Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-07

correct by the knowledge OF various
methods of calculation practiced by the
various powers involved. For prise
ncrs." as we shall see In n moment.
does not mean quite the same thing in
every case. The Prussian lists care
fully watched and analyzcd by the
dates to which each OF the casualties
is referred. give for the first two
thirds OF tho war about 100000 men.
killed and wounded. Add n ounrtcr
as much again for the non Prussian
lists In the German service, and Won
get very nearly $4,000 men during
the first two-thirds OF the war
FIGHTING At SAME PACE
FOR REMAINING THIRD
Tho fighting has been kept up on
much the same pace during the remain
ing third OF the period for when II
slackened in the West IL has been ,norr
furious In the East and the German
lighting has ut least always taken the
FORM OF violent local offensive, car
ried out In close formation. This,
while testifying to admirable discipline,
is wastcful
But this number OF 1000, 600 is n
great deal below the mark 1t does
not include the slightly wounded. and.
or course, does not include the diseased
ana sick. We know il is below the
mark because the proportion of wound
ed Is so high Ii Is truc that In par
ticular cases. the proportion of wound
ed has proved higher than in past
wars Continued bomhardmcnt by
heavy artillery and violent assaults
pcrpetually repeated. and with aston
ishinE tenacity. account for this
Whenever we have the knowledge of n
large body of troops, and take an aver
age. rs for instance, in the British
W iRh h,I Il E,,l,
as any--we are safe in saying that
there are mt least seven men wounded
to one killed. counting the slightly
wounded.
Now the Prussian lists give n wholly
inadequate proportion of Wounded
hardly four wounded TO one killed We,
therefore. are fairly safe in making
the induction that if all the slightly
wounded We're counted (Which they are
noD, not 100000, but 1.75O. 900 repre-
sent the total German number hit In
the war. SO far as the prussians are
concerned. there is not here any desire
to deceive. Those who publish official
figures do no more than refrain from
tho cases which arc tenn
porhry and do not in theory ultimately
reduce tho strength OF the army, for
the slightly wounded return to the
front
In the same proportion we must give
to the Austro-Hungarian lists nearly
100000, making grand total OF those
hit among the Germanic allies of g.
10000. and of those we may safely saw
100000 are dead. while of the remainder
about nc-half ultimately return 10
The service Roughly speaking. 2.OOO.-
600 OF the Germanic allies are from
casualties out of the field for good.
What have they lost In prisoners?
The Russians claim on their side over
i"o'ooo Germans. and more than twice
rs many Austrians, or over 10000
prisoners altogether. These figures
the Germans. but not the Austrians.
contest. But contestinT them they cx-
aggcrate ridiculously their own side.
pretending they have not lost one
sixth the Russians claim. Maybe the
russians are including number OF
civilians in their figures, and perhaps
we may lcgitimately cut down these
figures by 100000. hut YOU may be
certain that of Austrian and German
soldiers there are in the Russian
prisons over 100000