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Show BRITISH LOSS 22,000. (More Thau 10 Per Cent of British Army in Africa Put Out of Action. The war office has issued a return of the total British casualties up to April 7. It is as follows: Officers. Men. Killed in action 211 1,900 Died of wounds 48 405 Missing and prisoners. .. . 1(33 3,722 Died of Disease 47 1,435 Accidental deaths 3 34 Repatriated invalids 288 3,934 To the war office .returns of casualties casual-ties must be added the losses since April 7, aggregating about 10,000 men, making a grand total of upward of 23,000 officers and men put out of action. |