COUNTING THE COST.
OPERATIONS IN AFRICA. BRITISH AND DUTCH CASUALTIES ANNOUNCED. (Received July 27, 9.5 a.m.) PRETORIA, July 26. Official. —The Union casualties in the rebellion and in the Damaraland campaign totalled KILLED. Dutch ... • • 127 British .. .... • • • • *27 WOUNDED." Dutch .... .. • • • • 296 British ... •• 209 The rebellion accounted for 4009 casualties. TJie forces engaged in suppressing the rebellion totalled 30,000, of which number 20,100 were Dutch. The forces engaged in the Damaraland campaign numbered 50,000, of which 27,600 were British.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 456, 27 July 1915, Page 7
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77COUNTING THE COST. Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 456, 27 July 1915, Page 7
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