The Holt County sentinel., 1900-05-25
The Slain in Battle,

Compared with wars Of the past, the
conflict now being wsged in South AZ
rica between British and BOer, sTined
as they are with ths latest improved
weapons or warfare, and with multtudes
OF men engaged, Is productive Of but
small loss OF life. The forces Of England
IN South Africa are rapidly approaching
aO.uO IN number. The hiyhest estin
ate placed upon the size OF the Trans
vsal army is 5000. Englishmen and
Beers have confronted each other IN
battle since Oct. II The number uf En-
glIshmsn niilt.d, wounuei aad missing
ur taken prisoners dives net yet exceed
10000. In all probab'i''y, oUirg ,o their
entrench-d positions, and the moGntaln
embellishments which surround them,
the Rosrs have not lost over tuO-thlris
OF this number. Ii is fair 10 suppose
that the total losses on both sides IN 10
days vt fierce Campaigning do not exceed
( l'.NN men. The killed on both sides do
not number l.;lOO.
! IL viii he Interesting TO note how neu
killed each other IL the past when IRE
arms Nere not modern or did rot ex,st,
ard when the orpor;unit, 10 kill IN bat
tie Mss much greater than u - ST the
preseri time. Edward III. sri rht,rp
VI. tilted With "a, h other s, CoA,y Ars
~ 1876 sui the s,'i,ri ari wourdsD,
ari rr,s,ne-s smOruJtNi IL i2,CSN n,pr.
The ErS,,et, ai,tcuSh N,ctrrNes> Nrsi
isJN. THIS Nss -,sA, rival rshurs
.rd N,'Uij hSNs v,lr wsr tN'rr,.r>'rt-
/ ents recrsrkst,'a sasaFlsi t'r t,r,Niy ~
/ rs;S,'p~. NJ N,'terru,ier M, i iS,sI
/ she tvNrCt - ~ts srys,'y,mssAt, NV
Nt'le shp AVetttaU- ~ Allied ssj svueJ
~, list S,INN srd lE,N" rs,s'rers Ns'p
saser. titus Tire k,Iied std N,'ue,ip,l 70
,hst ,'"e i'N egVsls>i The fetal k,asrs ~
the lttrsNsal Nst 70 both eI,tes ~ ,2u
iSs ppe s,,shs ,etet .hus h.
saata-msn.t',r II ,>tsl spd t,sO wss ~
r,~,t q"aIb this ~ eut ,tWs the favt
"a that stm,ez meet less ~ haGd H. hasd
"
Maio,s", Junu IT, tao, the t,snvh h,=a
Waz 500 apd tho Austrian l.ss bet ~ sen
tU,sO and t:tuh vt tp,Csp IT. sli. oh,ct
hsufez Dot Elngie taeniS tuur huufs 1T
Il shltns make tho battuhg II lusvh
AID Mpdiri TSrfa sren l,ke skiTniah.
iiu' gGratrf ohfhagu than THE has been
T1OofGrd. At thanorll"TSilIe MaS :, :
and !, izt.i, tho uaIuu l,ss Was III upt,
the cuhtr Iefalu l"=s, i:24i. ip uihcr
words, -. .fn mrn SrIe 1 al "ut ~ active
=ef'icn ~. hi'e d"Jz. Al thchanauga
sept. IL hGd ~, ia,i, the uh,ob lose as
l1,15l, ahd the confederate IL ,hUI. an
average nt hbnut 1904 day.
July |, = ahd =, lH,Fi, at tieIty sburg,
thn uniun lnss Was, KILLED, 2,;ini; wound
ed, Is, aw'i missing, G,EH, aud the Cun
te,ieTate lnss 81 ,b3i; Ell there Was hn
average lIsH p,'r day uu that battlefield
"f 1000 men. At AnIietaui sept. ",
l1'i2, the union ioEs Whs L., 100, cUnfrd
crate lOss 300, To 1900, or IA total uf
II ,dU. The second hull Run VIE fought
Aug. ~ and ~, ls62 The union forces
lost l5,OUO men, and the cOhfslieralrs
), iG. In the baitis of the WILDERNESS,
May 3 and u, ls,ii, the union side WIS
crippled by the loss OF 1900 men, and
the confederate by loss OF l 900 men.
The Germans and French did equally
well at Marsha Tour, Aug. l6, 1870. The
German lose in killed and wounded WIS
5000. The French loss in killed, wound
ed and prisoners was 1900. One regi
msnt lost forty. nine officers and 1,736
men, but this regImentsl loss does not
compare with the union loss at the time
OF the first discharge Of the confederate
batteries and musketry at the battle of
the Wilderness, when it Is estimated
that in five minutes 5000 union soldiers
were wounded and killed. Gravelotte,
| Aug. IS, 1870, WAS a carnage to be re-
membere1. The Germans left upon the
field 40, l59 dead or wounded men. The
French loet between 1900 and 1000.
Plevna. situated 10 the SHOWS Of Bulgar-
ian mountains, was battlefield IN July,
1877. where the mountain side ran
streams OF blood, and Turk and Muscov.
ite died with their teeth fixed in each
others flesh. The total Russian loeses
IN ten days fighting were $1,000. The
| Turkish losses have never been accur
a'ely known. They have been estimated