Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-20
THREE MILLION BG|TONS,
WARS HEAVY TOLL
2,O32,122 Are Wounded, 658,665
Killed and 359,145 Missing
in Four Years Conflict.

London, Nov. 20-~l,ritish casualties
during the war, including all theatres
of activities, toralcd 3,040,99l, IT was
announced In the House of Commons
yesterday by James Ian MacPherHon, Par
lIamcntary secretary Tor the war
office. OF this number the officers
killed, wounded or missing aggregated
142 2,634, and the men 2,907, ,357 The
total losses in the fighting ON the Fran
co-Bcgian front were 2,719.d2.
The total of British killed on all fronts
i'm the war was COS, Cos. OF these 81 ,S3G
were officers and $50 $40 were men.
The total of British wounded III the
war was 2,O32, I22. The losses III missing,
including prisoners, totaled 359, ,i4J.
OF the wounded. p2.Gt4 were officers
and ,93o, AS were men. of the miss-
ing, including prisoners. 1901 were
officers and 347,05i were men The ilg-
ures given include troops from India
and the domnions.
In Egypt the total losses were 81,
853 Those killed or who died of
wounds were 1892, comprising 09S
officers and 14,7V men The wounded
totaled 1908, comprising 23li officers
and 35 762 men The missing and prs
oners totaled 3.SSS, comprising lS} o'il-
GERS and sos men.
OVER 2,0O0O00 LOST IN sRtNcE.
The total casualties IN France were
2719.642. OF this total g. 769 officers
were killed and died of wounds or other
causes, and 526. .Sii men. The wound
ed totaled l.S}3,3i5, comprising 93.
I42 officers and l,750. 203 men. The
missing, including prisoners. totaied 326
Cos, comprising IL. Si6 officers and 3D.
$40 mon
The total british Iosses in the Meso-
potamlan campaigns were 911f9 OF
these the fatalities wrre 3 100, com
prising $40 officers and 29.7h0 men.
The wounded totaled Ills. comprls-
ing : .42g officers and IA. .6s6 men The
missing and prisoners totaled 1855.
comprising 5G6 officers and II 7sg men
In Italy the British losses totnled
G,738 Of these ST officers and oil
men were killed. 33i officers and i.6i2
men were woundcd OF the 76i missing.
u were officers. 727 men.
In the i:st African campaign tho
total casualtts were 1926 Of tins
total o.l0i were killed or died, comptls-
ing $50 officers and 8, 724 men A total
| of 7,754 were wounded. comprising i7S
/; officers and .27G men The missing
and prisoners totalci Q5q. comprising
| ~ officers and a2l men
LOST 1922 Ar naRpAsErI.ra.
The Dardancles cxpeiitinn cost the
| British llq.72a casualties. Of this mum
| bcr | .7S5 officers were killed or died
and II 721 rncn Tho wounded were
300 officers and - 5ns men The mtss-
| INK. including prisoners, were l5S oill-
GERS and : a3l men
| On the Salonlki front the Ioeaca were
| 27.3is OF these The killed were PSI
| officers and $50 men; The wounded
SIS officers and l6.05s men the missing
| ia officers and 2.7l3 mon
IN other theatres the total casualties
were 3 2a7 Of tins number 133 officer
and 900 men were killed, ii2 officer
and ,373 mon were wounded, and 81
| officers and 90S men were missing on
/ prisoners.
In addition To the grand total oi
deaths, there were 900 deaths from
various causes among troops not form
| ing any part Of the cxpeditionary forces.