The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-02-09
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From the New York Time5.l
LOSS OF LIFE BY WARS.

LUSS OF LIFE BY WARS.
We have seen it sometimes remarked, in
reference to tho loss of life in the CrinCa.
that certain battles were among the boodicst
ever fought, the sacrifice of life The greatest,
&c. But such writers either forget, or Ger
tainly know very little about the terrible
battles fought i'll former times, and even of a
comparatively recent date, and within the
memory of persons living. Let us notice
some of these:
At the battle of Arcola the Austrans in
killed and wounded, lost $4,000 men; the
french $4,000
At Hohenlindcn the Austrian loss was
IA 000 the French 5000.
At A"Nerl'f- the allies, out of so 600 men,
lost 10000 i'll killed and wounded or prison.
ers; the French loss only () 10000.
At lend and Austerstodt the Russians lost
80 900 men killed and wounded, and nearly
as many prisoners, making nearly 10000 in
all, and the French II 900 in killed and
wounded.
At the terrific battle of Eylou, the Russian.
lost 25 600 in killed and wounded; and the
French 3000G.
AT Frfc'hland, the Russian loss was II 600
in killed and woundcd--thc French loss s.
coo.
At Wagram the Austrians and French lost
each % 900 men, or So 900 in all, in killed
and wounded.
At Smolcnsh1 the French loss was 1900
mcn-that of the Russians 10000
AT BoroIiao, which is said to have been
the most murderous ard obstinately fought
battle on record, ;" the French lost in killed
wounded and prisoners, $4,000 men-tbc
Russians about the same number, making i'll
all lGU, COO mcI in one battle
AT Lni2en the French loss was IS 900 men
the allies $4,000.
At Bou.ca the French lost IS, ZOO men
the allies IL, 900.
At Dresden, where the battle lasted two
days, the allies lost In killed, woLnded and
prisoners, 25 COO men, and the French be-
tween 10000 and II GOO.
AT LcipSic, which lasted three days Ma
polcon lost two Marshals, twenty Generals
and about 10000 men, iii killed. wounded
and prlaoners-the allies 1880 officers, and
about 10000 mcn-upwards of 1000 men
in all
At Lagny the Prussians lost l5,C00 men
in killed. wounded and prisoners French
i 800.
The battle Of IrabLia lasted three days
and the French and allies lest each about
2,OG0 men, or "a coo in all.
Here We have battles, among which are
some compared to which those III the CrmGa
were but small engagements, great as they
appear TO us. i, sides these were several
others Of minor importance to the foregoing,
as TO the loss Of men, but large in the aggre-
gate. There were those Of the Bridge Of
Lott, a most desperately contested fight: the
famous BaTc Of the Nile, sea fight, in
which Nelson lost sos men in Killed and
wounded; and the French 5 2o5 men Kill, d
and wounded, 3UU5 prisoners: and - out
Of II ships engaged in the action: that Of
the Bay Of dbomU, where the French had
s ZOO men engaged, and the Turks 5000.
and every man OF the Turks was lost in kill
ed, wounded and prisoners; Nori--Eagers-
uarcnga-a most desperate and bloody en-
gagcmcnt. Muidd, where the French, out of
rs 600 men engaged. lost about 1880 in
Eillcd, wounded and prisoners. TaIeccra,
another famous and bloody engagement; Ill
Luera where the British out of 1900 men
engaged: lest $500; SalQmdaca-Ticiori4-
1odouSe- Paris and Qudtre Bus.
In all these battles the loss. in killed and
wounded, OH all sides, was at least million
Of men! besides thousands IN skrmshcs,
minor engagements, &c, and that within a
period of less than thirty gears! Enormous
MS is this loss and injury of lfc--of those who
fall in battle and are NAMED by wounds-it
is but small compared to the loss of life caus-
cd otherwise by war. 1.-The numbers killed
and wounded i'll BATTLE" says writer, 'are
no full index to the loss of life in war, and
seldom comprise one fourth Of it actual
picfims." 1t is small compared to the i'm
mcnsc members carried oil by disease, eX-
posurc, and other casualties incident to war.
Allison says Of the campaign Of 1893: ssIn
little more than four months the French and
Allied armies had lost nearly half Of their
collective forces; those cut off, or irrccovcr-
ably mutiated by IKE sword, being about
1lG, 900 men, And, "the survivors of the
French army from the Russian campaign
were not more than $4,000 men, out OF an
army Of about 100000 men!
Such are the curses of war! 1t is the
creates: calamity that can beial II nation,
and more to be dreaded than plague, pesti-
lence or famine. If has any advantages,
they are Of such charact as the hurricane
or earthquake produce in nature-more of a
negative than Of IL positive character--in the
destruction of tyranncal governments, and
old worn political systems of error and OPP
preston. War should be dernier resort
and Il nation should submit to almost say
evil rather than engage in one.