Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-03-25 | Page 11 | Huns' Losses Heavy

Huns' Allied Critics Estimate Germans Losing 100,-000 100,-000 Men a Day. WASHINGTON, March 25. Members Mem-bers of the allied military missions said today that in the nature of the fighting on tho west front the Germans Ger-mans must be losing at least 100,000, men a day. They made this deduction deduc-tion from the German's plan of massed mass-ed attack, the number of troops they are employing and the strength of tho allied resistance. The allied losses, it was declared, would bo far less than those of tho Germans, because they are fighting on the defensive. Airplanes Watching Results. Ambassador Sharp added that the opinion had been expressed that the airplanes seen at a great height over Paris Saturday were there to observe the effect of the firing. Tho official statement, which the ambassador said was published In tho Paris press March 23, was transmitted as follows: "Tho enemy has fired on Paris with a long distance gun since & o'clock this morning every quarter of an "hour and forty shells have reached the capital cap-ital and suburbs. There aro ten dead and about fifteen wounded. Means to combat the enomy gun are in the course of execution." LONDON, March 25. Commenting on tho result pf tho German offensive, the Daily Chronicle says: "Assuming that the German losses are at least 150,000, the enemy has sustained sus-tained a reverse for he has not obtained ob-tained a strategical success directly conducing to a decision, while ho has lost S or 10 per cent of his effectives without similarly lowering the efficiency efficien-cy of the allies. "This matter is of the greatest importance im-portance for Germany at present is at the critical moment when the manpower manpow-er pendulum is swinging in favor of the allies. No weakness at the Anglo-French Anglo-French junction has yet been disclosed and the task before the enemy in the next few days of the battle i3 more formidable than that already accomplished." accom-plished." no