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Show FEARFUL COST OF WAR. Germans Estimate Each Square Mils of Territory Cost Allies 5,000 Men. Berlin. Estimates of the Franco-British Franco-British losses during the four months' offensive on the Somme front, emanating ema-nating from German general headquarters head-quarters In the west, gii'e the losses in round numbers as 600,000. The survey places the British losses at 400,000 and those of the French at 180,000. The estimates, the survey says, are regarded as moderate in view of the fact that the British casualty lists admit losses of 372,000 to the end of September. The writer claims that each square mile of territory recovered cost the allies more than 6,000. |