Evening star., 1917-03-12
TEN MILLION men
LOST IN BIG WAR
Authenticated Reports Tabu-
lated Here Show Heavy
Casualties in Europe.
'ENTENTE's LIST LARGER

| More than 100000 men are record
ing in the European war, in the first
complete tabulation Of official and au-
thenticated semi official reports of the
various belligerents received here.
Among the military proper. 4,44,2oo
are reported dead, 2,59s.500 wounded
and 2,5S4,5oo captured and missing.
Among civilians. especially on the
Russian and Balkan fronts and in Ar
menia, another 100000 are figured as
either dead or wounded through the
war.
proximate. and. in some instances, nee
essarily several weeks old. They give
a fairly reliable picture of the war S
results to the various belligerents.
Entente's Losses Heavier.
The ententes losses are given as e.
S1S.40o, as against s,3S4.S00 for the CEN
tral empires. One reason given for the
great discrepancy between the two was
the relative unpreparedness of the en-
| tente. the disastrous retreats in France
at the beginning of the war, in Russia
from the Mazurian lakes and the Car
pathians and in Rumania.
The entente's dead total $780, ,4oe
against 1.55o.S00 for the central en-
pfres; the entente's wounded total
1.676,5oo. against $4,000 for their enc
mics, and their captured and missing
1862 500 against 912,0 for the central
| empires. These losses are based upon
the assumption that in Germany 80 per
cent Of the total wounded return to the
front and so per cent in all the other
countries.
Russia is infinitely the heaviest loser
SO far, with grand total of 3,oS4, zoe
in the Mazurian lake disaster and the
two retreats from the Carpathians
when prisoners were taken by the tens
of thousands. Moreover, lack OF COM
munications and hospital facilities has
made the death rate in Russia extra.
ordinarily high. Their dead total 1900
900, their wounded 7S4,200 their pris-
oners and missing 100000, which is said
to be much lower than the probable
number.
France Second Greatest Sufferer.
France has suffered the second high.
est casualties with a total of 1,s10.S00
largely because of the early retreat tc
the Marine and the terrific losses in the
defense of Verdun. Her dead total s70..
900; her wounded, $40, 500, and her miss
ing and captured, 100000. though thi.
last figure is believed here to be i'm
probably high.
England's total falls far below.
being about one-third Frances and
one-sixth Russia's. owing. Of course. to
her late sending of a continental army.
From now on, however. her losses are
expected to keep fairly close to those
Of the French. who have seriously felt
the drain on man power. England 8
total comes to 415,40o, with 2o5. 400
dead. 1Oo,5oO wounded and l07. 500
captured and missing.
Rumania, though entering the war
only last summer, has lost half a mil
into Transylvania. Her dead are given
as 100000: her wounded as 10000. and
her captured and missing about 250.O0O.
Italy has been saved from extreme
casualties through the impossibilfty of
open operations on her mountainous
frontiers. Her total reaches 209. 1000:
including los, 600 dead. 10000 wounded
and $4,000 captured and missing.
Belgium and Serbia have both lost
very heavily in proportion to popu-
lation. Belgium's casualties come to
112, 900, with $4,000 dead. 22.0o0 wound
ed and 10000 captured and missing.
Serbia's dead come to 10000. and her
wounded to $4,000. making total of
IS, 900, with the number of missing and
captured large but unknown.
German Losses Heavy.
Germany, among the central empires,
is given as by far the largest loser. Her
total casualties are 1,5ss.200. or 225,000
less than Frances. Her dead come to
ssS, 200, which is slightly higher than
Frances, while her wounded are set at
$50, 900. and her captured and missing.
245, 900, proportionately the lowest of
the nations. Germany, because of her
fighting on interior lines without hav-
ing suffered bloody retreat, and with
a highly efficient medical service, has