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Show MAJORITY OF THE WOUNDED RETURN TO THE TRENCHES ; PARIS, Dec. 17, 7:20 p. m- No fewer than t'4 per cent of the French wounded returned to the tiring line before December Decem-ber 1 2, according io interesting fi euros supplied today by the surgical department of the ministry of war. Of the remainder, 24 per cent had been tven convd lescent leaves, 17 per cent were still in hospitals, and one-half per ceni had been discharged from the, army. Three ;wid a half per cent of the wounded died. These statistics demonstra te tbe remarkable re-markable advance made in surgery and show a lower percentage of deaths from wounds than in any preceding war. |