The good news on the West is very good indeed.
On Wednesday it was announced that the French, covered by their superb artillery, had made a great attack at Verdun, and had reconquered lost ground to the depth of nearly two miles, including the village and fort of Douaumont, and that in carrying the village they has taken no less than three thousand five hundred prisoners. On Thursday came a further piece of good news to the effect that our Allies had not only beaten off the furious German counter-attacks,
POSTAGE ABROAD 10. but in doing so had captured more ground and taken yet another thousand prisoners. The total tale of prisoners is thus well over four thousand five hundred, and we may feel pretty sure that the German casualties in killed and wounded must have been at least double this number, or, say, a loss in all of some twelve thousand five hundred men.
