WHAT WAR COSTS IN HUMAN LIFE.
♦ A German army officer has estimated that in the course of the century now drawing to its close wars have killed no less than 30,000,000 men in civilised countries, and it we consider the fearful slaughter which took place during the Napoleonic conflicts this is probably well within the mark. The military rule of Napoleon, from 1801 to 1815, cost humanity 5,340,000 lives. The invasion of Eussia resulted in 125,000 men on the side of Napoleon being killed in battle. Cold, hunger, and fatigue caused the death of 132,00.0 more. In the battle of Leipsic, in 1813, Napoleon lost in killed and wounded, at least 50,000 men. "This was the battle in which Napoleon was overthrown by the Allies. Waterloo was another scene of carnage. On, June 18, 1815, Wellington's army.lost 100 officers •slain,- and 500 wounded, very many, mortally; an**f the rank-and file Napoleon conducted t» this last-ami deadliest of his battietf l W collected' itf arms. In the Crimean War 95,615 lives were sacrificed.
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Evening Star, Issue 11068, 21 October 1899, Page 1 (Supplement)
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172WHAT WAR COSTS IN HUMAN LIFE. Evening Star, Issue 11068, 21 October 1899, Page 1 (Supplement)
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