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Show BRITISH LISTS SHOW FALLING OFF IN CASUALTIES LONDON, Jan. 1. 11:30 a. m The total to-tal of British casualties reported In the published lists from December 1 to December Decem-ber 23 was: Officers, 815: men. 36, .i.. No lists were published during the holidays. The effect of cessation of the Somme j offensive with the advent of unfavorable ! weather conditions is shown in these fig- i ures, which give a dally average of Ll-lS ; ! casualties for I he twenty-four dars cov- I jered by the report. In November the' idaily average was 24SR. and in October; 1 3452. The losses reported in December I ! bring up the total British casualties since j the beginning of the Homme offensive to i 520,017. |