IN AUSTRALIA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17099, 23 February 1916, Page 8

IN AUSTRALIA.

AUSTRALIAN LOSSES. » y Te'tsgrnph— Pies* Association-Copyright SYDNEY. February 2‘2. Tlie total casualties of the Australian Expeditionary- forces are : Dead . - r b-<387 Wounded • ■ 12.0(1 Sick • • 18,038 Missing • ■ 1,839 Prisoners ... 00 Nature of casualty unknown • • 301 Total . • 39,899 RECRUITING SHORTAGE. fifty pep gent below reQITREMENTS. SYDNEY, February 22. Mr J. H. Catts, of the Federal Parliament. speaking at a reeruiting meeting in Leichhardt, quoted figures shelving that only one half of the number required had enlisted during the past two and a half months.