The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-03-29
TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER IN
EUROPE.
Semi Official Reports Show Great
Losses on All Sides.

Semi-O official Reports Show Great
Losses on All Sides.
More than ten million are record
ed as killed, wounded, captured or
missing in the European war in the
first complete tabulation of official
and authenticated semi-otficial re-
ports of the various belligerents re-
ceived in Washington.
Among the military proper a.
Al ,26O are reported dead; $685.
500 wounded and 2,564,0O0 captur-
pecially on the Russian and Balkan
fronts, and in Armenia another
100000 are figured as either dead
or wounded through war. These
figures are admittedly only approx
mate, but are known to be sufficient
ly exact to give fairly reliable pic
ture of the worlds wars results.
The entente's losses are given at
G,31S,400 as against 1884 1880 for
the central empires. One reason for
the great discrepancy between the
two is believed to be the relative un-
preparedness OF the entente, the dis
astrous retreats in France at the be-
ginning of the war, in Russia from
the Mazurian Lakes and the Car
pathians, and in Roumania.
The entente's dead total 2,SS0,440
against 1,55O,SOO for the central
empires; the entente's wounded total
] 81 $500, against $4,000 for their
enemies; and their captured and
missing 1852. 500, against $4,000
are based on the presumption that
in Germany so per cent of the total
wounded returned to the front and
so per cent in all the other countries.
Russia is infinitely the heaviest
loser SO far, 18th a grand total of g.
0S4,2O0 men. The bulk Of these
losses occurred in the Mazurian
from the Carpathians when prison
ers We're taken by tens OF thousands.
Moreover, lack of communications
and hospital facilities has made the
death rate in Russia extraordinarily
high. Their dead total 100000,
their wounded $4,000 and their
prisoners and missing 100000 which
is sad to be much lower than the
probable number.
France has suffered the second
highest casualty with total of L.
$4,000 largely because of the early
retreat on the Marine and the terrific
losses in defense of. Verdun. Her
$40, 500, and her missing and cap
tured 100000 through tnis las,
figure is believed here to be i'm
probably high.
England's total falls far below.
being. about one-third Frances, and
one-siXth of hussia's, owing OF
course, to her late sending of con-
tinental army. From now on, how
ever, her losses are expected TO keep
fairly close to those of the French,
who have seriously felt the drain of
man-power. England total comes to
400, with 205.40O dead, 1O2,5OO
wounded and 107,500 captured and
missing
Roumania, though entering the
million men through her fatal at
tempt to cross into Pennsylvania
when the central powers were out
thanking her in Dobrudja. Her dead
are given as 100000. her wounded
as 10000, and her captured and
missing about 100000. Italy has
been saved from extreme casualties
Though the impossibilitiy of open
operations on her mountainous from
tiers. Her total reaches 2OS,OGO, in
Guiding lUJ, 900 dead, 10000 wound
ed and $4,000 captured and missing.
Bel GUM and Serbia, the two small
states overrun by the human ma
chine alter desperate resistance,
have both lost very heavily in pro-
portion to population. Belyium's
casualties comes to 10000, with
$4,000 dead $4,000 woundci and
10000 captured and missing, Ser
bias dead come to $1,000 and her
wounded to 5000, making IA total
OF $4,000, with the number of miss
ing and captured large but unknown
Germany. among the central en-
{ = res, is given as by far the largest
loser. her total casualties being L.
aSo,-0" Or about 223,G00 less than
those of France. Her dead come 10
s93 200, which is slightly higher
+ than the French dead roll. while he..
wounded is set as $4,000 and her
captured and missing 245,o0o. pro-
portlonately the lowest OF the ma
tons. Germany, because of her
hghtlng on interior lines without
having suffered d bloody retreat. and
with a highly efficient medical SER
vice. has lost very few in captured
and wounded. but her offensive:;
nave leH her into heavy losses in
dead. Nearly one-third of her loss
es are estimated to have been suffer
ed around Nerdun
Austria is only slightly less heavy
a loser than Germany. with a total
OF 1,469, 100. Her dead. however,
only muster 523, 100 and her wound
ed $4,000. Her captured and miss
ing run up to $4,000, owing to the
treats before the Russians. Turkey
also has been a heavy loser, having a
wide sweep of front from Gallipoli
through Syria, Arabia, Mesopotamia
and Armenia, with serious pressure
from British. Russian and native ar
mics. Her total is given as 1000,
with $4,000 dead, 10000 wound
ed and 10000 captured and missing.
Bulgaria is the smallest loser,
with the meagre total of 20,500,
largely because the Serbian campaign
was won merely by the threat of her
entrance into the war. Her dead total
1900, her wounded 1000, and her
captured and missing 600.
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