The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-01

Modder River Nowhere Nenr the Head of
tho List In Casualties.

Moddsr River Nowhere Near the Head OF
tho List In Casualties.
An unauthenticated cable despatch from
London printed here yesterday contained Il
statement that message seat by Gen. Me-
thuen to Queen Victoria said that the Modder
River battle was the 'bloodiest OF the CEN
tury" IL is not probable that Gen. Mc;huen
said any such thing. unless. possibly. he spoke
with rcieronce to the losses in comparison
with the total number OF ipen engaged. No
report OF the losses has reached the
public yet. A tho number OF Beers
engaged was only about eight thousand. ac-
cori!nG TO the British reports. and Gen
MethuCn Ia in command OF only one division Of
the British army sent TO the TransvaaI. no
bhtte between those forces could have been
the bioodiest ofthe century unless the slaughter
OF both armies was complete. At tho battle o,
AustcrlitZ, Dec. =. 1905. the French lost 700
officers and men and the killed AMI wounded
OF the allies numbered more than three thou
sand. Tho French losses at Bauteen In 1913
were 1900 and at WnRram in 1909 they lost
$4,000. although In that battle they took &c. 900
Austrians prisoners. Al the Moscova on the
retreat from Moscow they Lost $4,000 At the
great battle OF Leipsic. in 1873 n thre--days'
battle. the French losses were IS 900 Moro
than $1,000 OF the French pershed on the
fled. altogether $1,000 men perishing Oh the
AZ Waterloo the British los, e.es2, the French
1850 80 The ;o ,.e losses .; the alled armie.
iiaek on SsnsstGpol. Sent 3. is55, Il E French
l,4o3 missing, and the English lost ais Killed.
tbss,wSca is:S5o and 2o3S6 ka,.isas wer"
about, 5000 less than the Russian. About
1000 men were killed. on both sides; 10 the
Pru.snns lost ",ll2 and the Austrlnrs 1854
at koliggrtltz. AZ Nachol the Prusslsps 1882
rruss ans .jhJ and tho Nustrians 5;JTI
:, In III" Franco. rrus-ian war the Germans Mt
Mar. IA Tour tSS German lost t. % or s.
sIuaIy great The Germans at Co ombey-
Honil,y lot t.nnI. and at SpIckern 4.sIl ;, At
to GSrmnn nnforiy was ia aF %mnthsi
authority puts II NJ 5000 and the French loss
4 A., t"4D A. S"In ne r., Geym9R1 lo.t snal
100000 men and he three armies Of Germany
OF 25O;Wn0 men in that three days battle. In
In our Civ War he aggregate losses at tho
battle oi stones River were 1920 on tho
These iisurcs Hcnds klIlSi, Wou"d@G. S saT:
tut"d and missing. The Union killed we're
Ii" S s%a fnI fled Aq,s,HG
n5t' At The first Bn Run battle 40 Union
m"G Mere k"h and l,o7i were wounded thc
l,sbN
wounded. At fredericksburg ! 2Sf Union
men were killed and 5H3 Confederate, the
wounded numbering $500 on the Union side
AM l,WS on the Confederate The totn! losses
nj this battle were 1853 for the North and
5.3li for, the South. Five hundred were
killed on the tnon side Al Fort Doncl5on and
49, on The std" o, the south the wonnaed
The south lost In captured and missing H.
S2.' and the North pa ~ the two DAYS bnttls
Of shiloh the Nur horn dead numbered | 75I
the southern 1923: the Nortern wounded a.IOS
and the southern s,O12 At Fair Oaks 7.N
Northern MN and $50 Southern we're Killed.
South i.ii9. NJ tiains's mill the Sorths ag-
grrcga,e loss was 1877 and the south's 8, Isl.
ST%g and se T2S the s?atherR the
manga's two dnys,, battle resulted in
side. and 2.3l2 dead and II 374 wounded on
the $40 Of the, Confederates,, Al Gcttys-
burg tho Union losses IN killed we're 1910
T TomndG1 lt,in7, md II" ,CGonicdGrntes' Low
Union Army a. the Wilderness numbered
2,2'GwouIdc !. 2,Oi7 This. like that OF liettys.
burg. ~ three days record and the figures for
Ghanccliorsyllc. ono day longer. are; Union
dead. 1905; wounded. s.782 Confederate,
l,Gh5 and ".Osl respectively.