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ENTENTE SOLDIERY SEES BEGINNING OF WAR’S END IN BATTLES OF NEW YEARBritish Lose36,000 MenIn December(Associated rw ^London, aJnuary l.—*m ) Tho total of British c.'ieualticsroportod in tho published lints from Dccombor 1 to l;ccentbcr ;OlTlcorn. SIC,, men. wcro pub'. I shod lt;1 tiring tho lioluUj*.Victoiious Peace Is Expec-« tation of British and French Forces.ARTILLERY SALVOS GrREET THE NEW YEARTho effect of cessation of the Jomuio offensive with theadvmit of xnffiYoralblo weather cond It Ion* Jh d.own in llioso litres, ndiich «Ho a tally averse of 1..HS enpnullles foi ,lio 24 tlcyn covered by the 1'cl)ort* n November the dully ^average y.m and 1st October osscs reported In BeccinDor hr In-!P tho total British casualties stiua .ho beginning of the Somme olTcn-dvo to {Jttb.OlT.11BAVV .ATTACKS MY TKITOMC POlfCKS SUCCKSShT I..Berlin Announces Capliu-eof Height* im Well us Two Villages on I ho Moldavian I't'OfH.Paris A'lmiis Success of Violent Ilom-hardmcnts '*n Advanced Posts Along the Western Kr«n*»—Hand Grenade* Used.(Associated PreHK l,«‘u*lt;*d WjrcA With the British Armies In France, via London. .Inn. I.—5:4r, mm.—Tho arrival of 1017 wan welcome^ on tho western front by tlio British uiulFrench soldiers as a beginning of tho end of the great world war. Ti.cr^ inav be varying views and theories ft-10 how tho end is to be broutfH about, but tliero Is no question the. throughout the British army there a conviction that tlio next twelve, months will bring a victorious peace to The allies. Opinion among 0»o British mid French lighters as to how ! the war will end Is divided into two I schools. One believes tlml Germnnyi will be willing to *rnnt extreme eon-cessions and tho other that only ini.-Harv pressuro will bring them tho fruits of victory. Both schools are however, agreed that this Is the derisive year.A Martial Welcome.On most sectors or the Bril Iso. front tho new year made its bow with little ceremony. So many flares and rockets are sent up from Liio trenches on these dark winter nlghiu tliat It is impossible to Rny how many.
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Muscatine Journal
Muscatine, Iowa, US
Mon, Jan 01, 1917
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