THE ENEMY'S DEMORALISATION.
NUMBERS OF GUNS TAKEN.
GERMAN GENEEAIi AND BRIGADE CAPTURED.
Au-traliaa a»d -N.:Z, C«ble Association f Received April 12, 0.15 p.m.) LONDON, April 11. Correspondents at British Headquarters draw attention to tlie -demoralisation of the enemy. A single division too"k twenty-four. gwns mid another twenty-Bix. Even a'detachmerit of cavalry, which todli little pwrfc in i>h© general operations, charged at <o»© spot and took four heavy foowii-ers. . The number <of machine-gsms tmd trench . mortars captured -was so numerous that no attempt -lias yet been made tt> salve, much less :(count them. * ,
In addition- to the 'Canadian's capturing 3200 'German^, a neighboring English-Scotfftsh brigade toufe 2000 prisoners.. Arnbag the Canadians' prisoners was, a German general commanding i abrigade, wh»se unit w.ip taken almost without casualty. The brigadier wept with -shame at the capture of himself and his staff without,resistance, particular^ as the unit had inflicted no xrasua'lties. ,
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Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 85, 12 April 1917, Page 5
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147THE ENEMY'S DEMORALISATION. Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 85, 12 April 1917, Page 5
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