Arizona republican., 1917-03-12

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WASHINGTON, March II.
More than ten million men are
recorded as killed, wounded, cap
tured or missing, in the European
war in the first complete tabula-
ton of official and authenticated
semi official reports of the various
beIliqerents received here
Among the military proper,
4,44f 200 are reported dead; $685.
500 wounded, and 1854 500 cap
tured and missing. Among civil
ians, especially on the Russian and
Balkan fronts and in Armenia an
other four hundred thousand 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
are known to be so nearly so as 10
give a fairly reliable picture of the
wars results. They depend for their
accuracy. first. on the official reports
Of the various belligerents which are
certainly minimum figures, and then
able authentic information.
The entente's losses are given as
6.3fS.410 as against 3.3S4,S00 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 Fuarce at the beginning OF
the war. in Russia from the Masurian
iat- I,a nd il,
Rumania.
The entente's dead total 2,S90,0 ,0G
Iasainst L550.000 for the central en-
pires: the entente's wounded total
1876, 500 against 922. 900 for their enc
mics; and their captured and missing
l652500 against 81 1000 for the central
empires. These losses are based upon
the assumption that in Germany ninety
per cent of the total wounded return
to the front and eighty per cent in all
the other countries.
Russia infinitely the heaviest loser
So far, with a grand total of 3,0S4, 20t
men. The bulk of these losses occurred
in the Masurian lake disaster and the
two retreats from the Carpathians
when prisoners were taken by the
tens of thousands Moreover. lack o.
communications and hospital facilities
| has made the death rate in Russia
extraordinarily high Their dead tota
100000. their wounded 7S4,200 anC
their prisoners and missing 100000
which is said to be much lower than
| the probable number.
France has suffered the seconC
| highest casualties with a total of t.
/ $4,000. largely because of the early
retreat to the Marine and the terrific
| losses in the defense of Verdun He
dead total $4,000: her wounded $40.
| 500 and her missing and captured 400,
| 900. though this last figure is believed
| here to be improbably high.
England's total falls far below, bein;
about one-third of Frances and one
sixth of Russia's. owing, of course, t.
iher late sending of a continental army
From now on however, her losses ar
expected to keep fairly close to thos
! of the French. who have seriously fel
the drain on man power. England
total comes to SIS. 400 with POS 40
dead: 1880 wounded and 107, so
captured and missing. Rumania
though entering the war only las
. summer. has lost half a million mel
through her fatal attempt to cross int
Transylvana when the central power
were outflanking her through tn
4; Dobrudja Her dead are given as 100.
900; her wounded as 100000 and he
captured and missing about 250000
Italv has been saved from extrem
casualties through the impossibility o
open operations on her mountainou
frontiers. Her total reaches 209, 600. in
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