, 1882-04-29
Franco.Germau War Statistics.

gv the recent completion Of the ofhc'al
history Of the "German-French War,
1901" edited by the historical depart
men, Of the general staff, under the super
vision az Field Marshal Count Moltke,
the military history Of Germany no"
,c..ass., a work which stands probably
without a rival in the literature Of all
o,b.- nations The first number ap-
peared in July, 1872, and the last IN
December last, thus completing work of
TIN. magnitude in less than nine and one
half wears. The entire work IS divided
into five volumes, which comprise total
of 294 print sheets, with 107 car.ographic
supplements, maps, plans and sketches
WbiI. the first nineteen numbers contain
the running history OF the great war, ID
all It's varying phases, with concenira-
ted abstract OF all orders, reports, and
official documents, the twentieth and con.
cluding part is filled with statistical IN
formation AID carefully complied sum-
r.aries, which AFFORD a clear conception of
III, magnitude Of the forces which op-
nc sed each other in the greatest OF all
modern war. The total strength OF the
German armies is shown by the following
enormous fgures-vz "A, 42O ofhcers
and |, AL ,944 men, Of whom IS, lOl OH
GERS and I,l13, 254 men have actually
taken part in battle. During the armls-
TIC. the German armies in France were
apain raised TO their full war force, in
order TO recnmmence h0stllitles at once II
necessary. On March |, 1871, there
we're 323G;S Germans on French soil,
including non. cumbatants, ard comprIs-
inc a field folce Of AGA, 22l infantry,
~. J62 cavalry and 1914 guns, besides
lO5,y12 infantry, 5,619 cavalry and Us
run. On garrison duty in French towns
and forts. Altogether Germany had
/ $50 iGS men UUder arms at this time
wh,ie the French forces at the end OF the
artnistice comprised 81, 900 men fit for
ED service.
The total loss Of the Germans, inciud-
ing dead and wounded, WAS G,247 officers
inclusive Of 81 Surgeons, 1 chaplalns and
three paymast.rs, and I23, 453 rank and
tilr. OF these l. ,5112 fell on the field Of
battle, 10, 40 died of their wounds, $40
lost their lives ~ accident, and ~ CON-
mi. d suicide total, 2S,62S; while
I22J:; succumbed 10 disease. Thus of
TIE total number OF deaihs-4O, ,Sol-IO
l,er cent. died II wounds and only 80 per
cent. If disease, while during the cam
paign of lSG6 nearly 90 per cent. Of all
the deaths We're by disease. The heaviest
losses were III the third Prussian corpse,
winch rs, 5Sl officers and ii ,3S4 men,
and IN the First Bavarian, o57 officers
and Ii ,u02 men the li.h.est, III the
Sixth Piussiar, whic 1 suffered a total loss
OF OIL. % officers and ii .002 men.
Furthermore, the Gcrmans lost IA, ,595
horses, i guns and one flag The latter
belonged 10 the second battalion Of the
6lst Pruss!an infantry regiment, and was
found by the French under a heap OF
slam after the second battle OF Dion.
The French losses viii never be accu-
ra,ely known, and the general stati's work
cali only state the numbers of the prison
ers of war upto the middle of Febru-
ary, ISL, there had been taken to Ger
many | | $50 French officers and 81 ,9S1
men. At the fall OF Paris 1856 officers
and 2il ,6S6 men surrendered, and :, 1872
officers and IS, 3S1 men had been forced
to cross the Swiss frontier, so that a
total of u, ,5OS officers and 702 ,654 men
had laid down their arms to the con-
querors. The Germans captured total
of l01 flags and eagles, l,9l5 field guns
and mitrailleuseS, 5,526 siege and heavy
guns, and $50 600 small arms