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Memories for the Week of October 14, 2015

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October 14, 1915

Cost of blood in War

The following figures give approximately the losses in dead, wounded and prisoners of each of the nations engaged in the European war up to September 25.

The Entente Allies ---

Russia 3,950,000

France 1,998,000

England 400,000

Italy 102,000

Belgium 105,000

Montenegro 15,000

Total 6,570,000

The Central Powers ---

Germany 3,250,000

Austria-Hungary 3,025,000

Turkey 115,000

Total 6,390,000

The total loss of life in all important wars since the French Revolution has been less than 6,000,000 men. The loss in killed in the present war is more than h...

 

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