THE WARS OF ENGLAND
' REMARKABLE FIGURES. STARTLING COMPARISONS. PHPPLE DEATH ROLLS. It has <been computed that up, to the present, no fewer than about 6,900,000,000 of men hare perished on the field of battle from itihe time that Osymandyas, of Egypt, the first -warlike king, passed into Asia and captured Bactria, 2100 B.C. .. 33he. .cjfctwclties in South Africa, though they -appear shockingly large to us, being so "near, dwindle into insignificance when compared with those of other -wars. It is estimated that in South Africa Great Britain has lost, by disease, aocidenta and action, a grand total of 19,000 officers and men, and the 'Boers about 15,000, making a total of 32,000 deaths from all causes. In the 'Franco-Prussian War, Prance ! alone lost about 300,000 men and Germany | 28,277, making tie tremendous total of ' 328,277, which is almost as much as the total population, men, women and children, of the South Island of New Zealand. At Waterloo alone the allied forces had 22,976 men placed hors de combat. In the Ruseo-Turkish War, which lasted 322 days, Russia lost 89,879 men. FOREIGN WARS OF ENGLAND SINCE THE CONQUEST.
FOREIGN CAMPAIGNS. War of the Succession, commenced May 4, 1702. Peace of Utrecht, March 13, 1713. War with Spain, Dec. 16, 1718. Peace , concluded, 1721. War; Spanish War,> Oct. 23, 1739. . Peace of Aix-la-Chappelle, April 30, 1748. War with France. March. 3l, 1744. Closed also on April 30, 1748. War; the Seven Years' War, June 9, 1756. Peace of Paris, Feb. 10, 1763. War with Spain, Jan. 4, 1762. General peace, Feb. 10, 1763. War with the United States of North America, July 14, 1744. Peace of Paris;- Nov. 30, 1782. War with France, Feb. 6, 1778- Peace of Paris, Jan. 20, 1783. . . : . . War with Spain, April 17, 1780^.:XJlo^ed same> time, Jan. 20, 1783. ■ War with Holland, Dec. 21, 1780. Peace signed Sept. 2, 1783. War of the Revolution, Feb. 1, 1793. Peace of Amiens, March 27, 1802. War against Bonaparte, April 29, 1803. Finally closed June 18, 18i5. War with America, June 18, 1812. Peace of Ghent, Dec. 24, 1814. War with Russia, March 27, 1854. Peace of Paris, March 31, 1856.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7418, 2 June 1902, Page 2
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479THE WARS OF ENGLAND Star (Christchurch), Issue 7418, 2 June 1902, Page 2
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