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Eight Britis ing submari raiding floti it is announ‘ the Admiral of large 9 ers at 1 a. 1'0] forces occupied which ha were sun London, Feb. 17.â€"-Six GermAn air- craft crossed the Kent coast of the Thames estuary aboutâ€"10 o'clock last evening and proceeded towards Lon~ don. Only one of the aeroplanes suc- ceeded in reaching the capital, it is announced officially. This raider drop- ped one bomb in the southwest dis- trict, Mich caused four casualties. An aerial raid onlDover was repelled by British pilots, who engaged the Ger- mans over the Kent coast, One large raider is reported to have crashed into the sea. ENEMY AIRCRAFT IFRENCH EBOIVIBARD RAID LONDON COURCY REGION GERMAN RAIDERS SINK. 8 SAIAIL I BRITISH CRAFT IN STRAITS 0F IIIIVRRIFARMABQB , . Two Attacks by German Squad_ ‘ Flred 5,000 ShelLs in Fifteen rons on Saturday and f Minutesâ€"German Losses Sunday Nights. Were HgaTVy. The losses through the war, it de- clares, are 4,225,000 men, of whom 2,500,000 are dead. Since 1914 Ger- many has been able to mobilize 14,â€" 000,000, from which 500,000 must be deducted, having remained in Entente or neutral countries. The first figure does not include the\1920 class, which would increase the forces by 450,000 men. Paris, Feb. 17,â€"The Echo de Paris after a careful and minute examina- tion of allied and enemy dpcuments which it has in its possession publishes what the newspaper reck- ons to be Germany’s losses in the war and the number of troops which she has available. When Occupied in Hunting :1 Submarine British Sunk by Enemy Destroyers. "In an attack Wednesday morning, northwest of Passchendaele, in the Ypres sector, German troops tempor- arily occupied two British posts. The British later drove the Germans out in a counter-attack.” ‘ The statement reads: “In a successful raid south-east of Hargicourt reported Wednesday morningJ carried out by the Canad- ians, in addition to 13 prisoners, two machine-guns were brought- back to our lines. Many Germans were killed in fighting above ’ground and four trench mbrtars were destroyed. Seventeen dugouts in the enemy’s first line and others in his support line whose occupants 1‘erle to come when summoned, were. bombed. The casulaties incurred by the raiding party were slight and all were brohght in. Another Successful raid was car-_ ried out Tuesday night ’by Canadians in the neighborhood ,of Hill 70, north of Lens. Considerable opposition was encountered. in sp' e of which six prisoners and a machine gun were captured. Our casualties again were small. Total Number of Casualties Reckoned at 4,225,000â€"Number of Troops Available at the Present Time Placed at 4,805.000 GERMANY’S LOSSES IN THE WAR ‘ ARE ESTIMATED AT 2,500,000 KILLED A despatch from London says:â€" Canadian troops have carried out two auccessful faids in which they cap- tured prisoners and inflicted losses upon the enemy, the official statement from British headquarters in France and Belgium says: CANADIANS RAID ENEMY TRENCHES ' AND INFLICT CONSEDERABLE LOSSES Prisoners and Machine Guns Captured, Trench Mortars Des- ~ troyed and Many Germans Killed. Following medical examinations at A later despabch’sayszâ€"The fol- for The U til m y “'2 rom .ondon ‘11 wet bma says .‘111 aidegi the tan have raid orts { “Several other prisoners Were brought in during the day by our patrols. 0n the southern portion of our front there was some hostile ar- tillery activity to-day ‘in the neigh- {b rhooa of the Souchez River.” I A later despatch says: The Cana- dians on Wednesday morning raided 'the enemy lines near Hill '70 and in front of Lens, capturing a total of ten prisoners and two machine guns. At approximately the same time, far south at Hargicourt, other Canadians lagain crossed 1,000 yards of No Man's Land, took 13 prisoners and two maâ€" chine guns, destroyed fo r trench mortars, and bombed both the en- iemy's front and support lines. » The French casualtieé were only one dead and seven wounded, while the ground over which the engagement had taken place was thickly covered with German bodies. ,The raiding party also brought back much desired and precbus informa- tion regarding the 'German disposi- tions in the vicinity of Fort Bi‘imont, around which much movement has re- Then, the number of men Germany has lost as ‘prisoners is given, taken frdm official lists published by the German Government and reproduced by Swiss, Swedish and German papr ers. There are: Prisoners in France, 250,000; in'Russia, 200,000; in Eng- land, 120,000, making a total of 570,- 000, which is considered below the actual figures. the beginning of the war 2,250,000 men were rejected as unfit. This left a total of 11,250,000, from which losses must be deducted. At present Germany has in hospitals or waiting to be examined 950,000 men, while 70,000 men are employed in depots or the interior of the country. The raid in the Hill 70 sector was supported by a heavy barrage from our artillery, to which the ene‘fiiy re- plied with straggling artillery fire. He also offered strong resistance with machine gun and rifle fire; but our veteran troops broke into the line, re- turning with six prisoners and two machine guns as proof of the success of the operation. This would apparently leave Ger- many 4,805,000 men still available. Iou‘ing official statement was issued by the War Office Thursday evening: “Early Thurscay morning the enemy’s trenches at Lens again were raided successfully by the Canadian troops. A number off/German: were killed and a few prisoners and two machine~guns were captured. 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