Show BRITISH LEARN OF HEAVY LOSSES NEAR BETHUNE (6peo a Cab e t ArnuieameD W ih tendon Dai y Te eRrflph and In e na ona Voice Srv e.) LOMDON Dec 26 With the pass ng by the Br t sh censor of the Ger man off c al statement from Ber n claim ng that 3000 dead among the Bnt sh and Ind an cont ngents had been left on the field after a battle at Festubert near Bethune London learned today for tho t rst time of such a d saster to tl e Br t sh forces The Ce man off c al staten ent follows Tho success of the battle with the Engl sh and Ind an eont ngents near restubert can better be judged today to-day neteen off cers and 818 men were taken pr soners wh le fourteen mach ne guns twelve mine throwers and other war mater als were captured The enemy left more than 3000 dead on the f eld The Engl h asked for a cessation of hostil t es to bury the dead Our losses were comparat vely sma 1 Iso off c il statement cover n th s enafrement has been ssued by the Trench war office or by the off cial press bureau here Tbe d spatch is passe 1 by the censor without con ment Further statements made by the Ger n an announcement follow fsear N euport during the n ght of December 24-i5 attacks delivered by English and 1 rench troops were repulsed. re-pulsed. Some minor engagements have taken place at L hons southwest of Amiens and at Tracy Le Val north east of Gompiegne c captured o00 prisoners In the Vosges so th of Diedel hauser and in uprer Alsace west of Sonnhe m and also at a po nt to the southwest of Altkir h there were small engagements yesterday but the situation situa-tion rema ns unchanged |