395 SHELLS TO KILL A MAN.
Dr. Mercher, a member of the French Academy of Medicine, after an extended investigation, has determined that during a period of five months in 191.7 a total of 3,690,000 shells fell on the front of three French armies. The shells, according to Dr. Mercher, killed 13,627 men and wounded 55,412. According to his figures it tc>k a total of 395 shells to kill one man and half as many to wound one.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1844, 19 June 1920, Page 5
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78395 SHELLS TO KILL A MAN. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1844, 19 June 1920, Page 5
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