Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-15
CASUALTIES OF THE ALLIES OUT
NUMBER TEuToNs BY TWO
TO ONE.
RUSSIA is HEAVIEST LOSER
Cars Total Is s,os4, ,2oo-EnsIand
Suffers Less Than France-semi-
Official Reports Received at
Washington, D. G.

Washington than lO,OOO,OOo
men are recorded as killed, wounded
captured or missing in the European
war in the first complete tabulatlon
of official and authenticated senior
ficial reports of the various belllg
erents received here.
Among the military proper, 4,44l,-
200 are reported dead; 2,598,5OO men
wounded, and 2,564,500 captured and
missing. Among civilians, especial
ly on the Russian and Balkan fronts
and in Armenia, another 4OO,OOO are
figured as either dead or wounded
through the war.
These figures are admittedly only
approximate and in some instances
necessarily several weeks old. They
are not called exact in any sense, put
are known to be so nearly so as TO
give a fairly reliable picture OF the
wars results They depend for their
accuracy, first, on the official reports
of the belligerents, which are GER
tainly minimum figures, and then on
a careful rechecking with all avail
able authentic information.
Entente Losses Reported Greater.
The entente's dead total $780,
400. against 1,55e.e00 for the central
empires; the entente's wounded TO-
tai 1.676,5OO, against $4,000 for their
enemies: and their captured and miss
ing 1,652,5OO, against $4,000 for the
central empires. The assumption is
that in Germany 80 per cent OF the
total wounded return to the front and
80 per cent in all other countries.
Russia Suffered Most.
Russia's grand total loss is 3,OS4,2oO
men. In the Mazurian lakes disaster
and the two retreats from the Car
pathians prisoners were taken by the
tens of thousands. Moreover, lack OF
communications and hostile facili-
ties has made the death rate in Rus
sia extraordinarily high. Their dead
total 100000, their wounded 7S4,2oO
and their prisoners and missing SO0,-
OO0
Frances suffered casualties total
1,S1O,8OO, largely because OF the early
retreat to the Marne and the terrific
losses in the battle of Verdun. Her
dead total $4,000; her wounded $40
800 and her missing and captured
100000.
EnqIands Half Million.
England's total comes to 515, 400,
with 2O5, 400 dead; 102,500 wounded
and 1O7,5OO captured and missing.
Rumania has lost half million
men through her fatal attempt to
cross into Pennsylvania when the
central powers were outflanking her
through Dobrudja. Her dead are CIV
en- as 100000; her wounded as 15O,-
600. and her captured and missing at
about 25O,OOO.
Italy has been saved from extreme
casualties through the imposslbll1ty
of open operations on her mountain
ous frontiers. Her total reaches 209,-
900: including 100000 dead, $4,000
wounded, and $4,000 captured and
lHlSSlHS
Belgium and Serbia have both lost
very heavily in proportion to popu-
lation. Belgiums casualties come to
$4,000, with $4,000 dead, 23,OoO
wounded and 10000 captured and
missing. Serbias dead come to 6O,OOo,
her wounded to $4,000, making total
of $4,000, with the number of miss
ing and captured large but unknown.
German Casualties Over a Million.
Germany's total casualties are l.
585,200, or 225,O0O less than Frances.
Her dead come to S93,20O, which is
slightly higher than frances, while
her wounded are set at 100000 and
her captured and missing 245,00O, pro-
portionately the lowest of the nations.
Germany's offensives have led her in
to heavy losses in dead. Nearly one
third of her losses are estimated to
have been suffered around Verdun.