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Show BRITISH LOSSES MUCH REDUCED LONDON, May 24, 3:46 p. m. General Gen-eral Maurice says. "Our losses this year continue 50 per cent smaller, although larger forc-os forc-os are engaged. We already have gained four times as much ground as in tho wholo Somme battle and have taken many times more prisoners and guns." General Maurice attached great significance sig-nificance to the continuance of tho capture of Germans by tho entente forces on tho Franco-Belgian front "Von Hindenburg," he said, "recently "recent-ly issued an order that 'no commander command-er should allow his men to surrender under any circumstances, any soldier giving himself up is committing an act of treachery for which ho will be duly punished after the war; any commander com-mander who surrenders ground will be held summarily to account.'" oo |