Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-09-01
OF EAST war
.ulVISON MADE OF men LOST
GIN BOTH SIDES.
By j, compiled at Toxic Are Inter
Rel .,o--Russia's Losses Said to be
''0ng ain Excess Of the Jaranese-Jap
III Col NV Has Been Increased by Cap
hrsa Vessels.

q ..I,ns the estimates of Japanese and
!, ..on losses during the war, just
npiled at Toxic, are interesting in
ay ovtreme. But the task of com.
-,ton has not been easy. With re-
rel a ~ casualties on the Japanese
8 tolerably accurate statistics were
4 sisbed throughout 1904, although
tn n in that period there. were quite
@ nnmber of skirmishes which re-
q ,ned without exact returns. But
&c q the beginning of the current year
Ne Iapanese would seem to have
= neluded that in these matters Sc
"a "A Is the wiser policy. Possibly in
"a ~ Of the fact that the Russians OBJ
q ,rved reticence the Japanese decided
Is to be needlessly frank. At all
Z ispts they have never made any Of
" Al statement of the total casualties
@ 1pg the seige of Port Arthur or in
great battle of Mukden. In these
4 ,ses therefore, recourse must be had
y miyate intelligence, supplemented
y somewhat laborious calculation of
4 ios between aggregate losses and
\ sses in commissioned rank.
When the Russian figures are con-
qed It is difficult, If not impossi-
! at times, to obtain details. In a
], ire number of instances there is no
ME except the dead bodies aban-
1 ned on the field, and these must al
Us have been considerably below
/ actual total of killed, while official
urns, seldom published, were gen.
lily proved to err greatly on the
L Of under statement. Therefore
\ figures set down in the Russian
umn must be considered merely in
minimum.
q Casualties Tabulated.
| following are the best obtainable
ltstics of casualties, the Japanese
Ten first, the Russians second:
Yalu-Japanese 1899, Russian 1898.
Shsanlitai-Japanese LAG, Russian
{
Nanshan-Japanese 42O7, Russian
no.
Telisz-Japanese 1853, Russian 927O
Fenshwiling-Japanese III, Russian
Eaping-Japanese 299, Russian $50.
Aotieniing-Japanese 299, Russian
M
EInotao-Japanese 428. Russian
no.
Tashichiao- Japanese 1877, Russian
N
Iomnching-Japanese $50, Russian
Sushulingtsz and Yangtezling- Jap
lese s46, Russian 1000.
laoyang-Japanese 1858, Russian
iOOO
sAahO-Japanese 1879, Russian
2O1.
torty-six skirmishes Japanese
O, Russian 1000.
Sdrmishes after Shaho-Japanese
Russian 1896.
sevchwang-Japanese $50, Russian
HeiEautai-Japanese 5000, Russian
lNO.
SRlrmisnes between Heikautai and |
Aden-Japanese $50, Russian 1925.
alakden-Japanese $500, Russian
sAandtu-Japanese 100, Russian
l'kumun-Japanese so, Russian
SSalyuan-Japanese IS, Russian 500.
geching-Japanese 70, Russian
Sslyuantaumun = Japanese 215,
/, s0I !, Arthur-Japanese $4,000, Rus
'la'lan 6OOO
suS makes total of 166,756 for the
,'auese and S29, 779 for the Russians.
prisoners reports show GAG Japa-
@ken and 67,7O1 as the number
russian prisoners.
.uls brings the grand total on the
saaese side up to 167,4O2; on the
@ T side up to 3ss,4SO.
,rnlng to the question of material
n.y., ,s' the story Of the Russian naval
s s.slun is told as follows:
a sss.seships sunk, 70; displacement,
ignored cruisers, s; displacement,
sss SONG coast defense iFonclads, 1; l
@,cenent, 4126. h
users, 6; displacement, 26,S41.
kinds, including converted {
y IA; displacement, 1922. t
loyer NE; displacement, $500. 1
Az MAJ total Of 81 boats, with '
isas aee t of 245,2s2. The broad i
aS striking. Out Of a total
h0@, dFith a displacement Of