CASUALTIES OF BELLIGERENTS.
FOR FOUR TEARS OF WAR. "Current History" (August, 1918) published the following table showing the losses among oombatants in four years of war (the figures being estimated, except in the case of the United! States and Great Britain): — 'Wounded, captured, or Dead. missing. United States ... +4,487 6,753 Gres),t Britain ... 5434,774. 979,154 France ... 1,375,069 1,600,279 Russia ... 2,762,064 2,466,572 Italy ... 160,356 329,644 Belgium ... 63,250 182,898 Serbia ... 76,454 281,170 Roumania ... 100,000 250,009 Totals ... 4,976,484 6,076,469 Germany ..1 1,812,500 4,569,820 Austria-Hungary 964,368 1,779,317 Turkey ... 182,614 370,452 Bulgaria ... 11,324 19,128
Totals ... 2,970.836 6,738,717 Grand totals... 7,946*,320 12,816,186 •Eighty per cent, of the Entente Allied wounded return to the armies; Germany claims that 85 per cent, of her wounded return as combatants. +To July 9th, 1918, inclusive. jTo July Ist. 1918 (47 months). The above figures do not include the enormous loss of life among the civilian population of invaded countries, though such loss was directly attributable to the war; nor do they include losses of life at sea.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16370, 15 November 1918, Page 2
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