London, March 27. The terrible losses of the Germans at Verdun are shown by the fact that the greater part of more than 27 Divisions hitherto employed by the Germans have had to be recoup stituted. For instance two-thirds of the regiments forming the 3rd Corps have been replaced and the shortage in the companies has been made up by reinforcements, of which two-fifths of the men belong to the 1916 Class. Even then the companies only number 190 men instead of 200. (The war strength of a complete division of two brigades is about 14,000 men, but in the German army some divisions have three brigades totalling 21,000 men.) Paris, March 28.
The official: communique issued this afternoon states The night was calm. On the east of the Meuse there was considerable artillery activity on both sides and on the west of the Meuse in the region of Malancourt and Woevre and in the sector at the foot of the heights of the Me We carried out s coup-de-main in the forest of Parroy and killed or took prisoner the occupants of an enemy work which we blew up.
London, March 28.
An official Berlin communique British at St. Doi li extending.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.