CALCULATING THEIR STRENGTH.
The Russian St. Petersburg Gazette, in an article on the losses sustained by Russia in the war, says that according to the last official reports the number of men who have become non-efficient in the army was about 70,000, which is about 20 per cent of the whole combatant force. This, considering the length of the campaign, the writer does not consider is a very great loss, when it is compared with that of previous wars;. "In the battle of Fried laud the Russians lost 25,000 men; at
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West Coast Times, Issue 2848, 20 May 1878, Page 2
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