The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-12
First Complete Tabulation
of Official and Semi-Off-
cial Reports
AL, 200 MEN
LOST THEIR LIVES
Entente's Losses Nearly Double That
of the Central Powers - Unprepared-
ness the Reason.

than lo,000,O00 men are recorded as
killed, wounded, captured or missing III
the European war in the first complete
tabulation Of official and authenticated
semioilieials reports Of the various bel Il
ligcrcnts received at Washington.
Among the military proper. i,44l, 200
are reported dead, 2,5as, 800 wounded
and 2,5G4 800 captured and missing.
Among civilians, especially on the Rus
sian and Balkan fronts and in Armenia,
another 100000 arc figured as either
dead or wounded.
The entente losses are given as g.
| SIS 400, as against 3,3S4, 500 for the cen
tial empires. One reason for the great
discrepancy between the two is be-
licved 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 Manrian
lakes and the Carpathians and in Ru-
mania.
The cntcntc's dead total 1880, 400.
against l,550,s0o for the central en-
pircs; the entente S wounded total IT,
G76,5oo, against 90, 900 for their enc
mics, and their captured and missing
l,G52,5o0, against $4,000 for the cen
/ tral empires. These losses are based
I upoH the assumption that in Germany
/ go per cent ef the total wounded re-
turn 70 the front and 50 per cent in
all the other countries.
Russia is infinitely the heaviest loser
so far, with a grand total of 3,0Si, 200
men. The bulk of these losses oc-
cured in the Mamrian lakes disaster
and the two retreats from the Carpa-
thians, when prisoners were taken bv
the tens of thousands. Moreover. lack
Of communications and hospital facil.
! tiles fnetle-,t- dealt, rate in Russia
extraordinarily high. Their dead total
/ 100000, their wounded 7S4 200 and
their prisoners and missing 100000.
which is said TO be much lower than
the probable number.
France has suffered the second high.
est casualties with n total of ,Sl0. 500.
largely because Of the early retreat
10 the Marine aud the terrific losses
in the defence Of Ncrdm. Her dead
total 10000. Her wounded $40, 500
and her missing and captured 100000
though the last figure is believed at
| Washington 10 be- improbably high.
England 5 total falls far below, be
| ING about ouc-third France S and one.
sixth Russia 5, owing, of course, tC
| her late sending Of a continental army
| From now on, however, her losses are
| expected 10 keep fairly close to those
| of the frnch, who have seriously
/ felt the drain on man power. Eng
/ land s total comes to 4IJ,400 Will
II POS. 400 dead; l02 800 wounded ant
Il l07 800 captured and missing.
Rumania, though entering the wa
only last summer. has lost 30O,00t
men through her fatal attempt to eros
into Pennsylvania when the contra
uowcrs were outhankin" her through
Il the Dobrudia. Her dead are given a
II 100000; her wounded as 10000. ant
! her captured and missing about 250,09o
italy has been saved from extrem
casualties through the impoSsbiitv o
open operations on her mountainou
frontiers. Her total reaches 100000
including 1000 dead, $4,000 wounded
and $4,000 captured and missing
. Belgium and Servia. the two small
states oycrrm by the German machin
"A after desperate assistance. have bot
lost very heavily in proportion to popu
lation. Belgium 5 casualties come t
10000 with 10000 dead 22,0O
wounded and 10000 captured and miss
mo. Scrvia s dead comes TO GO.00
e and her wounded to $4,000, making
y total Of $4,000, with the number @
missing and captured large but III
known.
Germany, among the central empire
is given rs by far the LARGEST lose
Her total casualties are $50, 200,
"25.O00 less than those of France. II,
dead come to S93, 200. which is slight
higher than the French death roI
while her wounded are set at 5000
and her captured and missing 94j, 90
proportionately the lowest OF the n
tions Germany, because Of her fghti1
ION interior lines without having 81
fcrcd a bloody retreat and with
highly efficient medical service, h
lost very few in captured and wounde
hut her oifensiycs have led her in
heavy losses in dead Nearly one thi
az her losses are estimated to have he
suffered around Vcrdun.
Austria is only slightly less n hca
ng loser than Germany. with a total
400. 100. Her dead however, OF
number j23. 100 and her wounded 50
00o. Her captured and missing run
ia sol 900. owing to the heavy loss
prisoners in the two retreats before I
Russians.
Turkey also has been heavy los
having a wide sweep of front fl
Gallipoli through Syria, Arabia, Me
potamia and Armenia with seri'
pressure from British, Russian and
~ tive armies Her total is given
- 307 900. with $4,000 dead ll0,l
wounded and 10000 captured and m
'eT ing.
Bulgaria is the smallest loser, W
4 4.