The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-03-12
Casualties of All Sorts Over
100000 2,5OO,OOO
Men Wounded.
LOSSES OF ENTENTE
DOUBLE THEIR FOES
Russia Leads by Far in
Losses s-France Second
Rumania Hit Hard.

Washington. March 11.--More than
10,O00.0O0 men are recorded as killed
wounded captured or missing in the
European war in the first complete
'tabulation of official and authenticated
aemi official reports of the various
belligerents received here.
Among the military proper 4,441, 200
are reported dead; 2.59s.5 500 wounded
and 2.564,5oO 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.
These figures are admittedly only
approximate and in some instances
necessarily several weeks old They
are not called exact in any sense. but
a fairly reliable picture of the wars
results. They depend for their ac-
curacy. first on the official reports of
the various helligeronts. which are
a careful reckoning with all avail
able authentic information.
Entente Losses Heavier, ..
The entente's losses are given as
6,31S.040 as against 3,3S4,SOO for the
central empires. One reason for the
great discrepancy between the two is
believed to be the relative unprepared-
ness of the entente, the disastrous re-
treats in France at the beginning of
the war. in Russia from the Mazurian
lakes and the Carpathans and in Ru-
mania.
The entente's dead total $3.50, 400
against 1.550,S00 for the central en-
pires: the cntente's wounded total
1,676,5O0 against $4,000 for their enc
mics: and their captured and missing,
1.625,0O0 against 1000 for the central
empires. These losses are based up-
on the assumption that in Germany 30
per cent of the total wounded return
to the front and so per cent in all the
other countries.
Russia Leads List.
Russia is infinitely the heaviest
loser so far with a grand total of
3 0S4,o00 men. The bulk of these
losses occurred in the Mazurian lake
district and the two retreats from the
Carpathiars The dead total 1900
900; their wounded 7s42OO. and thei,
prisoners and missing 100000.
France has suffered the second
highest casualties with total of
iS10,So0. largely because of the early
retreat to the Marne and the terrific
losses in the defense of Verdun. Hel
dead total $40 00 her wounded $40,
SEQ, and her missing and captured
100000, though this last figure is be-
lieved here to be improbably high.
England's total falls far below being
about ore-third Frances and one sixth
| the Russians. owing, of course. to he,
| late sending Of a continental army
England's total cor1es to $4,000 witt
205,4p0 dead. 102.50O wounded, ant
1896 captured and missing.
Rumania Suffers.
| Rumania. though entering the wa,
| only last summer, has lost half mil
lion men through her fatal attcmpt t'
cross into Transylvania, when the con
tral powers were outfianking he
through the Dobrudia. Her dead ar
given as 100000: her wounded as $50,
900, and her captured and missing a
about $50 600.
Italy has been saved from 'cxtrem
casualties through the impOsSihility o
open operations on her mountainon
frontiers. Her total reaches 2na.00f
inclnding 1O9, 900 dead, $4,000 WOUNDED
and $1,000 captured and missing.
BeIn;um and Serv;a.
Belgium and Servia, the two smaI
states overrun by the German machin
after desperate resistance. have bot
lost very heavily in proportion t
population. Belsium's casualtie
come to 10000. with $4,000 dead, %,
900 wounded and 10000 captured an
, missing. Servia's dead come to so.
900. her wounded to $4,000, making
total of $4,000. with the nHlnber c
missing and captured large. but un
known.
Germany among the central power