not only fallen uponmen in the ranks, but officers had been sacrificed. Fewofficers were left in the attacking regiments. The FiftiethReserve Division was annihilated (12,000 men). The Eighty-third Division lost 20 per cent, of its strength on the firstday and an additional 40 per cent, of the original totalstationed at Mezieres on March 19 (8,400 men
The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . THE RUINS OF ARRAS CATHEDRAL LUDENDORFFS COLOSSAL DRIVE IN THE WEST (more than 6,000 men). The loss had not only fallen uponmen in the ranks, but officers had been sacrificed. Fewofficers were left in the attacking regiments. The FiftiethReserve Division was annihilated (12,000 men). The Eighty-third Division lost 20 per cent, of its strength on the firstday and an additional 40 per cent, of the original totalstationed at Mezieres on March 19 (8,400 men). The aver-age company strength of the First Division was reduced 40per cent. (4,800). The Fifth Division lost 50 per cent, ofits strength at Ham, and more in crossing the Somme (morethan 6,000 men). Figures for nine divisions picked at ran-dom for illustrative purposes showed that out of a totaltheoretical infantry strength of 108,000 men, the Germans. FRENCH OFFICIAL PHOTO. (C) COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION. GENERAL FAYOLLE CONGRATULATING AN OFFICER FORSUCCESS IN BATTLE V. 41 ON THE WESTERN FRONT since March 4 had lost 57,400 to gain the territory theyreoccupied.^ That German casualties had averaged from 30to 50 per cent, in all the divisions engaged was not thoughtto be exaggerated. On that basis, if one reckoned from 4,000 in each of eighty divisions, one would arrive atsome conjectural total of infantry losses alone as from240,000 to 320,000. Probably never since the first days ofthe war had so many Germans been killed. Rifles and ma-chine-guns had targets at ranges of from 500 yards down-ward. In the early stage of the battle some machine-gunsengulfed wave after wave of Germans trying to advancealong a dip in the ground. British who told of this becamealmost hysterical. At one stage of the battle the Germansattacked in force eight separate times in two days, andwere thrown back every time while the British line held i
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