TOTAL WAR LOSSES.
The War Office has.issued-the total of the casualties reported since the beginning of the war. up to the end of January. The.following are the figures, the totals reportedjirUaafid-feeiiirl^
"tile month.:— Killed in action, 334 officers, 3346 non-coms, and men. Died of wounds, 103 officers, 1081 non-coms and men. . : Prisoners who have died in captivity, 4 officers, 92 non-coms, and men. *' Died of disease, 188 officers, 7605 non-coms, and men. 5 -; Accidental deaths, 6 officers, 230 non-coms, and men. Total deaths in South Africa, 636 officers, 12,354 non-coms, and men. Missing /and -excluding those who have been recovered or died in captivity—ls officers, 922 non-coms, and men. . ■„-"-...,... - — Sent home as invalids, 1703 officers, 39,095 non-coms and men. , -- Total reduction of military, forces through war in South Africa :— Deaths in South Africa, 635 officers and 12,354 non-coms, and men. Missing and prisoners, 15 officers and 922 non-coms and men. Invalids sent home'who have died, 4 officers and 265 non-coms, and men. Invalids sent home who have left the service as unfit, no officers, ■ 1734 noncoms, and men.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXV, Issue 75, 1 April 1901, Page 2
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178TOTAL WAR LOSSES. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXV, Issue 75, 1 April 1901, Page 2
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