The Nevada journal., 1856-03-07

Loss OF LIFE BY WARs.-We have seen
1T sometimes remarked, in reference to
the loss of life in the Crimea, that certain
battles were among the bloodiest ever
fought, the sacrifice of life the greatest, &c
But such writers either forget, or certainly
know very little about the terrible battles
fought in former times, and even of COM
paratlvely recent date, and within the men,
ory OF persons living. Let US notice some
ofthese:
At the battle of fArcola the Austrians lost,
in killed and wounded, $4,000 men the
French, $4,000
AT Hohenlinden, the Austrian loss was
was $4,000; the French 5000.
At Austerlitz, the Allies, out of 50, 900
men, lost 10000 in killed and wounded or
prisoners the French loss only ca I2,-
600.
AT Jena and Austerstadt the Prussians
lost 1000 men, killed and wounded, and
nearly as many prisoners, making nearly
$4,000 in all =; and the French 1900 in
killed and wounded.
AT the terrific battle of Eylau, the Rus
slams lost $4,000 in killed and wounded ::
and the French 10000.
At Fricdland the Russian loss was IL
600, in killed and wounded-the French
loss. 5000
AT Wagram the Austrians and French
lost each $4,000 men, or $4,000 in all, in
killed and wounded.
At Smolenski the French loss was II
600 men-that of the Russians, 10000
men.
At Borodino, which is said to have been
''the most murderous and obstinatelv
found battle on record" the French lost in
killed, wounded and prisoners, $1,000 men
tho Russians about the same number.
making in all 100000 men in one bat
tie
At Lutzen, the French loss was $4,000
men-the Allies, $4,000.
At Bautzen the French lost 5000 men
the Allies $4,000.
AT Dresden, Where the battle lasted two
days, the Allies lost in killed. wounded and
prisoners, $4,000 men and the French,
$4,000.
AT Leipsic, which lasted three days, Ma
poleon lost two Marshals twenty Generals,
and about 10000 men, in killed, wounded
and prisoners-the Allies, 1890 officers.
and about 10000 men-upwards of Ice,
900 men in all
At Ligny, the Prussians lost $4,000
men, in killed, wounded and prisoners !
the French 6,S0o.
The battle Of Trebbia lasted three days;
and the French and Allies lost each about 1
10000 men, or "a 900 in all.
Here We have battles, among which are
some, compared with which those in the
Crimea were but small engagements. great
as they appear to us. Besides there were
several others of minor importance to the |
foregoing, as to the loss of men, but large |
IN the aggregate. |
In all these battles, the loss in killed |
and wounded on all sides, was at least q
MILLION OF MEN Lesides thousands in
skirmishes, minor engagements, &c., and
that within a period of less than thirty
years. Enormous as is this loss and in
jury of life,-of those who fail in battle
and are manned by wounds-it is but
small compared with the loss of life caus-
ed otherwise by war; "The numbers kill
ed and wounded in battle" says writer,
''are no full index to the loss of life in war.
and seldom comprise one-fourth of its ac-
tual victims" 1t is small. compared with
the immense numbers carried off by dis
ease, exposure, and other casualties Incl
dent to war.
Allison says of the campaign of 1899
ln little more than four months the French
and Allied armies had lost nearly half of
their collective forces those cut off, or If
mutilated by the sword, being
about |, l,ll6,0o0 men, And, "the survi-
vors of the French army from the Russian
were not more than 30, 900 men.
but of an army of about 100000 men ~