Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-03-13
THIS WORLDS WAR
100000 KILLED
CASUALTIES OF THE ALLIES OUT
NUMBER TEUTONS BY TWO
TO ONE.
RUSSIA IS HEAVIEST LOSER
Cars Total Is 1904, 200-England
Suffers Less Than France-Semi-
official Reports Received at
Washington, D. c.

Washington-Mor than 10000, 900
men are recorded as killed, wounded
captured or missing in the European
war in the first complete tabulation
of official and authenticated semi-of-
fetal reports of the various bellig-
erents received here.
Among the military proper, 4,441,-
200 are reported dead; $685. 500 men
wounded, and 2,564,5O0 captured and
missing. Among civilians, especial
ly on the Russian and Balkan fronts
and in Armenia, another 100000 are
figured as eithed 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, but
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
careful rechecking with all avail |
able authentic information.
Entente Losses Reported Greater.
The entente's dead total $780,
400, against 1,55O,OOO for the central
empires; the ententes wounded to-
tai 1,676,500, against $4,000 for their
enemies; and their captured and miss
ing 1862 500, 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 1854, 200
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
= STA extraordinarily high. Their dead
total 100000, their wounded 7S4 1900
and their prisoners and missing $780,
600
Frances suffered casualties total
1,S1O,S00, tragedy because of the early
retreat to the Marine and the terrific
losses in the battle of Verdun. Her
| dead total $4,000; her wounded $40
500 and her missing and captured
? 400, 900.
Engand's Half a Million.
England's total comes to SIS, 400,
with 2O5, 400 dead; 1O2,5O0 wounded
and 107 500 captured and missing.
Rumania has lost half a million
men through her fatal attempt to
cross into Pennsylvania when the
/ central powers were outflanking her
2 through Dobrudja. Her dead are CIV
EN- as 100000; her wounded as $780,
900, and her captured and missing at
about 100000.
Italy has been saved from extreme
casualties through the impossibility
of open operations on her mountain
Gus frontiers. Her total reaches 209,-
!, 60; including 10000 dead, $4,000
wounded and $4,000 captured and
missing.
Belgium and Serbia have both lost
very heavily in proportion to popu-
: lation Belgiums casualties come TO
$4,000, with $4,000 dead, $4,000
wounded and 10000 captured and
: missing. Serbia's dead come to 10000
her wounded to $4,000, making a. 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.,
S 5S5, 200, or 225,000 less than Frances
a Her dead come to $4,000, which is
e slightly higher than Frances, while
/ her wounded are set at 100000 and
|. her captured and missing 245.O00, pro
r 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
d have been suffered around verdun.
o Austrias is 1,469,100. Her dead
: number 523, 100 and her wounded 1856.
S 600. Her captured and missing run
: up to 451 900, owing to the heavy loss
r es of prisoners in the two retreats
/ before the Russians.
Turkey Hit Hard.
o Turkey also has been a heavy loser
/ having a wide sweep of front from
q Gallipoli through Syria, Arabia, Me
sopotamia and Armenia, with serious
pressure from British, Russian anC
native armies. Her total is given as
9 3O7,O 900, with 1900 dead, 10000
9 wounded and 10000 captured anc
! missing.
n Bulgaria is the smallest loser, witt
n 20,500. Her dead total 1900, and hel
!. wounded 1000, and captured and miss