Show Each Square Mile Gained Costs Allies More Than M Men n Germans Claire Claim Offensive on Somme Has Failed to Reach Objective ERLIN Nov Zv 3 Estimates of B BERLIZ the Franco-British Franco losses durIng during during dur dur- ing the four months' months offensive on the Somme front emanating from German general in the west give gl the losses In round numbers as Tho survey survoy places the British losses at and those of the French at The estimates the tho sur survey sa says s 's aro aro re regarded as moderate In view of ot the tho fact that tho the British casualty casual casual- t ty lists admit losses of to the tho end cud of September The writer claims that each square of or territory recovered cost cst th thO tho more moro than That tho the original purpose was w to get through tho the writer says says Is shown hown by tho the prodigious scale of ot tho the preparation and the huge hUJo masses of or cavalry eu held In readiness to begin tho the pursuit through ough the broken German lines The Tho writer contends that tho the claim of C the en entente entente entente en- en tente allies that tho plan of or the tho offensive ot- ot of offensive was net to breach the thc German German Ger Ger- man lines lilies but merely to relieve the pressure elsewhere b by holding fast a large part of the German forces Is only an after thought Invented In to cover the tho evident r. failure of or the offensive c to rea reach reah h its objective |